Boo Khaki Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Warner should do the decent thing and shoulder arms to the first straight one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 The Leg Slip again... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 It would admittedly be quite funny if Warner absolutely smashed Broad around the place here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, Boo Khaki said: The Leg Slip again... Been a waste of a fielder right through the series imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Been a waste of a fielder right through the series imo. It's no even a true leg slip for the wee tickle, it's more like a 2nd or even 3rd leg slip, and the ball is only ever going to go through there if it's an utter turd of a delivery miles outside leg, the batsman forgets you are there, and he middles it straight to you. f**k knows what the idea is. Setting a field for a keech baw Edited July 30, 2023 by Boo Khaki 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 I'll be astonished if they let Bairstow keep wicket in India. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 This has probably been mentioned regularly, but sky sports’ commentary is brutal. The biggest personality vacuum imaginable, it must be the way they’re instructed to commentate as they can’t all be this dull. If it was your first taste of watching cricket it would put you off for life. Compare it to tms on the radio which is a brilliant listen. Mostly people who bring the game alive. If I was Stuart Broad and I sat through Atherton’s tortuous tribute piece yesterday I’d have been insulted and told sky to ram it. It was so dull and uninspiring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Just now, PauloPerth said: This has probably been mentioned regularly, but sky sports’ commentary is brutal. The biggest personality vacuum imaginable, it must be the way they’re instructed to commentate as they can’t all be this dull. If it was your first taste of watching cricket it would put you off for life. Compare it to tms on the radio which is a brilliant listen. Mostly people who bring the game alive. If I was Stuart Broad and I sat through Atherton’s tortuous tribute piece yesterday I’d have been insulted and told sky to ram it. It was so dull and uninspiring. They've got rid of all the arseholes, so it's just completely anodyne now. Holding was great, Botham and Tony Greig havered shite but at least they used to cause arguments. Bob Willis was the James Hunt of cricket commentary, and you could tell Gower spent all his time completely exasperated by the lot of them. Then Boycott 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, Boo Khaki said: I'll be astonished if they let Bairstow keep wicket in India. He’s brutal at it but he will be selected. You only have to look at yesterday when England’s players swapped shirts for dementia awareness, Stokes and Bairstow had swapped. There’s no way Stokes is dropping his mate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Boo Khaki said: They've got rid of all the arseholes, so it's just completely anodyne now. Holding was great, Botham and Tony Greig havered shite but at least they used to cause arguments. Bob Willis was the James Hunt of cricket commentary, and you could tell Gower spent all his time completely exasperated by the lot of them. Then Boycott Boycott was great. I didn’t think Botham was very good, always felt he didn’t particularly enjoy watching cricket. Holding you could listen to all day! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Holding was great and Gower moved from excellent commentator to superb host. Atherton is really good in print but he doesn't just have the personality to do it on TV or radio sadly. As much as he isn't liked, I preferred Mark Nicholas on Ch4/Ch5/BT who would usually have Vaughan, Boycott etc alongside him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Agree, Mark Nicholas was far better than what is on offer now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Would any other country have a 90mph plus bowler and not use him in the first session with a new ball? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Jazz Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Still can't believe they've kept picking Anderson, he just looks like a run of the mill first change county bowler. On the commentary -- I miss David Lloyd and Paul Allott most. You would think this is where Broad is heading? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holiday Song Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 15 minutes ago, PauloPerth said: Agree, Mark Nicholas was far better than what is on offer now. Funny how much people can disagree on things like this as Mark Nicholas is my least favourite sports presenter/commentator of all time! I'm also not a fan of TMS so suspect we just have totally different tastes (not a bad thing!). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 TMS can be hit and miss. I used to hate it when it was Blowers and home baking and the no. 48 bus driving past the pavilion and all that shite. But when they are explaining the fielding positions and talking strategy and getting the crazy stats out (that's the third time in an Ashes series a number 5 batsman has been dismissed lbw by a left arm spinner...) it's hard to beat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus_Don Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Can’t watch atm, how easy has this been for the Aussies? Seem to be knocking these off with ease. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, Angus_Don said: Can’t watch atm, how easy has this been for the Aussies? Seem to be knocking these off with ease. Very easy. Few balls that have beaten the edge but no genuine chances. I've been baffled by a lot of the captaincy this series, but England's bowling choices have seemed bizarre to me. Wood has taken wickets in the series just by raw pace doing for the batsman, but they then keep him in reserve for the ball to get older in the hope that it's going to swing. Meanwhile they persevered with Anderson whose biggest weapon is swing, even though there is almost none at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 I guess we won't hear as many complaints about the rain this time with the Aussies well on top at the moment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 I don’t mind England winning at all at cricket, generally rather see them win than the Aussies, but it would be a wee bit funny if Australia were to stroll through this innings to victory with a record run chase. All the chat I’ve heard in media is how good England have been and poor and passive the Aussies have been, yet the scoreboard would be 3-1 Australia. Plus with all the Broad stuff since his announcement, it was as if it was to be his special day(s) as he led England to a ceremonial victory. As someone mentioned higher up, it was a bit egotistical to do it with the match at its decisive point to make it all about him. It completely overshadowed the job at hand. Still think England will do it, but it’s definitely not going to plan so far… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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