Grace Hayden undoes the second button
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
@nzzp said in Ashes 2025/6:
This is going to be a tasty summer. Aggressive batting and bowling - can't wait
Anyone with 4th day tickets may be disappointed though.
The wya this is going, the third day looks unlikely
Huge belief and desire by the Australian bowlers to seize back control of this game since lunch.
@nzzp said in Ashes 2025/6:
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
@nzzp said in Ashes 2025/6:
This is going to be a tasty summer. Aggressive batting and bowling - can't wait
Anyone with 4th day tickets may be disappointed though.
The wya this is going, the third day looks unlikely
Could easilybe done by tonight.
WinViz - Today:
Before Pope's Wicket: Australia 24% England 74%
After Pope's Wicket: Australia 31% England 69%
After Brook's Wicket: Australia 37% England 63%
After Root's Wicket: Australia 44% England 56%
Australia now the favourite IMHO.
Bazball looking completely rubbish when you look at this scoreboard and consider the likelihood of Australia shitting the bed twice......
@nzzp said in Ashes 2025/6:
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
@nzzp said in Ashes 2025/6:
This is going to be a tasty summer. Aggressive batting and bowling - can't wait
Anyone with 4th day tickets may be disappointed though.
The wya this is going, the third day looks unlikely
What is/are the shortest tests on record?
Commentators pretty critical of Oz going to the bouncer against these two. Sounds right to me.
They've been nicking everyone else out and now they've gone to the short ball and these guys have made hay.
England 194 ahead now, which probably has things at 50-50 given how it's gone so far!
I honestly don't know how to judge a good score on this pitch. I feel like there's abaut even odds of a England winning by about 50-70 runs and Australia winning by 8 wickets, I just have no idea how tough it really is.
Australia are the clear favourites IMHO.
England are going to end up with a lead of about 200. All it needs is for one of the Aussie batsmen to get away and make a 60+ and they are nearly there.
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
Aussie batsmen to get away and make a 60+
This bowling unit has the potential to make that really difficult.
Aus chasing 204
Nine wickets in a session. Excellent effort by the Australian seam attack. Pathetic in the circumstances by England.
Good bowling but some of the shot selection was mad.
@Cyclops said in Ashes 2025/6:
I honestly don't know how to judge a good score on this pitch. I feel like there's abaut even odds of a England winning by about 50-70 runs and Australia winning by 8 wickets, I just have no idea how tough it really is.
The Aussies will win. They've been brought up to fight.
Half decent batting in that innings and England could have put the game beyond Australia's reach.
They failed.
It will be tough going batting 4th on that pitch, but the Aussies will relish it.
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
@Cyclops said in Ashes 2025/6:
I honestly don't know how to judge a good score on this pitch. I feel like there's abaut even odds of a England winning by about 50-70 runs and Australia winning by 8 wickets, I just have no idea how tough it really is.
The Aussies will win. They've been brought up to fight.
who's getting runs?
Waj? Weatherald? marnus? It's going to be Steve + 1-2 others ... not a heap of experience.
HEad and Smith key
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
@nzzp 204 for the tie. 205 to win.
England need 10 wickets.
This isn't going to be a draw. This isn't going into Day 4 or Day 5.
Will it make Day 3?
This Aussie team is plenty flakey.
Get to and through Smith cheaply and they'll fall short.
Not putting any money anywhere.
Some English commentators are moaning about the Jamie Smith wicket and saying that Snicko didn't show enough for the Third Umpire to give it.
Clutching at straws.
England not finding anything too untoward in the pitch so far.
Weatherald survives a wrong decision.
Body language from the England team says it all. They know this one is slipping away from them.
Game well and truly going Australia's way. 19 runs off the last 10 balls.
Pressure now on Ben Stokes.
Travis Head is making this look easy. Beautiful batting.
27-0. Stokes has got nothing from his openers.
Australia off to a flyer. 39-0 off eight overs.
Incredible turn around in this game since lunch. Confident, clever Cricket by Australia.