England Cricket 2025

Callumcafc said:

Steven81 said:

What a surprise the batting letting England down again.

19 wickets in a day - for the vast majority, the players who have really got any score are the ones playing aggressive shots before they get one themselves. Questions will be asked of the pitch.

Yeah I see the pitch is lively it's more a comment on the whole series tbh regardless of our inability to match Australia today.

Whatever the pitch played like to be bowled out in under 30 overs is pathetic 

What sweet hell is this ???

I said earlier that I hoped to be waking up to the Aussies all out & us not more than 2 down. 

Did not expect us to be all out as well. WTF !!!

Wont be able to watch any tonight as I'm staying over in Norwich & I doubt Travelodge has TNT 🤬. 

What's the lowest number of days cricket for an entire 5 Test series  ??

If Australia didn’t score another run they would probably still win.

I went to 3 Tests 2017/8 and the Adelaide Test this year and have managed to get to the 5th day in each of the matches , 3 defeats and 1 draw , I mean it's a long way to go for fuck all cricket , bollox to the tourist shit.

What a farce. England seem to want to get out of Australia a s a p, the Aussies are demob happy and the pitch is a disgrace, all in front of a record crowd.
For me, having paid a LOT for my ticket then sitting and having to watch 'test cricket' with all that constant crowd noise would not be viable.
Yes, I am old and perhaps stuck in the last century
The Ashes ? .. games and performances like this could see test cricket going up in flames

Leuth said:

raytreacy said:

I have been a huge cricket fan all my life. I am beyond caring now watching this sorry bunch. I had a £100 pound bet on us losing the series 4-1 I think that bet is now out of the window. Hard choices need to be made by the ECB. A new broom is required. 

This game is far from over. The pitch is so bad it elevates our bowlers to almost the level of theirs 

I think it is over. I have zero confidence in our batsmen getting any sort of score. I expect Australia to be 300 ahead by the time we bat.

Addick Addict said:

Whether Bethell is partially at fault, in not insisting in playing more red ball matches, is open to debate but for someone to be England's Test number 3 in the Ashes, with this record in the last 12 months, is absolutely ludicrous:

Red ball (Test & CC) - 5 innings (scores of 6, 5, 20, 12 & 1)
50 over - 10 innings
T20 / Hundred - 32 innings

My biggest problem with Bethell even being in the squad is that he's barely played Red Ball all year because he's been at franchise comps or carrying the drinks when the County Championship was on. 

Of course this won't change next year. England need a no3 that actually plays cricket all the time not shoehorning in someone Baz and Key thinks looks good. 

Would pissed off with this situation if I was a county player that had come off a strong year and someone who barely plays swans straight in. 

I fell asleep at the lunch break.

I had posted previously on FB after the last test that it will be a 5 nil whitewash.
All my Dad's side of the family and my sister was born out there when we all lived there for 7 years.

My aussie cousin picked up on that FB message and said at the time "not yet".

Last night before the lunch break she privately messaged me to say "Oh England have started well" (after me messaging her (before we got the 4 early wickets) about how poor we are and there is too many way 1 day games and our batsmen lack the skill and knowledge to play longer cricket games I fell asleep and woke up to her message at 7am with a message saying "Whilst you were asleep England were all out for 110". I thought "what the actual fuck?" I expected to wake up and switch tv back on expecting to see Aussie around 250 for 8 on first innings".

Bedsaddick said:

Surely there has to be complete change in this set up starting with Brendon McCullum , Rob Key and selector Luke Wright. Bazball is fine in T20 games but it’s been proven over and over again that it fails in red ball cricket and especially in 50 over games . 

We can’t keep picking Crawley and expecting him to come good and the same goes for Duckett and Smith who is too quiet behind the stumps . Brook looks like he’s playing Kamikaze cricket from ball one and he’s better than that. Our bowling department is fine apart from the fact that Archer and Wood have joints made of twiglets . 

Time for wholesale changes because this Ashes series has became a total embarrassment on and off the pitch . 

Absolutely loved Luke Wright as a player , no idea how he ended up as a selector when he was still playing when he was appointed. 

It's got to be wholesale changes but I wonder if the ECB are willing to make the hard decisions.... 

Bedsaddick said:

Surely there has to be complete change in this set up starting with Brendon McCullum , Rob Key and selector Luke Wright. Bazball is fine in T20 games but it’s been proven over and over again that it fails in red ball cricket and especially in 50 over games . 

We can’t keep picking Crawley and expecting him to come good and the same goes for Duckett and Smith who is too quiet behind the stumps . Brook looks like he’s playing Kamikaze cricket from ball one and he’s better than that. Our bowling department is fine apart from the fact that Archer and Wood have joints made of twiglets . 

Time for wholesale changes because this Ashes series has became a total embarrassment on and off the pitch . 

jakecafc said:

Sky's commentary pisses all over TNT.

Alastair Cook as coach and Sibley as captain ? Might invest in some dulux and paint a fence 

This is pathetic,surely after seeing the Aussies out for a poor score,we could have really grafted,stayed in and not bothered too much when the runs came.But no all out 110,this is spineless batting,and has to be addressed during the coming months.

ken_shabby said:

Terrible free kick from Bree.

When did he fly over and how long have you been able to kick it instead of using a bat?

Carse opening the bowling for some reason