Women's Ashes 2025

[bigfluffylemon]

Apparently England have dropped 5 catches.

16-0 beckons, and it will be deserved.

[Durhamfootman]

it's hard to find anything positive about this England side. Every time I get up and look to see what's been happening, it's always with the expectation that they will have found some way to shoot themselves in the foot whilst I was asleep

I imagine there will be a big inquiry when this is all over

[GarlicJam]

It is definitely a case of "England fans: look away now"

Annabel Sutherland continues to impress. She will go on to set a variety of records over her career, I think. I fully expect her to be named Australia captain when authorities are next looking for one.

[Durhamfootman]

I imagine that Aus will declare quickly in the morning as soon as Mooney gets her hundred, then bowl England out before tea

All in all it must be good to be an Aussie at this precise moment in time. The women are thrashing England, the men are thrashing SL and the second string are thrashing the England lions

what the world needs now is not 'love, sweet love', but a couple of Eng/Aus men and women footie matches and the same in the rugby, just so Australians don't get too bloody cocky

don't have a swimming meet, though..... phoo..... crikey, that would be silly

[Durhamfootman]

7 drops in total

Sutherland (163) was dropped at least once and perhaps twice in the thirties. Mooney, (98*) was dropped 3 times before she got to 20.

Only the first Mooney drop and the last drop by Filer were tough chances. The rest were regulation, gobble them up all day, dollies

You get what you deserve, really. Catching has been an issue from the first match to the last

[backfootpunch]

it's hard to find anything positive about this England side. Every time I get up and look to see what's been happening, it's always with the expectation that they will have found some way to shoot themselves in the foot whilst I was asleep

I imagine there will be a big inquiry when this is all over

Same as the men then

Consistent at least across genders

[Durhamfootman]

ah well.... as long as the result of the inquiries doesn't involve calling up more Durham players, they can do what they like. The last we need is Scott Borthwick having to dust down his whites and start rubbing linseed oil on his bat

[GarlicJam]

All in all it must be good to be an Aussie at this precise moment in time.

at almost all times it is good, Durham. You should try it.

[Durhamfootman]

I'm not sure I can, GJ

[Durhamfootman]

maybe I could eventually re-incarnate as an Aussie, but knowing my luck I'd come back as a kangaroo and find that the Aussie govt is paying people to try and kill me to keep my numbers down

Like being a badger in Blighty

[Durhamfootman]

I imagine that Aus will declare quickly in the morning as soon as Mooney gets her hundred, then bowl England out before tea

well, they didn't, they batted on until all out and still had time to get England 7 down by lunch

"England collapse towards innings defeat" is this morning's headline

[Durhamfootman]

chastening

turns out that concerns over their fitness levels were the least of their worries

[bigfluffylemon]

Newsflash. England still can't play spin and can't catch.

Some heads have to roll for this one. England have gone backwards over the last 4 years.

[Durhamfootman]

Heather Knight says she's going to take some time to consider her future, but it won't really be up her

There is absolutely no doubt that this Australia side is leagues ahead of this England side and so defeat is unsurprising, but the magnitude of the loss, the manner of the losses, the self destruction at key moments, the lack of ideas, the seeming unwillingness to even acknowledge what everyone can see or do anything other than repeat, repeat, repeat means neither captain nor coach should be able to survive this

The side wasn't good enough to compete in the first place which can happen against such a complete opposition with seemingly endless player depth, but at no point were England able to produce anything like their best or do themselves any justice and the whole tour was all rather humiliating for everyone concerned

[andy]

To be fair is it really heather knights position that's under threat? There's no real successor for her...sciver-brunt has always struggled when stepping in for her and the vice when she is in charge is ecclestone who dosent look overly fit right now or athletic and her attitude is clearly not right right now as shown when she refused the interview with Alex Hartley....

For me Jon lewis position is untenable right now especially with his attempted justification of the performances and the strange comments when explaining results and performances....a new culture is needed and yes I think England do need to move on from knights captaincy until there is an obvious alternative she will be needed to steady the ship when a new coach comes in.....

I think Amy Jones, needs moving on from and time to look at Heath as Jones batting for a long time now has been poor but there's not lots wrong with the batting line up just all seem to be out of form...same with the bowling attack they are all talented and the reason for defeat was the horrendously out of form batting which are all more than capable on their day....

There are problems in the background which needs sorting....the treatment of Issy Wong for example...they should have been building a side around her but she had a ropey time of it and has been completely pushed away...imagine an attack of bell, filer and Wong...with ecclestone and dean supporting as spinners.....the problems are more deep rooted then just the playing XI itself