The Ashes Tour of Australia 2025/26

Absolute laughable that they think they are really good cricket team - well they need to take their sunglasses off and see the bigger picture, they are an embarrassment to English cricket.
Well they got a couple days off for golf again..

All over As Australia win by 8 wickets
Steve Smith seals it with a 6

A bloody mountain to climb now to get the Ashes back

Shit show.

What changes would you make for the Third Test?
Providing Wood is fit I'd swap out Carse for Wood but who could bat at 3 if you drop Pope and who can take Brooks' place?

Feel those are the weakest links batting - wise

Mark Wood suffered a recurrence of his left-knee injury during the first Test in Perth, ruling him out for the rest of the Ashes series. Surrey's Matthew Fisher joins as a replacement. He has one Test cap in 2022.

^^ Not just hindsight, I expected the Mark Wood news.

Matt Fisher is a steady hard working bowler, more like a Matt Potts only less robust, & not a like for like replacement for Wood, we don't have another 95 mph bowler to select.
Yorkshireman Fisher has one thing in common with Wood he has had an injury prone career.
In the recent Australia A v England Lions match which we lost he went for 105 runs & was wicketless, but had the best economy rate of the quick bowlers.
In the same match England's NO.1 spinner Bashir had figures of 25-2-115-0. In terms of England making changes you could say that Jacks was a minor success hanging around with Stokes in their 96 run partnership, but his place could be at threat with a spinner required at Adelaide.