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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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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. I've just had to turn the Sky audio off. On the plus side the endless stream of scrotum and poo jokes on the ACC is pretty solid - even with audio 30 seconds out of sync it's preferable to the double intellects of Squeaky Styris and Simon Drool.
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# ¿ Jan 23, 2015 09:51 |
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# ¿ May 3, 2024 01:26 |
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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? It's that grey area of intent versus context. Say a black female tennis player has the impressive musculature of a silver-back gorilla, but if a commentator describes her as such he'll be falling into the morass of societal racism that surrounds black people and sports women in particular. Best for us all if the commentator just shuts his gob lest we drown under 888-screeds from the offended - this is why morons with microphones earn the big bucks as professionals. Taylor could have a KFC tattoo for all I know, but laughing that the one PI guy on the field must be a fried chicken fiend is always gonna be dumb tl/dr best commentators don't talk about anything except WASP
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# ¿ Jan 23, 2015 10:41 |
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Who is going to any WCC games? I'm seeing Eng v NZ in the pool matches and the Wellington quarter-final. I loving hate limited over cricket, and the Wellington stadium is a real poo poo spectator experience. Hooray!
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# ¿ Jan 24, 2015 09:49 |
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If that's a fat cricketer then the sport has changed for the worse Best thing about worldcup - athletes from the minnows display the traditional cricketer's frame
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# ¿ Jan 24, 2015 13:28 |
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-Spiffy- posted:This is cool as heck. Fucken oath, that stumping. What fourteen year old kid wouldn't die to be given a few overs on an international quality pitch, with high-speed cameras and stump mikes. If the price is to have NZ Sky commentators talk over the footage, so be it.
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# ¿ Jan 26, 2015 02:32 |
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Does it take into account when a player is reprimanded or fined for behaviour?
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# ¿ Jan 27, 2015 04:38 |
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I havent seen England play since I watched the last Ashes, and I have no idea how they are placed entering the CWC. How bad is it?
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# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 11:38 |
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Ratios and Tendency posted:I've come to hate Ross Taylor and his retarded face that he pulls after loving up. Taylor's loving gently caress up face, lol I had hoped he'd have a great career, but I reckon he wont. Lovely technique, but Taylor self destructs on the field like Ryder does off it.
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# ¿ Jan 30, 2015 01:24 |
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Wandle Cax posted:Well he averages over 40 in both forms of the game so i'd say he's doing alright for himself so far. Yeah he is doing alright. 5 years ago I used to hope he'd become as good a batsman as Crowe. Not yet at least - i think now career looks like it is going to be one of potential not quite realised
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# ¿ Jan 30, 2015 11:16 |
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code:
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# ¿ Jan 30, 2015 11:38 |
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had a lyrical looking drive shot, and unpleasant unease in heatpump commercials - fair trade.
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# ¿ Jan 30, 2015 13:10 |
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goatface posted:England put in to bat, fold for less than Scotland, game is over by lunch. Great game to go to - A++ would watch England collapse anytime. I haven't seen a NZ game so onesided since Lomu went apeshit on Mike Catt's twitching form. Does anyone know where I can find a copy of this? Replays at the ground were shite and I really want a chance to see Southee's movement in the air
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# ¿ Feb 20, 2015 11:39 |
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I love the Guardian's photostream of unhappy English players. Haven't seen such misery since the Ashes.
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# ¿ Feb 20, 2015 12:11 |
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Caution Shane Warne commentating http://www.crichd.in/live-sports/sky-sports-2-live-streaming.php?c=UK2
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# ¿ Feb 22, 2015 09:34 |
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This India attack isn't looking very dangerous - every SA dismissal has been soft
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# ¿ Feb 22, 2015 11:23 |
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subroc posted:Groundskeeper is a goon For international viewers - since the quake Christchurch has a reputation for some of the most dynamic car parking solutions
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# ¿ Feb 23, 2015 04:02 |
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NZ TAB pricing for $1 investedquote:New Zealand 2.05 ($1.87 an even return in NZ fyi)
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# ¿ Feb 24, 2015 15:34 |
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Metservice has a page for the cricket http://metservice.com/cricket.htmlquote:Light winds and plenty of fine breaks. Just the chance of an isolated shower, hopefully staying clear of Eden Park.
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# ¿ Feb 25, 2015 03:17 |
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Amla's beard is pretty mean right now. But that sucker is gonna be off the chain if he can get some grey going as he ages. WG Grace - devout Muslim or Duck Dynasty fan?
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# ¿ Feb 27, 2015 05:43 |
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Pissing on the grave of Phil Hughes there you cunts
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# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 05:05 |
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Nah, who am I kidding. You miss a short ball you deserve to die lol
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# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 05:06 |
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Just taking the piss of the wanking sanctimony surrounding poor ole Hughes' death.
