Cricket Thread

[kilabee]

Public voting is stupid because of course there is going to be bias.

Its down to cricket Australia's / channel 9's decision to sponsor every aspect of the game right up the wazoo. The coverage is sickening. I used to enjoy the pauses in commentary between overs.The little silent patches of 10 or so seconds when the cameraman would pan a 180 degree shot of the ground or the city.Now we have cocks chirping away in our ears about an up and coming mini series or some inane text poll about who is going to take the next wicket. Not to mention' would you like to buy one of these Michael Clarke limited edition prints for four easy payments of $299.99 to celebrate him not knowing where his off stump is'.
Why the need to change the old system of a panel of experts choosing the MOTM? So Vodafone and CA can get money from text revenue.

[Dr Woomanchu]

Correct and lets hope for some more consistency from this side now they know the feeling of winning.More test matches would probably help.
Surely you can allow yourself a little smile though Tofu. First victory on aussie soil since 85 is something to truly celebrate.

Oh dear. I've been supporting NZ for almost 40 years now, and one thing I have learnt is never bother to hope for more consistency. Just back your team, and enjoy the random successes. The moment you start expecting them to do well, they'll embarrass the crap out of you. It's happened repeatedly throughout their entire history.

[Zarkov]

Watching Sehwag bat.

[kilabee]

Watching Sehwag bat.

Loved how they (channel 9) praised Warner for dropping a catch. Sehwag is the hand eye master.Minimal footwork but awesome to watch.

[kilabee]

Credit to Siddle.Good spell with a gem to bowl the little master.Well played.

Would love to have a side by side of the 9 commentary of Siddles no ball dismissal and Bracewells from the previous test.

[Scunner]

Well part of the commentary today was about how India refuse to use the DRS system but still get a referral for the no ball, which doesn't quite make sense. If you don't want to use refferals, you don't use them at all.

[Carkus]

Loved how they (channel 9) praised Warner for dropping a catch. Sehwag is the hand eye master.Minimal footwork but awesome to watch.

That really pissed me off. He clearly got hands to it, therefore it's a drop catch. If it was any player in the Indian team, or NZ for that matter they would've been criticised.

[Zarkov]

Hard chance, but he made a hash of it.

Nice to see Wasim putting in appearance, plus a few of his highlights.

Probably my favourite bowler.

[Spork]

Absolutely fantastic partnership between Clarke and Ponting, watched most of it today (slow day at work), loved every bit of it, first decent innings I've watched and enjoyed since a long long time ago.

[Dr Woomanchu]

Was hoping Ponting wouldn't get the century he'd been waiting so long for

[Growler]

Would be good for the little hobbit to retire on a high, he really is a fantastic cricket player.

[kilabee]

Would be good for the little hobbit to retire on a high, he really is a fantastic cricket player.

I get the feeling Ponting will have to be pushed. Pity he's not fantastic at sportsmanship as well.
Clarkes innings is class.

[Growler]

Pity he's not fantastic at sportsmanship as well.

He's an aussie!

[Spork]

ITT: Kiwis wishing they had sportsmen who actually knew how to play sports, but instead they have to rely on their 'gentlemanly manner'.

[mattnz]

Yeah, why win when you can win AND be a douchebag.

[kilabee]

It starts by popping your collar.

[kilabee]

GG auckland -Back to back hit and giggle titles. Hope the test match is a contest on Thursday.

[SteddieEddie]

I think it will  be, I hope it will be, the indian series has turned into bore.

Still better than all the 20/20 bullshit. Please make it go away

[Spork]

Pointing and Pup with another fucking fantastic partnership, double centuries for the both of them, and you should have seen the amount of hot babes pouring into the oval this morning as I deove past on my way to work..

[kilabee]

Hard to know what to make of the form reversal of your top order since NZ won that last test.India have just been so poor this tour.I wanted a great contest from this tour but it turned to shit almost from the word go. Never mind real test cricket between NZ and Zimbabwe tomorrow

[SteddieEddie]

Just watching the aussie v india 20/20

Wtf is with miking the batsmen as he is coming out to bat? Asking Warner about the pressure he faces blah blah blah. What is this american idol

[Scunner]

They've done that for the last couple of years since Twenty/20 has become big. They mic up a couple of players on the ground the get some comments from them throughout the game. They had Brett Lee mic'ed in the first match. This match they had Warner and David Hussey. It's just part of the 'party' they are trying to create and evolve.

[kilabee]

Tui Billboard- It adds to the game.

[toofast]

The only people worth micing up, were the really good ones. I really enjoyed hearing what players like gilchrist and warne had to say. Not so much players like hussey and warner.

[kilabee]

Boon after a dozen would have been gold