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Ratios and Tendency posted:With no real cricket I've been watching hours of scratchy old Michael Holding and Jeff Thomson footage on youtube, it's great. Nearly everyone wearing terry towelling hats in the field. I remember nearly every Australian male during the 1970s wore one
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May 27, 2020 06:14
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I do feel for Hales. It understandably hits players hard when they become a second-string player not out of any fault of their own but because someone else has hammered down the door and is performing better than them (see also: Monty Panesar). Saying that, Hales was particularly frustrating because he was nailed down to take the reserve batsman slot for the World Cup and we had to take James "Reincarnation of Michael Vaughan in a few too many ways" Vince instead. And there were plenty of games where Roy was either out due to injury or playing with an injury because we needed him and the alternative was... well, James Vince. If the alternative had been Alex Hales this would have been a lot simpler.
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May 27, 2020 06:44
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Paul.Power posted:Yeah, Root and Williamson are both machines through that area. I think it's a weakness for Williamson overall, yes it's a fairly reliable single option in limited overs cricket but he does nick out more than he should doing it and at times plays that shot so late he has been a candidate for dragging it onto his stumps.
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May 27, 2020 07:06
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Smorgasbord posted:I think it's a weakness for Williamson overall, yes it's a fairly reliable single option in limited overs cricket but he does nick out more than he should doing it and at times plays that shot so late he has been a candidate for dragging it onto his stumps. Paul.Power fucked around with this message at 19:20 on May 27, 2020 |
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May 27, 2020 19:00
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The politics of cricket are on show with the Australian schedule for the year. Bangladesh hasn't played Australia in about 50 years but icc/bcci pet project Afghanistan not only gets a test match in Australia it's being played in Perth rather than being banished to I don't know Canberra Now, I think the developing test nation's like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand and Ireland should be getting test matches in Australia on the regular venues. I'm really excited for the Afghanistan match assuming it goes ahead but Bangladesh have to feel pretty hard done by here. Also Perth are seething that cricket Australia has given the gabba an Indian test over them. Pretty funny
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May 28, 2020 21:31
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Burn Down Canberra posted:The politics of cricket are on show with the Australian schedule for the year. I think there should be A and B tours each year for the Big 3 who are then paired with a close neighbour. For example The Bangers come over to England and Ireland, they tour England first but only a short one 3 Test, ODIs, and T20s. Then they head over to Ireland for a longer tour of 5 test etc. At the same time one of the bigger teams, lets say India for neatness heads to Ireland does a similar short tour before coming to England for the big tour. That means the big teams get a good warm up before the main event, while the smaller teams get to test themselves against the bigger teams before having a fairer competition. I would do the pairs as: England/Ireland India/Bangladesh Australia/New Zealand Pakistan/Sri Lanka South Africa/Zimbabwe? West Indies is a problem until the USA or someone gets the bug Same goes for the Afgans
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May 28, 2020 22:26
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https://twitter.com/plalor/status/1266196714005782528?s=19 No t20 word cup this year
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May 29, 2020 05:03
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You could hold the T20 WC this year in Australia but you wouldn't have any fans and what's the point of a World Cup if you can't sell tickets?
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May 29, 2020 05:31
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tanglewood1420 posted:You could hold the T20 WC this year in Australia but you wouldn't have any fans and what's the point of a World Cup if you can't sell tickets? If a bunch of sport is still cancelled you could sell the TV rights for a princely sum. Gambling addicted Indians gotta bet on something
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May 29, 2020 06:09
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I am sure Indian are writing a letter themselves to offer their services.
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May 29, 2020 08:00
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But BCCI and the ICC are having their own special falling out at the moment. Apparently BCCI promised they would get some tax breaks from the government for next year’s tournament. They were meant to have it confirmed by now but said because of the pandemic the government has shut down non essential services and tax bribes are non essential. ICC is saying they don’t care, they want the tax break now. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29225970/icc-threatens-shift-2021-t20-world-cup-india-tax-issues
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May 29, 2020 08:40
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That tax break will go straight into the pockets of the ICC's execs. Also, it looks like Ganguly might be taking a run at ICC presidentship (or whatever the gently caress it is). A bit of a shame really, since I'm pretty sure it's essential to be an unbearable, corrupt oval office to run the ICC and Ganguly's always seemed more or less okay.
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May 29, 2020 17:28
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tanglewood1420 posted:You could hold the T20 WC this year in Australia but you wouldn't have any fans and what's the point of a World Cup if you can't sell tickets? The ICC, and cricket boards around teh world care less for actual tickets and people at the games than they do for TV rights. Look at the last ODI world cup they held in the West Indies. Tickets were too expensive for actual people to go to the games. People didn't want to go to the games. There were too many games. But because of all of that, ratings were up, TV rights were sold for approximately a bajillion dollars, and the ICC declared the tournament a raging success. Also seconding Burn Down Canberra saying that Bangladesh have been poorly treated by Cricket Australia. Remember how CA recently cancelled a Bangladesh tour of Aus because it was not financially viable. But didn't offer the Bangladesh Cricket Association, (who needed the cash more than CA, and to whom even a poorly attended tour of Aus would help them financially and on the field), any sort of compensation? And instead of the test tour they offered, if I remember correctly, 2 ODIs and 2 T20s to be played at some vague undefined later date which has not yet even been discussed. And if the ICC want their tax breaks, I thought that was the reason they were headquartered in Dubai for a while.
