
What are we going to do now? No bloody cricket except the 'Go the Bash". Bring on the footy!
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What are we going to do now? No bloody cricket except the 'Go the Bash". Bring on the footy!
Nailed on certaintyBased on all available evidence across the series and his career, do you think that is likely?
Bowling properly puts less stress on your body than what Bumrah does.It's interesting this perception, because Cummins (1002 deliveries), Siraj (943) and Starc (920) all bowled extensively in the 5 matches too (Bumrah bowled 908 deliveries).
Yes, I know Bumrah was out of action for essentially one and a half innings of the final Test, but the point is that other bowlers had comparable workloads at least.
In any case, what happened here with Bumrah reminds me of Lillee in the 72 Ashes, where he took 31 wickets, although that was in another league entirely. In five Tests he bowled 1499 deliveries - that's one delivery short of 250 overs, or on average 25 overs in each innings of every Test.
Little surprise that by the end of the tour he was having back niggles, it got worse in the following Australian summer and he broke down completely in the 73 tour of the West Indies. He didn't play again for 18 months.
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Bowling properly puts less stress on your body than what Bumrah does.
I can assure this is heavy rain for Melbourne which usually has this annoying drizzle especially during the winter months.lol.Haha! I'm down in Melbourne today. This isn't even remotely heavy.
Yes, but I prefer to draw away and retain the Ashes than their 5-0,5-0,4-0,4-0 around that win they had though.Be nice to win a series in England.
Its mind boggling we havent won since 2001 yet England have a shorter drought beating us in 10/11.
What's wrong with my avatar exactly? Take your racism to the srp board.Rich for you to tell anyone off about politics given your avatar.
And if Bumrah bowls yesterday he might have gone 0/80. Possibly.
Anyone else noticed mates of theirs who aren't usually into cricket getting into it this year? Maybe it's just me but multiple of my mates who usually pay 0 attention to the cricket got into it a decent amount this summer.
Kohli is interesting his average could end up trailing back to a Langer-esque type figure, I mean low to mid 40's is a damn good average at Test level but it certainly doesn't leave you retiring in the air of Tendulkar, Lara, Ponting etc. etc.
It happens. Had mates in high school (mid 1990s) that would say cricket sucks, so boring etc. Then you lose contact and run into them 5 - 10 years later and they say gotta admit, crickets pretty good. It’s a bit like wine I think. As you mature you tastes change and you enjoy different things and kicking back with beers on the couch or pub watching cricket on a hot summers day is pretty appealinghow can you not be into it?
summer and test cricket is like ****in eggs and bacon!
Don’t underestimate the impact, role and performances of Carey , absolutely crucial with bat at times with the game on a knife’s edge , could have gone either way , but the keeper/batsman tilted it our way. Well played Carey. Quality series.It basically summarises Indias tour. If Bumrah didn’t get early wickets, India were ****ed. If Jaiswal/Reddy didn’t get runs, they were ****ed.
Australia had Cummins, Starc, Boland, Smith, Head and Webster all play match winning moments. You can’t just have a good bowler (even if he is truly great), you need at least one bloke to regularly contribute with the bat.
Why? Pitches like these expose batting techniques, in which both teams had really poor ones. Bowlers have to toil away on roads so why shouldn't batsmen have to figure out a way on lively decks?Has to be one of the worst summers of cricket I can remember.
Obviously Australia winning is a big positive. However the fact that 3/5 games were essentially done and dusted by day 3, 1 was a washout and we were left with just 1 quality game that went the length.
The pitches in Australia need some serious work. This summer was far to much in the bowlers favour and very few batsman could get on top.
Can’t have pitches that favour the bowling conditions to that degree. If this was in India and we had the same results on spinning pitches we’d be up in arms.
Found it a very disappointing series in the end and not up to the hype which was a shame.
Not sure Smith got figured out by Wagner as much as just lost form. Nobody else really bowls at him with stacked legside field like Wagner did any more but he still isn't scoring the same runs he wasAt his peak Virat was as good as anyone.
The thing that tarnishes his legacy to me is not so much the diminished average, it’s just how easy it has become to take him out of games. He gets out so consistently fending at balls outside off that he just doesn’t need to play, and has done so for a long time. For a player of his quality to not have fixed that, when all he has to do is let those balls go, is bizarre.
When you compare that to Smith, he got “figured out” by Wagner in 2019, and since then he’s been constantly adjusting to find ways to counteract that approach. His year by year average shows that while he’s never returned to peak levels, he has still found a way to be a consistent high level contributor.
You are entitled to your view but you’re bringing politics to every board you post on while you have that avatar.What's wrong with my avatar exactly? Take your racism to the srp board.
The aus side is winning without annihilating everyone to the point of boredom or coming across as bullies like the early 2000s so not surprising people are getting around the team.Anyone else noticed mates of theirs who aren't usually into cricket getting into it this year? Maybe it's just me but multiple of my mates who usually pay 0 attention to the cricket got into it a decent amount this summer.
Im a fan of Perth - only because I get to see more after work. Tbh I couldn't care if all the games were played in empty stadiaI dont think the matches were bad per say some were short, but still eventful, but i think Perth should be stripped of test matches until the fans over there sort their stuff out. Embarrassing to have a near empty stadium every year over there to kick us off for the series.
IMO Ashes 2025 Should be;
Test 1- Brisbane
Test 2 - Adelaide
Test 3 - Tasmania
Test 4 - Melbourne
Test 5 - Sydney
I think Sam Konstas did relatively well in his 2 games.
The MCG he completely rattled India with his first innings and brought Khawaja and Marnus along with him. Like it or not, his gameplan threw Bumrah off his lines and lengths for a while which made it easier for the others. The 2nd innings India had a look and had a plan. That's going to happen.
Both his innings in Sydney given the benefit of hindsight I think were important. The scorecard says he scored a couple of 20s but on that pitch those were handy scores from your opener - in fact he was the highest scoring opener for the match in total runs. Particularly the 2nd innings, scoring a slightly better than run a ball 23 (along with the extras) helped us jump out of the blocks and get well into the chase early which was crucial on that pitch, and always is chasing short targets.
Some of the periphery stuff, which is self inflicted, has distracted from his performances. But in terms of his actual batting I'd say 3 out of 4 innings were a + to the side.
Not sure Smith got figured out by Wagner as much as just lost form. Nobody else really bowls at him with stacked legside field like Wagner did any more but he still isn't scoring the same runs he was
Im a fan of Perth - only because I get to see more after work. Tbh I couldn't care if all the games were played in empty stadia