2025-2026 Summer of Cricket

England have announced their ashes squad. Brook has been named as vice-captain.

Stokes, Wood, Bashir and new backup spinner, Will Jacks all need to prove their fitness.

11 of the squad have never played at test in Australia.

Bring it on! 😁 🇦🇺

Exciting to see Archer in that squad
 
Vale Harold ‘****ie’ Bird. This site thinks I’m being obscene and has obscured Harold’s nickname, which is the name he is known by.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...english-cricket-umpire-dies-aged-92/105809586
 
One of the biggest questions about this Ashes series is the fitness and performance of England’s fast bowlers.
That’s the big question and probably why we’ve picked 5 plus Stokes if he’s fit enough to bowl.

We’ll probably see Pope edged out in favour of Bethnell now that he’s not VC anymore.
 
Jeez the Aussie girls had a scare before an emphatic victory? The cockiness of Pakistan was annoying the crap out of me. 😆 I think they had it won after 7 wickets went cheap and it was their undoing. Well done Australia!
 
The English cricket team has started the sledging before they have even arrived in the country.

The player doing the sledging, Zac Crawley is only averaging 31.55 after 59 tests.

I’m very much looking forward to 21 November.

 
That with or without Cummins, could miss the lot, his contribution with bat and ball will be sorely missed, Captaincy not so much with Smith standing in
That is with Cummins playing in say 2 test matches. Boland is an exceptional bowler, he can replace Cummins bowling and as you say Smith can replace Cummins as captain.
 
We can expect to see Khawaja and Labuschagne opening for Australia in the first test. Labuschagne has scored another Shield century today to go with 2 one day centuries this season. Konstas failed again yesterday.

I would move Smith to 3 and have Green at 4.

Bring it on!
 
We can expect to see Khawaja and Labuschagne opening for Australia in the first test. Labuschagne has scored another Shield century today to go with 2 one day centuries this season. Konstas failed again yesterday.

I would move Smith to 3 and have Green at 4.

Bring it on!
5. Head
6. Webster
7. Carey

Is that right?
 
Our most likely 11 barring injuries is:

1 Khawaja
2 Labuschagne
3 Smith
4 Green
5 Head
6 Webster
7 Carey
8 Starc
9 Lyon
10 Hazelwood
11 Boland.
 
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