Good shout. Head was so conservative.
The Ashes 2025
- Thread starter summerisle
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Or, at least test cricket against a still decent enough team and in challenging environments, be that the pitch, the location or the atmosphere.
It's horses for courses: I'd be looking to get under their skin and to slow and tire Starc, rather than going gung-ho.
The balance between white-ball and test cricket has swung too far, and they've lost the ability to block, defend and frustrate bowling attacks.
Rita_Poon
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England only have one gear, the success at the shorter game has ingrained that mentality and that's their stock setup.
The first innings was like two punch drunk hobo's thrashing about, Aus got drawn into Englands game and came up short, funnily enough they didn't make the same mistake again and batted to the idea of test cricket. Test cricket means batting and bowling for days, England coughed up like a virgin in a brothel, finished before they'd got started.
Hyperbole time. Forfeit the series, pay for a bespoke museum in Aus for the real ashes and give them over. Never pick up bat or ball again. Maybe a few of them will be good at something else, painting fences, driving a bus, picking up litter. Nothing testing of concentration over a duration of say an hour. Easy reset, cuppa tea, back to work. A lazy good for nothing bunch of bums. And our lot made them look fantastic. What a disgrace.
So completely hateful, and so totally predictable.
The first innings was like two punch drunk hobo's thrashing about, Aus got drawn into Englands game and came up short, funnily enough they didn't make the same mistake again and batted to the idea of test cricket. Test cricket means batting and bowling for days, England coughed up like a virgin in a brothel, finished before they'd got started.
Hyperbole time. Forfeit the series, pay for a bespoke museum in Aus for the real ashes and give them over. Never pick up bat or ball again. Maybe a few of them will be good at something else, painting fences, driving a bus, picking up litter. Nothing testing of concentration over a duration of say an hour. Easy reset, cuppa tea, back to work. A lazy good for nothing bunch of bums. And our lot made them look fantastic. What a disgrace.
So completely hateful, and so totally predictable.
It was the same on day 1. At lunch they were 105-4. Not great, but still in it. They then lost 5 wickets for 12 runs.
It's frustrating as in the 1st innings, Pope and Brook were well in, and threw their wickets away, then in the 2nd, Pope and Duckett did likewise. It's one thing getting out early on to a good one, but another to toss your wicket away when you've done the hard work.
I'm not sure we're actually any good at one day/T20 either tbh. 8th in the one day rankings and a distant 3rd in the T20 rankings.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
The maddening thing is they didn't even need to block. I don't think any of the (caught) dismissals were fending off balls that would have actually hit the stumps. The middle order collapse today was purely by them chasing at wide balls. It's almost like teams have gotten wise to the absurdity of our batting, that they're given free rein to play stupidly and all you need is to throw enough temptation out there and they will inevitable chase it.
At least I won't keep waking up in the middle of the night tonight to check the score lol
MisterJ
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Same old rubbish over and over, we never learn.
It's the same story every test match, our batters fail and the bowlers have to rescue them.
It can only happen so often before your luck runs out
I accept that the Australian bowlers in Australian conditions are excellent, but with all the players England have available, surely they can find 6 that can bat
It's not good enough but nothing will change. They'll go on about playing their way with no fear and we'll keep on getting beaten
It's the same story every test match, our batters fail and the bowlers have to rescue them.
It can only happen so often before your luck runs out
I accept that the Australian bowlers in Australian conditions are excellent, but with all the players England have available, surely they can find 6 that can bat
It's not good enough but nothing will change. They'll go on about playing their way with no fear and we'll keep on getting beaten
I’m already sick to the back teeth of them
nsno_traditionally
Player Valuation: £8m
He certainly wasn't reckless though was he, aggressive doesn't need to be reckless and he played brilliantly although the bowling was very predictable.
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