Cricket Thread

kippaxwarrior said:
Australia have announced the oldest Ashes squad in history. Average age is 33 and only ONE player under 30
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Think it's been blown out of proportion though. It's a squad for the first test. If they need to freshen it up and bring new faces in they can. Makes sense to use the experience and try and get 3-0 up before bringing in younger guys to get some Ashes experience under their belts before their next trip here. Not sure why 30 is being used as the benchmark for "old" these days anyway. 6 of England's likely 11 for the first test will be over 30. Test cricket has never really been a young man's game.
 
supercity88 said:
Think it's been blown out of proportion though. It's a squad for the first test. If they need to freshen it up and bring new faces in they can. Makes sense to use the experience and try and get 3-0 up before bringing in younger guys to get some Ashes experience under their belts before their next trip here. Not sure why 30 is being used as the benchmark for "old" these days anyway. 6 of England's likely 11 for the first test will be over 30. Test cricket has never really been a young man's game.
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Only fast bowlers are affected by age. Spinners and batters often at their best post 30. And Sir Jimmy is still playing!
 
DelToro said:
If England had a world class spinner would beat them comfortably.

Alas we don’t so I think it will be a close run series.
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Wait a min.. don't you have a ton of spinners?

I remember your test team vs India and there was a tall guy who got a few wickets. Then there's the bearded guy.

All out of form/ injured??
 
Blue_Lightsaber said:
Wait a min.. don't you have a ton of spinners?

I remember your test team vs India and there was a tall guy who got a few wickets. Then there's the bearded guy.

All out of form/ injured??
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Tom Hartley? Doesn’t get picked that often for Lancashire. Only played in that test series for England.

We’ve got Bashir too, who’s tall, but he’s not world class.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Tom Hartley? Doesn’t get picked that often for Lancashire. Only played in that test series for England.

We’ve got Bashir too, who’s tall, but he’s not world class.
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Yeah that's his name Bashir.

With his height.. the torque on the ball for spinning must be insane.. if he's not world class.. that's a shame because you really couldn't ask for a better body for a spinner.
 
Blue_Lightsaber said:
Yeah that's his name Bashir.

With his height.. the torque on the ball for spinning must be insane.. if he's not world class.. that's a shame because you really couldn't ask for a better body for a spinner.
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We’re persevering with him to see how he develops. He’s only 22, so the hope is that he improves with experience. He was fast tracked into the test squad, without having much first class experience at all.

He’s got 68 wickets @ 39 in 19 matches.

Hopefully he takes 40 convict wickets!
 
Just realised that TNT are covering the Ashes. Does anyone know if there will be a hilights show on a different channel for those who do not subscribe to TNT?
 
55yr old teenager said:
Just realised that TNT are covering the Ashes. Does anyone know if there will be a hilights show on a different channel for those who do not subscribe to TNT?
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BBC seem to have highlights shows on iplayer/on demand.

www.bbc.co.uk

The Ashes 2025 coverage guide: How to watch video highlights and follow radio and live updates

The BBC will deliver comprehensive coverage of the Ashes, with ball-by-ball radio commentary, video highlights, text updates and analysis.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
 
waspish said:
Feeling the pitches in Australia will be more like England but with a bit more bounce but the ball will move a lot more for mid pace bowlers! Where 300 will be a good score!
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The Aussies will produce wickets to suit them ? So if you put your back into bowling the bouncer, you will always be in the game, Hard and Flat with something on the first morning for the bowlers with a fresh wicket and a hard new ball.


Nothing ever changes down under in the Ashes and the first 30 overs are key to the game,
If you lose early wickets you're bang in trouble and will be chasing the game, England will need a fully fit Archer and Wood for at least 3 test, then Stokes needs to back them up both in batting and bowling.

My pick for England's key player will be Joe Root and if he scores big runs, england will win the Ashes
 
ancoats said:
The Aussies will produce wickets to suit them ? So if you put your back into bowling the bouncer, you will always be in the game, Hard and Flat with something on the first morning for the bowlers with a fresh wicket and a hard new ball.


Nothing ever changes down under in the Ashes and the first 30 overs are key to the game,
If you lose early wickets you're bang in trouble and will be chasing the game, England will need a fully fit Archer and Wood for at least 3 test, then Stokes needs to back them up both in batting and bowling.

My pick for England's key player will be Joe Root and if he scores big runs, england will win the Ashes
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The pitches have definitely changed in Australia. I've been keeping an eye on the Sheffield shield games and ball has been dominating bat.

The pitches were too good for batting and the shield was becoming very predictable, so changes were made. Also drop in pitches are used in many venues, and 3 of the 5 ashes tests will be played on drop in pitches.

Everything I've read suggests the Aussies want to play us on bowler friendly pitches because of England's attacking style with the bat. That might work in our favour because I like the look of our seam attack.
 
Cant see anything else other than an Aussie bumming.

Players on talkshite earlier moaning about the Aussie press giving them shit shows they've already lost mentally.

Part of the ashes down there was giving the cunts as good as they gave you and they respected you. If you're cry arseing about the locals calling you childish names then sure as hell the convicts will ramp it up.
 
The Stockport Iniesta said:
The pitches have definitely changed in Australia. I've been keeping an eye on the Sheffield shield games and ball has been dominating bat.

The pitches were too good for batting and the shield was becoming very predictable, so changes were made. Also drop in pitches are used in many venues, and 3 of the 5 ashes tests will be played on drop in pitches.

Everything I've read suggests the Aussies want to play us on bowler friendly pitches because of England's attacking style with the bat. That might work in our favour because I like the look of our seam attack.
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Sheffield Shield games are one thing, but when it comes to test cricket you can bet your bottom dollar the wickets will be the same, their bowlers are well over 6ft and will want bounce and hard wickets with cracks on day one, it's tried and tested and in their DNA, England have 2 fast bowlers, but are not the same mode of the Aussies fast bowlers and dont bend their backs and use the wicket, Mark Wood can be very fast but lacks fitness, Archer can produce but again doubts are there about how many test can he play

Also, the new ball is not the best and goes soft very quickly, so that is why you need to bend your back to get the bounce on a good length,

Getting runs on the board will be England's best chance of winning the Ashes, give our bowlers something to bowl at and set a field to attack them
 
good to see the news this morning trying to claim that Stokes is showing some form and fitness because he took some wickets against.. England A in the only pre-Ashes match.
They did note a bit later that it's not the strongest opposition.
 
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