1st ASHES Test: Australia v England @ Optus Stadium PERTH Nov 21-25, 2025

[undertaker]

Looks like the umpires won't have to worry about the additional 30 minutes/8 overs.

So, this is the second test match over the past 3 years in Australia that has ended on day 2.

 

[undertaker]

So, Australia won scoring at 7.24 runs/over.

Well and truly done a Bazball (or Travball) on England

 

[Eelectrica]

2 hours ago Botham was saying England was in front and would probably win the game then Head happened.

 

[Sphagnum]

Head is fast becoming an Aussie legend imo. He just thrived on that situation. That’s what being a test batsman is all about. Getting out there and facing the fkn music. Top stuff.

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

Oh he f**ked his sideburns off. That's what made the difference

 

[undertaker]

ROFLMAO @ INGURLAND

5-0 INCOMING MOFOS

As I said earlier, only bad weather can get in the way of a whitewash.

After a fair amount of time got taken out of the SCG test four summers ago due to showers, Australia fell one wicket short of a 5-0 cleansweep in 2021/22.

 

[mozza91]

I’d like to play with Trav’s stump.

 

[King hit]

So much for being skeptical of if we could chase it down.

 

[undertaker]

I remember reading comments during the test series vs Sri Lanka earlier this year, that Trav as test opener is only suited to the subcontinent and not Australian conditions.

Well, Trav did a much better job as opener than Khawaja would've. His counterattack attitude from the get-go was the difference, and got the Poms rattled (much like Konstas rattling India on Boxing Day last year).

 

[Tom155]

Starcy player of the match

 

[undertaker]

2 hours ago Botham was saying England was in front and would probably win the game then Head happened.

Who's Botham commentating for? Didn't know he was here in Australia.

 

[85 Baby]

So Stokes’ takeaway was Head’s innings shows Bazball is awesome

 

[Eelectrica]

Who's Botham commentating for? Didn't know he was here in Australia.

He was briefly on the panel for Channel 7 before the start of the innings. Langer was there as well. Not sure how much commentating he's done.

 

[Sphagnum]

The mighty mighty England taking control, the smug Aussies are shook

This really is some of your best work. Hopefully England will get on top for another session or two at the Gabba so we get to hear more of these pearls of wisdom.

 

[mozza91]

So Stokes’ takeaway was Head’s innings shows Bazball is awesome

Yet another moral victory. Bazball invented Travis Head

 

[undertaker]

The problem for them is they need a steady hand in the side to work around. Usually that is Root but he is a spud in Aus. Someone line Cook would be a godsend for them.

or Vaughan in his prime.

Player of the series during the 2002/03 Ashes, scoring 633 runs (including 3 centuries)

 

[King hit]

Pretty cool win but test cricket should never be over in 2 days

 

[undertaker]

So as it currently stands in the past 14 years the Kiwis and Windies have won more tests in Australia then the poms have.

And played half the amount of Tests then the Poms in the same period

I remember that last time the Poms won in Australia. IIRC, it was Khawaja's and Michael Beer's test debut, as well as Michael Clarke's first test as captain (filling in for an injured Ponting, before replacing Ponting as full-time captain after the 2011 ODI World Cup).

I distinctly remember meeting up with friends at Manly Beach for lunch on day 5 of the test, and then watching some of the day's play on the tv monitor inside the ferry heading back to Circular Quay in the afternoon. Australia were on the verge of getting crushed by an innings for the 3rd time that series, and 99% of the SCG crowd was the Barmy Army!

Most importantly, I hope that Smudge can forgive the 23 year old me at the time for saying he wasn't a test cricketer after England won 3-1. Very happy to see him transform himself into a batsman a couple of years later rather than trying to be the next Shane Warne, and he has never looked back since scoring that maiden test century at The Oval.

 

[mozza91]

Surely a 3 day Larry coming up for Head? He thoroughly deserves it.

 

[undertaker]

What a game!