2nd Ashes Test: Australia v England @ The Gabba Thu Dec 4-8, 2025

[some11]

Letting a number 11 score more than 5 runs should have people throwing rotten fruit at us.

 

[Bazal]

Letting them get 300 is absolutely wild

We have deadset gifted them 120 runs today

It's been a bit wild all round tbh? A day of pretty meek captaincy from Smith finished off by Stokes not delcaring for some insane reason.

Like they've smacked a few runs beause we've continued to be shit tactically but they could legit jag 2-3 wickets in 8 overs

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

17 minutes left and they've only bowled 70 f**king overs

 

[This Year?]

This 30 minutes has given England all the momentum

This is honestly the most frustrating session I can remember

The most since the Headingley 2019 game.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

9 more overs before we’re punished for over rates.

 

[Bazal]

Letting a number 11 score more than 5 runs should have people throwing rotten fruit at us.

Our tactics have been shithouse for sure but more in fairness to Archer than us, he's hardly a genuine number 11 his FC average is like 23

 

[Bazal]

f**k me...can we declare??

 

[This Year?]

We're getting exactly what we deserve rn.

 

[yobbo84]

50 run 10th wicket partnership... wtf

England well on top now all due to 30 minutes of weakness and not backing ourselves

If I'm a pom I'd be smelling blood

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Can we please bowl Not Boland

 

[Fangs]

Heartbreaking this. Could come back to really cost us later.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

At least we now don’t have to bat tonight.

 

[mozza91]

We’ll want to bat well tomorrow. If this partnership costs us a Test it’ll be criminal.

 

[Bazal]

Not wanting to bat is one thing

Having LITERALLY EVERY FIELDER on the fence is another, genuinely embarrassing thing.

 

[some11]

220 all out tomorrow I feel it in my bones.

 

[yobbo84]

We’ll want to bat well tomorrow. If this partnership costs us a Test it’ll be criminal.

It's not about this partnership even

We have just let the poms know we were too scared to bat tonight

That's the sort of shit you pounce on as an opponent

 

[mozza91]

Urgh Boland. Victorians are no good at everything.

 

[yobbo84]

WHERE THE f**k ARE THE FIELDERS?

WE ARE GIVING FREE RUNS TO A NUMBER 11

THIS IS WEAK

 

[Chins]

220 all out tomorrow I feel it in my bones.

That's just what Head will score on this road

 

[Bazal]

It's not about this partnership even

We have just let the poms know we were too scared to bat tonight

That's the sort of shit you pounce on as an opponent

Yeah it's the way we've done it that shits me. It's well and good and expected to try and waste some time and shave overs off what you have to face end of day. But this has been ridiculous

Smith has flinched badly. He was never a legit captain IMO and this is probably his worst moment outside Cape Town