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This is the cricket thread. Cricket basics There are two types of cricket:
Bad cricket –“Limited overs”: - One-Day Cricket : 50 Overs - DLF Big Bash KFC Big Show Maximum Connor! “T20” Cricket : 20 overs  World Cup 2015 - FEBRUARY 14 – March 29Hosted in Australia and New Zealand, featuring exciting world powerhouses such as Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and England, the world cup is a competition that uses the One-Day format. I could explain the format but (a) I would do it poorly, (b) the world cup won’t attract new cricket fans and (c) no one reads the OP. You can ask questions in this thread anyway. Here is the schedule: http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/fixtures   Fantasy League InfoSign up here: https://fantasy.icc-cricket.com/ Goon League Code: 3300 Teams Before we go any further it’s important to mention that there are very much two tiers of teams in the world cup. Those with ICC rankings regularly play international games and the rest are from war-torn countries who still play cricket and own. The “Big Three” – don’t support these teams unless you have to England  Claims to have invented the sport but are no good at it, and have never won a world cup. They were, however, very good at imperialism; creating colonies who became very good at the sport so isn’t that what really counts? They are captained by an Irishman, and traditionally their best players have been South Africans. Fan activity in the cricket thread: Active, sad. Australia – 4 times winner  Very good at the format, the Aussies have won the competition a more than any other team and are on home turf. Largely unlikeable, be sure to look out for blackface in the crowd and post in the thread when you do. Fan activity in the cricket thread: Active, embarrassed. India – 2 times winner The supervillains in the cricket world. Not actually any worse than the other big three but like to be overt about it so gets the attention. Fans gloss over their inept test team and point to the 1-day side as their primary focus, which still seems pretty poor. With a billion and change people to choose from this is no mean feat. Fan activity in the cricket thread: None Good teams, who could win – bandwagon when they do well South Africa  There are universal constants you can rely on; the speed of light in a vacuum, the Planck constant and South Africa choking in the world cup. No matter how good their team, or how late in the competition, they will throw it away in a moment that will humble and amaze. Fan activity in the cricket thread: None, but everyone loves AB and Hashim. New Zealand The Rabbi T. White posted:Bullshit rear end cunts pretending like that wasn't done on purpose. They bowled directly at his body and knew exactly what they were doing. gently caress Australia. gently caress them in their stupid loving asses.    Sharing the home team advantage, lil Australia is on the rise. Coming off various wins in all forms of the sport, they are expecting big things at this world cup. Fan activity in the cricket thread: Active, adorable. Sri Lanka – 1 time winner The world cup is where the ‘lankans really shine. Competent in all forms of the game, they actually are fielding the most experienced team in the competition. Fan activity in the cricket thread: None West Indies – 2 times winner The Windies are a poorly administered team who have lost their way. Lately, extremely talented individuals have carved out a living in the shortest form of the game, T20, and in the process the Test and 1-day team has suffered. A world cup gave them the opportunity to reconcile and bring the best players together and the administrators obliged by not picking them and pissing off the ones they did. Fan activity in the cricket thread: Minimal, the romantic favourite. War-torn countries – support if your government did awful things to/in them Pakistan – 1 time winner  The Stan, have a successful history in 1-day cricket. The geopolitical landscape makes it difficult for them to piece together a decent team as no one will play them in Pakistan for fear of security. They also have a poor track record for match fixing which hangs above every poor performance. Fan activity in the cricket thread: None. Afghanistan One of the propaganda stories that came out of Afghanistan, after they have the poo poo bombed out of them, was that cricket was becoming important as a social outlet. Whether or not that is true, they have managed to turn out a team which have played a few associate level games versus other countries and hopefully will do well. Fan activity in the cricket thread: None The minnows – support knowing they won’t win Bangladesh  The bangers play the occasional test and 1-day series. A cynic would say they only have “test status” because they vote in line with India’s interest. Helpfully this thread is full of cynics. The bangers are the best bad team. They could steal a wins or two from the established teams. Zimbabwe  The Zimbers have always been on the cusp of becoming a “test” playing team. The politics of their country and corruption makes it difficult for them to produce a decently skilled team, and when they do people are never sure if they should be supporting them or not. Ireland I know nothing about the Irish team. I think at one point they had English and Australian players not good enough for the respective national teams weasel their way in via obscure patronage rules. Any half decent player ends up in the English side but hopefully they can field a good team. Scotland Like Ireland, in recent history they have been qualifying well for the world cup but lack the real depth to field a team that will be competitive. United Arab Emirates The UAE has qualified a couple times for the world cup. I know nothing about them sorry. They are better than Canada and the Netherlands I guess. a real chump fucked around with this message at 08:16 on Dec 16, 2017 |
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Jan 21, 2015 01:35
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I avoided mentioning players as it would have tripled the op. Someone needs to unearth hyperriker because he has me beat when posting about Our Dan.
