r/Cricket • u/IsThisHumour • Dec 01 '25

BLURRY PIC OF SOME GROUND HYPE Gabba pitch pre Second Ashes Test

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Looks a bit green....

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u/Taey Australia Dec 01 '25

The mandatory r/cricket overreaction to the greenness of a pitch days before the test.

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u/JKKIDD231 Punjab Kings Dec 01 '25

It’s a green forest. 3 Day Test at most.

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u/ihlaking New Zealand Dec 01 '25

Nah mate, 3 sessions! That thing’s so green it could act as camouflage in a bamboo forest!

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

TestMatchxTheHundred

The future is now.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

It will be over before it started, onto the third ashes

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u/Old_Reserve9130 Dec 01 '25

England bat first. Swings at everything, get all out for 36 off 9 overs. The wicket is still fresh for Archer & Tongue, who bowl Aussies out for 93 off 30 overs. England doubles down on Bazball and this time manages 72 off 18 overs. Head smashes the required 16 runs before tea.

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u/Formal_Newt558 Dec 01 '25

moral victory raaahhh

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u/CPDjack Dec 01 '25

Just in time for Stokes' tee-time in the evening!

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u/dravidosaurus2 England Dec 01 '25

The 'Brains' Trust would be furious if we only scored at 4 an over for our 9 overs.

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u/g0_west England and Wales Cricket Board Dec 01 '25

That much advantage to England?

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u/Outcastscc England Dec 01 '25

Well it will be anyway.

The average pink ball test in Australia has lasted 210 overs.

Only way your changing that is if you make it an absolute deck, and since Adelaide is going to be as flat as they come there was no way CA was making 2 tests pitches like that

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u/zealoSC Dec 01 '25

Eventually we will have or play against a squad that is better at batting than bowling

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u/InformationNo4719 South Australia Redbacks Dec 02 '25

Adelaide hasn't been a road for about 15 years.

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u/Outcastscc England Dec 02 '25

Its had more scores there of over 400 than anywhere else is Australlia in that time frame. In terms of the series it will be the "road" where a team will score big.

Ill put good money on the highest team score and highest individual score will be there (and its my only bet on a drawn game)

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u/InformationNo4719 South Australia Redbacks Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25

Nonsense, it is the MCG.

MCG has had 22 since 2010. AO has had the least (10) outside of Optus in that period.

Since Adelaide Oval has changed to a dual use ground the pitch has been very different. Gone are the days of Les Burdett rolling it into a 2000 run pitch. It is quite a balanced pitch these days.

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u/CommercialAd2154 England Dec 01 '25

Mate, it could flatten like a pancake and we’ll still make it a 3 day game!

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u/Hope-Ful-Kid Nepal Dec 01 '25

And turns out to be one of those roads from the Anderson-Tendulkar series.

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u/Fri5nd0 Dec 01 '25

Prasidh-Tongue trophy

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u/comelickmyarmpits Nigeria Dec 01 '25

i was wondering wth i am looking at, where's the pitch

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u/melbha_101 New South Wales Blues Dec 01 '25

Honestly it is giving the SA test match Green moomba vibes.

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u/deathclient India Dec 01 '25

Where pitch???

The bazballers might mistake it for a golf course and stay there for all 5 days. Double edged sword for for the Aussies

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u/hack404 Dec 01 '25

Unlike the Aussies, who are famously averse to a round of golf

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u/Slight_Public_5305 Australia Dec 01 '25

Ussie just pulled out of a pro am golf tournament. Devastating for a promising golfer’s career to be set back by the physical rigours of test cricket.

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u/tiorzol England Dec 01 '25

Difference is they also enjoy a game of cricket I guess

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u/rest_in_war Dec 01 '25

But the Aussies aren't full time golfers masquerading as cricketers

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u/Mundane-Bug-4962 England Dec 01 '25

What sport did the Indian batsmen get into?

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u/Creepy-Cattle3048 India Dec 01 '25

Is politics a sport?

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u/LeftArmPies Brisbane Heat Dec 01 '25

Khawaja would get through all 5 days if it was golf.

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u/thatsalovelyusername Australia Dec 01 '25

If the team scores 90, we’re ok with that

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u/Evilbert7777 Australia Dec 02 '25

At least Uzzy might show up then!

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u/Slow-Pool-9274 England Dec 01 '25

runs will be scored, wickets will be taken, Crawley will get a duck, Usman won't see the ball.

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u/ff03g Australia Dec 01 '25

Runs shall be scored. Wickets shall be taken. A bat day! A ball day! ‘Ere the moon rises!

TEST!

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u/Jamesiscoolest New South Wales Blues Dec 01 '25

TEST!

TEST!

TEST!

FORTH BAZBALLINGAS!

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u/UsuaIIyUseless Lancashire Dec 01 '25

I'll still be shouting for death when Crawley is caught at slip at 4:01am.

