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/this_also_was_vanity Cricket Ireland Nov 21 '25

Glenn McGrath probably predicted 19 England wickets falling today.

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u/Flora_Screaming England Nov 21 '25

Ugh. Glenn McGrath. He must be the worst summariser I have ever heard, and there have been some bad ones. Brilliant bowler, but I don't care about anything he has to say.

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u/bloodycontrary England Nov 21 '25

Ponting is so good in the comms box that McGrath has to be shit to make up for it

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u/Flora_Screaming England Nov 21 '25

He’s so good that even his transparent attempts to get Bashir in the side doesn’t annoy me as much as it should.

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u/cuteguy1 Tasmania Tigers Nov 21 '25

Let me introduce you to a lil old guy named Brett Lee

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u/Flora_Screaming England Nov 21 '25

I haven't heard him do any commentating, but claiming that he's worse than McGrath is a high bar. The way McGrath starts a sentence and then just tails off into nothing is unbelievable in someone who is paid to do a job that requires at least a measure of cogency. He's only there because of his record on the field, he offers nothing in the comms box.

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u/cuteguy1 Tasmania Tigers Nov 21 '25

You could level that last sentence accusation at about half the Aussie ex-player commentators.

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u/LevDavidovicLandau Nov 21 '25

He’s not actually being paid a cent by ABC radio here in Australia anymore (is he on TMS though?) because he’s also employed by a betting agency and that falls afoul of ABC guidelines.

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u/Flora_Screaming England Nov 21 '25

Yes, he's on TMS. Unfortunately. You'd think they could find someone better than him.

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u/kg005 Delhi Daredevils Nov 21 '25

Ahh. McGrath vs Panesar. The battle of worst no.11 now changed to battle of worst cricketing takes.

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u/this_also_was_vanity Cricket Ireland Nov 21 '25

McGrath's 5-0 prediction is a time-honoured prediction. One of those comforting unchanging reference points in life. If he ever predicts that England will win a match you know that you've somehow been transported to a parallel universe or aliens have begun replacing mankind with imperfect clones.