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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.

Did someone say gifs?

# ¿ Jan 21, 2015 06:27

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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.

EMC posted:

He has been smashing it in the nets though mate

# ¿ Jan 21, 2015 12:57

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:

Lol did that guy ever post again after everyone yelled at him?

He moved to the auspol d&d thread where we all had a "robust" discussion

# ¿ Jan 21, 2015 14:21

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.

Burn Down Canberra posted:

Steve Smith won Australian test and odi player of the year as well as the Allen border medal for overall cricketer of the year. His only challenge came from Warner.

Who took home the prized "Sledge of the Year" gong?

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 00:54

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.

quote:

"I've heard if you earn minimum wage in England you're in the top 10% earners in the world. #stay #humble."

Poor people, how do they work

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 01:05

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.

Shane Watson can't be a Pakistani; he can't even fix his batting technique let alone a match

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 05:14

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.

Stick Cricket removed the "knocked over by a bouncer, dismissed hit wicket" animation from their iOS app out of respect for Phil Hughes :laugh:

# ¿ Feb 4, 2015 02:26

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.

-Spiffy- posted:

I came to see if this was posted.

I went through the comments and there are none trying to defend channel 9.

I was coming here to post it too :laugh:

Funny that nobody has tried to defend Nine's coverage, so I guess McNamara's in a meeting or something. Good to see that their woeful coverage is actually drawing a reaction from other media, but I'm not particularly hopeful that anything will change any time soon.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2015 05:48

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.

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:

Keep in mind that most of the articles at The Roar - including this guy's - are sourced from readers and very few columnists are professional or paid. Classy stuff from the head of cricket at Channel 9.

That's just absolutely bizarre :psyduck:

"Yeah Brad Haddin's a good mate of mine" - who loving cares? You're an executive director at Channel Nine, do you really need to resort to name-dropping cricketers?

IceAgeComing posted:

he's the sort of guy who buys an sa account to shout at people laughing at him, isn't he?

Oh god I hope so

# ¿ Feb 13, 2015 06:33

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.

Brad McNamara's facebook fan page has 6 likes :laffo:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brad-McNamara/112697678743528

# ¿ Feb 13, 2015 06:57

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:

This has to be the laziest clickbait I've ever seen

Dumb Username posted:

Who is this?

# ¿ Feb 13, 2015 13:38

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.

20 off one over :laugh:

# ¿ Feb 14, 2015 07:57

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 you'd think of all people the umpires would understand the rules

# ¿ Feb 14, 2015 11:59

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.

Dunbar posted:

Sorry for the dumb question, but are you allowed to run when the ball just nicks off your pad rather than being batted?

Yep, though if it doesn't hit your bat you don't get credit for the run (it counts as Extras or Sundries).

You can also attempt a run even if the ball didn't hit anything, though this is pretty rare (usually when the wicketkeeper fucks up hilariously). Those runs are recorded as Byes

# ¿ Feb 14, 2015 12:06

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:

On the topic of India/Pakistan relations: they tend to get on really well in expat communities. I will be watching all the world cup with a load of Indians and Pakistanis and it will be great.

quote:

Cricket World Cup: Brawl erupts between India and Pakistan fans at Sydney RSL club

A Cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan descended into violence when a fight broke out between about 40 fans at the Merrylands RSL on Sunday evening.

It was expected to be the biggest grudge match in the Cricket World Cup, and that animosity was on display among rival fans at the Merrylands RSL Club watching the showdown between India at Pakistan on Sunday night.

Four people were taken to hospital with a range of injuries after a wild brawl broke out between about 40 fans watching the match on a big screen at the club on Military Road about 9.30pm.

A NSW Police spokesman said a group of fans had gathered to watch the match, broadcast live from the Adelaide Oval, when tensions boiled over.

Chairs and tables were hurled across the room, and police confirmed one person was hit on the head by a glass that was thrown.

A witness said the brawl spilled out on to the street before police and paramedics arrived.

Police said three people were taken to Westmead Hospital and one was taken to Auburn Hospital with a range of injuries that were not life-threatening.

Police said the cause of the violence was not immediately known, and no arrests had been made.

Officers are expected to review CCTV footage of the brawl on Monday to determine if charges will be laid.

It was the first time India and Pakistan had faced off on the pitch in almost a year. Wars and wary politicians have preserved the rarity value of the fixture, which brings south Asia to a standstill.

About 1.3 billion people were expected to tune in to the match, with India enjoying a healthy World Cup dominance over Pakistan of late.

In Sunday night's match, Virat Kohli scored 107 to steer India to 7-300, while Pakistan suffered a middle-order collapse of 3-1 in reply, reaching a total of 224 all out in 47 overs.

India's 76-run win delivered the country a six-nil advantage over Pakistan in World Cup matches.

