Ashes 2025/6
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@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
So who wins the moral Ashes?
Would be a massive upset for England to lose. They've held them for so long. Last time the Australians managed a Moral Ashes Victory was probably 2005 when Ricky Posting managed to salvaged an unlikely win when Gary Pratt ran him out.
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@Smudge said in Ashes 2025/6:
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
So who wins the moral Ashes?
Boring.
Someone else got the joke. If you don't like my posts, don't read them.
I really wish I could block you. Such a shame I can't.
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@Godder said in Ashes 2025/6:
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
@Godder Certainly not the MCG head groundsman.
Indeed, although he didn't cause 23 extras when defending under 200 either.
Add in 15 - 20 ish wides and it'd be a full junior scorecard
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@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
@Smudge said in Ashes 2025/6:
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
So who wins the moral Ashes?
Boring.
Someone else got the joke.
I really wish I could block you. Such a shame I can't.
Oh I got the joke. It's obvious. So fucking obvious. Like every post you make.
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@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
@Smudge Thank you for your feedback.
Clearly there are other people who enjoy them. So I'll keep posting here.
There are a multitude of live scoring sites and/or apps. We don't need you breathlessly updating every minute.
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Bit of a coming-of-age performance by Josh Tongue 7-89 in this Test. Bowled it in the right spot.
Australia's bowling performance was not as strong as the first three Tests. The injuries caught up with them in this dead rubber.
"Bazball", confident aggressive batting, makes sense in a 4th innings chase. A bit less so in other circumstances.
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Probably the most entertaining day at the cricket i have ever had. 300 runs, 16 wickets, a result. 93,000 in the crowd, barmy army loud all day.
Could barely get a beer for fear of something happening.Traditional? No. Fun? Fuck yes.
Need new plans for tomorrow.
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@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
Bit of a coming-of-age performance by Josh Tongue 7-89 in this Test. Bowled it in the right spot.
Australia's bowling performance was not as strong as the first three Tests. The injuries caught up with them in this dead rubber.
"Bazball", confident aggressive batting, makes sense in a 4th innings chase. A bit less so in other circumstances.
Deserved MoM, did enough for the batters to be able to finish the job.
Besides chasing to win, "Bazball" also strikes me as a solid tactic when the chances of batters sticking round are low, so may as well get runs before the inevitable dismissal. Outside of that, it's probably horses for courses really. Root usually doesn't need to, maybe Brook does.
