Ashes 2025/6

sparky

Head and Bus change looking very steady.

Donsteppa

Stokes being treated like the Tim Southee paced bowler that he is when he bowls a half tracker.

MN5

Travis Head must have a game of golf booked for tomorrow

sparky

Lovely batting by Head and Bus Change.

sparky

Travis Head must have a game of golf booked for tomorrow

A master class in aggressive, but controlled batting.

sparky

Head on 78 off 58 balls.

Heading for a Century?

sparky

Travis Head on course for the second-fastest ever Century in Ashes history. 92 off 62 balls.

Donsteppa

Trying to hit a bit too hard at this stage.

sparky

Majestic from Travis Head. An outstanding innings in the circumstances.

Donsteppa

That perennial reminder that you never give an Australian cricket team even a hint of a second chance.

Travis Head 100* (69).

sparky

you never give an Australian cricket team even a hint of a second chance.

They used to say exactly that about the All Blacks.

Sigh!

sparky

Only 53 runs needed for the win. Australia look intent on seeing this out inside two days.

MN5

Only 53 runs needed for the win. Australia look intent on seeing this out inside two days.

23 overs left. They could damn well do it.

I thought they’d conserve wickets and cruise, turns out they’re Bazballing more than the original Bazballers !

sparky

England burn a review.

Young Hamiltons

Nothing like seeing the poms so deflated.

sparky

MN5

Thanks. Was just gonna ask and coulda sworn Beefy had the record ?

Donsteppa

122kmph half trackers from Atkinson. Poms are cooked.

Young Hamiltons

Englands bowling plan is shyte...

sparky

@MN5 Beefy had a 86-ball century at Old Trafford in 1981 with six sixes which was the second fastest Ashes century in England at the time.

Some effort when boundaries were further back then.

The Silver Fern