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Smorgasbord posted:I think Ross Taylor is really loving stupid, if he wasn't good at cricket he'd be on minimum wage somewhere. He's much better at cricket than Martin Guptill
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Jan 23, 2015 00:44
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Ratios and Tendency posted:Guptill's also arguably the best fielder in the world. Yeah for sure. McCullum's been amazing in the field too.
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Jan 23, 2015 01:37
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Lmao Scott Styris said that Ross Taylor would have taken that catch in his mouth if it was a piece of kfc.
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Jan 23, 2015 06:10
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Smorgasbord posted:Because Styris has been his friend and traveled around the world with him for about 15 years and probably knows a thing or two about his food preferences? I dunno if it's a south Auckland thing but Samoans liking kfc is a thing and probably not appropriate to say in a commentary box. I am 100 percent sure it wasn't intentional, but someone might have been offended.
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Jan 23, 2015 08:30
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Mister Chief posted:Shut up. Why.
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Jan 23, 2015 08:48
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Airstream Driver posted:Heaven forbid someone gets offended! Err, I don't care if anyone gets offended, I'm just explaining why someone might get offended. If that gets your knickers in a twist, you're definitely very stupid.
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Jan 23, 2015 08:51
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Smorgasbord posted:If you jump to that then maybe it is you who is the racist? I thought it was funny, but recognised it as something you might not want to say. As did Simon Doull who immediately was like "wtf, you shouldn't say that".
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Jan 23, 2015 09:04
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The "I have x race friends, and they have never been offended by offensive thing" is something that would be lampooned in a late season simpson episode. It's a pathetic thing to say.
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Jan 23, 2015 09:07
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Airstream Driver posted:Tbf if you (I don't mean you) get offended by people who know you (I don't mean you) suggesting you (I don't mean you) eat a lot of fried chicken maybe you (I don't mean you) should stop eating so much fried chicken. Tbf you (yes you) sound like you (you) have a learning difficulty.
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Jan 23, 2015 09:14
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dusty posted:Are the NZ Sky commentators worse than ever? yes It's a crying shame more of them can't be removed for max fixing. Even Ian Smith is a fuckwad these days - too much exposure to the cunts who call the rugby. Whoever is providing the Sri Lankan colour commentary is just a whinging little bitch. Acc is so loving good.
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Jan 23, 2015 10:42
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dusty posted:It's that grey area of intent versus context. The legalise cannabis party has my vote.
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Jan 23, 2015 10:45
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Smorgasbord posted:OK say Brendon McCullum is known in the team for loving KFC, is it alright to make jokes about his love of KFC? I would assume you would say yes. If amongst the same group of guys Ross Taylor also loves KFC, there must be no jokes about his love of KFC because Knuc U Knite has racist ideas about Samoans so whoever jokes about Ross is racist? Stop insinuating I made up the Samoan kfc thing you dull oval office.
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Jan 23, 2015 10:48
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I made a team and Adam Milne is my dark horse even though he's injured and he sucks and i hate him.
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Jan 27, 2015 06:42
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I wish I had a dollar for everytime simon doull makes a premature call that's completely wrong. I'd have made 10 dollars sitting on my rear end this afternoon.
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Jan 31, 2015 05:13
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Noxin of Shame posted:Why are you not listening to the ACC? I don't have my sky so I can't sync it. 
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Jan 31, 2015 05:18
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Varkk posted:The only way nz is going to stop Afridi from getting a hundred is to get the other players out around him. Booya.
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Jan 31, 2015 05:21
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Wandle Cax posted:If you listen straight off the iheart website on your computer it's only slightly ahead of the TV so it's alright to listen to without adjustment. How do I do this.
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Jan 31, 2015 05:54
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Guptill batting like Classic Guptill.
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Feb 3, 2015 03:43
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The Nards Pan posted:Probably should have let that last one go by. Shame that ball didn't go the other way. Would have liked to see him go on.
