*Official* Women's Ashes 2025

[Spark]

Pretty dismal by England this, 180 should not have been this difficult to chase

 

[Spark]

Geez that's not a half bad hattrick ball either

 

[Spark]

Not sure I'd have put a pace bowler at silly mid on...

 

[Burgey]

Was a regulation catch too.

 

[Burgey]

FMD another one down. Tough chance tbf though.

Great shot by Jones there over long off.

 

[Himannv]

I don't get why Brown keeps getting picked if she's only going to bowl 3 overs. Healy clearly doesn't trust her enough. Same story with McGrath.

 

[Spark]

Well of all the dismissals, that was certainly one of them

 

[Spark]

I don't get why Brown keeps getting picked if she's only going to bowl 3 overs. Healy clearly doesn't trust her enough. Same story with McGrath.

Yeah we effectively play with 9 or 10 every game with this balance. Totally bizarre. Meanwhile the most in form bat in the country is languishing on the bench.

 

[Prince EWS]

I don't get why Brown keeps getting picked if she's only going to bowl 3 overs. Healy clearly doesn't trust her enough. Same story with McGrath.

Not sure it's that she doesn't trust her, more that she doesn't need her. Perry's not been getting a bowl either.

The balance is definitely silly though. If a couple of your best bowler justify batting in the top 6 on batting alone then fine but you don't need specialist bowlers who don't bowl batting in the lower order in that case. Better off having a specialist bat at 7 and at least an allrounder of some sort at 8 than non-bowling bowlers who averages <10 with the bat.

 

[Burgey]

Not sure why Jones isn't taking that single offered on the 5th ball of Schutt's over there @Spikey @Spark

 

[Himannv]

Yeah we effectively play with 9 or 10 every game with this balance. Totally bizarre. Meanwhile the most in form bat in the country is languishing on the bench.

And it's such a simple fix.

Healy
Voll
Litchfield
Perry
Mooney
Sutherland
Gardner
Wareham/Molineux
King
Garth
Schutt

Perfectly balanced. They bat deeper and have the same bowling that they use right now.

 

[Himannv]

Jones has lost the plot.

 

[Spark]

She's still in but this is a dreadful innings by Jones, really. Virtually locked in the loss by placing immense pressure on the other end to up the scoring rate

 

[_Ed_]

One run from the last 17 balls.

 

[Spikey]

Not sure why Jones isn't taking that single offered on the 5th ball of Schutt's over there @Spikey @Spark

I'm unable to watch but this does not strike me as a case of good strike management

 

[Spark]

Geez surely it's not that hard to avoid bowling a colossal beamer at this stage of the innings in that situation? Totally unnecessary risk to bowl that full

EDIT: Again. Wtf. Lack of game sense.

 

[Burgey]

Is it possible for an entire family to have a Marcus Harris effect on Aus cricket, given the combined input/ output of the Sutherland clan?

 

[ataraxia]

 

[Spark]

Is it possible for an entire family to have a Marcus Harris effect on Aus cricket, given the combined input/ output of the Sutherland clan?

Haha tbf this is like her first bad game in like two years

 

[Burgey]

Lol that is actually a dud call on Sutherland there, but her old man is an awful person so fair enough.