England's soggy Bazball | 4th Ashes Test |

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Jarrod takes a look at how hard it is to come back from 2-0 down, and why England ended up there in the first place. Also some Bradman chat.
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[@alistairkentucky-david9344]

9:50 I was like "eh, a surprisingly weak series from Bradman". Then I saw the scale of the y-axis and was like "Oh, yep. There it is. What an unbelievable athlete"

[@nooneknows19]

Same. I was like 300 runs seems low for him.

[@carlwells9504]

As always saying what no one else is. The fault of the weather is letting the risk of weather defeat you by not taking those early games. I feel it was that lords Eng innings that was thrown away.

[@Alpha-oo8]

I mean, England can rightfully feel unlucky in this match. But there are moments where you could say they let it slip, perhaps they were a tad arrogant at times. Neither side had been dominant until this test match. All three of the first tests could have gone either way. And in hindsight, maybe England may have had a better chance if they hadn’t batted as long as they did (surprisingly un-bazball tactics really). Of course, you can’t fully blame that, you can’t be certain about the weather. If Australia had played better, the match probably would have been a draw anyway. And credit to Australia, they could well have lost it on day four. They batted well and got lucky with the bad light forcing England to bowl spin. I’ve seen Australia lose from that position, so it’s not entirely luck based. Still extremely lucky, don’t get me wrong, but credit where credit is due.

[@Kascaide]

Cumball blew the rain clouds all over bazball - Ashes retained.

[@AmanKumar-de1kc]

He loves the earth so much, the clouds have started doing his bidding

[@TB-su4bz]

Cumball = jizzball

[@JohnHenrySMH]

All of this speculation about who has been the better team throughout the series has ignored two key variables. Home ground advantage and the toss. I've seen numbers suggesting home ground advantage in test cricket being worth somewhere between a 15-20 percent higher chance of winning. No idea how accurate that is but would not surprise me at all. Coin toss is harder to evaluate, and I'm not smart enough to properly contextualize this, but I saw figures suggesting teams that win the toss win 40% of matches to the losers 35%. So let's say that's another 5% advantage. Which means England have started each test this series with a 20% or more greater chance of winning once the coin toss came up in their favor. So if the teams were 50/50 in the first test, then accounting for their handicap, Australia were clearly the better team. Even more so for the second test. The third test had England maybe five to ten percent better, but take away their 20% advantage and Australia were the better team by at least 10 percent. The same logic tempers their much stronger performance in the 4th test from a drubbing to a merely comfortable lead. I know these figures are rubbery and hypothetical, but you get my point. This of course applies both ways, if England can draw a series in Australia next time they're down, it would be seen as a massive achievement.

[@jtfc7286]

I’d say the toss is far less significant in England than in most other other countries though - it’s usually pretty even as to whether you should bat or bowl, and there can be a number of tosses which go in your favour where you lose. In Aus or India it’s far more significant

[@JohnHenrySMH]

@@jtfc7286 I don't know about that, the amount of times England have been able to bowl under heavy skies on green seamers, only for the sun to come out and the pitch to turn into a road the next day makes me think that at least for the home team there is a huge upside to winning the toss. Add to that England's modern preference for chasing in the fourth innings and I'd say the toss is a major factor. Harder for the visiting team to know what to choose, but that feeds back into the whole home team advantage.

[@joshharkness7637]

Jarrod just made this video so he could talk about Chuck Fleetwood Smith

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

Think people have forgotten, England have won every toss, had the best of the batting and bowling conditions in every match, yet are 2-1 down. Everyone saying England is the better side. I look at it as Australia found a way to win and England found a way to lose. This match, if Stokes was so confident, he should have declared when England were 100 runs in front. Simple as that. An extra session on day 3 would have made the difference. Just to add, so sick of the English whining. I remember in 2013 when rain robbed the Aussies a chance of a win at Manchester with England at 3/37, and both Broad and Collingwood tweeted that it was great to have the Ashes and were happy for the rain. Now they are crying about it. Poms, always whining.

[@TomSawyerCoD]

Great comment. Does anyone really think that if this series had been played in Aus that it would be competitive? At best we'd be talking about how England had some rainy help in Sydney to clutch another draw & avoid yet another 5-0 drubbing. England are playing at home. If they're as good as they seem to think they are, they should be DOMINATING Aus. Instead they've had all the luck in the world up until now, but the 1st time luck has gone against them it has cost them a game and the series. Great teams don't lose home series because one test gets washed out.

