OT Ashes 2025-26

[macstheman]

It’s alright though, mac. We’ll win the two Test series against NZ and Pakistan next summer, be top of Division 2 of Test playing countries and everyone will be happy.

Sums it up perfectly!

[ramAnag]

Mark Wood’s tour is over. Probably too late to make much difference to the tour, but hugely disappointing for him. A good man and, on his day, a very fine bowler. Must be heartbreaking to put in so much effort to recover full fitness only to breakdown yet again. Suspect this marks the end of his first class career. Very sad…wish him well.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Agreed

[macstheman]

Mark Wood’s tour is over. Probably too late to make much difference to the tour, but hugely disappointing for him. A good man and, on his day, a very fine bowler. Must be heartbreaking to put in so much effort to recover full fitness only to breakdown yet again. Suspect this marks the end of his first class career. Very sad…wish him well.

Sad news, fingers crossed he gets another chance to compete at the highest level.

[macstheman]

3rd Test, Adelaide Oval, Australia v A LOAD OF CRAP

No further comment required!

[macstheman]

Congrats to Archer on his test 50, are you watching Pope & Co?

[Andy_Faber]

Congrats to Archer on his test 50, are you watching Pope & Co?

Archer showed what even limited skill can achieve with some application, not sure the top batters have that, can we have a return to semi boring batting please? Chris Tavare where are you

[macstheman]

Fancy us putting a parks team against professionals, only one outcome!
Another pathetic Ashes performance sees the Urn remain down under.
Forget the last two tests, save us further embarrassment and send the wimps home.... not that we really want them!

[ramAnag]

Archer showed what even limited skill can achieve with some application, not sure the top batters have that, can we have a return to semi boring batting please? Chris Tavare where are you

Chris Tavare? Same age as me. Test average marginally better than Crawley and much worse than Duckett, but I suppose, in his prime, he might have bored the Aussies to defeat, or at least have made the Ashes outcome last longer than eleven days.

Please stop mac, I’m trying to pretend it’s all just a bad dream. I’m sure heads will roll, the questions are…which ones?

[Ram Pant]

Chris Tavar?? Same age as me. Test average marginally better than Crawley and much worse than Duckett, but I suppose he might have bored the Aussies to defeat or at least have made the Ashes outcome last longer than eleven days.

Please stop mac, I?m trying to pretend it?s all just a bad dream. I?m sure heads will roll, the questions are?which ones?

Apparently, lots of eyes already are...

[ramAnag]

Apparently, lots of eyes already are...

I suppose this is a good time for you to be Dutch.

[Ramshank72]

Fancy us putting a parks team against professionals, only one outcome!
Another pathetic Ashes performance sees the Urn remain down under.
Forget the last two tests, save us further embarrassment and send the wimps home.... not that we really want them!

Everything this team and management have been saying, has been about preparing for this Ashes series, and they've failed beyond comprehension. It'll be easy to change the management, but I don't know how they find a new captain. Nobody looks too good to drop, and the obvious choices have either already dome it (Root), or are in the same poor mindset (Brookes). I don't see English cricket recovering for a good few years, maybe a generation.
The Aussies aren't even that good man for man, they're just better applied.
How I miss Cook and Strauss boring us by scoring lots of runs over long periods.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Bring back Mike Brearley - could out strategies the opposition albeit nothing else (even 50 years ago)

[macstheman]

Everything this team and management have been saying, has been about preparing for this Ashes series, and they've failed beyond comprehension. It'll be easy to change the management, but I don't know how they find a new captain. Nobody looks too good to drop, and the obvious choices have either already dome it (Root), or are in the same poor mindset (Brookes). I don't see English cricket recovering for a good few years, maybe a generation.
The Aussies aren't even that good man for man, they're just better applied.
How I miss Cook and Strauss boring us by scoring lots of runs over long periods.

I agree it'll take years to recover to the standard needed to win the Ashes and the dominance of the one day game in England makes it more difficult. Yes, under home conditions where a plethora of run of the mill seam bowlers ply their trade it's possible to cover up the lack of simple batting technique so easily exposed by Starc and Co. Tbh I see little changing, too much brass in the 100, 20/20 etc.

[ramAnag]

I agree it'll take years to recover to the standard needed to win the Ashes and the dominance of the one day game in England makes it more difficult. Yes, under home conditions where a plethora of run of the mill seam bowlers ply their trade it's possible to cover up the lack of simple batting technique so easily exposed by Starc and Co. Tbh I see little changing, too much brass in the 100, 20/20 etc.

Looking on the bright side. We regularly get thumped over there but I don’t think we’ve lost a home series against the Aussies since 2001. Okay the last two have both been drawn and I honestly expected this series to be closer, but we can come back in time for 2027. Darkest before the dawn. As Derby fans we should all know that.