Cricket 2012: Cricket has always been a game stuck in the past

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Blackface in crowd	129	55.36%
References to Lord of the Rings	104	44.64%
Total:	233 votes

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masterpine: Dec 3, 2014

Thats a ridiculous shot

# ? Mar 8, 2015 07:54

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Halo14: Sep 11, 2001

Great shot Watto haha

# ? Mar 8, 2015 07:55

Boonys Cut Shot: Nov 5, 2004; Elite athlete

That was a great knock by Maxwell. Other than the shot vs NZ he's had a really good WC so far.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 07:55

auzdark: Aug 29, 2005; Mercy is the cry of the soul that stirred,
Mercy is the cry and it's never heard.

Watto playing like he is surprised to still be in there.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 07:55

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Gunna need a gif of that watto reaction face

# ? Mar 8, 2015 07:55

nzspambot: Mar 26, 2010

watson is pretty good, a real talent; wonder how he would go higher up the order, 4 or 3?

# ? Mar 8, 2015 07:55

Mister Chief: Jun 6, 2011

nzspambot posted:

watson is pretty good, a real talent; wonder how he would go higher up the order, 4 or 3?

Should open the batting and bowling I reckon.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 07:56

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

I think it's pathetic that a batsman of Watsons calibre is hiding at number 6.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 07:57

a real chump: Jul 30, 2003; noice; Nap Ghost

nzspambot posted:

watson is pretty good, a real talent; wonder how he would go higher up the order, 4 or 3?

This is Not Cool.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 07:59

Divorced And Curious: Jan 23, 2009; democracy depends on sausage sizzles

Smorgasbord posted:

Regardless of the pitch I don't know why SL left out their best bowler in Lakmal to fit in more poo poo spinners and Thisara loving Perera to bowl rubbish.

Because Australia in the modern era have mostly been poo poo at playing spin. For some reason only our captains seem to have any idea how to approach it without playing like idiots.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:00

Mister Chief: Jun 6, 2011

Aussie 30 short here. Sri Lanka to win it by the 45th.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:01

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

None of these commentators have watched any of Sri Lanka's games this tournament, they apparently don't know that Lakmal even exists? Play Kulasekera, are you loving serious?

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:01

a real chump: Jul 30, 2003; noice; Nap Ghost

Kulersakera's name is cooler to pronounce.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:02

masterpine: Dec 3, 2014

This over... Some filthy bowling

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:04

Thinking: Jan 22, 2009

Hads clawing back this disastrous innings with some important Tonk

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:04

EMC: Aug 17, 2004

nzspambot posted:

watson is pretty good, a real talent; wonder how he would go higher up the order, 4 or 3?

Mods please? This is unacceptable

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:05

Knuc U Kinte: Aug 17, 2004

The aussie comms seem to love calling a good catch just before they take it then quickly saying no.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:05

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

Compare and contrast:

English PL commentators know in depth every player in every squad in every division in Europe.

Australian cricket commentators can't be arsed learned 8 squads and know less than the average chump on the somethingawful dot com forums.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:05

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

If anyone knew any international players brad McNamara would fire them for being a nerd.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:07

masterpine: Dec 3, 2014

Wasteful batting with a whole 6 balls left, drop him

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:07

Ratios and Tendency: Apr 23, 2010; MURALI

tbf this thread has some exceptionally knowledgeable and insightful posters.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:07

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

RideTheSpiral posted:

Compare and contrast:

English PL commentators know in depth every player in every squad in every division in Europe.

Australian cricket commentators can't be arsed learned 8 squads and know less than the average chump on the somethingawful dot com forums.

To be fair, they can't be arsed learning about two squads really, they don't seem to know much about anyone who's not Australia

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:08

Airstream Driver: May 6, 2009

RideTheSpiral posted:

Australian cricket commentators can't be arsed learned 8 squads and know less than the average chump on the somethingawful dot com forums.

Someone should be paying me to spout my bullshit

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:08

Knuc U Kinte: Aug 17, 2004

Lol the hollow chortles at the worst jokes ever are so awful. These men are paid money for this.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:09

Centusin: Aug 5, 2009

i still don't really understand why an Australian selector is a commentator

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:10

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

Run out without facing a ball lmao.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:11

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

lmao what a suicidal run

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:11

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

Scylo posted:

i still don't really understand why an Australian selector is a commentator

Maybe he has big strong arms and beautiful hands?

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:12

Butt Wizard: Nov 3, 2005; It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

start running for a second when the guy is up to throw the ball to the stumps, lmao

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:12

masterpine: Dec 3, 2014

Scylo posted:

i still don't really understand why an Australian selector is a commentator

Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:12

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Scylo posted:

i still don't really understand why an Australian selector is a commentator

It's a step up from the captain at least

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:12

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

IMO when an Australian gets out they should just walk straight up the tunnel into the commentary box and cheers the boys on with the lads.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:14

Halo14: Sep 11, 2001

RideTheSpiral posted:

IMO when an Australian gets out they should just walk straight up the tunnel into the commentary box and cheers the boys on with the lads.

Crack open a VB tinny.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:15

Airstream Driver: May 6, 2009

RideTheSpiral posted:

IMO when an Australian gets out they should just walk straight up the tunnel into the commentary box and cheers the boys on with the lads.

I've often thought they could save money by just having the batting team commentate. Even if their English isn't that great.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:16

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

The most infuriating thing about mark Waugh commentating isn't that he's a selector, it's that he says literally nothing interesting or insightful. It's just 100% pointless banter

If he wasn't a cricketer I'm pretty sure he'd be a labourer spending all his cash betting on the greyhounds

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:17

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Airstream Driver posted:

I've often thought they could save money by just having the batting team commentate. Even if their English isn't that great.

Especially if their English isn't great

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:19

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

webmeister posted:

The most infuriating thing about mark Waugh commentating isn't that he's a selector, it's that he says literally nothing interesting or insightful. It's just 100% pointless banter

If he wasn't a cricketer I'm pretty sure he'd be a labourer spending all his cash betting on the greyhounds

He hit a big six once.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:19

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

webmeister posted:

The most infuriating thing about mark Waugh commentating isn't that he's a selector, it's that he says literally nothing interesting or insightful. It's just 100% pointless banter

If he wasn't a cricketer I'm pretty sure he'd be a labourer spending all his cash betting on the greyhounds

I think he is ok at t20 cricket commentary. He goofs around and its kind of funny. Ponting and Gilchrist could call a test match where Mark Waugh would obviously be terrible.

Also, Clarke was pretty good as a commentator. He actually tried to talk about the cricket.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:19

Airstream Driver: May 6, 2009

Just imagine the English commentating their own collapse as they're running around the box frantically trying to find their pads.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:20

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Mister Chief: Jun 6, 2011

I cannot stand the sound of Clarke's voice.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 08:21

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