Ashes 2025/6

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Now Carse drops Carey off Archer. Another absolute sitter.

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Fourth dropped catch this session. Smith didn't move with the gloves and it was his catch.

Stokes is furious

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44 run lead after throwing away utter dominance. 4 wickets in hand makes it a bit nicer.

I'll take it

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Also worth noting:

Australia bowled 74 overs yesterday

Australia bowled 2.2 overs today
Change over is effectively 2 overs
England bowled 73 overs today

That's a total of 77.2 or 78 rounding up.

Jacks only bowled one over of spin so England's quicks are going at a better rate than ours, tho not by much

[sparky]

Australia in the driving seat to go 2-0 up. Their game to lose.

[MN5]

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1aEEWegicU/?mibextid=wwXIfr

This is one of the most Australian things you’ll ever see

[sparky]

Australia building a healthy lead and they are twisting the knife. Ruthless, ruthless, ruthless.

In the next half hour or so they can take this game out of England's reach.

[NTA]

[sparky]

Carey gone, Australia eight down, but lead by 82.

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Day 3 session 1 complete. Aussies ahead by over a hundred and Starc hearing toward 50. Not following live as I'm at a music festival (Good Things - Garbage, Weezer, Tool coming up) in 40°C heat.

Commentary on Cricinfo indicates there aren't many demons in the pitch, so it'll be interesting if England's batting line-up show a bit of resolve once they're in.

[Donsteppa]

@NTA said in Ashes 2025/6:

so it'll be interesting if England's batting line-up show a bit of resolve once they're in.

But, but, run rate.....

[NTA]

@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2025/6:

@NTA said in Ashes 2025/6:

so it'll be interesting if England's batting line-up show a bit of resolve once they're in.

But, but, run rate.....

Australia dropped to 4.5RPO

Tsk, tsk...

[Donsteppa]

This is ideal from Australia's point of view. Cook the fragile English bowling attach further, then Starc with a new pink ball under lights.

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[MN5]

@NTA said in Ashes 2025/6:

He’s gonna get a hundred today

I’m pretty impressed with him actually, interviewers compared him to Wasim Akram and he was having none of it. Very modest

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Starc has faced 135 balls - second only to Root this match

[NTA]

@MN5 said in Ashes 2025/6:

He’s gonna get a hundred today

Fuck you bloody!

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Doggett to try and give Mitch time to shower and get a massage.

[MN5]

@NTA said in Ashes 2025/6:

@MN5 said in Ashes 2025/6:

He’s gonna get a hundred today

Fuck you bloody!

Sorry

[NTA]

Innings ends on 511.

TBH could have been a lot more if Green and Smith didn't decide to fail hard.