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

[TY24]

Just imagine batting on a 40 degree day with Marnus chirping in your ear a few metres away

 

[MrKK]

This is a long hot day to be only using 4 bowlers.

 

[Farang83150]

Has Cam Green ever not had some type of injury or the likes when playing!

 

[Bender_]

Has Cam Green ever not had some type of injury or the likes when playing!

He is the cricket equivalent of Oscar Allen - in looks, ability and career to date.

 

[Doashuey]

He is the cricket equivalent of Oscar Allen - in looks, ability and career to date.

Wonder if we can get pick 2 in the IPL draft if we trade him to India?

 

[Bender_]

Nice

 

[Biggie]

Cam Green is the biggest disappointment.

Harry Brooks disagrees

 

[Keys]

Very good first over from Green

Absolute beauty to dismiss Brook

 

[TY24]

Green is a great bowler when he pitches it up and isn't searching for wickets. More of those please Cam.

Still needs a few more poles or runs to save his spot IMO but that's a great start.

 

[larrikin]

Green is a great bowler when he pitches it up and isn't searching for wickets. More of those please Cam.

Still needs a few more poles or runs to save his spot IMO but that's a great start.

Should've had another one that over too

 

[RookiePick]

Should've had another one that over too

Baffling that Inglis missed it by that much. Got the height wrong by near on 6" (commonly know as a half-duckett)

 

[Bender_]

That dude in the Charlie Chaplin costume playing with fire with that painted on moustache.

 

[Doashuey]

I haven't seen it yet as listening on the radio but this is becoming farcical. Surely the ICC can mandate that Snicko must be used in conjunction with Hot Spot for all Tests. If the broadcaster cant stump up for it then I'm sure they can find a broadcaster who is willing to pay for it.
Also, I reckon the umpires have not followed protocol there. If he went upstairs to determine a fair catch then that must assume he has adjudicated it as being hit. In that case there needs to be enough evidence to overturn the initial decision that there was bat involved. It seems the umpire didn't make a determination either way.

 

[Ochre]

**** sake, Poms will be whinging for days after that

 

[TY24]

I haven't seen it yet as listening on the radio but this is becoming farcical. Surely the ICC can mandate that Snicko must be used in conjunction with Hot Spot for all Tests. If the broadcaster cant stump up for it then I'm sure they can find a broadcaster who is willing to pay for it.
Also, I reckon the umpires have not followed protocol there. If he went upstairs to determine a fair catch then that must assume he has adjudicated it as being hit. In that case there needs to be enough evidence to overturn the initial decision that there was bat involved. It seems the umpire didn't make a determination either way.

Hotspot got shown the door due to how expensive it is, being a military grade technology. It was also easily circumvented, there was rumours that batters would rub Vasoline on the edge of their bats to avoid edges showing up. Fibreglass tape on the edges of the bat had a similar effect.

What I think we need is to move to UltraEdge like the rest of the world. Same concept as RTS but more refined and developed by HawkEye.

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[TY24]

**** sake, Poms will be whinging for days after that

 

[Keys]

**** sake, Poms will be whinging for days after that

By days you mean years yeah

Tbf, might have been a touch stiff on that decision as it looked like there was a gap between bat and ball even if the spike on snicko correlated to ball passing bat

Crazy that even with technology and DRS, there remains controversial decisions

 

[Ochre]

By days you mean years yeah

Tbf, might have been a touch stiff on that decision as it looked like there was a gap between bat and ball even if the spike on snicko correlated to ball passing bat

Crazy that even with technology and DRS, there remains controversial decisions

Reckon that was just it being in between frames, looks like it went past the bottom of the bat on the super slow mo

 

[MrKK]

**** sake, Poms will be whinging for days after that

It's Jamie Smith, he'd have given another 10 chances before he got to 50.

 

[Keys]

Carey having a fair series behind the stumps

Wonderful catch

 

[RustyShacklefordFalcon]

Well, it's been fun. Thanks for coming England.

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

When there was all the discussion yesterday about what was par score on this deck I was going to joke "400 for Australia and 200 for England" and now I regret not having done so.

 

[KBLT]

At least the poms have their excuse to claim the moral ashes again.

 

[Bender_]

At least the poms have their excuse to claim the moral ashes again.

I'd bet they'd prefer a moral win over an actual win too.

 

[Farang83150]

McCullums gone as will his baz carp.