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# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 05:11 |
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Burn Down Canberra posted:Agreed. gently caress yeah. I love youtubing old games when chaps would face bouncers bareheaded and take blows to the face. We once were men.
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# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 05:16 |
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Big choke that
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# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 05:27 |
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RideTheSpiral posted:I still can't get over the earlier 5 minute tactical conversation between Clarke and Johnson devised the strategy of breaking Macullums loving arm. Lmao.
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# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 06:28 |
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Mitchell looks sad because his six overs produced no wickets but went for 68 runs
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# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 10:08 |
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The english bowlers are awful. To a man. lol quote:
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# ¿ Mar 1, 2015 11:47 |
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Poor loving Ross Taylor. There's not much pleasure in knowing you're a better batsman than Stephen Fleming. But Williamson, holy poo poo. He has transformed into an absolute freak - the only explanation is that two years ago he gave Satan a handjob behind the Vance Stand at the Basin Reserve At the start of 2013 he had played 34 games and had an average of 31.80 He's now played 69 games and his average is 47.29 - the highest average of any NZ player.
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# ¿ Mar 2, 2015 11:45 |
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Don't you get it thread? Other cultures might might talk about chicken like this, but Americans talk about chicken like that thanks Mods - now the cricket thread's culture of fried chicken celebration is under attack from hyper-sensitve American value judgements - which are kind of racist. quote:Published 9/12/2003
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# ¿ Mar 3, 2015 00:59 |
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webmeister posted: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 That reference to 275 was specifically at Wellington Stadium which is a lovely rugby ground with a drop in pitch. Yes the pitches have definitely improved in quality over the last decade and there hasn't been all that much cricket played there since opening in 2000. But the highest total is 322 (by Aus 2005) - and only nine times have a side scored more than 280. 275 might not be ambitious, but I think its probably a par score there. Definitely agree that England has failed with the bat a few times, but they should have been in with a sniff of defending the decent total they put up against the Lankans. A team isn't competitive if they can't pressure the batsman - the English master-plan plan so far seems to be pitch it short at 130-140k and pray for a lucky mishit or runout. Defending 400 runs wouldn't save these schoolboys dusty fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Mar 4, 2015 |
# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 03:59 |
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Australia keeping an out-of-form all-rounder at 3 has been one of the braver strategies in world cricket. Can't believe all that faith in Watto was misplaced - maybe he just needs to smash a few in the nets.
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# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 09:37 |
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Kiwi tragics only - Trent Boult interviewed by Ali Ikram http://www.3news.co.nz/tvshows/campbelllive/bowling-magic-with-trent-boult-2015030419#axzz3TP8IzOZM Ikram's dad was a solid cricketer from Pakistan and used to work as the local liason when Pakistan toured NZ, so apparently he'd get to have Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Javed Miandad etc round for dinner.
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# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 09:53 |
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Smorgasbord posted:"Trent Boult is an inspiration to small mouthed kids everywhere" - The Alternative Commentary Collective
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# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 10:04 |
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Jon Von Anchovi posted:thats an awesome ball from anyone. and how goods the fist pump every time that dude takes a wicket for some reason I think of the gummi bears in Hot Shots
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# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 11:06 |
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webmeister posted:
"I was in a game in 1992 when some batsman smashed a big six up onto that roof, what a classic moment"
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# ¿ Mar 5, 2015 01:15 |
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goatface posted:It's all lowest bidder. It's all imported labour from the 3rd world - local crews were too expensive so they've brought the equivalent of sweatshop scabs. The TV footage of this tournament sucks - the crews are not even familiar with the grounds and really aren't up to the standards of the local workers. Another reason why ICC = cunts
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# ¿ Mar 6, 2015 01:14 |
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Cricket on telly should have everything going for it visually - technical experts, loving awesome gear and way too much air time = inspired awesomeness. Dunno about you guys but I'd willingly murder for the host broadcasters to take over somehow - even with the same "talent" commentating
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# ¿ Mar 6, 2015 01:46 |
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Noxin of Shame posted:Ah, the cameramen are South African. Do you have a source? I thought they'd be comically evil and use Malay slaves out of Dubai or something.
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# ¿ Mar 6, 2015 01:49 |
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slow golf clap - literally illegal for anyone else to pay so little 200 crew from South Africa, India and Malaysia, $156AUD for a 10 to 12 hour day
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# ¿ Mar 6, 2015 02:20 |
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# ¿ May 3, 2024 01:26 |
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If it was a kfc joke then you know the mods would have caught it Russell was getting great venemous bouncers rising up then, that dismissal was pretty well executed
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# ¿ Mar 6, 2015 12:49 |