The Ashes 2025/26

[J_B]

Batting needs to improve.

 

[monmouth]

I can hear the words of my wife when she tries to drag me out of the house during Christmas…

“What time did you come to bed?”
“Erm, 6am”

“Who has eaten all the cashew nuts? I only opened them yesterday”
“Erm, um, erm”.

Don’t you have a dog?

When I was a kid, my dog was so clever he could take the wrappers off the tree chocolates before he ate them and left them tidily under the tree. Cracking dog.

 

[Cooperman]

Don’t you have a dog?

When I was a kid, my dog was so clever he could take the wrappers off the tree chocolates before he ate them and left them tidily under the tree. Cracking dog.

My dog also used to eat my school homework.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

This should be a fun read as the first Test gets ever closer.

The 100 greatest men’s Ashes cricketers of all time

Sport’s famous rivalry began in 1877 and since then 853 men have featured in Australia v England Tests. But who are the very best of the best?

www.theguardian.com

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Cummins and Hazelwood out of the first test for the Aussies. Mark Wood a doubt for England. Five days to go.

 

[Muteswan]

Mark Wood cleared to play after scan.

Mark Wood: England fast bowler cleared of hamstring injury for Ashes

England fast bowler Mark Wood is cleared of any concerns over his left hamstring following a scan in Perth.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[exiledclaseboy]

It had to be Shane Warne.

The 100 greatest men’s Ashes cricketers of all time

Sport’s famous rivalry began in 1877 and since then 853 men have featured in Australia v England Tests. But who are the very best of the best?

www.theguardian.com

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Ashes 86/87 on TNT 4 all night. You’re welcome.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

It had to be Shane Warne: the Ashes Elvis had an aura that eclipsed all others | Barney Ronay

He coaxed greatness from teammates, bent occasions to his will and mastered the most complex of arts, but best of all he connected like few others in sport

www.theguardian.com

 

[Frankie Burrows Cap]

Ashes 86/87 on TNT 4 all night. You’re welcome.

Amazing shout, thanks.

 

[jackharris]

 

[jackharris]

 

[Frankie Burrows Cap]

Suggestion has been for a while that they’ll go without a spinner. What’s people’s thoughts? Always seems a gamble to me.

The Ashes: England name Shoaib Bashir in squad for first Perth Test against Australia

England keep their options open for the first Ashes Test in Perth by naming off-spinner Shoaib Bashir in a 12-man squad alongside five pace bowlers.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Cooperman]

Suggestion has been for a while that they’ll go without a spinner. What’s people’s thoughts? Always seems a gamble to me.

The Ashes: England name Shoaib Bashir in squad for first Perth Test against Australia

England keep their options open for the first Ashes Test in Perth by naming off-spinner Shoaib Bashir in a 12-man squad alongside five pace bowlers.

www.bbc.co.uk

I saw a photo of the pitch a few days back and it looked very green and seam friendly.

 

[jackharris]