Jonathan Gregory

Christian. Pastor. Englishman. Northerner. Tranmere fan. Cinema goer. Cricket fan. History buff (20th c).

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

We had 4 years to prepare for this Ashes series.

How on earth did thy think NZ wld help them prep to play AUS?

How come u cldn't book WACA 2-3 yrs before!

It's not rocket science & all the pundits were calling it out.

The team we had cld hv challenged AUS & we blew it! #Ashes

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

Shame Snicko didn't give the correct result of OUT.

But even as an ENG 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 fan, I can't but help warm to Alex Carey.

[7Cricket @7Cricket]

Q: "Are you a walker?"

Alex Carey: "Clearly not." 😉

#Ashes

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

@benjonescricket Fair play

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

Not quite true @benjonescricket

ENG 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ended the day on 325/9.

BUT

AUS 🇦🇺 303ao vs ENG & won (Hobart, Jan '22)
WI 311ao vs AUS 🇦🇺 & won (Gabba, Jan '24)

#Ashes #Ashes2025 #ashes25

[Ben Jones @benjonescricket]

In pink ball Tests in Australia, everyone who has batted first and scored more than England's current score has won. Everyone who has scored less, has lost.

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

High losing scr
SA 🇿🇦 259(d) & lost (ENG have scored 25.5% more runs)

Low winning scr
AUS 🇦🇺 303 & won (ENG have scored 7.26% more runs)

Median losing scr = 202 runs
Median winning scr = 436 runs

ENG 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿closer to median win scre (111 behind) than median lose scr (123 ahead).

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

@GeorgeDobell1 Hi George. What's a good par score on this Gabba track in a day night game? #Ashes

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

@dizzy259 Kind words, but we won't learn. They should've learned from defeats to Australia 🇦🇺 at #Edgbaston and #Lords but they didn't.

ENG 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿have a team who thinks admiting and learning from mistakes IS defeat and so they won't do it.

Ironically this is why we will lose.

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

Dear @benstokes38. Capitulating in Perth in 2 days from a winning position is NOT entertaining.

Winning IS entertaining.

Go figure.

#Ashes #AUSvsENG 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇦🇺

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

If @benstokes38 says "we were unlucky" rather than "we need to learn" then it's not single mindedness. It is blind pride and #AUS will win 0-5.

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

@gradecricketer Fair play Australia. Well done. Better team. Let me say it for you - 0-5. From a Pom in cold north London #ashes #AUSvsENG.

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

@bhogleharsha Can't argue with this analysis. Spot on!

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

The best thing about Bazball is that it leads to dramatic wins. The worse thing is the pride and arrogance: nope, we don't need more warm up games; nope, we're going to stick with Crawley.

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

@AdamSants_ Spot on. Smith is bothered. He bit down HARD on that. 🐟🎣 Monty reeled in the big guy.

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

@stevesmith49 bit down hard on this one when he should've let it go thru to the keeper.

Adam Sutherland is spot on. He is bothered!

[Adam Sutherland @AdamSants_]

Nothing says "I'm not bothered" quite like trawling through old game show clips on YouTube to rehearse a prepared answer to a question you know you're going to be asked.

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

@TheLeonKearney Wasn't he in the running at one point a few years ago for the managers position with us? Not sure whether it was when Hill got the job instead. Golden opportunity missed.

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

@TheBarmyArmy Bring the urn home #ashes

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

The #Ashes just got a whole lot more interesting...

[England's Barmy Army 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🎺 @TheBarmyArmy]

Some HUGE Ashes news…

Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the first Test in Perth due to a hamstring injury ❌

Meanwhile, Mark Wood has been cleared of a hamstring injury following a precautionary scan ✅

#Ashes

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

Something to look forward to @StuiC

[Jay Foreman @jayforeman]

I’m happy to announce that a brand new episode of Map Men, the first one in more than a year, (a proper horizontal one that goes on for at least ten minutes) is coming to YouTube at exactly tea time on Monday 15th September.

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

There is no "proof" (i.e. mathematical or scientific) for morality, justice or love.

But, we still believe in those things. Why?

Coz there is "evidence" for all 3 of these things.

There r things ppl believe in without mathematical or scientific proof.

Thoughts @rickygervais ?

[The Ricky Gervais Clips @gervaisclips]

This is atheism in a nutshell.

[Jonathan Gregory @JonGregory01]

Love this memory. What a great ball. Miss hearing Richie Benaud commentating on cricket matches.

[England Cricket @englandcricket]

🗓️ On This Day in 2005…

Sound up for this one! 🔈

Is there a better sounding wicket than this beauty from Simon Jones? 😮‍💨