*Official* Women's Ashes 2025

[Spark]

But honestly if she just hammered a back of a length all over this game would be over

 

[ataraxia]

McGrath really justifying her place in the team by bowling that ball.

 

[cascade]

What on earth is Jones doing

 

[Spark]

Oh my god that really is the worst piece of strike management I've ever seen, how on earth did they not run!

 

[_Ed_]

Astonishing.

 

[Spark]

This game has gone full village in the last ten minutes

 

[Burgey]

There it is. Played like a busted but still miles too good.

 

[Spark]

Geeeeeez someone needs to have a stern word to Jones about... all of that. Genuinely as poorly thought through an innings as you're ever likely to see

 

[cascade]

That has to be a demoralising loss for England. Don't know how they ****ed it that badly.

 

[Burgey]

Geeeeeez someone needs to have a stern word to Jones about... all of that. Genuinely as poorly thought through an innings as you're ever likely to see

I actually wonder if she's genuinely just frozen mentally there. It wasn't like she was making bad decisions, more that she wasn't making any at all.

 

[Spark]

There it is. Played like a busted but still miles too good.

For real though Aus are so very much there for the taking but there must be some bizarre psychological hold they have over sides still which makes them freeze when the opportunity presents itself because there's no ****ing way England should have ****ed that up that badly. It's happened to India a few times too so it must be mental.

 

[Spark]

I actually wonder if she's genuinely just frozen mentally there. It wasn't like she was making bad decisions, more that she wasn't making any at all.

Yeah, but she dug that hole for herself by batting so negatively before. Should never have let it get to that stage

 

[Spikey]

Can't believe I've missed out on seeing the opposite of Maxwell's master-class

I'll catch up and create a thread for good and bad Strike Management

 

[ataraxia]

I actually wonder if she's genuinely just frozen mentally there. It wasn't like she was making bad decisions, more that she wasn't making any at all.

Her decision to deny the single on waiting for the no ball call before was excellent tbh. Definitely a case of brainfreeze though.

 

[Spark]

Her decision to deny the single on waiting for the no ball call before was excellent tbh. Definitely a case of brainfreeze though.

It's almost as if she'd gotten into the habit of denying singles though and just did it reflexively

 

[Himannv]

Jones MVP.

 

[morgieb]

Wow. That looks a lol-tier choke from England.

 

[Sunil1z]

Money is not everything. They are mentally very strong. I have lost count of number of games of IND-AUS in last 5-6 years when it felt that we would beat them only to see us lose another game. This Team is very very difficult to beat .

Like I said earlier
This Team just gives you hope and then crushes you later .

 

[thierry henry]

Jones seemed to completely forget how the strike worked there. Not just the last one, I also question the earlier decision to turn down a single which just meant she needed a single the next ball anyway

 

[Spark]

Like I said earlier
This Team just gives you hope and then crushes you later .

More like Aus gave them hope, and a rake, and England decided to step on that rake Sideshow Bob style again and again