2024 - 2025 Summer of Cricket

[Battler]

Although admittedly, Australia lose epic and close series in England, and England tend to cop a good hiding down under. Conditions obviously say a lot.

This. We usually go very close to beating England in their preferred conditions, and then belt them in our preferred conditions.

 

[Battler]

I’m shocked it’s been since 2001 for Australia winning a series in England. Even NZ has won a series there in that time, and we’ve only ever won three series there!

New Zealand pitches would be much more England like than Australian ones.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

Mate, you need to work on your research skills!

The 2015 Ashes series was in England. England last won the Ashes in Australia in 2010/11, 3-1. So it’s 13 years since England one the Ashes in Australia.

I totally agree that Australia’s record in England since 2001 overall is disappointing and the series played there have been very close, except for England’s 3-0 win in 2013. However we have managed to draw the last 2 series there. The cricket has been brilliant to watch.

However when England come to Australia since 2006/7, except for 2010/11, England have been smashed:

2006/7 Australia won 5-0
2010/11 England won 3-1
2013/14 Australia won 5-0
2017/18 Australia won 4-0
2021/22 Australia won 4-0

We are looking forward to the English cricket team playing again on our hard pitches under mostly clear blue skies with Kookaburra balls.

Test cricket between England and Australia is the best cricket in my opinion.

Tomato / Tamata Mr Wallace. Point was in response to your question…….how long was it since England won the ashes in Australia. A different way to coin the response…….more recently than Australia. Freeeeeeeeddddooooooooooooooommm

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

This. We usually go very close to beating England in their preferred conditions, and then belt them in our preferred conditions.

Yes. An important caveat I had to note. Has always been disappointing the way the Aussie quicks rolls through our top order. Particularly in Perth. I can only speculate it’s because English players rarely ply their trade in shield cricket but a lot of great Aussie batsman have had stints playing in UK and have more experience on their wickets. I’d defiantly love to experience playing for Durham or Kent if I was an Aussie batsman. I was born in Kent and lived there until I was 20. But never got into cricket until I got to Australia in 2003. Was always about Football and Boxing.

 

[Lefty]

Tomato / Tamata Mr Wallace. Point was in response to your question…….how long was it since England won the ashes in Australia. A different way to coin the response…….more recently than Australia. Freeeeeeeeddddooooooooooooooommm

I accept your point mate, I was just correcting a detail and having some fun.

The posts on here during the next Ashes series should a lot of fun.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

There have been a total of 345 Ashes tests played, Australia have won 142 (41.2%) and England have won 110 with 93 drawn.

There have been 73 Ashes series played and Australia have won 34 (46.6%) and England have won 32 and 7 series have been drawn (the Ashes were retained 6 times by Australia because of drawn series, England once).

List of Ashes series - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I have attached a video from an English rock band called Queen which is most appropriate.

Good one Leftboyman. Did you not know it is quintessentially English to invent a game and then in time be whooped at it.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

I accept your point mate, I was just correcting a detail and having some fun.

The commentary on next Ashes promises to be should have fun on here.

All good Lefty. I’ve always like and enjoyed your posts over the years and will likely enjoy this late blossoming banter. Although as one of my very few international allies @Thieves Like Us has said, your views on this sport vs England has a glaring hang up. I suspect you may be a bit more bothered than we will be if you lose…….although, history suggests worst case you will lose a test! Which I would enjoy and take with open arms.

 

[Lefty]

The next Ashes series starts in Perth and then moves to Brisbane, that is going to be a very tough start to the series for the English batsmen.

England will definitely need to have some fit fast bowlers to be competitive.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

Nice! Hope you've got tickets already, they're selling very quickly! I've got them for the Sunday at the Basin Reserve.

Should be good, but unless Stead gets sacked I don't see it being competitive. England 3-0.

I do thankfully. Was all over it when they went on sale. Hopefully it’s 1-1 when we get there for the third test. Want to see Joe Root take over Cook as England’s top run scorer. That will likely happen in test one or two though.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

The next Ashes series starts in Perth and then moves to Brisbane, that is going to be a very tough start to the series for the English batsmen.

England will definitely need to have some fit fast bowlers to be competitive.

Mark Wood would be critical in Perth. We should be $10 without him. I’m wondering if they may try give Jofra a couple of tests. Those first two would be great. If we had a fly and firing wood and jofra we may have a shout

 

[Lefty]

Hopefully the test series between New Zealand and England will be competitive, I’ll be watching if it is.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

Shame it can’t start in Adelaide

 

[jamesgould]

New Zealand pitches would be much more England like than Australian ones.

I'm not so sure about that. NZ pitches of the last 20 years have tended to be very flat and hard, and very good for batting. When England toured here in 2019 an English journalist has a massive meltdown because the pitches didn't do enough and led to boring cricket (England lost the test by an innings after a huge second innings collapse https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...nd-vs-england-1st-test-1187671/full-scorecard ). And we use Kookaburra balls, not Dukes.

Australia have done very well in NZ and scored plenty of runs here, unlike in England, where the likes of Warner was a walking wicket.

But I do think the swinging conditions in England benefits our bowlers probably more than Australia's. We get swing, where-as the faster Australia bowlers probably get neutered a bit on the slower, softer wickets.

 

[Lefty]

England will also need a spinner who can perform in Australian conditions, this has been a problem for them for as long as Incan remember.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

Surely the Aussie bowling unit wont be Starc, Hazelwood, Cummins and Lyon in 15 months time……..

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

England will also need a spinner who can perform in Australian conditions, this has been a problem for them for as long as Incan remember.

Except for when old mate Swanny was around

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

Gus Atkinson has had an impressive start to his test career and is taking a lot of wickets. For spin we appear to be all in on Bashir. If he gets some more experience and confidence under his belt it may be him. Hartley went ok. And there one other. Problem is for us we have spinners with potential but all young. Need one of them to announce themselves and dominate a series.

 

[Battler]

Except for when old mate Swanny was around

Didn't we belt Swan into retirement?

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

Didn't we belt Swan into retirement?

Yea, only at the end…….lols. Still can’t erase the sprinkler at the MCG.

 

[Battler]

Yea, only at the end…….lols. Still can’t erase the sprinkler at the MCG.

The sprinkler was very cringe. Like the Australian men's swimming relay and the 'smash them like guitars' stuff against the Americans.