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#Post#: 97748-------------------------------------------------- |
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The Ashes 2025/26 |
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By: TA_Ref Date: November 21, 2025, 4:54 am |
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Having woken naturally at 6am this morning it was a no-brainer |
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to turn on the Ashes this morning and it�s fair to say we were |
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treated to an absolute clinic of fast bowling and express pace. |
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I think every day and every session is going to be a talking |
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point so I thought I�d open a thread for this series if anyone |
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wants to have their say on the day�s play. |
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But what a start to the series today. Waking up and seeing |
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England all out for 172, it felt a classic case of deja vu down |
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under but what an amazing spell from our seamers to get |
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Australia to 123-9. Only day 1 and the first test is well in the |
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balance. |
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Re: The Ashes 2025/26 |
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By: ajb95 Date: December 7, 2025, 6:38 am |
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2 tests in and no umpiring controversy so well done to them. |
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What isnt controversial is how England's management have managed |
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to get away with delivering a plan such as this. Bazball is all |
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well and good against lesser nations but has been found to be |
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completely incompetent when it comes to hard nations away from |
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home. Woeful batting (not helped by 3 batsmen being out of their |
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depth) and god awful bowling, and a spinner who is primarily a |
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batsman. |
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I went against all the media hype prior to the series and knew |
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we would be completely outclassed and proven to be the case. 3 |
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tests left to salage some pride but England in general are too |
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arrogant to admit they have got it completely wrong! :-X |
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Re: The Ashes 2025/26 |
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By: flipmode Date: December 17, 2025, 3:00 pm |
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My M-I-L made the point on the weekend, that we're only two |
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England batting collapses away from Christmas. |
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And it's hard to see past that tbh [emoji23] |
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Re: The Ashes 2025/26 |
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By: TheThingFromLewes Date: December 17, 2025, 3:05 pm |
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Oh dear� I think that snicko operator will be hung drawn and |
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quartered after the Carey debacle�. |
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Re: The Ashes 2025/26 |
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By: Claretman Date: December 19, 2025, 11:09 am |
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Poor lbw decision today by Raza, giving Weatherald out, a ball |
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pitching leg stump. Poor of the Australians not to have reviewed |
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it too. |
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Re: The Ashes 2025/26 |
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By: Mackem ref Date: December 20, 2025, 7:18 pm |
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Haven�t seen much of the series due to work but decided to stick |
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it out a bit tonight. Wow of wow the commentary team from TNT |
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are simply dreadful. So, so dull |
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Re: The Ashes 2025/26 |
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By: TheThingFromLewes Date: December 26, 2025, 2:45 am |
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Who on earth decided to prepare that green top in the fourth |
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test?! |
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Twenty wickets on the first day is mind blowing. |
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Re: The Ashes 2025/26 |
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By: TheThingFromLewes Date: December 29, 2025, 3:33 am |
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Unsurprisingly the pitch has been rated substandard in Melbourne |
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and one demerit point only issued. |
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