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Jan 21, 2015 04:22
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Also If anyone does a country effort post I will link it in the OP.
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Jan 21, 2015 04:24
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Noxin of Shame posted:Take that cricket thread title curse. I almost mentioning SA choking in it but figured it would rip space time.
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Jan 21, 2015 04:25
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The OP only reflects the community it grew up in.
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Jan 21, 2015 09:06
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I like this one too
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Jan 21, 2015 09:24
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Scylo posted:Voges just killed a bird in the big bash Its not dead but its going to slowly die for our enjoyment.
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Jan 21, 2015 10:46
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Holy crap what a catch.
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Jan 22, 2015 10:47
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I do think the boundary ropes take the piss a little. It's meant to encourage poo poo shots, which it does, but I'm not convinced it should reward them. They should be the limit of where a fielder can go but still only count for 4 runs unless it's over the fence. That's probably less practical than I think.
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Jan 23, 2015 05:32
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Lmao a Finnspirational performance.
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Jan 23, 2015 09:47
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gently caress poo poo Anderson
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Jan 23, 2015 09:50
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If he does it here, it will be a legitimate Bevo innings.
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Jan 23, 2015 10:31
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Bevo...
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Jan 23, 2015 11:11
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Lmao gently caress this team bats deep.
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Jan 23, 2015 11:15
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Tasgoon spotted.
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Jan 23, 2015 11:41
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Smith saves us again what a shitshow.
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Jan 23, 2015 12:14
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Haha record crowd in Adelaide and its was a complete non contest.
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Jan 24, 2015 12:00
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Brett824 posted:Is there really that much of a home crowd in BBL? Indian fans go crazy about their IPL team but I've never seen many aussies actually care. The crowds have been mental this year. I dunno what they changed, but I have been more engaged this year than the others.
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Jan 25, 2015 01:31
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Hahah Hoggy takes a catch and it sounds like Australia scoring a goal.
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Jan 25, 2015 11:54
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Brett824 posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qC3HF7wfEc This is cool as heck.
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Jan 26, 2015 01:14
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I was wondering what happens when she bats. Bouncers seems in poor taste but on the other hand gently caress ya.
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Jan 26, 2015 03:04
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Added Fantasy info to OP and signed up. The prices seem a bit too low, you don't really have any reason to choose scrub league players.
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Jan 26, 2015 23:37
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Working in software I know exactly what happened. They almost certainly balanced it properly and then some ICC CEO couldn't pick all his favourite players and made them "fix" it.
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Jan 27, 2015 00:34
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Theoretically he doesn't know how big the world is.
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Jan 28, 2015 01:59
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Haha gently caress that was dour stuff in the home run derby. Surely they can afford more than 2 balls per batsman. Plus the crowd completely dead making it seems worse.
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Jan 28, 2015 11:30
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Dunno I think the scorchers are a better bowling unit and weaker batting. I think they are a better team defending a score. Plus lousy Smarsh batting.
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Jan 28, 2015 11:42
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This is brilliant captaincy tbh
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Jan 28, 2015 12:49
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Great game. Well done everyone. Holy poo poo what a game.
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Jan 28, 2015 13:00
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That's a loving poo poo throw. Bounce throw from 10m out
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Jan 28, 2015 13:01
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It was hit to short mid on and the fielder pegged it on the bounce to Enriques who couldn't gather it and missed an easy run out.
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Jan 28, 2015 13:05
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Enriques had a great game with the bat and captaincy, shame he won't remember anything else but that.
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Jan 28, 2015 13:08
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Lmao India what the hell.
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Jan 30, 2015 07:51
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Haha holy poo poo what an appropriate end to that game.
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Jan 30, 2015 11:56
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Byolante posted:So australia are getting saved by the big show and a marsh
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Feb 1, 2015 07:11
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Airstream Driver posted:Nah gently caress the bowler if he can't put his foot behind the line that is pretty much the easiest part of cricket. On one hand I agree with this, it's so ducking simple. On the other hand I hate the replay taking the air out of the moment and wish it would go away.
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Feb 1, 2015 09:19
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Haha well left
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Feb 1, 2015 09:23
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subroc posted:lol he's done a Maxwell Maxwells was way worse because he charged the bowler.
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Feb 1, 2015 09:25
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Outside leg methinks
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Feb 1, 2015 09:58
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Haha Broad. Won't last long but entertaining.
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Feb 1, 2015 10:35
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This is cool.
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Feb 4, 2015 11:08
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