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May 30, 2020 02:11
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kingturnip posted:That tax break will go straight into the pockets of the ICC's execs. He's an unbelievably entitled shithead.
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May 30, 2020 02:34
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Ratios and Tendency posted:He's an unbelievably entitled shithead. When he toured NZ as captain he demanded separate transportation for himself while the rest of the team were on the bus.
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May 30, 2020 05:56
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Smorgasbord posted:When he toured NZ as captain he demanded separate transportation for himself while the rest of the team were on the bus. I dunno, man. Would you want to be stuck on the same bus as Harbhajan for any length of time?
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May 31, 2020 02:28
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Ganguly was a huge entitled rich boy posh arsehole, to be sure. But after he was dropped from the team, and forced to "lower himself" back to Ranji Trophy to force his way back into the team, he mellowed and became a bit more humble. I don't hate his commentary/special comments as much as others. However, saying that, he is still a BCCI shill through and through. So I guess what I am saying is Saurav Ganguly is a land of contrasts.
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May 31, 2020 05:36
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Was it Ganguly who went on a tirade about how cricket no longer needs bails because we can just go by whether the stumps light up? e: think it was actually Sanjay Manjrekar, but they were in the booth together
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Jun 1, 2020 04:56
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Three Windies/England tests in 21 days with zero crowd seems like it would be a good time to try out 7 or 8 (or more) different bowlers, or a good time to kill a few. I hope they have the stump mics turned up.
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Jun 2, 2020 22:04
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The BBC have the rights to the highlights of this summer's matches, and have given Isa Guha the presenter's role, with Chef and Carlos Braithwaite in the studio, while TMS has dropped Geoff Boycott from the roster for the radio commentary
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Jun 5, 2020 10:54
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Sounds very positive
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Jun 5, 2020 10:59
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Isn't Boycott in South Africa most of the year these days?
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Jun 5, 2020 11:02
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goatface posted:Isn't Boycott in South Africa most of the year these days? no idea about that but he's said a bit more https://twitter.com/GeoffreyBoycott/status/1268944800654426113 His TMS contract also ended last summer
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Jun 5, 2020 17:59
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So why is he pissing and moaning about being white if he's too sickly to commentate
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Jun 5, 2020 20:29
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Because he's a oval office.
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Jun 5, 2020 21:35
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I’m sure he’ll be fit and healthy enough to beat his wife again. Because he’s a wife-beater.
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Jun 5, 2020 21:42
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In minor, cricket adjacent news: I just found out that former WWE Champion Jinder Mahal's real name is Yuvraj Singh (Dhesi). Which I think is cool. Also Vagabundo posted:I’m sure he’ll be fit and healthy enough to beat his wife again. Because he’s a wife-beater. This. People don't talk about this enough. In the AFL Wayne Carey gets poo poo on for being a domestic abuser that is still allowed on TV, much the same as Matty Johns in the NRL. Just as I'm sure other sports have their own examples. But Boycott often gets forgotten in the conversation about violent abusers who have apparently been forgiven and still allowed on TV because they are "good blokes" and good on air talent.
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Jun 6, 2020 02:24
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BrigadierSensible posted:
I can't recall either of the Johns boys being domestic abusers. Drug fiends, groupsex participants and generally insensitive pricks yes, but not abusers at home. Not that League is short of domestic abusers that still get their mugs on TV.
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Jun 6, 2020 05:12
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BrigadierSensible posted:In minor, cricket adjacent news: sounds like you’ve really got it under control
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Jun 6, 2020 10:57
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So Micheal Clarke has been given an AO, (Order of Australia). Which you can argue for or against I suppose. But what I found interesting about this news is that all Australian captains since Jack Ryder have been given the same honour. Except for Kim Hughes, Ian Chappell, Greame Yallop, and Barry Jarman. Which means that Greg Chappell was given an AO before his much more talented, and much more deserving elder brother.
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Jun 8, 2020 03:14
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Maybe I'm being wooshed here, but Greg was a far superior player to Ian.
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Jun 8, 2020 03:31
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tanglewood1420 posted:Maybe I'm being wooshed here, but Greg was a far superior player to Ian. Nah. I personally prefer Ian. But I also have bad taste, so ...
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Jun 8, 2020 03:47
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Which one ordered the under arm?
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Jun 8, 2020 04:28
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You reckon Tim Paine will get one for being the eighteenth-best wicketkeeper to play for Australia?
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Jun 8, 2020 04:46
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Mister Chief posted:Which one ordered the under arm? greg
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Jun 8, 2020 13:05
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Throws the whole thing into disrepute then doesn't it.
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Jun 8, 2020 13:26
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https://twitter.com/KP24/status/1270267339045470209?s=19
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Jun 10, 2020 04:03
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Bad opinion obvs, but don't give companies and governments any ideas, KP. In today's dataminey world you increasingly need to disclose those things to access essential services like broadband, mobile phones, banking, legal advice, etc (under the guise of anti money laundering, know your client, or credit checks), and I'm sure someone would love to extend the concept to internet speech.
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Jun 14, 2020 18:00
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I remember watching this live https://twitter.com/SkyCricket/status/1272098956810481668
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Jun 14, 2020 22:27
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lol CA told rob moody to delete his YouTube account and then backflipped when a thousand people told them to gently caress off
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