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

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

Quality choking again by the South Africans for this group game...

# ? Feb 22, 2015 11:58

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# ? May 22, 2024 11:55

Knuc U Kinte: Aug 17, 2004

This keys to success poo poo is worse than wasp.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 12:00

Mister Chief: Jun 6, 2011

Don't forget to watch Scotland beat England tomorrow boys.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 12:36

serious gaylord: Sep 16, 2007; what.

I sometimes get the impression that most of the people in this thread have no idea what choke actually means and just use it because they've seen others say it in the past.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 13:12

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

serious gaylord posted:

I sometimes get the impression that most of the people in this thread have no idea what choke actually means and just use it because they've seen others say it in the past.

Ideally it's to be used when Lance Klusener bludgeons two fours then runs himself out.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 13:16

serious gaylord: Sep 16, 2007; what.

I mean a choke is managing to lose from a position of almost certain victory. Being completely dominated throughout the game isnt that.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 13:20

Knuc U Kinte: Aug 17, 2004

People were yelling choke about a quarter into india's innings, and then india were choking after putting on 300 and then SA choked about 12 more times before the end of the game.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 13:23

Boonys Cut Shot: Nov 5, 2004; Elite athlete

Just got back from the ground. Insane atmosphere. 86000 fans who all just seemed to love the gently caress out of cricket. Faf du Plessis's 2000th ODI run got as big a cheer as any boundary or wicket. When de Villiers got run out I thought the stadium was going to collapse though.

gabensraum posted:

Apparently a big thunderstorm will hit Melb. Looking forward to another edition of SA vs Duckworth-Lewis.

I'm interested to know what happened with this, I could see heaps of lightning, the sky went dark and it got hella muggy but it never really looked like raining.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 13:25

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

serious gaylord posted:

I mean a choke is managing to lose from a position of almost certain victory. Being completely dominated throughout the game isnt that.

I feel South Africa conceding a century to Dhawan, losing by 140 runs to India and being bowled out in 40 overs by a complete scrub attack falls within the broader definition of South Africa world cup fail chokes.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 13:29

Knuc U Kinte: Aug 17, 2004

RideTheSpiral posted:

I feel South Africa conceding a century to Dhawan, losing by 140 runs to India and being bowled out in 40 overs by a complete scrub attack falls within the broader definition of South Africa world cup fail chokes.

Except it's not because SA could go on to win the world cup from here.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 13:30

Boonys Cut Shot: Nov 5, 2004; Elite athlete

Knuc U Kinte posted:

This keys to success poo poo is worse than wasp.

No it isn't. At least the keys to success is based on some statistical analysis

# ? Feb 22, 2015 13:31

Boonys Cut Shot: Nov 5, 2004; Elite athlete

Also I never thought South Africa should realistically be considered favourites for the World Cup and nothing I saw tonight changed my mind. Parnell batting at 7 and conceding 9 runs an over pretty much sums up 100% my concerns with them - they don't have enough depth. Their frontline players are as good as they get but once you crack the top few batsmen or see off the main quicks they look wafer thin.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 13:35

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Mister Chief posted:

Don't forget to watch Scotland beat England tomorrow boys.

I'm gonna be watching the hell out of that. :getin:

# ? Feb 22, 2015 14:37

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Eoin Morgan's sleeper phase is coming to a close. Soon, soon he will put the final nail in the coffin of the English cricket team.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 14:40

zakharov: Nov 30, 2002; Tater Love

Love 2 wake up to another easy victory for India

# ? Feb 22, 2015 16:35

The Deadly Hume: May 26, 2004; Let's get a little crazy. Let's have some fun.

Shmoses posted:

Just got back from the ground. Insane atmosphere. 86000 fans who all just seemed to love the gently caress out of cricket. Faf du Plessis's 2000th ODI run got as big a cheer as any boundary or wicket. When de Villiers got run out I thought the stadium was going to collapse though.

I'm interested to know what happened with this, I could see heaps of lightning, the sky went dark and it got hella muggy but it never really looked like raining.

I had a look at the radar at the time and there was a lot of stuff brewing up around Werribee and the You Yangs but it was all heading SE across the bay rather than over the city.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 20:26

Drugs: Jul 16, 2010; I don't like people who take drugs. Customs agents, for example - Albert Einstein

Knuc U Kinte posted:

This keys to success poo poo is worse than wasp.

I've just realised that the key to England's failure is Moeen Ali negatively affect their WASP score

# ? Feb 22, 2015 21:36

Lionel Richie: Nov 14, 2004

There'll be absolute carnage in sackings from top to bottom in the ECB if England lose to Scotland

# ? Feb 22, 2015 21:38

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

I'd hope they wouldn't have to be sacked.

They would, obviously, but it would be nice.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 21:40

IceAgeComing: Jan 29, 2013; pretty fucking embarrassing to watch

nah, they'd blame it all on joe root if past record is anything to go by

# ? Feb 22, 2015 21:41

tarbrush: Feb 7, 2011; ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

There is zero chance that Downton or the selectors go if England lose this. Accountability is not their strong point.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 21:43

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

India's bowling is trash. The one thing they have going for them is they don't wilt on the big occasions which I feel SA did last night.

All their wickets were gifts and mentally weak poo poo.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 21:51

serious gaylord: Sep 16, 2007; what.

Lionel Richie posted:

There'll be absolute carnage in sackings from top to bottom in the ECB if England lose to Scotland

I want scotland to win tbh just to get rid of the mountain of pointless people there are in the ECB.

Of course what would actually happen is a 2 year long enquiry that results in yet another coach.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 22:00