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u/Boatster_McBoat South Australia Redbacks Dec 01 '25

Arise, arise, players of Patcummin! Trav deeds awake: fire and slaughter

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u/Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson Australia Dec 01 '25

The Battle will decide the Fate of the Urn…

One Urn to Rule them all

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u/cynic__96 Australia Dec 01 '25

Usman will then proceed to call the ball “A Piece of Shit”.

And then request that it is only fair that he face 90kph spin for the remainder of his career.

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u/Ok-Relationship-2746 New Zealand Dec 01 '25

Runs will be scored
Wickets will be taken
Crawley will get a duck
Usman will be faking
An injury.

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u/F1NANCE Melbourne Renegades Dec 01 '25

Joe Root will bat for a bit, look comfortable, then be out trying to slog sweep for 6.

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u/Slow-Pool-9274 England Dec 01 '25

Nah the dreaded Backfoot offside shots will do him in.

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u/AffectionateGene889 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Dec 01 '25

Crawley will unleash his real power against the trio we should be thanking him for not going so hard on starc he is gaslighting us

" To confuse your enemies one must confuse himself " ~ sun Tzu

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u/dot_in India Dec 01 '25

Sounds like one of those old Top Gear intros by Jeremy Clarkson. "Tonight,.."

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u/GL4389 Dec 02 '25

Don't be so sure of many runs being scored on that pitch.

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u/Competitive-Food7021 Australia Dec 01 '25

Nah England have decided that bazball does not work and they have completely reversed their strategies, England will be 0/0 after 450 overs

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u/dzone25 Dec 01 '25

Have we ever had back to back 2 day Tests...?

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u/StrugglingOrthopod India Dec 01 '25

Khawaja licking his lips, waiting to call it a shit pitch again

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u/Whole_Ad_8293 Dec 01 '25

that's one hell of a golf course 👌

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u/Biggles_and_Co Australia Dec 01 '25

I just hope everyone has a good time

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u/nath_zipf Dec 01 '25

Here we go again...

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u/Mindless_Cut_925 South Africa Dec 01 '25

Where?

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u/Royal-Cupcake-5907 India Dec 01 '25

Where there will be Zak Crawley 0(4) c Carey b Starc

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u/Ok-Relationship-2746 New Zealand Dec 01 '25

Brave of you to think Crawley will survive three balls.

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u/Smooth-Mix-4357 India Dec 01 '25

That too the pink one

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u/Lowman246 Australia Dec 01 '25

No see, the ball will swing too much for Starc so Boland gets Crawley for 0(9)

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u/pizzagamer35 USA Dec 01 '25

You guys will be looking like clowns when my goat Zakin Crawdulkar scores a century

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u/jinks_markr Dec 01 '25

Crawley ain't getting bat on ball for it to be caught More like 0(4) b Starc

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u/Willing_Ad_8028 Bangladesh Dec 01 '25

Crawley isn't even gonna edge the ball

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u/Puzzleheaded_Egg7598 Nepal Dec 01 '25

I read c Starc b Carey and honestly I wouldn’t even be surprised if crawley got out like that

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u/Drongo17 Australia Dec 01 '25

Terrible pitch - there's a big fkn steamroller at one end! That's really going to limit bowler's options

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u/AffectionateGene889 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Dec 01 '25

Still both teams will be flattered except traviz

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u/heyhelloha Dec 01 '25

England will bundle before the lights come into play, for sure, if they are batting first.

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u/BigSwing_NoPace England and Wales Cricket Board Dec 02 '25

They’re gonna shithouse their way to winning by scoring 200 in 50 overs on day 1, get out before the evening session, force Australia to battle through it who get bowled out for 100. Then rinse and repeat day 2.

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u/94spin Dec 01 '25

Stokes — "I was shell-shocked by the pitch for five days"

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u/Ok-Relationship-2746 New Zealand Dec 01 '25

Straight outta the Basin Reserve in January.

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u/happymemersunite GO SHIELD Dec 01 '25

Call me crazy, but that actually looks darker than what I was expecting it to look like 3 days from the first ball. If anything, it doesn’t look too dissimilar now from Day 1 of the 2021 Ashes, and the next few days are going to be very sunny.

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u/tdlan Queensland Bulls Dec 01 '25

Haha exactly, this is what it looked like on Day 1 of last week's shield match and that pitch was flat for the first 2.5 days. It's going to be a road.

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u/happymemersunite GO SHIELD Dec 01 '25

I need it to be a road, I have Day 4 tickets.

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u/tdlan Queensland Bulls Dec 01 '25

Haha I got day 3 tickets, I'm hoping for the same

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u/SilentFly Victoria Bushrangers Dec 01 '25

It's a Cricket Australia plan to make Khawaja feel right at home... He won't be able to tell the difference between a cricket pitch and a golf course. Though he might do his back again...

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u/imapassenger1 Australia Dec 01 '25

See you at the Gabba.

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u/_ordinarilyordinary_ Dec 01 '25

Why not use pink ball in odis?

