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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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Cheating or not it's the batsman's own drat fault for getting runout on that occasion. Should've been running for the crease rather than listening to what the WK was yapping on about.
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# ? Apr 5, 2021 10:01 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 14:39 |
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Fanatic posted:Cheating or not it's the batsman's own drat fault for getting runout on that occasion. Also true but it’s pretty clear that the law was broken.
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# ? Apr 5, 2021 10:04 |
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Quinton was definitely de Kock, but the batter was also definitely a stupid Fakhar
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# ? Apr 5, 2021 10:23 |
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Ravindra comin yo
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# ? Apr 7, 2021 23:18 |
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shh lads, it's county cricket time https://twitter.com/DurhamCricket/status/1379430463400386566
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# ? Apr 7, 2021 23:55 |
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I watched the IPL game today and it was good and insanely volatile. Like every 2 overs you felt like another team had it in the bag and it came down to the last ball. Maxwell hit one out of the stadium and de Villiers was having a good time. I feel bad for the bowlers who mostly just get shelled but then you got guys who grab 3 wickets in 4 balls so I guess it's just how it goes. Going to continue watching them b/c they come on at 10am EST and I'm off for a week. They just need to get rid of that trumpet jingle they play every 15 seconds or so.
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# ? Apr 9, 2021 22:23 |
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I watched some of Yorkshire v Glamorgan. It was extremely county and also had Joe Root get out playing a loving dumb shot.
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# ? Apr 9, 2021 22:41 |
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https://twitter.com/tjaldred/status/1380856210191233028
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# ? Apr 10, 2021 13:35 |
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It's annoying, I was hoping to see Billy hit a ton and Joe look conflicted.
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# ? Apr 10, 2021 13:41 |
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It's still snowing there. I don't know if they'll be able to clear the outfield before close. God might have stopped Yorkshire taking an embarrassing loss.
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# ? Apr 10, 2021 13:56 |
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Good lad, Billy.
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# ? Apr 11, 2021 11:48 |
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2021/04/12/not-cricket-wickets-renamed-outs-hundred/quote:Get ready for "outs" instead of wickets when the new Hundred format launches in July. Alison Mitchell said on Twitter it's actually just a floated idea and not decided yet but I am glad to see the ECB being brave enough to make the changes the game needs.
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# ? Apr 12, 2021 17:27 |
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They excel at fiddling while Rome burns.
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# ? Apr 12, 2021 17:41 |
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Scylo posted:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2021/04/12/not-cricket-wickets-renamed-outs-hundred/ While their at it, put two extra sets of stumps down and make them run counterclockwise
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 00:09 |
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England truly is the worst.
Airstream Driver fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Apr 13, 2021 |
# ? Apr 13, 2021 00:28 |
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People need to realize that cricket, particularly Test Cricket, is a niche, archaic dinosaur of a sport. And nothing you can do will change that. And that stupid poo poo like that, (calling wickets "outs", because wicket is a confusing word), doesn't make new people like the game, it just turns away those who previously liked it.
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 00:57 |
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BrigadierSensible posted:People need to realize that cricket, particularly Test Cricket, is a niche, archaic dinosaur of a sport. And nothing you can do will change that. I dont know test cricket does alright in Australia... probably better than ODI cricket at this point. Its just not a game with high engagement while its on. Its background noise to have on during the work day but this has always been the case here. Even t20 I doubt has much in the way of fans watching every ball. The ECB is just desperate for a fix that can make them money because the actual fix (ensuring as much of the population can watch elite cricket as possible) would cost them money
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 01:34 |
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The entire appeal of Test cricket is that it's a weird old creaky dinosaur from the Victorian era. If they want to turn The Hundred into blernsball that's fine.
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 01:36 |
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Sounds more like branding wank than anything else.
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 01:37 |
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I unironically think that postproduction anime style highlights is a legitimately great idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7Fgp1tBdSE
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 02:04 |
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Test cricket is still popular in England, too. The ECB is just run by idiots. The larger the disconnect between the ONE HUNDRED and any other form of the game, the less likely it is anyone will use the ONE HUNDRED as a gateway to other forms of the game.
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 06:39 |
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Seams posted:The entire appeal of Test cricket is that it's a weird old creaky dinosaur from the Victorian era. If they want to turn The Hundred into blernsball that's fine. Test Cricket is the context.