I don't disagree with your main point, but :laugh:

Must be the Australian influence, glassing someone over a cricket match

# ¿ Feb 15, 2015 23:50

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.

Noxin of Shame posted:

This was a diamond duck, no?

A platinum duck is first ball of the innings (so, basically Martin Guptill).

Diamond duck is out for 0 without facing a ball, iirc?

# ¿ Feb 15, 2015 23:58

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.

Someone should do that for Australia.

Maxwell 25:17, "Playest thy natural game"

# ¿ Feb 16, 2015 00:15

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 Gospel of Marsh, 0:1 "And lo, he didst but smash it in the nets"

# ¿ Feb 16, 2015 00:18

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.

Burn Down Canberra posted:

Lot of big scores so far this world cup. 300 seems to be about par.

big bats these days mate i tell ya what

# ¿ Feb 16, 2015 04:06

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.

EMC posted:

I wish they would keep the minnows in and just speed the schedule up a bit, is cricket so taxing on these guys that they can't play every other day or at most every three days?

Considering a Test goes for 5 consecutive days you'd think they could manage it

# ¿ Feb 16, 2015 05:59

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.

Great win for Ireland, genuinely happy to see it regardless of how shithouse the Windies were

# ¿ Feb 16, 2015 07:08

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.

4 golden ducks in one innings has to be a record of some sort, surely

# ¿ Feb 17, 2015 01:56

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.

If NZ gently caress this up.... :laffo:

# ¿ Feb 17, 2015 04:03

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.

-Spiffy- posted:

They care less about crowd than tv revenue.

Side by side games basically half potential customers and the ICC is all about money.

So play a day game in NZ and then a day/night match in Australia, that way there's hardly any overlap.

Jeez do I have to think of everything around here

# ¿ Feb 18, 2015 04:25

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 Deadly Hume posted:

Yep. And also slogging skills honed from playing T20 etc.

I was watching a replay of Chris Gayle's 200 yesterday and this was insane, I don't think he hit a single boundary on the off side. Every shot was just a slog swipe over midwicket or a lofted on drive

edit; 157 leg side, 58 off side, including 15 of his 16 sixes :laugh:

# ¿ Mar 2, 2015 07:32

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.

-Spiffy- posted:

SA should go for 500 here

yeah i was just thinking they're well on track to score 450+

# ¿ Mar 3, 2015 06:44

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.

welp

# ¿ Mar 3, 2015 07:27

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.

-Spiffy- posted:

This is a cool article describing why England is so good at cricket

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/mar/03/the-spin-cricket-data-analysis-art-science

It's interesting how dated their thinking seems to be in this. Morgan still talking about aiming for 275 when it feels like Aus/NZ/SA/India are targeting 350+ first innings scores in every game of the WC

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 00:11

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.

Scylo posted:

I honestly thought they'd keep Watson and he'd come out and make a hundred today and then go back to being useless for the rest of the tournament. Now I just hope Smith can make a hundred at 3, and Faulkner makes some runs wherever he comes in and then we can be rid of Watson forever.

Yeah a (mostly) pressure-free game against minnow opposition sounds like prime territory for a Watson 83

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 07:19

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.

cpaf posted:

Michael Slater is apparently surprised by the decision to drop Watson

Slater's a known moron though

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 08:53

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.

Shapoor is a large man who likes fast bowling, stunning insight from Michael Slater

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 09:01

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.

Phwoar

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 09:03

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.

Just noticed Warner hasn't hit a six yet, is this his highest score without one?

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 09:19

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.

Burn Down Canberra posted:

It is patronising but it probably is the best fast bowler pitch they've bowled on.

I'm sure they've played on a few minefields in their time

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 09:25

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.

Maxwell most productive shots vs spin:

Reverse sweep
On side slog
Slog sweep

Quality batting imo

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 10:24

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.

Jon Von Anchovi posted:

maxwell highest odi strike rate
and then he follows up with a shot so bad even warney cant be positive

Holy loley gunna need a gif of that "shot"

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 10:30

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.

Burn Down Canberra posted:

Warne is awful. Like mind bogglingly bad.

Yeah, it's kinda crazy someone is paid to give their opinion and observations on the game and the best can manage is chuckling and phwoar

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 10:37

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.

EMC posted:

Maxwell a legit chance to beat Smith to 100

Yep

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 10:41

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.

Burn Down Canberra posted:

Bowled a few accidental beamers.

Feels like their only option for stopping Maxwell atm

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 10:54

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# ¿ May 1, 2024 23:16

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.

Burn Down Canberra posted:

Clarke having a trundle. If his back wasn't made of chalk he would have been a handy bowler when needed.

Clarke's always been a handy bowler at times, remember when he took 6 wickets against India that time :psyduck:

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 12:50

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