Ashes 2025/6

Virgil

lol it’s all over already, wonder if the Aussies can wrap up the series inside 12 days like 4 years ago

Chris B.

Doggett goes straight through Pope with his first ball - misses everything somehow!

Cyclops

Crazy difference between Boland and Starc - so far Starc is 5 overs 3/10, Boland 4 overs none for 29.

nzzp

The step down from Starc is massive. Other bowlers not looking super scary right now.

of course, Starc with 3 wickets so far...

MN5

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.

mariner4life

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.

Cyclops

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.

KiwiMurph

@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

nzzp

Starc eh. That was a good ball

sparky

Stokes gone. Australia far too good for England.

MN5

@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.

NTA

@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

Virgil

Starc gets 7 and England done inside 2 sessions
Go baz ball

sparky

Amazing that the whole series is essentially over as a contest before Tea on Day One of the First Test.

Congratulations Australia.

No Quarter

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.

Chris B.

@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!

Donsteppa

The battle of two flaky top orders...

No Quarter

Come on Archer! Great start, that was plumb

Virgil

New guy lasted a while…

Chris B.

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!