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

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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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Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Nice OP Spiffy, you are truly an excitement machine and nobody is a cleaner hitter of the ball.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2015 09:02

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# ¿ May 1, 2024 17:59

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

NZ forgot how to score singles apparently.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2015 04:15

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

tarbrush posted:

Afghanistan have a better batting lineup than England: discuss.

Stop picking on the minnows, England are trying their best.

# ¿ Feb 22, 2015 02:13

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Watching someone get out reverse sweeping never gets old.

# ¿ Feb 22, 2015 11:10

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

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Hahaha red carded for too many full tosses. Never seen that before.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2015 08:06

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Definitely a wicket, Brad would never lie.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2015 06:22

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

The Rabbi T. White posted:

When Johnson is running in, he looks like a sprite from a third-rate Master System game.

He always reminds me of a running T-Rex because he holds his hands so close to his chest.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2015 10:29

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

The Deadly Hume posted:

Don't give a gently caress. It wasn't the pad or the bat hitting the ground or Watto's brain going clunk.

I like to think Watson's brain is powered by a little hamster running on a wheel. :3:

# ¿ Mar 26, 2015 11:32

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

dsriggs posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGHScrCxF6Y

Sadly, I bet if today's channel 9 cricket commentary were giving analysis on this they would give the complete opposite opinion because the Australian cricket team doth no wrong.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2015 13:36

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

masterpine posted:

Feels weird going into a WC final as a one-eyed Australian supporter and only being interested in it being a good game. Normally i want a bloodbath. I kinda want NZ to win this thing...

I'm mostly the same. Similarly to the Rugby League national teams, I find NZ have significantly less twats in their team so that it wouldn't bother me if we lost to them.

That said though, unlike Rugby League I will be cheering for Aus to win.

# ¿ Mar 27, 2015 04:21

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Burn Down Canberra posted:

Australia have some likeable players. Steve Smith is a bit of a poo poo stirrer but in the way most cricket fans like. More sanga than Warner. Haddin is such an old rogue its hard for me to dislike him and I think for fast bowlers Johnson, Starc and Haze are pretty chill.

That's true. Maybe it's just the Watto factor clouding my perspective of the team. :v:

# ¿ Mar 27, 2015 06:41

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Scylo posted:

I hope Watson rips his shirt off when he hits the winning runs

It'll almost be worth it to see his OTT reaction.

# ¿ Mar 29, 2015 11:00

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Champions of the world :australia:

S Smith is the best Smith.

# ¿ Mar 29, 2015 11:07

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Lionel Richie posted:

Why are they booing Root

I wonder if it's the English crowd doing it or if they accidentally let some bogans into the ground.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2015 16:25

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

That is nasty.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2015 14:12

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

What a catch!

# ¿ Jul 10, 2015 14:29

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

If Siddle plays then we'll have to endure Ian Healy talking about bananas again too.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2015 15:13

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

The classic Watto innings: gets a start, is trapped LBW, wastes a review.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2015 15:30

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Negligent posted:

Give Steve Smith a bowl

I was thinking that too. I rate Smith's leggy fifth above Warner's medium pace filth.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2015 12:24

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

gabensraum posted:

The lack of originality in IPL team names always confuses me as to who is who.

Super Kings
Kings XI
Royals
Royal Challengers

It's almost like the thought process was "they picked the name Kings so we've got to pick something better than them... Super Kings!" :downsowned:

# ¿ Jul 14, 2015 10:10

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

goatface posted:

I was going to say Watson peaked early and they've been picking him on the assumption he can regain that form, but looking at it he didn't get a 50 till his 5th test and a century till his 15th.

Maybe he's just too marketable to drop.

I thought they still pick him to justify having him on a $2mil retainer. :v:

# ¿ Jul 14, 2015 14:15

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

gay picnic defence posted:

Obviously he's been pretty average for a while now and needed to be moved on, but it's a bit of a worry that CA seems to have done it after a test where Watto wasn't the worst. Comes across as caving in to social media or something.

Next team to be picked via Twitter poll.

# ¿ Jul 15, 2015 04:48

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Why does he just throw it away like that...

# ¿ Jul 16, 2015 12:13

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

IceAgeComing posted:

It's not channel 9 that has poo poo like the "bunnings replay", right?

On their NRL coverage it's currently the "Isuzu D-Max replay".

# ¿ Jul 17, 2015 13:37

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Good work Smiff. Wonder how long til declaration...

# ¿ Jul 17, 2015 14:53

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Still B.A.E posted:

Kinda had to be Root, didn't it.

Smith will get revenge by bowling some pies of his own.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2015 15:16

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

I should really be sleeping, but this is too good to miss.

Glad it's Saturday tomorrow.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2015 16:56

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Maybe ISIS are waging jihad against nature strips and it was a coincidence that it was placed outside a cricketer's home.

But in all seriousness, what a dick prank for someone to do.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2015 02:39

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Cook doesn't get the century.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2015 15:18

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

What a crushing victory. Such a difference it makes not having the Watto fridge being dead weight in the team.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2015 16:59

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

-Spiffy- posted:

Winning the toss doesn't necessarily mean you bat first though.

I think they should at least try to coin toss the first test then alternate the decision for every test after. I bet the pitches would be doctored accordingly but that's probably gonna happen anyway.

Maybe they should do something not luck based, like a bowl off or a beer skolling contest before the first morning's play.

# ¿ Jul 20, 2015 06:46

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Burn Down Canberra posted:

In ashes news nevill looks like he is going to retain his spot

I was almost certain that the selectors would screw with the winning formula, because that's what selectors do.

# ¿ Jul 29, 2015 03:19

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Just tuned in and :stare:

Save us rain!

That Clarke wicket looked ominously like that Ricky Ponting gif only he didn't fall over.

# ¿ Jul 29, 2015 12:03

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

The crowd have broken Johnson.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2015 14:01

Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

I thought he was moved up because of top order instability. But now that we have a batsman that can consistently get out of the Watto zone in Steve Smith, he may as well be moved back down the order.

# ¿ Aug 3, 2015 04:55