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

[TY24]

Decent rock to dismiss Whiteman

 

[Carbine Chaos]

WA really stunk it up today.

How do we always manage to make Manenti look good?

 

[Dazzler9]

WA really stunk it up today.

How do we always manage to make Manenti look good?

He's a good boy.

 

[happy_eagle]

We need to try and sign Manenti next season, just so he can't burn us.

 

[Seadog]

Wickets taken in the first Ashes test by Country of Birth


Australia: 20
New Zealand: 5
South Africa: 5
Barbados: 2
England: 0’

 

[Hap Hapablap]

what a game that was. pretty sure brisbane will get washed out lol

 

[Cuzz09]

what a game that was. pretty sure brisbane will get washed out lol

Early signs point to a bit of play lost

 

[Dazzler9]

Me: I've just enjoyed one of the fastest cricket matches in history.

American friend: Oh wow. How long did it go for?

Me: Two days.

American friend:

 

[Dazzler9]

Me: I've just enjoyed one of the fastest cricket matches in history.

American friend: Oh wow. How long did it go for?

Me: Two days.

American friend:

 

[Doashuey]

Early signs point to a bit of play lost

Pretty much a standard weather prediction for SE QLD from Late November through to March. Nothing to read into this far out.
But it does beg the question of why they have decided Brisbane should host day night Tests in early December. By and large, the storms Brisbane gets this time of the year are afternoon thunderstorms. The mornings are usually dry and the storms roll in around 4pm. In the traditional time slot this may mean you miss part of the last session. In a D/N Test it means you lose the end of the 1st session and unlikely to get back on again in the evening as the ground tries to drain 4 inches of water from the surface.
That and the fact the Gabba is a spicy pitch at the best of times without a pink ball in the twilight hours makes it a perplexing decision for Brisbane to host D/N Tests instead of Adelaide.

 

[RookiePick]

16mill loss to CA for the Perth Test according to the radio this morning. 11 mill operating loss for CA last year.

Possibly England will choose to lose the battles and win the war by bankrupting Aussie cricket this summer.

 

[Ochre]

Get him in

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

After losing a nailbiter in the first test of the series India are being absolutely walloped by South Africa in the second test, haha.

 

[RookiePick]

After losing a nailbiter in the first test of the series India are being absolutely walloped by South Africa in the second test, haha.

Jansen with a run a ball 93 batting at 9

 

[Dazzler9]

Plenty of stats out of the first Test. This is another...
Langer had 2 opening partners across his career. Weatherald equalled that in his first two days.

 

[ioppolo]

Plenty of stats out of the first Test. This is another...
Langer had 2 opening partners across his career. Weatherald equalled that in his first two days.

Slats and Big Doss?

 

[Ochre]

I hope Gambhir coaches India forever

 

[THE A5]

After losing a nailbiter in the first test of the series India are being absolutely walloped by South Africa in the second test, haha.

Saffas not long ago looked like they’ve on the verge of falling off an becoming another West Indias but all of a sudden they’ve come roaring back.

Get him in

Don’t mind him coming back but Wevster would be hugely stiff if he misses out

 

[kane249]

Slats and Big Doss?

Langer replaced Slater in the side, so wasn't him I dont think

 

[kane249]

Get him in

Why is he playing in that instead of the shield team?

 

[Brolga]

Why is he playing in that instead of the shield team?

And Wylie

 

[THE A5]

Why is he playing in that instead of the shield team?

Probably wanted to keep him in Perth with the team

 

[Ochre]

Why is he playing in that instead of the shield team?

So he could be close by to the test team in case a concussion sub or sub keeper was needed.

 

[FKASC]

Jansen with a run a ball 93 batting at 9

Add a 5-for to that

 

[Dazzler9]

After losing a nailbiter in the first test of the series India are being absolutely walloped by South Africa in the second test, haha.

It's never easy fronting up against world champions, to be fair.