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 08:38 |
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Previous to the World Test Championship, I liked the idea that to be crowned "best Test team in the world" took years and years, and required beating everybody else everywhere else consistently. And even then, you were allowed the odd blind spot, or bad series. The Australian team of the 90s took years to establish their dominance, (and by gently caress were they dominant), and even then still were terrible in the subcontinent. The world beating WI team of the 70s and 80s lost a World Cup to India, but that didn't make them any less the best team in the world. Whoever wins out of India and NZ will have a nice trophy, and will be a nice trivia answer. But I still like the idea that to be the best in the world takes years of dominance, and basically a power generation. India might be able to do that, and their series win in Australia was a nice start, but in my worthless old man opinion it is too soon to tell.
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 09:38 |
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India winning in England would be a big step forward to claiming the proper best side in the world tag. Much like Australia, England aren't a brilliant team at the moment but they have a very good bowling attack in home conditions. Considering India were hammered 4-1 last time they toured there (three of England's wins were thrashings too), a series win would be huge.
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 10:01 |
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I don't think those sorts of teams will ever exist again. Nor should they really.
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 10:07 |
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Mister Chief posted:I don't think those sorts of teams will ever exist again. Nor should they really.
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 12:17 |
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They may as well rename bowling to pitching too, pitches and outs. Good thing we already have innings.
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 12:37 |
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I'm looking forward to the 99.
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 13:27 |
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Scylo posted:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2021/04/12/not-cricket-wickets-renamed-outs-hundred/
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 13:28 |
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Noxin of Shame posted:I unironically think that postproduction anime style highlights is a legitimately great idea. The IPL coverage has decided to go more Hollywood in their animation style. They remain unsure if the caricatures are offensive or not. anyway 3/4 IPL games have been good so far. Most are just big hitters smashing the ball but there has been some occasional good bowling too. It's crazy how different it is from other formats (even T20 international, not in rules of course, but in terms of the feel and how it's approached by the players) and so seeing guys I recognize change their game so drastically is interesting as well. BWV fucked around with this message at 14:18 on Apr 13, 2021 |
# ? Apr 13, 2021 14:12 |
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Flayer posted:That's some real dumb corporate wankery. The more I hear about the hundred the worse it gets. The only enjoyment I'll ever get out of it is if it crashes and burns. i heartily enjoyed the 2020 inaugural season
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# ? Apr 13, 2021 15:57 |
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I know I poo poo all over T20 cricket at every opportunity, but just watching the highlights of the 3rd SA/Pak game it's like, what's the point of there being bowlers? The pitch couldn't have been any flatter, and basically every batter was just clearing the front foot and either mowing to Cow Corner, or slog-sweeping. Just get a couple of mobile bowling machines and dispense with the pretense that there's some sort of contest between bat and ball.
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# ? Apr 14, 2021 22:28 |
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kingturnip posted:I know I poo poo all over T20 cricket at every opportunity, but just watching the highlights of the 3rd SA/Pak game it's like, what's the point of there being bowlers? I like bowling. Its one of the reasons I like cricket in the first place. Obviously ODI cricket ushered in the medium pace plodder and the ""spin"" bowler who aren't threatening at all but can keep it tight (so they are boring to watch) but t20 has taken this to the extreme. Some of the bowlers and lines being bowled in t20 are so tedious i don't actually understand how its supposed to be entertaining. I guess people really like dingers being hit.
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# ? Apr 15, 2021 03:29 |
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In red ball cricket both sides are trying to make something happen - bowlers are trying to take wickets, batsman are trying to score runs. In white ball, and especially T20, only the batting side is trying to make something happen by scoring runs. The bowling side are trying to make something not happen. It's inherently less dynamic and interesting.
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# ? Apr 15, 2021 06:15 |
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The best bowler in T20 would be someones grandma bowling underarm for 4 overs.
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# ? Apr 15, 2021 07:54 |
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Trevor Chappell the surprise pick for the next IPL. Also https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket...-bowlers-action Varkk fucked around with this message at 08:08 on Apr 15, 2021 |
# ? Apr 15, 2021 08:06 |
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Darren Stevens is one of the Wisden cricketers of the year aged 44. County cricket owns
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# ? Apr 15, 2021 11:30 |
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He's got a wicket already today. He is a machine.
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# ? Apr 15, 2021 11:37 |
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the IPL games in Chennai thus far have been pretty low scoring and so the powerplay has featured some aggressive bowling. Guys like Siraj, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumara and a few others have been good to watch. That said, the second the powerplay ends it becomes all about damage control and so it's less dynamic.
BWV fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Apr 15, 2021 |
# ? Apr 15, 2021 14:49 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 14:39 |
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Varkk posted:Trevor Chappell the surprise pick for the next IPL. Ugh I read the comments, knowing they would be terrible, and they were. How do people not understand that roundarm has always been legal? W. C. Grace bowled roundarm. The only reason more bowlers don't is because you need to be really accurate.
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