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

@@cliff-nb6bm 2-1 down says to me that England are losers. The supposedly better team yet have lost. Keep up with the excuses.

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

@smintol It's not derogatory, compared to what they call Australians. Like the barmy army singing the Convict song. Aussies have called them Poms for over 100 years, and yeah, they always whine, like they are whining about this last test.

[@woopimagpie]

@smintol It's kinda true though. Legally you can't be found guilty of derogatory comments or defamation if what you're saying is the truth. And you can't deny there has been a monumental amount of whining, it's probably the most I've ever seen in an Ashes series. The debacle at Lords is indefensible, and yet you tried desperately to shift the blame and moaned endlessly when it didn't work. Some of you are STILL whining about that. You Poms are a bunch of whiners, the "whinging Pom" is part of the social lexicon of Australian culture. You used to be a nation of stiff upper lips and determination, oh boy how that's changed. Instead of rolling your sleeves up you just have a cry in your tea and make sure everyone knows it. You could win a world war now by nagging Hitler to death with whining. There you are - now THAT was nasty. But also true.

[@nnr77]

Ashes has come a bit too soon for this version of England imho. But also playing this ashes series will progress them as a team hugely.

[@shyyou93]

agree from a batting perspective but their quicks are very old - Wood 33, Woakes 34, Broad 37, Anderson 41 next week. They will need to recharge their quicks (who have lifted their team in the last two games) in the next series in 2.5 years. I think Robinson and Tongue look good but they will need more

[@shyyou93]

@@cliff-nb6bm He keeps getting injured and may give up red ball cricket soon

[@southpawlibranine3511]

England is so depressing with the rain all the time. Its cokd and wet and dark

[@PaulP580]

That’s why there are so many Pommy Flogs living in Australia 😂 👎

[@handlechar568]

manchester is not realy england, when it comes to weather.

[@southpawlibranine3511]

@@handlechar568 its in england is it not? What kind of stupid thing is that to say

[@pete456113]

@@PaulP580love a bit of cricket xenophobia!

[@handlechar568]

@@southpawlibranine3511 not the smartest cookie are you?

[@cleaningthepipes]

Sure, England the better team OVERALL in favourable conditions. But they're also at home. Look what happens when they come here, they make legends out of second string pacers. Long live Lord Bolo.

[@cleaningthepipes]

best batsman in the world, means best batsman in the WORLD not a 35 average in Oz. Find a bat that averages 55 away and 65 at home lol and maybe we can talk.

[@woopimagpie]

@@cliff-nb6bm No idea where you're getting that Joe Root claim from. Today's ICC rankings has Kane Williamson (NZ) as the best Test batter. Travis Head is #2, Steve Smith is #4, Marnus Labuschagne is #5, Joe Root is #6, Usman Khawaja is #7. Ben Stokes isn't even in the Top 10 (he's #18). Steve Smith is #2 on the greatest all time batters list behind Bradman, no other current players are even in the Top 10 on that list, Kohli and Labuschagne are #11 and #12, Joe Root is #19. I'd say Australia has you well and truly covered. Those lists might change after the series is ended but there's no way Joe Root is going from #6 to #1 based on one innings, especially not now Marnus just scored a century. And at least Cam Green can bowl, which is more than we can say for Stokes. Why would Australia want an all-rounder who is ranked #18 in batting, can't bowl, and is living in a delusion?

[@bigmoz9900]

@@cliff-nb6bm Smith has centuries in England. Root has no centuries in Australia

[@jonnyrocca7426]

My friend you guys won but you protest too much like you don’t feel it’s actually warranted. You don’t need to justify. Sit happy with the win. You seem shook, everything ok?