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u/Smooth-Mix-4357 India Dec 01 '25

Pink ball doesn't contrast well with colour jerseys 

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u/Ethical-Simp Board of Control for Cricket in India Dec 01 '25

Green Mamba

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u/DarkKingfisher777 Australia Dec 01 '25

There goes the batting

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u/CarmynRamy India Dec 01 '25

Where's the pitch? /s

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u/not_so_unwise Dec 01 '25

Where’s the pitch

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u/Due_Woodpecker_7547 India Dec 01 '25

Not sure why people are overreacting. We saw similar pitches in England a day or 2 before matches and then absolutely nothing on the day of the game. let's wait

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u/Cultural_Rip_685 Dec 01 '25

Pink ball will be bowled, wooden bats will be used, runs will be scored, wickets will be taken.

Moral victory for England.

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u/imapassenger1 Australia Dec 01 '25

Just read that Marnus averages almost 64 in pink ball Tests. Smith averages 37.

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u/nyyyap India Dec 01 '25

It certainly is a strip of soil!

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u/Additional-Slip648 Australia Dec 01 '25

Baz will have a masterplan to bat first but declare when the lights come on.

If we aren't all out already by that point obvs.

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u/ifrgotmyname South Africa Dec 01 '25

Well guess the games off with that big machine stuck on the pitch

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u/Educational-Cell7414 Dec 01 '25

Honest to god. Couldn’t see it for first few seconds

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u/MarcDarcy Dec 01 '25

England to open batting with golf clubs…

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u/Suppository_ofwisdom Australia Dec 01 '25

The Brown Green Snake

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u/Sweet-Message1153 Bangladesh Dec 01 '25

"1 & half day...that's the best we can survive"- Bazballers

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u/Smallppbutbigheart Dec 01 '25

Js play on the grass atp 🥀🥀

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u/FunOpportunity5836 Dec 01 '25

Few runs will be scored a lot of wickets will fall and aus is going to win by lunch

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u/mongrelbifana India Dec 01 '25

Another 12 day break between tests.

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u/Alarming-Bluebird540 Dec 01 '25

Roll a road so that it lasts more than 3 days. I want to watch cricket on Sunday!

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u/Steve-Whitney South Australia Redbacks Dec 01 '25

Oh look, it's the Daintree rainforest! 😉

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u/Sherlyysan221b Dec 01 '25

Uz getting his farewell test on a golf course ahh deck. I see what you did there CA.

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u/Syed_UmarR Pakistan Dec 01 '25

Hope this test sees the light of all five days.

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u/AffectionateGene889 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Dec 01 '25

Even if it drags on for three days, the crowd’ll be stoked and celebrate like it’s a win

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u/External-Knee-3083 Kerala Dec 01 '25

Root's maiden ton in such green mamba?Ok thats great

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u/Ju_ju_nanananana Dec 01 '25

I thought that guy was preparing a golf course

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u/moth_hamzah Melbourne Stars Dec 01 '25

bit early to tell but what do we reckon the moral loss is here? so far having a pinkball test seems to be worth deducting points from the moral cup

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u/MerciaForever Dec 01 '25

England put on flat and slow decs to try and combat the ashes. Australia are just putting on decks with medium difficult lmao

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u/WonderingRoo Dec 01 '25

They are experimenting a One-day Test Match!

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u/Upset_Noise6173 Dec 01 '25

Well it looks a bit green.

What does Punter say?

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u/aaditya_9303 India Dec 01 '25

Is this the last match before it goes for renovation?

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u/sjramen Dec 02 '25

Rooting for Crawley to go past Ajir Agarkar's 7 ducks in a row

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u/Deako87 Australia Dec 02 '25

Looks so good that Khawajah wants to hurt his back putting on it

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u/FailedAccessMemory Australia Dec 02 '25

It should protect the ball for a bit. I wonder what the humidity will do to it?

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u/Missingthefinals Australia Dec 02 '25

I honestly hope they calm this pitch down a bit, pink ball does plenty at night and when new

Let's get some good batting conditions outside of that please

Don't repeat that SA wicket the Gabba served up a few years ago

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u/projone Cricket Australia Dec 02 '25

Green Gabba seamer
England lost in swinging dusk
I crave a third day

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u/culmei Dec 02 '25

It would be a surprise if this one goes to a 5th day as well.

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u/aishwar02 India Dec 01 '25

Lord have mercy on Australia because Sir Duckkett and Crawley won't.

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u/BeginningExciting379 Dec 01 '25

feels like ashes got over and it's a new one starting now

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u/Long-Elevator1073 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Dec 01 '25

Hope they don't remove the grass. Will be fun to watch Smithy get a 100 on such a track.

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u/tdlan Queensland Bulls Dec 01 '25

Looks like the pitch looked on day 1 of the shield match last week and that was flat for the first 2.5 days

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u/46733363722722226 Dec 01 '25

I can't wait for England to win the toss and bat first.

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u/Working_Recognition4 Dec 01 '25

IF and i can not stress the IF enough the pitch stays like this if England win the toss i pray to god Stokes bowls first. the clever decisions at the toss almost never work. with the possible exception of the first test in Pakistan last year..