The Ashes Tour of Australia 2025/26

Shocking performance all round, the Ashes gone yet again.

Third Ashes test: That has to be it for Ollie Pope. Chance after chance given.

In general most of the England batsmen actually tried to apply themselves with a couple of obvious exceptions .
But it was too little too late.
It was typical of Australia to bowl remorselessly well all day and keep the batsmen under pressure by probing away at a naggingly awkward line and length. England succumbed.
The real damage was done in Perth and Brisbane where England has opportunities to cement good positions and threw them away with irresponsible batting against sub strength opposition bowling attacks in relative terms.

There's been many areas for England to exploit in their team, but due to our own inadequacies he missed those opportunities in the first 2 Tests. The absence of Cummins, Hazlewood & Lyon. Boland isn't much of a drop off in terms on skill, a Test bowling average of 18 is testament to that & England would jump at the change of a player of his quality. The inclusion of Weatherald felt like an end open, but we could've bowled better at him. Cameron Green isn't an established Test Match batsman, although he batting average isn't far off the undroppable Pope. Judging by some of the shots he's played to date he's giving the impression of a man who doesn't give 2 shits about Test Cricket having become the IPL's most expensive overseas player picking up a little over £2 million. I wonder if he has dual nationality, he would fit right in the England's Bazbollocks style.

Eng 286 all out Australia 201-4 286 ahead Ashes staying in Oz IMO, England need one hell of a miracle from here

the only bright spot for England bowling is that Archer has bowled 9 overs for just 14 runs with any real success which seems to suggest that he bowled within himself and possibly a decent line and length whereas Jacks has bowled 11 overs with 1 wicket for 69 which probably does indicate that the pitch has gone flat and while he's probably not getting anything out of it, Nathan Lyon will probably do the exact opposite.

I reckon we'll be set something in the region of 450 - 550 to win if they are still batting tomorrow