[@vikranthmelanathur6505]

Maybe just maybe England should have ordered a 2-day Brisbane green minefield pitch here knowing that the last two days of this Test were going to be washed out, rather than the flatdeck where 'King Krawli' edged his way to an 'epic' 180 odd. Or maybe they should have rolled out their usual greendecks in the first two Tests rather than ordering doctored slow, horrible highways. In addition to all the mistakes w.r.t on-field decisions and Team Selection you highlighted in the video. No matter what they say in public, Broad and co will be internally devastated by losing this great opportunity to win the series and be a part of history and have all the momentum going into India in their time of transition; this will haunt them. Reminds me of 2021 Eng-Ind Test series. When Kohli-Rohit-Shastri leadership group threw away the 2021 series by deciding to abandon the 5th Test when they were on top with all the momentum and the English bowlers were gased out, in order to not miss the beginning of IPL; this despite Ganguly pleading with them all night over phone to stay and finish the series and not miss the golden opportunity of a rare Test series win in England. All this after the 1st Test was washed out with India on the verge of winning it. India should have won the series 4-1, or atleast 3-1 but they finished in a lame 2-2 draw, and Ganguly was turned into a villain by the Kohli cult and PR. Only for Kohli himself to step down from Captaincy a series later in SA after losing yet another golden chance to win over there. I wonder who will be the designated villain after this Bashes debacle for Bazballing England. And I wonder if Stokes will follow Kohli and step down if he loses in India early next year.

[@vasanthnarain5639]

very pertinent point

[@YsrMahmoodVlogs]

The record books will say 2-2 but I will take this as a forfeit, different rules when it comes to Pakistan and India

[@pete456113]

Wow do you actually not think Crawleys innings was good? 😂😂 Indian fans really do hate England don’t they 😂😂

[@vasanthnarain5639]

@@pete456113 we dont, we like the brand of cricket they play, envious, yes , we are eagerly awaiting them to india and hope for a good fight, to see baz ball in india

[@woopimagpie]

@@pete456113 Crawley got 180 because Australia panicked and went ultra defensive. They basically stopped trying to get him out. Tactics for which they have been much maligned, and rightly so. Had Australia stuck to line and length with appropriate fields there's no way Crawley would have got anywhere near that many runs. And if you watch the innings, he was nearly out no less than six times. That's not lucky, that's your opponents being totally incompetent. If Australia hadn't lost their minds Crawley would have been out in the 30s. No kidding.

[@ethancoster1324]

Tbh Australia should've won in Headingley. They had England 7 down for 140 and then were pantied by Stokes and the tail. Labuschagne and Smith also threw away their wickets away in the third innings.

[@onebigadvocado6376]

I wouldn't go that far, but I'll say that their only win of the series has been VERY unconvincing

[@handlechar568]

same arguments but for aus and first test. stop it.

[@crimsonfox8496]

​@@handlechar568 no in the first test Australia had to play on an extremely wet outfield which let them only get 1s or 2s. They also had every player contribute with the bat that day, Cummins and Lyon properly smashed England

[@woopimagpie]

@@handlechar568 As an Australian I'll concede we stole that first match. We should not have won that, yet somehow we did, and pretty comfortably in the end. That first innings declaration by Stokes was foolhardy and overconfident, he totally underestimated Australia. That was like a red rag to a bull and Australia did not need to be invited twice. That was a mistake that England are still paying for.

[@lcgames3425]

Don't really understand how England were clearly better at Headingly

[@jimknight5420]

One series too far for Jimmy Anderson, Two Tests too few for Chris Woakes, Three Tests too many for Ollie Robinson, Four Tests too many for Jonny Bairstow behind the stumps, and 5 out of 10 for the selectors. That's why they were 2 down and up against it. The declaration in the first Test, non-declaration in the last Test, the Bairstow run-out incident all minor irrelevancies and distractions in the overall scheme of things.

[@sanjayprakash471]

Spot on. Great commentary

[@jtfc7286]

Disagree with Jimmy. People have such short memories, the guy averaged 20 last year (including playing on roads in Pakistan) and was the number 1 ranked bowler a few months ago… he’s not even bowled bad, just hasn’t got his rewards in this series.

[@Daniel-mo4zu]

completely agree except jimmy and robinson - people seem to have quickly forgotten robinson averages 20 across his career very quickly…

[@Lathi33]

I don't understand why people criticise the first innings declaration so much.. You guys do understand that Australia needed 60 runs with just 2 wkts remaining and needed an incredible innings from cummins and some atrocious bowling and field plans from england too..

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Hindsight is 20/20...

