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

[undertaker]

I am starting to like this trend of sportsmen playing into their 40s (which humiliates the up-and-coming generation)

Largely due to full-time professionalism and higher wages, the average player is fitter, faster and stronger than they were even as recently as 2-3 decades ago. It's the exact same in the NRL: look at all the players who've played 300+ first-grade games compared to 25+ years ago?

When Mark Taylor retired at 34 at the end of the 1990s, 34 was considered old back then. Furthermore, only a small % of fast bowlers continued performing well beyond that age. Then, 37 became the new 34 during the 2000s (McGrath, Warne, Hayden, Mark Waugh retired from international cricket at that age). Now, over the past decade, you've got an increase in players who competed at test match level in their 40s, such as Jimmy Anderson, Misbah-ul-Haq, Craig Ervine etc, and several others such as Khawaja and Noman Ali who are on the doorstep of 40.

 

[hineyrulz]

 

[Bazal]

Jokes on us lads. Thousands of Australians have been robbed of our hangover cure today, and our reason for a sickie tomorrow.

That's a resounding moral victory to the English

 

[Fangs]

Yeah 2 day tests suck. I was meant to be watching this test match now I'm watching the F1 Grand Prix. It just ain't the same.

 

[T-Boon]

Yeah 2 day tests suck. I was meant to be watching this test match now I'm watching the F1 Grand Prix. It just ain't the same.

they are great while they last - wickets falling. "Helter skelter" as they were saying yesterday. Its always great when a fast bowler gets MoM. All that test needed was Root (or Brooks maybe) to bat sensibly and scratch out a decent score.

 

[Fangs]

they are great while they last - wickets falling. "Helter skelter" as they were saying yesterday. Its always great when a fast bowler gets MoM. All that test needed was Root (or Brooks maybe) to bat sensibly and scratch out a decent score.

Terrible batting overall. But you got to see Head's innings which might already be the best one of the summer.

Kind of like a lot of errors in Rugby League. Sometimes it can actually make a game a bit more interesting. It was a bit of a spectacle.

 

[blue bags]

A

Yeah 2 day tests suck. I was meant to be watching this test match now I'm watching the F1 Grand Prix. It just ain't the same.

And what about the 3 day's of cricket missing
Alot of revenue. Sale's. Tickets
Tv money. Lost very disappointed

 

[Fangs]

A
And what about the 3 day's of cricket missing
Alot of revenue. Sale's. Tickets
Tv money. Lost very disappointed

All that mid strength beer wasted.

 

[Fangs]

Do they sell emu export at Perth stadium? Total garbage that stuff. They must have something better.

 

[85 Baby]

Kind of like a lot of errors in Rugby League. Sometimes it can actually make a game a bit more interesting. It was a bit of a spectacle.

If after the 50th error, they just called the winner and didn’t bother coming out for 2nd half

 

[blue bags]

Maybe time for a change in diet. Humble pie, perhaps:

Humble PIE'S. Johnny Walker
For breakfast
Keep on walking you pommy twat wankers

 

[blue bags]

Double Post

 

[blue bags]

Do they sell emu export at Perth stadium? Total garbage that stuff. They must have something better.

West End Bitter
Swan Lager

 

[Fangs]

West End Bitter
Swan Lager

Adelaide oval will have Coopers hopefully. Got myself a day one ticket looking forward to it.

 

[undertaker]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/millions-of-dollars-go-missing-as-ashes-fans-screen-says-it-all/news-story/76e0e2ba0c8221cad6d115df63491d58

 

[jargan83]

West End Bitter
Swan Lager

Gage Roads at Optus Stadium.

At one stage they were selling Carlton and United products at the WACA before the move.

Certainly doesn't beat the tinny bar at the Cricket club.

 

[undertaker]

Yeah 2 day tests suck. I was meant to be watching this test match now I'm watching the F1 Grand Prix. It just ain't the same.

Regarding test cricket, India vs South Africa is currently on, and YouTube's currently streaming Bangladesh vs Ireland.

 

[Fangs]

Regarding test cricket, India vs South Africa is currently on, and YouTube's currently streaming Bangladesh vs Ireland.

India v SA will do.

Was watching a little shield. Renners has 50* for QLD. I hope he wakes up and hits top form because there are two vacancies at the top of the test order very soon.

 

[T-Boon]

I'd rather the Australian cricket sponsor be a porn site than a bank. It is repugnant.

 

[Desert Qlder]

India v SA will do.

Was watching a little shield. Renners has 50* for QLD. I hope he wakes up and hits top form because there are two vacancies at the top of the test order very soon.

388 runs (and counting) in 5 first class innings so far this summer. 2 centuries and 2 half centuries.

If that’s not top form what is?