Ashes 2025/6
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England fucking suck at catching, a strong argument to be made that their poor catching has cost them the Ashes
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Head passes 500 runs for the series. He, Starc and Carey have been the difference.
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@mariner4life said in Ashes 2025/6:
Head passes 500 runs for the series. He, Starc and Carey have been the difference.
Yeah was thinking that before stumps
Best 3 in this series have been Starc, Head and Carey
With honourable mentions to Boland and Nesser.
Not much else from the Aussies bar excellent all round fielding and catching.For the Poms I’d only rate Root and the Kiwi ginger to consistently stand out
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@Virgil said in Ashes 2025/6:
For the Poms I’d only rate Root and the Kiwi ginger to consistently stand out
Stokes has 15 wickets at 21 and has tried his guts out with the ball. Often he has been the one to get the vital breakthrough when the front line boys have done fuck all. Probably been below par with the bat though, one good knock aside, he's got out cheaply and, like so many of his compatriots, his technique has looked sup-standard
I actually think Tongue has looked pretty good since he's come in, 12 wickets at 22 and he has beaten the bat a lot.
This morning Head has got on his bike, gone past a hundred and upped the scoring rate.
And then gets dropped in a very average way in the deep. England are just a shit team really. The fact we will most probably capitulate to these clowns later in the year is embarrassing. -
It’s the Australia effect, how often do teams head over to Oz (us included) thinking they have a chance only to get pumped.
Only really India and South Africa play there well
It’s like when certain teams come over to play the All Blacks and lose before they even get onto the field ( I mean when we were good and had a decent coach….) -
oof, and now they have used all their reviews with Aus only 2 down.
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@Virgil said in Ashes 2025/6:
It’s the Australia effect, how often do teams head over to Oz (us included) thinking they have a chance only to get pumped.
Only really India and South Africa play there well
It’s like when certain teams come over to play the All Blacks and lose before they even get onto the field ( I mean when we were good and had a decent coach….)We've got no chance now that Doug Bracewell has retired.
Neser going ok in support of Head, I always love it when a nightwatchmen get runs.
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Head to Potts "and fuck you in particular"
Potts brings up his hundred in a rollicking 91 deliveries
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@Virgil said in Ashes 2025/6:
It’s the Australia effect, how often do teams head over to Oz (us included) thinking they have a chance only to get pumped.
Only really India and South Africa play there well
It’s like when certain teams come over to play the All Blacks and lose before they even get onto the field ( I mean when we were good and had a decent coach….)Genuine question: when did SA last tour Aus?
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@booboo said in Ashes 2025/6:
@Virgil said in Ashes 2025/6:
It’s the Australia effect, how often do teams head over to Oz (us included) thinking they have a chance only to get pumped.
Only really India and South Africa play there well
It’s like when certain teams come over to play the All Blacks and lose before they even get onto the field ( I mean when we were good and had a decent coach….)Genuine question: when did SA last tour Aus?
i actually had to google it
only 3 years ago, and Australia flogged them (well ok 2-0 with the usual Sydney wash out)
Tour before that was 2016 and SA won.
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@booboo said in Ashes 2025/6:
@Virgil said in Ashes 2025/6:
It’s the Australia effect, how often do teams head over to Oz (us included) thinking they have a chance only to get pumped.
Only really India and South Africa play there well
It’s like when certain teams come over to play the All Blacks and lose before they even get onto the field ( I mean when we were good and had a decent coach….)Genuine question: when did SA last tour Aus?
2022/23
Oz won 2-0Before that it was 2016/17
SA won 2-1Edit
SA have a good record in Oz
They won another earlier series in 2008/09 as well
(Cricinfo app kept playing up while I was trying to find the results)
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Head finally goes.
Aus still behind, and Smith actually needs some runs to give his series some sort of legitimacy. His poor performance has been quietly overshadowed by England's, and guys like Green.
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Is it racist to say that was an incredibly shit and selfish review? Old mate wanting a last big innings. Watson-esque
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Any criticism is racist.