[@markmcdonald9260]

Australia were better team in 2005 and in 1981 and in 1972 under Ian Chappell but lost all three series. Put simply cricket is also a pschological game as well and if you cannot get on top of that you lose.

[@markmcdonald9260]

Drew in 72 but did not regain Ashes.

[@francissreckofabian01]

England probably should be leading 3-1 or 4-0. They have made selectorial & tactical errors. These things happen. 1977/78 series is still my favourite. Great Indian batsmen & spinners vs AB & Kim Hughes (& Thommo). B Lara's 600 against Sri Lanka were all defeats. Lara was great. Really Great (remember his performances against Australia to come back 2-0 to 2-2.

[@matthewrowell8518]

This has to be the dumbest comment so far. You list why they haven’t won them say they should be up 3-1 or 4-0. In any series ever you make mistakes you lose. End of discussion. Also to be far Australia has not been near there best and still retain the ashes.

[@pjani14]

@@matthewrowell8518 3-1 or 4-0 to England is taking things a little too far but either 1-1 or 2-1 to England is a more accurate reflection of how the teams have performed so far. Australia would have run out of time or wickets to win the 1st test without England's declaration on day 1.

[@matthewrowell8518]

@@pjani14 but they declared.

[@jacobkuntflapp]

Universe rewarded the aussies and punished the poms for their conduct.

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

Agreed

[@woopimagpie]

Yeah it does look a bit like the old "pride cometh before a fall" thing. If Australia can either win or draw the last match the fall will be monumental.

[@jeetu9373]

Rain has done it's work. Goodness why don't these super rich countries have shades for their stadiums! I mean they know it can rain almost any time through out the year in this country so why wasting time, money n moods of fans. Doesn't makes any sense to me, ridiculous!

[@woopimagpie]

With current tech it's not actually possible for grounds of that size. There are some big covered stadiums in the world but the the playing area is a football pitch. International cricket ovals need to be at least twice that size. It couldn't be done without supports in the middle unless it was going to be prohibitively expensive and no one is going to do that when it might get used twice a year. That's why. Principality Stadium in Wales holds 74000, it's fine for a few T20 games but they'd never play an Ashes Test on that tiny oval. And having been to Marvel Stadium in Australia (holds 54000) when the roof was closed it's unbearably humid inside there when it's full. Far from ideal. No one could endure it for 5 days, it's worse than playing in the Middle East (or Pakistan) when it's 55 degrees. 54000 people is just over 1.6 MILLION watts of energy and that doesn't include the radiant heat from the lighting, which is considerable. Even LEDs give off a lot of heat when they're that powerful. The players were completely soaked, they looked like they'd been chucked in a swimming pool, and that was after a T20 game at night. No way you could do it for a Test match.

[@abeguy7981]

England werent playing for ashes, they werre playing for bazball. Whether bazball won or not, ( its debatable coz england are more into hypotheticals and beliefs rather than stats ) ashes were lost. Its lika chess player cares more about queens gambit rather than checkmate... Hence stokes with queen got checkmated by smart usage of knight by australia.. But stokes is still talking about how queen created carnage on the xhess board... Really sad to see how a concept rob managment of critical thinking..

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

Agreed .you are right

[@realMaverickBuckley]

Ah well. Congrats Australia. What a shame it couldn't be better than 05.

[@YsrMahmoodVlogs]

Actually it is 24 days, 2 test matches where completely washed out, thanks to Jim Maxwell

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

England are 4-0 in moral victories and by having a higher run rate...

[@michaelmyer8101]

And SpIriT oF CrIckET

[@Palf3993]

England run rate pre edgbaston declaration: 5.03 England run rate at OT: 5.53 Don’t you DARE tell me england didn’t play bazball. They were at their most bazball of the whole series EASILY.

[@monashsq4001]

Good effort England ya f...Ed it, could not even win at home again. You guys need some sunshine.

[@anononomous]

Bairstow 😬 Him firing and heading for a personal milestone at _exactly_ the wrong time for the match kinda sums things up.

[@keitsee]

Lets see how well this comment ages, Australia to win the series because of a draw in the last test match due to rain. 🤣

[@woopimagpie]

Yeah the weather forecast doesn't look fantastic. At this stage a draw is looking like the most likely result. I'd like to see what WinViz is predicting. I reckon it's Draw 40%, Australia win 32%, England win 28%.