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Feb 3, 2015 04:02
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webmeister posted:Stick Cricket removed the "knocked over by a bouncer, dismissed hit wicket" animation from their iOS app out of respect for Phil Hughes Why's that funny.
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Feb 4, 2015 02:29
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Also lol at Smorgasbord the racist retard implying that laura mcgoldrick is a ladder climbing slut for marrying a cricketer.
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Feb 4, 2015 02:31
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Varkk posted:Her job is to do the human interest cutaway talk to fans in the crowd segment. She does that part as well as could be expected. Whether such segments have any place in the coverage is another matter entirely. But at least she isn't Craig McMillan or Mark Richardson arguing with Scott Styris. I was with you until you dogged on rigor. gently caress you.
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Feb 4, 2015 05:54
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Her segments are there to build hype for the world cup I don't think they're offensive or intrusive and i expect them to go away after or even before the tournament.
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Feb 4, 2015 06:14
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I think the nigh scripted crap the players feed to the commentators lately is more of a waste because it could be something good.
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Feb 4, 2015 06:15
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He's literally the only non poo poo commentator we have. Idgaf what popularity contests he's winning or losing in new Zealand cricket.
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Feb 4, 2015 10:07
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Noxin of Shame posted:Counterpoint -- Leigh Hart All the acc guys rule. I should have said sky commentator.
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Feb 4, 2015 10:13
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Davfff posted:skytv ran an experiment where they literally fed a senile labrador suffering from distemper a dozen rotten eggs and left it in the commentary box for half an hour during the recent pakistan ODI, to see if anyone could tell the difference between the labrador and mark richardson. You're really normal.
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Feb 4, 2015 10:54
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exmachina posted:gently caress the haters rigor rules OK I've got some mark richardson based dog poo poo fan fiction that says otherwise.
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Feb 4, 2015 11:23
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Doull loving sucks rear end. He talks endlessly about poo poo he doesn't know dick about and he constantly fucks up the most important part of being a cricket commentator; calling the cricket.
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Feb 5, 2015 10:32
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Wandle Cax posted:He's on TV, it's much less important to actually call the cricket when the viewer can see what's going on. It's still important because 1. The viewer sees a single camera while the commentators have access to everything and 2. Not everyone who watches sport is an expert who knows the consequences of every play. Cricket is one of those games that is especially difficult to master a complete understanding of every rule.
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Feb 5, 2015 11:41
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So sky nz are playing aus and England's warm ups but neither of nz's?
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Feb 8, 2015 05:06
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Mister Chief posted:Probably neither. Each side has more than 11 players. Do the cops know about this?
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Feb 8, 2015 11:53
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Is Australia having their own opening ceremony. This thing is embarrassing.
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Feb 12, 2015 09:42
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Nystral posted:My in laws are from Guyana and so we'll be watching the Windies. I'm far more of a T20 watcher, but it seems like the Windies are little improved from the 2011 CWC - middling team with some strong bats and lacking in overall depth on offense and everywhere on defense. Lmfao.
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Feb 13, 2015 04:19
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Shmoses posted:This article is spot on.. Geoff Lemon is a great writer (and a product of my high school actually). The McNamara stuff is particularly unhinged, I'd read the Gideon Haigh comments, but the Roar article that he references is a level above. It's literally one throwaway line and McNamara comes in to mercilessly slate the guy: Lol that's insane.
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Feb 13, 2015 06:01
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Sri Lanka's anthem ftw.
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Feb 13, 2015 22:58
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The opening game of the wc being delayed by rain in nz is just perfect.
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Feb 13, 2015 23:00
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Russel Arnold ftw.
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Feb 13, 2015 23:10
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Everyone knows that the best part of a CWC is the awkward player portraits, and now you can see them at any time.
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Feb 13, 2015 23:36
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-Spiffy- posted:Our Kane™ doesn't have the same ring to it as Our Dan™ but hes a beautiful man. He's a Dan style character.
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Feb 13, 2015 23:43
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