Ashes 2025-26.

[andy]

They've definitely blown it....smith still to come in as well ....game over

[bigfluffylemon]

If only. It's been overcast all day, barely made it to 18C in Canberra.

On the bright side, beer.

[mikesiva]

Head hit a half century!

That's a rare commodity in this match. Brook with the only other 50.

[bigfluffylemon]

How many times have we seen this, though? England scrap to an ok position with their noses in front, and you think if they could only bat another session or so and add another 150 Australia could really be under pressure - then they collapse, and Australia have no scoreboard pressure at all and knock off the runs with ease.

I'm having flashbacks to Melbourne 2013.

[mikesiva]

The Cricketer are tearing into TNT for their coverage of today's play

It sounds as though the coverage was at best amateurish

I didn't know that SKY no longer has the TV rights, nor that it hasn't broadcast an ashes series down under since the Tash ashes, so long has it been since I watched any England cricket, but it does reinforce the reason why I packed in my SKY subscription all those years ago, which was that I wasn't prepared to pay all that SKY money to still find I couldn't watch stuff without adding a whole ream of extra subscriptions to an ever increasing number of broadcasters. Even if I had added them, my guess is that there would still be stuff on channels I was paying a subscription to, that require an extra 'pay to view' payment for certain events

Their selection of commemtators is really bad

I paid for TNT rather than watch on the dodgy stick so i could watch the full highlights whenever i wanted and regret it

I assumed they would have the local commentators as usual not steven finn, cook and ebony rainford brent boring me to death.

Why didn't TNT take the Australian commentary, with a couple of visiting English commentators, like Broad?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Maybe a time limit on reviews is something to consider. A five minute review isn't really practical.

[sussexpob]

Why didn't TNT take the Australian commentary, with a couple of visiting English commentators, like Broad?

Think Broad and Matty Hayden are going to end up fighting in a car park by the end of test 5, if the last day goes by anything

[mikesiva]

Head gets his century!

Off just 69 balls!

[mikesiva]

Why didn't TNT take the Australian commentary, with a couple of visiting English commentators, like Broad?

Think Broad and Matty Hayden are going to end up fighting in a car park by the end of test 5, if the last day goes by anything

[Arthur Crabtree]

Turning into a thrashing! England clearly need more Aussie injuries...

POTM intervention from Travis Head.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Going to be an extra 30m? Aussies won't even need it unless there are wickets.

[Durhamfootman]

and the hope dies

the really disheartening thing about it is that the Aussies were really worried this time yesterday, but fortunately the England batters and their batters helped them out big style

difficult to understand how the pitch went from unplayable to benign in a tea interval.... it's almost as if there was more to it than that

I presume the Smith dismissal means we got our tedious obligatory controversy in nice and early.

[Durhamfootman]

I think that's it

Going to script so far, apart from a bit of an aberration yesterday

well done Aussies

same old England

[sussexpob]

The pitch flattens out on day 2, they said. Hang in there in the morning and it will get easier, they said.

All out in 33 overs.... utterly embarrassing

[Durhamfootman]

cue the acrimony and the gloating

feels entirely self inflicted

England out-Englanded