[@pete456113]

Another void series! 2 in a row!

[@Acebush99]

That’s cricket mate, it’s not over yet anyway

[@pete456113]

@@Acebush99 I reckon 5th test complete washout too

[@Acebush99]

@@pete456113 2-1 then mate

[@woopimagpie]

Kinda makes me wish for a return to the old days when they would just keep playing until there was a result. There was one that went for 12 days (but still didn't end), and 7 or 8 days wasn't uncommon. Now that I'd like to see.

[@TechMyLifeVideo]

8:48 wrong graphic, who’s getting fired.

[@louquay]

Can't really see how anyone can come to the conclusion that England have played smarter cricket this series. The batting at Lord's was fucking horrendous.

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

Agreed

[@vikranthmelanathur6505]

Selecting Bairstow after he missed a year and was clearly looking rusty and out of shape for the first two tests rather than make him play any format of domestic cricket available for those three weeks as Boycott suggested, which was quite sensible is probably the biggest blunder by Stokes-BMac. And I reckon they probably went overboard trying to get him to a century just to prove a point, and thereby wasted a session despite knowing that the last two days were more or less going to be washed out (90% chances of rain predicted). Loyalty has no place in competition at the highest levels, heck Steve Waugh of all people dropped Warne for McGill in a decider. If you wish to etch your name in history, you have to be practical and ruthless in decision-making.

[@docstevens5605]

@@vikranthmelanathur6505 Agreed. Poms wasted 57 overs batting on when they could have declared and bowled at Australia. They had to get 20 wickets. Everyone was aware that rain was going to effect the play on 5th day. Ahh but let my mate Johnny get 100. Oops.

[@davidfoster2629]

@@docstevens5605 Bairstow's dreadful keeping arguably cost them the first 2 tests and in this one he was batting too well and his buddy was more interested in proving the selection correct than winning the match. You can't make this up.

[@PaulP580]

Lol Australia 2 -Flogs in Soggy land 1 😂

[@bhhnnvvn]

Mate I thought you were the only fair one giving your thoughts on this series and as a neutral fan I was pretty keen to listen to your unbiased analysis but I have to say I have been disappointed,what kind of statement is don’t go down 2-0 in a series,there are five matches to be played each match has to viewed individually when looking at two teams so close to each other in these conditions and the statement is as stupid as it gets,I still agree with most of your other analysis in this video but you are still pretending that England hasn’t unarguably being the better team this series and by a fair margin,didn’t expect this from you

[@survivortheoneincharge7875]

What are you on about? Sure there are 5 tests but if you go down 2-0 that leaves the odds out of your favour. Other sports are the same: no NBA team has come back from 3-0 in a 7 game series and only 1 in baseball. England were arrogant and technically poor throughout the first 2 tests, and he’s right when he says everything must go right when you go down 2-0… including the weather. And because of their antics in the first 2 tests… they haven’t held the urn since 2017 and won’t until atleast 2027.

[@bhhnnvvn]

Mate what if this series was happening in India would anyone still care about 2 nil down, probably but would it play a big factor not at all

[@sphamandlambambo9990]

@@bhhnnvvn the team that has has bowled more extras, dropped more chances and lost 2/4 test has been arguable the best team in what world?. If you think you making sense then as Jarrod always say this ain't the channel for you. They basically just gave you a fact back by stats you telling us by what ifs". In cricket we have stats not sentiments and what if. Besides, This has been a horrible series being hyped for no reason. The teams has constantly played horrible for a neutral.

[@glennkeppel9836]

@@sphamandlambambo9990 these parrots of the BGA (bazball groupthink academy) think that cricket is only about batting and to a lesser extent bowling. They live in the netherworld of 'the vibe' and conveniently ignore that all sporting success is measured by scores only.

[@godboleprasad1]

Scorecard of the 2nd test at 08:45 needs to be corrected

[@joshforde698]

England's only route to victory in three days and one session was, looking back, to bat first aim for 500 in roughly a day and hope to be able to enforce the follow on, or thrash 200 in 30 overs in the third innings. The lack of declaration in this test didn't cost England The Ashes, the declaration at Edgbaston did.

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

As jarrod said .once you are 2.0 down you cant really come back from that .obviously now england fans now will blame god 😂..

