@Virgil said in Ashes 2025/6:
First thing goes England's way, they win the toss and decide to bat first.
Previous winning sides at this ground all batted first.
What ?
This is starting TODAY ? ( typical MN5 not reading posts )
fuck paperwork, it's cricket watching time !!!!!
That English keeper has had a handy start to his test career.
The rest of the top order pretty rocks and diamonds.
It amazes me Zak Crawley still has a test career, one ton in 37 innings and that was against Zimbabwe.
@mariner4life said in Ashes 2025/6:
When you consider the size of those grounds, that's very impressive.
And the price of the tickets.
Tuned in to see the fifth ball as my first ball and it gets Crawley. Caught in the slips off Starc. A bit of a loose waft.
0/1
@MN5 said in Ashes 2025/6:
That English keeper has had a handy start to his test career.
The rest of the top order pretty rocks and diamonds.
It amazes me Zak Crawley still has a test career, one ton in 37 innings and that was against Zimbabwe.
I'll just leave this here......
Mark Waugh saying he thinks Boland's bowled the loosest this morning he's seen.
Oz has some guy called Doggett on debut as the third seamer. His State record isn't fabulous.
They've got another debutant called Weatherald who will open - again his State record looks a bit mediocre for an Oz test player.
Both in their early 30s, so decently experienced.
England don't have a specialist spinner - Root is it I guess if they need it.
Root falls a hundred short of that maiden ashes ton in Australia.
Grace Hayden undoes a button on her blouse......
Never mind, my boy Brook will sort things out.
lol it’s all over already, wonder if the Aussies can wrap up the series inside 12 days like 4 years ago
Crazy difference between Boland and Starc - so far Starc is 5 overs 3/10, Boland 4 overs none for 29.
The step down from Starc is massive. Other bowlers not looking super scary right now.
of course, Starc with 3 wickets so far...
Huge wicket to Green as England were consolidating.
Brook and Stokes in the middle, mini crisis already, lets see the aggressive Ranga stand up !
94/4.
typical of this England team, 100 runs in a session at 4.5, but already 4 back in the shed.
Huge from Starc, night and day from the rest. At this rate Australia will bat for more than an hour today.
Massive wicket. At 100/3 at lunch the Aussies would probably have still had their nose just ahead but not by much, especially with two set batters.
@Chris-B said in Ashes 2025/6:
Oz has some guy called Doggett on debut as the third seamer. His State record isn't fabulous.
Harsh marker. He has 190 wickets at an average of 26
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
Stokes gone. Australia far too good for England.
Brook will get a hundred and the tail will wag to make things competitive.
@MN5 said in Ashes 2025/6:
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
Stokes gone. Australia far too good for England.
Brook will get a hundred and the tail will wag to make things competitive.
Lol nar
Amazing that the whole series is essentially over as a contest before Tea on Day One of the First Test.
Congratulations Australia.
Incredible performance from Starc, basically all of his wickets were to superb deliveries as well as opposed to the batsmen giving their wicket away. With his two partner's in crime out injured he just decided to do it all himself, unreal that he's still putting performances like that in at 35. Aging like a fine wine.
Not over yet though, this Aus batting lineup is brittle, a couple of early wickets and it'll be all on.
@KiwiMurph said in Ashes 2025/6:
@Chris-B said in Ashes 2025/6:
Oz has some guy called Doggett on debut as the third seamer. His State record isn't fabulous.
Harsh marker. He has 190 wickets at an average of 26
Probably, but I sort of think someone who's played that much and averages 26 in first class is probably going to struggle to average under 30 in tests - and that's not what you expect from Oz.
However, having had a look at him - he looks pretty useful!
Archer knocks Weatherald over second ball. Dunno what the umpire thought there? Pitching outside leg? Looked pretty good to me - but, partly because he fell over!
@NTA said in Ashes 2025/6:
@MN5 said in Ashes 2025/6:
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
Stokes gone. Australia far too good for England.
Brook will get a hundred and the tail will wag to make things competitive.
Lol nar
That’s why I don’t gamble.
Oh, and your Rugby team is shit 
Mitchell Starc's 7-58 is the best ever opening innings for Australia in the opening game of an Ashes series.
I'm not a big fan of Mark Waugh's commentary when Oz are giving us one of their regular reamings, he can be pretty harsh and abrasive.
But, he's probably just about the most astute commentator going around.
@Chris-B said in Ashes 2025/6:
I'm not a big fan of Mark Waugh's commentary when Oz are giving us one of their regular reamings, he can be pretty harsh and abrasive.
But, he's probably just about the most astute commentator going around.
He’s probably not even the best commentator in his family
I see the keeper Smith got 33 off only 22. Fucken hell, Bazball til they die…..surely a more sensible approach was needed ?
@Chris-B said in Ashes 2025/6:
That's going to hurt, Steve!
on the elbow. Ouch. That shit can be problematic
