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RE: The Ashes Tour of Australia 2025/26 - lovebabes56 - Today 11:56
I'd like to think that statistic will change
RE: The Ashes Tour of Australia 2025/26 - SecretAgent - Today 12:34
Carey has confirmed he hit the ball and should have been out when he had scored 72. BBG who operate the "snicko" technology have admitted it was operator error and the operator had selected the stump mike from the bowlers end so the sound did not match the pictures that were shown. Blooming scandalous.
RE: The Ashes Tour of Australia 2025/26 - Boomerangutangangbang - Today 13:11
England's cunning plan seems to have worked, we've some how managed to drag Australia down to our below average level.
The Aussies have done a remarkable job of doing an impression of England's batting by gifting the majority of their wickets. On this benign pitch they should be no worse than 3 or 4 down.
Archer looked Test class & led the attack well, Stokes was workmanlike. Carse as I had feared does not bowl in the right style to be considered a new ball bowler far too inconsistent, but his battling spirit is to be admired. Tongue was promising & provided a key breakthrough.
The muddled selection decision has only highlighted the need for a genuine spinner, there was a little bit of turn & that will increase. Jacks doesn't bowl enough to maintain any accuracy to bowl in the first innings of a match. He has burgled 2 wickets. The cupboard is pretty bare, it looks like the Bashir experiment has failed/backfired, it was always doomed imho. The likelihood was that a front-line spinner would only play in a maximum of 3 out of the 5 Tests. Dawson didn't impress enough in the summer after limited opportunity. The only trusted option would be Jack Leach.
England took some great catches, unfortunately Brook shelled one before Khawaja got into his stride which proved costly. Another key moment was an appeal for a caught behind were all 11 England players were confident he was out, Carey looked guilty & later admitted he'd nicked it, but importantly the on-field umpire gave it not out. Not for the first time the DRS technology failed. The system they are using is not fit for purpose which is a joke in a series of such magnitude.
Regardless of how many Australia finally post, parity will not be enough for England. I would suggest a lead of 120-170 should be a minimum requirement. Lyon should be causing problem in the 4th innings.
I just can't imagine Australia bowling with the same ill-discipline that we got from England.