Banter The No Dazzlering Big Cricket Thread - 2025/26 Ashes Edition

[ioppolo]

Eskinazi sucked for us but his Cricinfo stats are actually decent.

He did more for us than Adam Lyth and Faf du Plessis combined though.

 

[RookiePick]

Talking shit about the Hobgod.

For shame.

 

[TY24]

Talking shit about the Hobgod.

For shame.

Nothing wrong with being an average cricketer. I'd love to be average at this god forsaken sport.

 

[TY24]

Baffling line up for England. Atkinson hasn't had the rewards but I feel he has been their best bowler so far. Certainly better than Carse.

Ollie Pope retaining his spot just tells me they are not taking this seriously. He is not a test quality bat. You simply cannot pick a number 3 that's still averaging 35 after 60 odd tests. In 7 tests against Australia he has never reached 50.

And they wonder why they're the laughing stock of test cricket.

 

[THE A5]

Should have had Wood in but Tongue will do

 

[THE A5]

Also Carse is Arse lol. Should have got the flick

 

[FKASC]

Eskinazi sucked for us but his Cricinfo stats are actually decent.

He did more for us than Adam Lyth and Faf du Plessis combined though.

Lyth was the worst.

 

[FKASC]

Baffling line up for England. Atkinson hasn't had the rewards but I feel he has been their best bowler so far. Certainly better than Carse.

Ollie Pope retaining his spot just tells me they are not taking this seriously. He is not a test quality bat. You simply cannot pick a number 3 that's still averaging 35 after 60 odd tests. In 7 tests against Australia he has never reached 50.

And they wonder why they're the laughing stock of test cricket.

Going to be a drubbing

 

[darksquare]

Tongue can take wickets, but can also spray them. If Archer is tired after his first spell, and Carse and Tongue are being pummelled on a flat deck, Stokes will bowl himself till he breaks. This was always a likely outcome of the tour.

 

[matthew_s]

Stokes will bowl himself till he breaks.

 

[TY24]

When Archer is tired after his first spell

FTFY

 

[RookiePick]

They dropped Atkinson? And they are taking Jacks as their frontline spinner to Adelaide?

 

[darksquare]

They dropped Atkinson? And they are taking Jacks as their frontline spinner to Adelaide?

Yeah, Jacks is a pie chucker. No better than Root or Head (although I like both Root and Head).

 

[kane249]

Yeah, Jacks is a pie chucker. No better than Root or Head (although I like both Root and Head).

Well in my experience if Root or Head isn't working then yes you need to turn to Jacks

 

[RookiePick]

My read on things would be that Root is the best of those three names with the ball in hand. By a fair margin.

 

[TY24]

My read on things would be that Root is the best of those three names with the ball in hand. By a fair margin.

And he still got tonked for 100 runs by a bunch of County players at Lilac Hill

 

[Ochre]

My read on things would be that Root is the best of those three names with the ball in hand. By a fair margin.

Agreed, but if they want Joe Root to bowl 10-15 overs when its high 30s just before he bats, I won't be overly disappointed

 

[ioppolo]

Grooming Shoaib Bashir to be a drinks boy in Australia as it turned out.

Jack Leach, I thought he was as important to Bazball as fast scoring batsman. What's happened to him?

 

[Ochre]

Hell of a start for the 3 big Pakistani recruits in the BBL.

 

[FKASC]

Hell of a start for the 3 big Pakistani recruits in the BBL.

Was always going to happen. Choudhary prob the only south asian to ever play well in the BBL

Edit - except for afghanis

 

[Ochre]

Was always going to happen. Choudhary prob the only south asian to ever play well in the BBL

Edit - except for afghanis

Does the name Yasir Arafat mean nothing around here anymore?

 

[Ochre]

Too soon to have Peake play in Adelaide or do we save him until Boxing day?

 

[FKASC]

Does the name Yasir Arafat mean nothing around here anymore?

Assumed he was Palestinian tbh

 

[FKASC]

Shaheen

 

[KBLT]

Gee, this Afridi bloke isn't much chop. Never gonna play international cricket, thats for sure.