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*Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

Silver Silva

Silver Silva

International Vice-Captain
chris.hinton said:
Are Australia older than England? The latest test

Average Age

Australia

Sam Konstas 19
Usman Khawaja 38
Cameron Green 26
Josh Inglis 30
Travis Head 31
Beau Webster 31
Alex Carey 33
Pat Cummins 32
Mitchell Starc 35
Nathan Lyon 37
Josh Hazelwood 34

Average Age: 31.45

England

Zak Crawley 27
Ben Duckett 30
Ollie Pope 27
Joe Root 34
Harry Brook 26
Ben Stokes 34
Jamie Smith 24
Chris Woakes 36
Brydon Carse 29
Josh Tongue 27
Shoaib Bashir 21

Average Age: 28.09

TBH. its closer than i though
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Konstas brings Aus avg right down
 
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jaydesh

U19 12th Man
It's irrelevant to this match, but I can already picture trouble for Australia when England arrive for the Ashes. They're just too reliant on their bowlers to bail them out, while many of their batsmen are hit and miss. Apart from Smith and Head, most are pretty bang average at the moment. Going by England's brilliance in Yorkshire recently against India, it looks like they have tempered things a bit while still playing with a winning mentality.

To be sure, I could be blowing things out of proportion. But this period looks somewhat similar to how the late 2000s and early 2010s were for Oz, considering they have to work this hard against a West Indian side. Could we see a 2010-11 Ashes repeat?
 
GotSpin

GotSpin

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
jaydesh said:
It's irrelevant to this match, but I can already picture trouble for Australia when England arrive for the Ashes. They're just too reliant on their bowlers to bail them out, while many of their batsmen are hit and miss. Apart from Smith and Head, most are pretty bang average at the moment. Going by England's brilliance in Yorkshire recently against India, it looks like they have tempered things a bit while still playing with a winning mentality.

To be sure, I could be blowing things out of proportion. But this period looks somewhat similar to how the late 2000s and early 2010s were for Oz, considering they have to work this hard against a West Indian side. Could we see a 2010-11 Ashes repeat?
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Unless Archer is playing the English bowling is seriously terrible
 
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Fuller Pilch

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
jaydesh said:
It's irrelevant to this match, but I can already picture trouble for Australia when England arrive for the Ashes. They're just too reliant on their bowlers to bail them out, while many of their batsmen are hit and miss. Apart from Smith and Head, most are pretty bang average at the moment. Going by England's brilliance in Yorkshire recently against India, it looks like they have tempered things a bit while still playing with a winning mentality.

To be sure, I could be blowing things out of proportion. But this period looks somewhat similar to how the late 2000s and early 2010s were for Oz, considering they have to work this hard against a West Indian side. Could we see a 2010-11 Ashes repeat?
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I think Australia will hang onto the Ashes with a 3-2 or 2-2. I see the real problems happening 12 months later when an emerging NZ side replete with gifted youngsters crush Australia who will have Khawaja, Smith, Starc, Hazelwood, Boland, and Lyon all retire post Ashes retention.
 
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jaydesh

U19 12th Man
Excellent performance by the West Indies. The lead is now 45 for Australia. West Indies should definitely aim for a slender lead of about 20-30 at least.
 
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jaydesh

U19 12th Man
Fuller Pilch said:
I think Australia will hang onto the Ashes with a 3-2 or 2-2. I see the real problems happening 12 months later when an emerging NZ side replete with gifted youngsters crush Australia who will have Khawaja, Smith, Starc, Hazelwood, Boland, and Lyon all retire post Ashes retention.
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Probably only Khawaja will retire after the Ashes. And maybe Lyon. Not sure about the rest, though. Smith might hang on till about the 2027 Ashes in Britain. Starc still has the firepower in him, so I wouldn't be surprised if he even plays in the 2027 CWC in Africa. Boland still has fresh legs due to him only playing a few tests here and there, while Hazlewood/Cummins are still a bit younger.
 
Kenneth Viljoen

Kenneth Viljoen

International Regular
jaydesh said:
Excellent performance by the West Indies. The lead is now 45 for Australia. West Indies should definitely aim for a slender lead of about 20-30 at least.
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I think batting time is more important than a lead ..Ideally you want to bat 100 overs minimum in Test cricket, the fresher your bowling attack the greater chance you have of winning this grand old game , the lead will take care of itself the longer you bat
 
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