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Cricket
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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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Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Smorgasbord posted:

Well that does favour sides that play tediously long series v weaker opposition because of 'tradition' eg Australia v West Indies, South Africa, England

Watch as every cricket board rushes to schedule 5 match test series against Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and... Ireland? Kenya?

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Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Flayer posted:

Also there has to be a better way to separate teams than run rate. It's such a hugely flawed system for measuring teams performance.

Best leave to dismissed-while-leaving ratio
Team with the Noicest Gary
Widest brimmed hat

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Ever since NZ abandoned the recent Pakistan tour, it's been leading to a NZ - Pakistan final, where either outcome is going to be narratively delicious.

Would be so typical of the Australian team to ruin the story and advance to the finals instead.

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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So Ajaz not only gets to be the third ever to take 10 test wickets in an innings, it's looking like he'll also be one of the illustrious few winners of the motm award from the losing side (joining fellow NZer Ken Rutherford).

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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That's a big hearty lmao from me

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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BlindSite posted:

Crawley looks not terrible through 16 or so deliveries.

Nailed it

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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That's a good nut, short of a good length, hitting middle and all that

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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loving beautiful

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Hoping the one obnoxious noisy guy in the crowd gets sun stroke.

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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They've just broken for tea. Another couple of hours for the last session

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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It is very nice of the Bangladeshi team to take time out of their busy schedule and teach us how to test cricket

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Excellent review that - questioning both a catch and LBW

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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tanglewood1420 posted:

Two straightforward drops in this innings from Bangladesh, they should be well on top and on the way to a win if they'd taken those.

Don't think it'll matter

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Stoked for Bangladesh, but... Good lord we've been insipid.

Varkk posted:

Welp NZ going to lose by 10wickets at home to Bangladesh.

At this point, I'll take some solace in losing by only 8 wickets.

Noxin of Shame fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Jan 4, 2022

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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What is this, the European League?

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Ratios and Tendency posted:

Bangers win the toss and bowl on an absurd green track. Mitchell in for Ravindra.

Jesus, it's Kermit green.

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Must be nice coming in to bat for (probably) the last time, and the guy at the other end has a double.

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Is it still an inswinging yorker if the bat is nowhere near it?

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Latham is pretty handy in the slips

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Good guy Ebadot, knew what was called for there

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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I don't think SA would be terribly happy with that first session.

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Watching snippets between work calls, and I've found my self switching to the normal commentary rather than the ACC boys. Much prefer long periods of silence to the frankly insipid banter.

Guess I'm just old now.

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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This is embarrassing

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Bowlers still got plenty of juice in the tank, should enforce the follow on I reckon.

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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My, how the turntables etc etc

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Is Will Young the son of Bryan Young or something? And if not, how is he going to stay in the side without nepotistic favour.

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Gosh that inswinging LBW Conway got from Sipamla looked beautiful

Noxin of Shame fucked around with this message at 00:49 on Mar 1, 2022

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Fanatic posted:

:laugh: that wicket. Don't think I've seen the ball ricochet off the helmet into the stumps before

There was this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hox3YvJLSXs

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Just in case any here don't know about the European Cricket League, it's uh ... pretty great!

https://twitter.com/EuropeanCricket/status/1509462347596849162?s=20&t=YDOhkq70_jt3Gbi5ELb2Ag

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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You Little Beauty

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Wait, so NZ play Pakistan in the semis?

gently caress.

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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There's something so good about the star wicket celebration

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Nice of us to play Babar back into form

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Bold call Cricinfo, bold call

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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Good to see the duck animation still earning its keep

Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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I thought England were meant to be poo poo(ting themselves)?

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Noxin of Shame
Jul 25, 2005

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India looking like they're on their way to post 500

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