Arch Stanton Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Savage Henry said: I also noticed Sky sent their full rota of commentators, with Atherton, Bumble and Nasser Hussein. And all three were pretty impartial and very complimentary post match. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 It's the equivalent of England beating us in curling or shinty.Salty salty tears on the BBC cricket comments section. Like this one8. Posted byThe Official Reviewon10 Jun 2018 18:03A doctored pitch to take all skill out of the game and creating a hit off. The match was turned into 50/50 game of chanceAnyway Scotland, enjoy it while it lasts as I'll be the one on here laughing when the ECB investigate and ban you from ODIs Sent from my F5321 using Pie and Bovril mobile app 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 And all three were pretty impartial and very complimentary post match. They were. They seemed really happy for Scotland tbf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Sent from my F5321 using Pie and Bovril mobile app And another. Posted byPosterMeerkaton1 hour agoHope there is as much excitement when an Englishman wins the caber tossing at the Highland Games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, H Wragg said: I remember a much anticipated match between Pakistan and India at Titwood in 2007. Not a ball bowled. ☹️ Scotland have had 42 ODI Fixtures at home almost a quarter (10/42 or 11/43 of you include the PAK vs IND) have failed to produce a result Won: 15 Lost :17 N/R: 4 Abandoned: 6 Edited June 11, 2018 by topcat(The most tip top) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 The Record in Scotland vs England ODI's http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;opposition=1;team=30;template=results;type=team;view=results No captain has won both the toss and the match Aside from that Does anybody have the number of The Times? There's a mock obituary I want to publish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmothecat2 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 They were. They seemed really happy for Scotland tbf I noticed Bumble was getting criticism on Twitter from some England fans for being 'too excited' about Scotland winning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 They were. They seemed really happy for Scotland tbf And they've all consistently acknowledged the disaster that is the ICC and the fact that they are the only governing body that wants to make it's world cup smaller, and also commented several times on the travesty of the qualifying tourney, the lack of DRS at it, and the decision that ultimately put Scotland out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggysBeard Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 A lot of my colleagues are from India and cricket daft, so I get a little cricket education here and there. They all went to the ODI yesterday. I have always done the very Scottish thing of dismissing cricket without giving it a chance. I watched the last half hour or so yesterday, literally the longest I've ever watched cricket in one sitting. I'm not sure if I could watch the first team out to bat, but I quite enjoyed watching a team chasing down a run total. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmothecat2 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 A lot of my colleagues are from India and cricket daft, so I get a little cricket education here and there. They all went to the ODI yesterday. I have always done the very Scottish thing of dismissing cricket without giving it a chance. I watched the last half hour or so yesterday, literally the longest I've ever watched cricket in one sitting. I'm not sure if I could watch the first team out to bat, but I quite enjoyed watching a team chasing down a run total. Something I like about cricket (tests in particular but ODIs to an extent) is that you can dip in and out of it. You don't have to watch every ball, you can do other things, watch a session, keep updated with the goings on until you can catch another half hour. It's one of only a few sports you can do that with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) Came on here to see if any comments about the Sky coverage and agree with the compliments about it. Not a great cricket fan, I didn't even know this game was on and just caught it by chance when trying to avoid all the usual Sunday morning crap cooking/politics programmes. So glad I did. I watched about 30 minutes of the build up and checked it out off and on during the day, catching the last hour. The Sky coverage was great, words I never thought I'd ever utter. Despite the English commentary team they gave a very neutral coverage with no patronising smugness, just covering two teams playing an international, not the ENGLAND, ENGLAND, the WORLD's NO.1 playing a bunch of Jocks, snigger snigger approach you'd get if it was football. George Salmond wasn't treated as the token local, even if he was, and was just another ex-international cricketer talking relevantly about the game. No idiots rabbiting inane rubbish every second of the coverage and periods of silence. Bliss! Yep, I was very impressed on and off the pitch. ETA - Not following cricket that much, it was also great to hear lots of Scottish accents in the player interviews. I'd thought to progress on the international stage they'd loaded the side with Southern Hemisphere players as other sports have done. Really good to see otherwise. Edited June 11, 2018 by 7-2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crroma Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Something I like about cricket (tests in particular but ODIs to an extent) is that you can dip in and out of it. You don't have to watch every ball, you can do other things, watch a session, keep updated with the goings on until you can catch another half hour. It's one of only a few sports you can do that with. This is what really bugs me when people say cricket is boring. Of course you are going to be bored if you watch every second of a 7 hour long event. The beauty of cricket is you can dip in and out as the game progresses. Plenty football matches I've watched are deathly boring because the expectation in a 90 hour game is that you will watch every moment. All sports have their boring moments, cricket is no exception but hey at least its not 80 minutes of nothing happening (rugby).Sent from my SM-G930F using Pie and Bovril mobile app 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Are both or either of this week’s 20/20 games against Pakistan on the telly?Can’t see anything listed on Sky so I’m assuming not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 17 minutes ago, 7-2 said: Came on here to see if any comments about the Sky coverage and agree with the compliments about it. Not a great cricket fan, I didn't even know this game was on and just caught it by chance when trying to avoid all the usual Sunday morning crap cooking/politics programmes. So glad I did. I watched about 30 minutes of the build up and checked it out off and on during the day, catching the last hour. The Sky coverage was great, words I never thought I'd ever utter. Despite the English commentary team they gave a very neutral coverage with no patronising smugness, just covering two teams playing an international, not the ENGLAND, ENGLAND, the WORLD's NO.1 playing a bunch of Jocks, snigger snigger approach you'd get if it was football. George Salmond wasn't treated as the token local, even if he was, and was just another ex-international cricketer talking relevantly about the game. No idiots rabbiting inane rubbish every second of the coverage and periods of silence. Bliss! Yep, I was very impressed on and off the pitch. ETA - Not following cricket that much, it was also great to hear lots of Scottish accents in the player interviews. I'd thought to progress on the international stage they'd loaded the side with Southern Hemisphere players as other sports have done. Really good to see otherwise. Sky's coverage is uniformly excellent, and will always be fair to whoever England might be playing. I listened to the bulk of the game on TMS yesterday and they were absolutely fine towards Scotland. The England team got a deserved kicking, but they treated Scotland's win as the seismic event it was. One or two people on here who evidently have a chip on their shoulder about the BBC obviously disagree, but I thought the coverage was excellent and showed full respect towards Scotland. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 I listened to it and didn't feel that at all. You can't expect some sort of equal treatment in cricket - when the gulf between the teams is, and always has been, huge. It's not in any way comparable to rugby or football. I thought they were complimentary of the Scottish team, and the event as a whole. For a bunch of Englishmen watching England suffer an embarrassing defeat of such epic proportions they were remarkably level headed. But they’re generally like that TMS embodies much of what is good about the English character in roughly the same way as their international football coverage embodies much of what is cuntish 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Mark Nicholas on Channel 5 sounded genuinely ecstatic when Scotland won. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Who was the guy that fronted the Sky coverage. Couldn't find out his name. Thought he was very good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Cricket commentators and pundits are, generally, pretty good and usually provide welcome insight. Contrast with their footballing equivalents who are, almost entirely, massive twats. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Was puzzled as to why there were England cricketers in the gym yesterday morning at the Dalmahoy but this explains it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 1 hour ago, 7-2 said: Who was the guy that fronted the Sky coverage. Couldn't find out his name. Thought he was very good. Ian Ward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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