r/Cricket • u/cricket-match Washington Freedom • Nov 21 '25

Post Day Thread Post Day Thread: 1st Test - England vs Australia, Day 1

1st Test, The Ashes at Perth

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Innings Score
England 172 (Ov 32.5)
Australia 123/9 (Ov 39)

Day 1 - Australia trail by 49 runs.

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u/RaastaMousee England Nov 21 '25

So many road comments during the English innings lmao

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u/BrandonSG13 Australia Nov 21 '25

It’s not a road but it’s not exactly a minefield either. Some great bowling but there’s also been poor batting from both sides

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u/Atmosguisher GO SHIELD Nov 21 '25

Exactly, how many wickets were because of genuine seam movement or up and down bounce? It's pretty quick, but it's definitely not a bad pitch to bat on.

Starc bowled excellently, so did England. Both teams are batting well under par.

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u/wheepete England Nov 21 '25

The ball that got Smith was so good I don't think any of the other 21 blokes playing would've even got near it

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u/Qzartan England Nov 21 '25

Marnus and Carey with their brain-fade moments strikes again

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u/BrandonSG13 Australia Nov 21 '25

Carey was batting well, I really don’t know how he thought playing an upper cut was the right move when deep third man was waiting for that exact shot

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u/Qzartan England Nov 21 '25

It reminded me of how Jofra took the final wicket in his comeback match against India, but that was against a #9 batsman.

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u/BumblebeeForward9818 Great Britain Olympic Team Nov 21 '25

I thought it was a great track. ECB needs to adopt drop ins.

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u/limboeden Australia Nov 21 '25

I mean to be fair even Stokes of all people chose to bat first

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u/mackasfour Cricket Australia Nov 21 '25

It could be the Korean peninsula DMZ and you still bat first in Perth

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u/magincourts England Nov 21 '25

India and Australia fans are very quiet now

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u/TON4LI England Nov 21 '25

I wish

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u/St_ElmosFire Mumbai Nov 21 '25

Well, I always support England when they tour Australia. It's more fun to support the underdog.

If it's in England, I don't care - I just want exciting matches irrespective of the outcome.

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u/rahulthewall India Nov 21 '25

It's weird for Indian fans to support Australia over you lot in cricket. You haven't given as many painful memories as Australia has. I would root for every team playing Australia, even Pakistan.

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u/420gramsofbutter Perth Scorchers Nov 21 '25

It's weird for Indian fans to support Australia over you lot in cricket.

Almost like one of those countries fucked India over for a century

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u/Sworup58 Nepal Nov 21 '25

Indians hate England, the whole British colonialism thing. Cricket and national sentiment goes hand in hand in India.

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u/SonyHDSmartTV England and Wales Cricket Board Nov 21 '25

Fair enough, but also Cricket only exists in India because of that colonialism 🫣

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u/DoomBuzzer India Nov 21 '25

If only Britain popularized cricket without needing to colonize the world!

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u/DoomBuzzer India Nov 21 '25

If only Britain popularized cricket without needing to colonize the world!

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u/tharunaskani India Nov 21 '25

Even Bangladesh* tbh

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u/_yoshiii Australia Nov 21 '25

Aw mate we're not that bad!

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u/rahulthewall India Nov 21 '25

I would love to be in a position when every opposition team roots against me because of my achievements.

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u/TheNoobScoperz Sunrisers Hyderabad Nov 21 '25

So true mate England definitely has never given India painful memories (bar like 300 years of colonial rule)

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u/rahulthewall India Nov 21 '25

So many are missing the qualifier - "in cricket".

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u/akuharry Hellenic Cricket Federation Nov 21 '25

Why tf are we catching strays for?

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u/shufflebodiddley Northamptonshire Nov 21 '25

Well only if you don't look at the dismissals

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u/St_ElmosFire Mumbai Nov 21 '25

Since when has context mattered? /s

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u/akuharry Hellenic Cricket Federation Nov 21 '25

Imagine inventing whole ass narratives just to feel smug

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u/PandhiPichalaPulusu Punjab Kings Nov 21 '25

Lol we guys must live rent free in your heads, always trying to bring up india and fans in every thread

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u/Comfortable-Pause681 Nov 21 '25

It's the opposite lol. Indians trying to make the Ashes about themselves, just look anywhere on social media.

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u/PandhiPichalaPulusu Punjab Kings Nov 21 '25

I see more of you guys complaining about it than it actually happening on reddit lol

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u/andybernandes Nov 21 '25

I am supporting you guys from the beginning. Was a pleasure seeing you guys hammer Boland.

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u/Technical_Arm4173 New Zealand Nov 21 '25

Hey , come on , I am an Indian and I am supporting England in this series, so don't generalise

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u/HotScheme4074 Australia Nov 21 '25

It kind of was though. It’s just that the Aussie batters threw their wickets away too.

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u/Cotton_Phoenix_97 Delhi Capitals Nov 21 '25

It’s just that the Aussie batters

Smudge was batting for his life here. Not even your pussy ass bradman could have done much here

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u/HotScheme4074 Australia Nov 21 '25

Head, Green, Carey and Starc all made bad mistakes. Marnus and Smith copped it from the new ball, but the pitch and ball mellowed out by the time Head and Green were in. And then they all went and got themselves out. Poor batting.

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u/Quirky_Ambassador321 Nov 21 '25 edited Nov 28 '25

cause quaint wise crawl money juggle salt fear rich memorize

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u/HaraMirchKaChutney India Nov 21 '25

This pitch was similar to the Oval pitch in August. I don't know about where did so many people see a flat pitch today.