Ashes 2025
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yep that's what'll really hurt, CA will no doubt be utterly fuming about that....strange thing is similar pitch was prepared last year Vs India with 10mm of grass and it went to the last session on day 5
Someone on BBC Sport put it best when they said that, after years of turgid cricket, Bazball was a much-needed change and a breath of fresh air.
BUT
It is NOT what we need or want long-term.
More respect needs to be paid to Test cricket by the ECB, and especially towards the bloody Ashes!
BUT
It is NOT what we need or want long-term.
More respect needs to be paid to Test cricket by the ECB, and especially towards the bloody Ashes!
The convicts were on the beach
They’d done their job and won the ashes
Meaningless game
They’d done their job and won the ashes
Meaningless game
Yes I agree with you, don’t know why the curator presented such a wicket
What pisses me off is that I had to pay an extra 6 $ for a refund, and I received a text from Ticketek that my tickets will be automatically be refunded
Many years ago I had tickets for the Fourth day finished 3rd day , refund no problem no paying extra etc.
Corporate domination
Btw any city supporters in Melbourne at the moment let me know, time on my hand
CITY TILL I DIE
Ah, got done over with fourth day tickets and thought, this year I will play it smart. Hey ho.
I did the same thing 3 rd day should be good
Anyway Melbourne is good, are you still around
If not take care
Sorry, that was my poor post. I was commiserating with you. I am not there. And I could have worded the last bit without there being a chorus of, "not there, aint that the truth"
Good write up in the guardian, this passage precisely encapsulates this tour, 'But let us be clear also: it is by no means a vindication of another losing tour, or of a failing executive tier. In fact, this is the opposite. What winning in Melbourne says is: here is what you could have had. Here is evidence that Australia were vulnerable, and for good reason too. They came into this game with three all-time bowlers missing. Mitch Starc has had to play every Test. The batting isn’t really there. This team was vulnerable.'
www.theguardian.com
England’s MCG triumph is a genuine coup – and a picture of what might have been | Barney Ronay
What winning in Melbourne says is: here is what you could have had with Australia’s weaknesses exposed
www.theguardian.com
I can’t really agreeGood write up in the guardian, this passage precisely encapsulates this tour, 'But let us be clear also: it is by no means a vindication of another losing tour, or of a failing executive tier. In fact, this is the opposite. What winning in Melbourne says is: here is what you could have had. Here is evidence that Australia were vulnerable, and for good reason too. They came into this game with three all-time bowlers missing. Mitch Starc has had to play every Test. The batting isn’t really there. This team was vulnerable.'
England’s MCG triumph is a genuine coup – and a picture of what might have been | Barney Ronay
What winning in Melbourne says is: here is what you could have had with Australia’s weaknesses exposed
The series was over the Aussies had switched off mentally as pro’s do when there’s nothing to play for
U know this tour has been shocking with players not actually playing proper cricket as a warm up for this series
But
That’s the first win in a test match in Oz since 2011
Shocking stat that
Fair to say that there's still a bit riding on this, for both teams....for the Aussies, lose this and only win 3-2 at home after blanking us for 15 years and there will be questions raised, Khawaja is retiring and it could also be time for some others too, Labuschagne will be really under pressure and the bowling attack in general.....I don't see many of the big 4 making the next ashes so a lot of pressure on the other bowlers. For England we find ourselves in a weird place I reckon, there is a LOT of frustration with this team and set up from MD down, but come away with a 3-2 win and I wonder how much will actually change? Would they walk away with a 3-2 loss and call it a great improvement and justification of our approach to test cricket? Like picking up a win when your manager is absolutely **** which keeps him in place that much longer, would we actually be better off losing this??
More days lost to weather at Sydney than Manchester in past few years.....who'd have thought it....
Stayed up for the first hour.....so missed most of the good stuff! Thought Duckett got a decent ball, Crawley was batting sensibly but missed a straight one inexplicably and Bethell got a goodish ball too, but he's just not a #3, not yet anyway, good luck getting red ball practice tho as a white ball player he'll not play more than one or 2 4 day games in the next couple of years
Stayed up for the first hour.....so missed most of the good stuff! Thought Duckett got a decent ball, Crawley was batting sensibly but missed a straight one inexplicably and Bethell got a goodish ball too, but he's just not a #3, not yet anyway, good luck getting red ball practice tho as a white ball player he'll not play more than one or 2 4 day games in the next couple of years
good job for Brook he's got a lot of credit in the bank cos he keeps finding **** ways to get himself out
If he's not careful he'll end up another Pietersen. Good but not great because he gets out important situations in daft ways.
Five beers before midday, I could get used to test cricket..
Great knock, by Root, it's a pity they seem to be getting to grips with the Aussie attack when it's too late.