[@jtfc7286]

Nah - I knew when we went 2-0 it was pretty much over. You always get at least one washout in England, so going 2-0 basically meant the series was already lost. No excuses, but definitely a shame we don’t have a showdown at the oval

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

​@@jtfc7286 you are right .

[@woopimagpie]

@@jtfc7286 There's a part of me that wanted the decider at The Oval, but there's also a part of me that wants to grind England into the dust for that shit they pulled at Lords. That was reprehensible and indefensible, and if karma is a real thing then England deserve to have their asses kicked.

[@MICOhive]

And what exactly is the difference between 2-1 after three tests where england would have won the 2 test or this ?

[@PaulP580]

Woulda coulda is what Flogs say 😂

[@Crudmonkey211]

England only have themselves to blame. The weird selections; namely not picking Wood & Woakes in the first Test based off a sort of loyalty to Anderson, (who has been undercooked this series). I won’t be surprised if Anderson isn’t picked for the next Test and retires after this series. As well as that early declaration at Edgbaston, which looking at runs on the board is strange enough, until you glance at the scorecard and see that Root, England’s best batsman by far, was still in. ENG could have easily put 80 more runs on the board and won the first test, giving them momentum for a series victory. Stokes’ declaration and the weird selections lost them the first two Tests.

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

Wood was coming back from Injury so was unable to be considered for the first 2. And they thought Ollie was better than Woakes, which is just stupid. Woakes is way better than Ollie.

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Wood wasn't fit, and it's worth remembering Jimmy has been doing well and had a fair few catches dropped off him. Woakes should have definitely come in for the Lord's Test though

[@Crudmonkey211]

@@BatMan-oe2gh I thought Wood was raring to go by Lord's, but I could be wrong. Fair to say Bazball has been more about the batting selection rather than the bowling. Woakes is a far better bat and bowl than Robinson though so it's a bit mystifying.

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

@@Crudmonkey211 Wood's just failed for the 2nd test. But yeah, why Woakes wasn't picked is a mystery.

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

Those bemoaning the 4th test draw as a disgraceful way to lose the ashes are in denial that England had already all but lost the ashes after the first two tests.

[@RatelHBadger]

If in doubt, don't go 2-0 down in a 5 match series... Probably the most obvious but also sound advice ever.... Unless you are an America's Cup boat vs New Zealand in San Francisco, 8-0 down to win 9-8... Never say die either.

[@MICOhive]

Engalnd are easily the better team in england i dont think there's any doubt about it now,they extract more movement from the same surface,but imagine if everyone were fit,stokes, wood archer ,robinson and leach would give Aussies a run for their money in Australia specially if you take into consideration that those surfaces would suit bazball batting more

[@survivortheoneincharge7875]

Bollocks

[@cyurisich]

Cool man. Anyway 2-1

[@southpawlibranine3511]

Ifs and buts. England cant even win one test in Australia

[@bigjigyeah]

All of those players besides Archer were fit for the last series and Australia still blasted them 4-0. The difference between Australia and England is when Australia play England in England the question is who will win the Ashes? When England play Australia in Australia the question is will Australia win in a white wash? 😂

[@mytwosense9135]

Ah. England identify as the better team despite being unable to do their job. Interesting.

[@theguardian308]

The whinging of England players, commentators and people was absolutely a joke

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

Agreed

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

Australia is the best team and world champions. overall australia retained the ashes as they should should .

[@johnalcorn8079]

I think when you depend on rain and outplayed in the 4th Test at Manchester.I really believe England are a better team.Australia are a good team,but l think they have SERIOUSLY been outplayed by a better team…………Its not good to depend on rain.

[@Neb_zy]

​@@johnalcorn8079 explain how england outplayed Australia going down 2-0, they set themselves up for this

[@jackobrien1026]

Exactly. Lose every toss and still retain the Ashes in England. Do you really think England would win a series in Australia at the moment?

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

​@@johnalcorn8079 australia humiliate and crushed england in this ashes with so much force i believe england fans and team brains are no longer working .

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

​@@johnalcorn8079 i am truly fed up with you english fans. You won the tosses and had flat pitchs.forget cheap trick called bazball still no match for australia .have some dignity and self respect .just accept your england team suck and just move on.😂

[@adamroberts9159]

English tears are so sweet :)

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

Agreed

[@pete456113]

Agreed. So good for the game for it to end like this!

