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

[squashface]

Got no ****ing bowlers

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

There’s “wicket is a road”, then there’s “Jack Wildermuth making a century in 50 balls.”

 

[RookiePick]

Pretty sure the last time scorchers set their top score they lost. Lel

 

[KBLT]

A pitch which let's Jack Wildermuth make a ton in 40 odd balls is flatter than the best laid concrete.

 

[MrKK]

The funniest is that the only batsman who made the cut for Australia is... Cam Green!

For that poll the BBC picked the teams in batting order and voters were picking the Aus v Eng player for each position. So at 3 it was Green vs Pope.

Still can't fathom how they voted Jamie Smith over Carey though.

 

[RookiePick]

Scorcher have made a meal of this.

Coughing up 2 tons. Embarrassing.

 

[ep2018]

The mental demons from this will be insane.

 

[Ochre]

Winning on a misfield is fitting

 

[KBLT]

That was an absolutely dismal bowling performance.

 

[Bacchus]

Bowling was appalling. No thought as to how to contain and outwit batsmen rather than serving up medium fast rubbish on a platter.

Fielding and captaincy were no good either. Should not lose a game from that position.

Batting was good.

 

[FKASC]

Connolly goes at 6 an over - only bowls 2 overs

 

[Truckosaurus]

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Loved Stokes' little toddler stamp of his feet when he got out

At this rate, Stokes is going to end this series a broken man.

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Well glad that the Aussies did well because that bowling by Scorchers was awful. Didn't finish the batting off aswell although 257 should be easily defended. Pitch was a road.

 

[RookiePick]

Perhaps a new coach will want a new captain? Turner seems a bit cooked

 

[larrikin]

That Richardson no ball wasn’t a no ball. Would’ve changed the result. Scorchers bowling line up is still trash

 

[Coasters7]

Bowling was appalling. No thought as to how to contain and outwit batsmen rather than serving up medium fast rubbish on a platter.

Fielding and captaincy were no good either. Should not lose a game from that position.

Batting was good.

The fact it happened across both innings probably says more about the pitch/boundaries than anything else.

Record number of 6s, which was then equalled, tells you all you need to know, trust the bounce and swing hard.

257 should be defended but we need to adjust our perspective. They were odds on to make 220 minimum, we just needed to bowl and field slightly better and we’d have won by 30. Still nearly got the job done even with all that happened.

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

How bad would you feel if you’d made 3 off 9 deliveries on that wicket?

 

[xInfected_Virus]

What a not so good day today. My Wisconsin Badgers Women's Volleyball team got eliminated in the prelim (would've lost the NCAA grand final for sure since the gun setter and libero will be out due to injury and the team in general is just cooked).

And of course the Scorchers failing to defend nearly 260 that the Heat chased with ease.

 

[ioppolo]

A pitch which let's Jack Wildermuth make a ton in 40 odd balls is flatter than the best laid concrete.

I mean, two blokes named Craig Simmons and Josh Brown have the fastest centuries in BBL history. Both are grade standard.

 

[Cuzz09]

Secretly hoping we bat all day for the LoLs

 

[Astro7]

150 for Head, great stuff, hope he makes it to 200, just to really annoy the Pom's. ((;
Smith fit and ready again.

 

[UseR2006]

England absolutely have no clue.
Hope Carey gets a ton and Head gets to 200.

 

[UseR2006]

 

[twadds]

England absolutely have no clue.
Hope Carey gets a ton and Head gets to 200.

Congrats.

 

[UseR2006]

Congrats.

The commentators put the moz on them before I ruined anything

Also suspected they would put the foot down to increase the total before declaring at lunch. So not surprised wickets are starting to fall.