Ashes 2025/6

[Young Hamiltons]

Can we have a joint motm???

[sparky]

@MN5 Travis Head for me. No other batsman looked remotely as good as him in that match. He made a mockery of England's bowling.

[MN5]

@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:

@MN5 Travis Head for me. No other batsman looked remotely as good as him in that match. He made a mockery of England's bowling.

He woulda been a fine choice but 10 wickets is 10 wickets. Starc got it.

[sparky]

First Ashes Test in 104 years to finish inside two days.

[NTA]

Starc. Fucked England's top order both innings.

If our batting showed any patience whatsoever on Day 1 we win by an innings

[NTA]

[NTA]

[canefan]

@NTA said in Ashes 2025/6:

1-nil

Have been drinking in Tokyo and seen none of this live. What a fucking bizarre outing.

Definitely a major mistake to play the first test in Perth

[canefan]

@NTA said in Ashes 2025/6:

Starc. Fucked England's top order both innings.

If our batting showed any patience whatsoever on Day 1 we win by an innings

Still destructive, even after all this time

[NTA]

@canefan said in Ashes 2025/6:

@NTA said in Ashes 2025/6:

1-nil

Have been drinking in Tokyo and seen none of this live. What a fucking bizarre outing.

Definitely a major mistake to play the first test in Perth

When the weather fucks Brisbane, we'll see if I'm right

[sparky]

At 847 balls bowled, this was the shortest completed Ashes Test since 1888.

[mohikamo]

@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:

At 847 balls bowled, this was the shortest completed Ashes Test since 1888.

Three days left, still time to play another one!

Two one-dayers would have lasted longer.

[NTA]

[NTA]

Just watched Day 2 highlights.

Fuck me dead.

If you put yourself in the mind of an England fan for a few minutes, you'd be incredulous at the way some of your blokes got out.

Then you'd be dumbstruck by Travis Head going apeshit with the timber to cruise to a win.

[Dodge]

This is going to be a long series of short matches. Glad they didn’t bother playing any proper warm up matches. Shameful

[sparky]

@Dodge And no games for England scheduled until the Second Test which starts in 12 days time.

I suspect there will be a lot of golf.

[Virgil]

In the space of 4 hours England went from a lead of 100 runs with 9 wickets in hand to losing by 8 wickets…

[canefan]

@Dodge said in Ashes 2025/6:

This is going to be a long series of short matches. Glad they didn’t bother playing any proper warm up matches. Shameful

They clearly took no notice of the BCs last tour to Australia. No warm up games, got ground up in first test in Perth and never recovered

[Donsteppa]

Three extra days of holiday for the English top order, and more time for McCullum to polish his usual cliches.

[MN5]

@canefan said in Ashes 2025/6:

@Dodge said in Ashes 2025/6:

This is going to be a long series of short matches. Glad they didn’t bother playing any proper warm up matches. Shameful

They clearly took no notice of the BCs last tour to Australia. No warm up games, got ground up in first test in Perth and never recovered

No tours games isn’t an excuse for batting like a bunch of beach cricketers trying to hit every ball into the surf.

I’ve played more watchful innings at Mahia….