Ashes 2025/6

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@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

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Innings ends on 511.

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

[Cyclops]

Starc needs another 700ish runs to go past Warne for most test runs without a ton.

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England survive unscathed to the end of the session and pile a few runs on while they're at it

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TOOL ARE VERY LOUD

[sparky]

Australia now in total control of this match now and scenting English (or players who play for England's) blood.

An innings victory is a possibility.

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England 3 down for -70

[sparky]

@NTA If Australia can get Root and Brook both out quickly, it will be night-night for England.

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Root gone.

Now let's see

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5 for -54

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Smith burns a review, but why not?

6 for -43

Stokes is still there. Nothing is decided yet in terms of an innings victory.

We go to a 4th day I guess. Unless a quick wicket causes the umpires to rethink?

[sparky]

England take it to a 4th day. But they still need 43 runs to make Australia bat again.

This series is very one-sided indeed.

Australia are better team.

Then there's daylight

Then there's more daylight.

Then there's more daylight.

Then more daylight.

Then there's England.

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@sparky and they've done this so far without Cummins of Hazlewood in either game, and Lyon for this test.

Their 2-2 result against India, and India getting whitewashed by the Proteas, puts a few things into perspective.

[sparky]

@NTA England produce an occasional elite cricketer: Joseph Root, Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad, in spite of their player development system rather than because of it.

The whole way young players are coached and developed in the UK need looking at.

[game_film]

This England team are Stringer Bell. Batters not smart enough, Bowlers not hard enough.

[MN5]

@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:

@NTA England produce an occasional elite cricketer: Joseph Root, Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad, in spite of their player development system rather than because of it.

The whole way young players are coached and developed in the UK need looking at.

Would you put those two in Roots class ? I think they were more admirable for their longevity rather than being absolute elite players. Cook was another one. Pietersen obviously learnt to play in SA as opposed to England......

Things looking pretty dire for the Poms although after the test here yesterday it's best not to write anyone off completely, stage could be set for a Stokes marathon.

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@sparky we will see if our systems are any better once the current crop get too close to 40 to continue

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A good summary of Pope IMHO, and probably the whole Bazball thing in general.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ashes-2025-26-pope-runs-out-of-rope-as-bazball-s-poster-boy-turns-fall-guy-1514713