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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 116209 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Ashes 2025 Reply #120 - Dec 26^th, 2025 at 4:22pm Jasin wrote on Dec 26^th, 2025 at 3:55pm: 6 for 66 The pitch is playing to bowling, not batting. Media: "Make the Test pitches benefit Bowlers. People wanna see wickets! Make the T20s & BBLs pitches benefit Batters. People wanna see sixers!" ...who knows❓ POMs 9 for 91.
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 55130 Gender:	Re: Ashes 2025 Reply #121 - Dec 26^th, 2025 at 5:14pm What a day. I reckon I'm right. These pitches are being rigged. 10mm of grass left on, rather than the usual 5mm for day one. There's a BBL on now at the MCG on an adjacent pitch. I'm betting it won't benefit the bowlers and will be flatter with less seaming. Is Australia CHEATING AGAIN❓
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Re: Ashes 2025
Reply #122 - Dec 26^th, 2025 at 6:23pm

Jasin wrote on Dec 26^th, 2025 at 5:14pm:

What a day.

I reckon I'm right.
These pitches are being rigged.
10mm of grass left on, rather than the usual 5mm for day one.

There's a BBL on now at the MCG on an adjacent pitch.
I'm betting it won't benefit the bowlers and will be flatter with less seaming.

Is Australia CHEATING AGAIN❓

It's the same pitch for both teams.

Aussie 1st innings - all out for 152.
POMs 1st innings 110.

Australia 2nd innings was 0-4 at stumps, leading by 46 runs.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/the-ashes/ashes-2025-boxing-day-test-live-s...

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 55130 Gender:	Re: Ashes 2025 Reply #123 - Dec 26^th, 2025 at 7:41pm Yes. True. But it seems biased towards Bowlers. Hence the low batting scores like in Perth. People don't enjoy the long game with boring batting like Bill Lawry and Gavaskar. Test: Attacking Bowling. Defensive Batting. 20 Over game: Defensive Bowling. Attacking Batting.
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Re: Ashes 2025
Reply #124 - Dec 26^th, 2025 at 7:58pm

Jasin wrote on Dec 26^th, 2025 at 5:14pm:

What a day.

I reckon I'm right.
These pitches are being rigged.
10mm of grass left on, rather than the usual 5mm for day one.

There's a BBL on now at the MCG on an adjacent pitch.
I'm betting it won't benefit the bowlers and will be flatter with less seaming.

Is Australia CHEATING AGAIN❓

Are you sure?.

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 55130 Gender:	Re: Ashes 2025 Reply #125 - Dec 27^th, 2025 at 1:54am No. The Test will be over by day 3
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 116209 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Ashes 2025 Reply #126 - Dec 27^th, 2025 at 5:12am Jasin wrote on Dec 27^th, 2025 at 1:54am: No. The Test will be over by day 3 It could be over in 2 days - the cricket company could lose 3 days of gate receipts - millions of dollars.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 116209 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Ashes 2025 Reply #127 - Dec 27^th, 2025 at 11:29am 2nd innings - Aussies 6 for 98 lead by 140 runs. Lunch time.
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 55130 Gender:	Re: Ashes 2025 Reply #128 - Dec 27^th, 2025 at 11:59am Tests: People love seeing wickets fall more than boring batting of plodding singles and some fours. 20 over Matches. People love seeing Sixers galore.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 116209 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Ashes 2025 Reply #129 - Dec 27^th, 2025 at 12:41pm Aussies 7 for 119.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 116209 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Ashes 2025 Reply #130 - Dec 27^th, 2025 at 12:47pm Bobby. wrote on Dec 27^th, 2025 at 12:41pm: Aussies 7 for 119. 9 for 120.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 116209 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Ashes 2025 Reply #131 - Dec 27^th, 2025 at 1:00pm Bobby. wrote on Dec 27^th, 2025 at 12:47pm: Bobby. wrote on Dec 27^th, 2025 at 12:41pm: Aussies 7 for 119. 9 for 120. All out for 132 - 175 to win. England now to bat.
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Reply #132 - Dec 27^th, 2025 at 1:14pm

Another amazing Test match.
Legendary Seamer Sir Richard Hadlee would get all wickets each innings for just 50 runs a piece on these Bowling pitches.

If England bat like a T20 & BBL - they'll lose!
They've got a MASSIVE 2.5 days to just reach 175+
They need to bat like defensive plodders like Bill Lawry, Sunil Gavaskar and other long innings legends that frustrated bowlers. Just tick it along and protect the wickets and not get baited into scoring just 20 runs quickly at the cost of a wicket which the Windies used to do during their successful era.
I used to love watching them suck in the Kim Hughes team to play shots like hooks only to lose their wicket 3-5 overs later.

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 116209 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Ashes 2025 Reply #133 - Dec 27^th, 2025 at 2:14pm POMs are 2 for 77 - need 98 to win.
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 55130 Gender:	Re: Ashes 2025 Reply #134 - Dec 27^th, 2025 at 2:21pm Madness. They're batting as if they only have 20 overs to get to the target.
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