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

[FKASC]

Is that true?

West Indies pulled out a great draw in NZ today and India have been swept at home a few times recently.

We do well in England. Still remember WI and India's epic wins in Brisbane.

Probably loads more examples.

I assume the reference was more about visiting sides in Australia. And really other than India recently the vast majority of test series in Australia in the last 25 years have been pretty one sided affairs with no real threat of losing a series. Give or take SA and India peaking from time to time.

Swings and roundabouts when we play overseas, but the thing that irks me most I think about Aust test series, is that we generally don’t see the best in opposition players. Kane Williamson and Joe Root prime examples, as well as a lot of spin bowlers over the years. Obviously the different playing conditions is an elite feature of Test cricket, but is unlike most sport where you can anticipate the best players from each side performing against each other.

 

[Biggie]

Bazball

 

[Astro7]

Sort of agree but I think they got their tactics wrong with this game and it flew in the face of the Bazball edict.
I still think they missed a trick not putting us in to bat for half an hour before close of play on day 1. We have burnt the Poms recently after a premature declaration so I think that was playing on their mind so they didnt take the aggressive approach and declare and try to knock 2 or 3* of Aussies top order over on night 1. Do that and pull it off, I reckon we only score 300 or so and they would be ahead in the game.
So they have chosen the wrong aspect of Bazball to change at the wrong time, can they get the balance right at some stage this series?


* assumes the English magically found the ability to take a catch.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda, but didn't. However it rolls, I"m just happy to see the Poms lose, there's almost nothing so joyous than to see a quietened deflated Barmy Army, along with the Pom commentators endlessly wailing and gnashing teeth in interviews.
It's a bewt thing.

 

[kane249]

Shoulda, coulda, woulda, but didn't. However it rolls, I"m just happy to see the Poms lose, there's almost nothing so joyous than to see a quietened deflated Barmy Army, along with the Pom commentators endlessly wailing and gnashing teeth in interviews.
It's a bewt thing.

Chumps like Piers especially

 

[Campaigner for good]

Duckett looks like England couldn't find a half-decent batsmen to play for them so they recruited an Ewok.

My six year old daughter is convinced he is one of those naughty elf on a shelf things!

 

[Astro7]

Chumps like Piers especially

The delusional self inflated Piers, what a toffee chump indeed..

 

[THE A5]

Duckett looks like the worlds tallest dwarf

 

[Tugga27]

I'm finding it hard to remember a cricketer who gets out in the thirties and forties as much as Cartwright.

 

[kane249]

Good return to form by Whiteman today

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

Hopefully WA can bat through this session and salvage a draw.

 

[kane249]

The delusional self inflated Piers, what a toffee chump indeed..

Typical Gooner really

 

[ioppolo]

Old mate Stobo with figures of 5/9 off 15 overs for NSW.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

WA conceding 4 wickets to Matt Short.

That's more than a paddlin'.

 

[Ochre]

Old mate Stobo with figures of 5/9 off 15 overs for NSW.

 

[THE A5]

Another horrible collapse from the waca

 

[Keys]

No real demons in this pitch in daylight hours

If the English tail can hang around with Stokes until, or just after tea, and build a 100+ run lead, things could get interesting under lights

 

[Keys]

Spinner would be handy about now

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

Pretty funny that they wait until their backs are against the wall to stop batting like morons.

 

[Mulldogg]

Hate the calls from the commentators for Green to come on and bowl bouncers. It’s how he fecked his back in the first place.

Let him pitch it up and try to nick blokes off.

He’s bowling a nice back of a length spell here rather than a bumper barrage which is encouraging to see.

 

[FKASC]

Victoria gonna win this. Wish Stobgod was still around

 

[THE A5]

Victoria gonna win this. Wish Stobgod was still around

WA cricket really mimicking the downfall of the Eagles. Hey at least they had multiple years of success

 

[NeedForTheReids]

That would not tickle haha unlucky stokes

 

[TheNumber9]

Fair catch there by Smithy, needed something special to break that partnership.

 

[Farang83150]

Gotta be one of the best catches in slips I've ever seen for the pace it was going!

 

[Farang83150]

That's the last review used, thought it clipped the front pad not the bat!