@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2025/6:
you never give an Australian cricket team even a hint of a second chance.
They used to say exactly that about the All Blacks.
Sigh!
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
Only 53 runs needed for the win. Australia look intent on seeing this out inside two days.
23 overs left. They could damn well do it.
I thought they’d conserve wickets and cruise, turns out they’re Bazballing more than the original Bazballers !
@Young-Hamiltons And the context that was just after the 1970s when Test batting was slow.
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
@MN5 Beefy had a 86-ball century at Old Trafford in 1981 with six sixes which was the second fastest Ashes century in England at the time.
Some effort when boundaries were further back then.
Yeah very much tougher back in those days.
Head out for 123. But in the context sensational batting.
No one else got past 52 all match.
This arse raping will absolutely destroy England’s confidence for the rest of the series. About to be beaten in two days. Amazing.
And the England mental skills coach is................?
He'll have his work cracked out after this one.
@KiwiMurph said in Ashes 2025/6:
You have to wonder if Baz will be looking for a job in a few weeks
Given his one trick pony approach of the last few years, he'll need to pull something out of the bag fast.