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

Overall bazball failed and obviously england team is too stubborn to accept that their are failures

[@monashsq4001]

Prince Charles will give them an mbe for effort.

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

​​@@monashsq4001 agreed .after all charles is also a loser in his own right.

[@ekgcanadianenthusiast9961]

​@@noneofyourbusiness-c7h australia had a bad period with the bowl simple as that .

[@vikranthmelanathur6505]

​@@noneofyourbusiness-c7hDoctoring slow, flat decks where the likes of Crawley scores a run-a-ball 180 and Ben 'never leave' Duckett and Harry 'Vitality Blaster' Brooks are made to look like world class Test batters, will do that to any bowling attack.

[@mytwosense9135]

​@@noneofyourbusiness-c7hDown 1 -2 and losing The Ashes indicates success? Weird take.

[@antonisapostolou5139]

Really pleased we retained the Ashes thanks to English weather. Truth is we were outplayed in this match, and feel for Stokes and the rest of England's players. Elated though that the weather didn't give England's two a**holes, Broad and McCullum, the chance to be heroes.

[@aup10]

Make that three. Add Bairstow to the list.

[@pete456113]

Broad is the king of shitehousery

[@TechMyLifeVideo]

With Lyon it would have been 3-0. Let’s not forget how good he is.

[@maverick4655]

I cannot understand how has Australia retained the ashes? What'll happen if England wins the last test match? Will Australia still get the urn and if so, why?

[@wozt3257]

Because the previous ashes series in Australia during 2020/2021 was won by AUstralia 4-0, thus they are in 'possession' of the trophy. A draw isnt good enough to 'win it back'. If England won in Australia 18 monthes ago, they would have retained the ashes.

[@maverick4655]

@@wozt3257 thanks for clarifying it.

[@disturbingdevelopment4308]

I don't get this "England dominated Australia" in the 4th test. Take Crawley's score out of the first innings total and its comparable to the Australians first innings. One man made the difference, yet he batted with only 71% control and could have been dismissed at any time. Bairstow's innings was useful, but he's a flat track bully. If we look at the second innings, well, Australia hadn't completed it yet, so who knows what they might've gotten. So, no, England weren't "all over" Australia.

[@pete456113]

Take out the batter who scored 188 off 186 balls and discount the guy who scored 99* and they’re about even. Yeah mate makes sense. You do realise each Aussie quick went for over 100 in the first innings? Muppet 😂

[@disturbingdevelopment4308]

@@pete456113 Look at the scoreboard, ding dong. 2-1, Ashes retained, job done. Welcome to the new age of Whingeball.

[@disturbingdevelopment4308]

@@cliff-nb6bm Yeah, cos Smith has two centuries in England so far, more than anyone else. Bairstow? 0. The guy is a walking meme; overrated, but comical.

[@sdroy84agt]

I agree as well as disagree. Aus were the better team in the first 2 tests. It was only the introduction of Woakes and especially Wood that has made Eng the better team in the last 2 tests. Yet, Eng had a huge slice of luck with the weather in the first 3 tests. So much so, that almost every time Aus came to bat the clouds rolled in and every time Eng came to bat it was sunny. Thus Aus could have won the first 2 tests with bigger margins if they were as fortunate as Eng. Thus for Aus to remain ahead after 3 tests was good on them. Aus got lucky with the weather finally in 4th test and Aus retained the Ashes.

[@Warren-ew4zs]

Australia better team in first two test England in last two. Should be 2-2 heading into decider. I’d be happy if England had benefitted from rain but you still got to acknowledge good fortune.

[@JustinW2980]

You can’t help but think England have been the better team in three of the four tests. Once by a large margin and twice less so. Oh, and if Stokes batted an hour longer at Lords they would have won that as well. You can easily make case for England leading this series 4-0. At the beginning of Bazball last year, New Zealand were beaten 0-3 in a series that could have been the complete reverse. What if….?

[@glennkeppel9836]

I can't help notice that the score is 2-1 which inconveniently belies your observation. It's amazing fact that in sport a score is used to reflect the best team and not 'the vibe'. Long may the poms continue to win 'moral' victories.

[@raxitkaria]

Climate change guy got helped by rain 😂