Ashes 2025/6

[nzzp]

@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:

@KiwiMurph

The decision review system technology is mandatory in matches played in the World Test Championship, is provided by the host TV broadcaster of the home team.

In this series, the host broadcaster is Fox, which uses BBG Sports to provide Snicko.

In England, Sky Sports uses UltraEdge a French ball-tracking system which enables higher accuracy in review decision.

https://www.wisden.com/series/the-ashes-2025-26/cricket-news/snicko-vs-ultraedge-why-tv-umpire-correctly-followed-drs-protocol-in-smith-review-despite-gap-between-bat-and-ball

The review process was protracted, taking well over four minutes,

Overall, Cricket handles replays better than most other sports. But damn. 4 minutes!

[KiwiMurph]

@sparky ok - ultimately the embarrassment falls on the ICC. What a mess.

[mariner4life]

it was weird all round really. Carey thought he hit it, the snicko was obviously not right. But i was convinced i saw daylight between bat and ball (and so was the 3rd umpire).

[Chris B.]

Oz added another 45.

Hopefully, that means the pitch is going to play well and England can post something competitive.

Comms saying it's a beautiful batting wicket - because the game will move so quickly still plenty of time for a result.

[Donsteppa]

Yep, Starc and co showed with the bat that the pitch is good for batting. Now to see if England can make the Aussie top order pay for some of their casualness.

[KiwiMurph]

[nzzp]

@nzzp said in Ashes 2025/6:

England will need someone to go big here, and not to fuck up against Starc (and probably Lyon). So, basically another Aus win.

Damn!

[Donsteppa]

Business as usual for the Poms top order after all. Can't play spin now.

[Duluth]

Lyon 1 over, 2 wickets

[Donsteppa]

Lyon goes past McGrath on the wicket tally.

[MN5]

Everything's fine. At least Duckett scored at almost a run a ball.

BAZBALL !!!!!

[mariner4life]

15 balls ago England would have felt pretty good. Now they are in the shit again

[KiwiMurph]

When do discussions about the worst English side ever to tour Australia begin?

[MN5]

@KiwiMurph said in Ashes 2025/6:

When do discussions about the worst English side ever to tour Australia begin?

Well, the two best batsmen in the world are at the crease so lets not get carried away

( EDIT: Oops, Brook has dropped to 4th )

[mariner4life]

oof, 300 behind with 4 already in the shed is not ideal. Not your usual day game at Adelaide scorecard so far.

[mariner4life]

once again Stokes is the one showing fight. He's faced the most deliveries in the series of any English batsman. He's bowled 51 overs and has the best average of any English bowler.

[antipodean]

At this stage I don't think you can blame Bazball, England are just mentally weak.

[sparky]

England needed their big dog batsmen to show up today and put in a huge performance. That didn't happen.

Australia are going to win the series in record time. Congratulations!

[mariner4life]

@antipodean said in Ashes 2025/6:

At this stage I don't think you can blame Bazball, England are just mentally weak.

they're also not very good.

In the past two years yes they have won 12 tests, but that's because they play a lot of test cricket. They are behind both us and Sri Lanka in win percentage, a mile off South Africa in 2nd, and a light year behind Australia.

The buzz around this series is history and marketing. It's like the Bledisloe really.

[sparky]

Cricket ranks 14th in the UK in sports 18-35 year olds like to watch and 16th in sports they are fans of.

https://harris-interactive.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/10/Sports-Participation-Viewing-and-Fandom-in-the-UK-A-Harris-Interactive-Report.pdf

Its viewership in the UK is still solid among older men, but youngsters prefer other sports.

The chasm between Australia and England is likely to widened.