Test The Ashes Third Test December 17-21 1000hrs @ The Adelaide Oval

[Drakescoffeecake]

Even if England were only chasing 250 I doubt they'd get it, and that's only 90 runs away. The Ashes are ours.

 

[Tyberious Funk]

Right about now, England are probably wondering if they should have selected a specialist spinner...

 

[grumbleguts]

Give them 500 to chase in two and a half sessions, they have to go for it, reputations and the Ashes on the line.

 

[Pistol Night]

Right about now, England are probably wondering if they should have selected a specialist spinner...

They might have if they had one that wasn't shit

 

[MarcMaverick]

Beefy Botham in 81.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

More people at the AO by day 3 than NM will get all of 2026.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

So you are keeping Khawaja in the side,playing him at 3 and keep Weatherald as a opener.Lets wait till the end of the test and know the result first.If it is 3 0 going into the Melbourne test I would seriously look at bringing Konstas back and certainly bring Kellaway into the 15 man squad but not into the final 11 for him just yet.

No need to rush Konstas back in

Let him work on his game at Shield and County cricket over the next 12-18 months and hope he dominates and then look at bringing him back to the fold. Got too many weaknesses in his game to succeed at Test level for now

 

[Financialpanther]

Give them 500 to chase in two and a half sessions, they have to go for it, reputations and the Ashes on the line.

Make them bowl for as long as possible......

 

[Bedi]

That was awesome

 

[Jimthegreat]

Renshaw?

Certainly a chance.

 

[Pistol Night]

Beefy Botham in 81.

Beefy and this team of pansys shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence

 

[Neese]

Shot Trav. Bit nervous

 

[Jimthegreat]

So you are keeping Khawaja in the side,playing him at 3 and keep Weatherald as a opener.Lets wait till the end of the test and know the result first.If it is 3 0 going into the Melbourne test I would seriously look at bringing Konstas back and certainly bring Kellaway into the 15 man squad but not into the final 11 for him just yet.

Bat him at 5, Head at 3.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Head getting praise there for a shot at catchable height. Just as easy to go to hand than the boundary.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

More people at the AO by day 3 than NM will get all of 2026.

Bit of a drive by!

 

[MarcMaverick]

Nice shot from Trav, pity the stumps were in the way.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

The later Stokes brings himself on to bowl, the more injured everyone assumes he must be

 

[Substance]

Head getting praise there for a shot at catchable height. Just as easy to go to hand than the boundary.

You have to take that with trav. He's making them think about protecting runs instead of taking wickets.

 

[Voice of the G]

No need to rush Konstas back in

Let him work on his game at Shield and County cricket over the next 12-18 months and hope he dominates and then look at bringing him back to the fold. Got too many weaknesses in his game to succeed at Test level for now

No shield cricket till February and playing this big bash stuff is not going to help Konstas,

 

[Pistol Night]

More people at the AO by day 3 than NM will get all of 2026.

Cheap shot







But pretty accurate

 

[Tyberious Funk]

They might have if they had one that wasn't shit

Bashir looks promising. Only 22 and has 50+ wickets to his name. Reckon he would have been a better choice than Jacks, who looks like he's been picked for his batting first and his bowling second.

 

[Peter Bixley]

England just don't seem to be able to build pressure. They bowl wicket-taking balls and we give wickets away. But they haven't dried us up since day 1 at Perth.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Have we put the sweep away vs Jacks after we gifted him two wickets last innings?

 

[dumb]

ABC blog absolutely laying into Smith. Saying he needed to be clearer for that review, should’ve been closer so he could’ve taken that earlier edge.

Hard to argue with much of it

some of the tv footage yesterday suggesting keeper smith is a bit of a shrinking violet

 

[Peter Bixley]

Have we put the sweep away vs Jacks after we gifted him two wickets last innings?

Looks it, unless it's a leg-stump half volley. I'm ok with that. We're in no rush, bat time and they will wilt. England badly need wickets, so don't gift them any.