Battrick Commentary - Page 2

Olwe · 31-10-2007, 07:20 AM

I have had a ball been bowled at me, it hit the stumps but teh bails did not come off and he stayed in

Nnanden · 15-11-2007, 05:56 PM

A fine cover drive that deserved to be four. Unfortunately a beer glass thrown onto the outfield by a drunken spectator has stopped the ball. Shame.

That is ridiculous.

...he really should have picked that up.

Nnanden · 08-01-2008, 07:27 PM

Don't blame it on the ball shine, don't blame it on the great flight, don't blame it on the crease line, blame it on the googly! That's out!

NZTailender · 08-01-2008, 09:11 PM

Hahaha, thats clearly the best so far.

Evilhoopler · 13-12-2008, 11:28 PM

Don't bag it out its not that bad

Evilhoopler · 25-04-2009, 05:12 PM

It is just the bunch of idiots writing the commentary making it bad. There will be more in the database now with it open all season. So,So, repetitive.

Majin · 26-04-2009, 04:26 AM

Love the BT Commentary, cracks me up on a regular basis. Better than "same line of commentary 3 times in one over" FTP at any rate

NZTailender · 26-04-2009, 05:33 AM

You actually read the commentary?

dontcloseyoureyes · 26-04-2009, 08:54 AM

Yeah, I haven't read commentary in years.

alternative · 26-04-2009, 11:17 PM

So are we ready for another cup anytime soon?

trevor_vayro · 27-04-2009, 03:32 AM

Personally I don't think there's anything wrong with the commentary per se, it's more to do with the frequency at which fairly unlikely events occur. For example, even playing in a blind cricket league, in RL I never see players being hit by the ball on such a regular basis - Okay, short leg and the WK might cop a few, but maybe that'll happen twice or three times a match, not two or three times an over! Similarly, despite being the most technically correct (boring) batsman on my team, in nineteen years of playing, I've hit the non-striker's stumps with a straight drive precisely once! I remember because sadly the bowler got a hand to it, and ran out my partner - I wasn't the most popular boy in the pub that night!

And in those nineteen years, I've never seen anyone get bowled, only for the bails not to fall. Mind you, that's probably because, in my league, we play with fixed stumps, so if the ball hits the wicket you're out regardless! - Though that causes a whole other series of arguments over whether the ball hit the face of the stumps, (which is clearly out), or the side or base, which is not out, as they wouldn't be there on an ordinary set of stumps. This is a particular bone of contention for me, being a left-arm chinaman bowler, turning it into the stumps. Though I bowl people so rarely that personally I reckon they should be given out if I beat the bat, let alone hit any part of the stumps.

The only similar event I can recall in test cricket was when Dominic Corke, against The West Indies in 1995, knocked his bails off while playing a cut to Ambrose. Nobody, including Corke, realised, and they ran two. When Corke got back to the striker's end, he simply replaced the bails and went on to get a fifty! Only TV replays showed what had happened, and Corke maintains to this day that he was as clueless as everyone else.

But my point being that, in about twenty-five years of watching test cricket, I can only recall one, slightly similar, event, so it shouldn't happen in BT every other over!

Kweek · 27-04-2009, 05:54 AM

I've seen people being bowled without the bails falling of numerous occasions in my career...
I've seen a lot of people leave the field injured because they got hit...(i've hit someone to the hospital once..he dropped the catch I gave him )

I've hit the stumps of the non strikers end quite a lot...but indeed not 3 times an over!(same with people being hit and the bails not falling off)

Mahindinho · 27-04-2009, 06:50 PM

That's why we should all fill in as much "boring" commentary as possible.

Evilhoopler · 28-04-2009, 04:14 PM

I much prefer these funny lines each over than the borin commentary like, Back foot defense, dot ball. What would u prefer.

nibbs · 28-04-2009, 05:39 PM

the only funny piece of commentary is the one where the guy takes the catches clutching the ball in the scrotal area, lol.

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31-10-2007, 07:20 AM	#16 (permalink)
Olwe School Boy/Girl Captain Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 128	I have had a ball been bowled at me, it hit the stumps but teh bails did not come off and he stayed in __________________ My BT and FPT team the: (Fishs XI) supporting; Mark Ramprakah (for England), Graham Thorpe; Geraint Jones; Ali Brown; Saqulain Mushtaq; Surrey CCC; Fishs XI; Fulham FC and Lincolnshire CCC.

15-11-2007, 05:56 PM	#17 (permalink)
Nnanden You'll Never Walk Alone Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New South Wales Posts: 26,183	A fine cover drive that deserved to be four. Unfortunately a beer glass thrown onto the outfield by a drunken spectator has stopped the ball. Shame. That is ridiculous. ...he really should have picked that up. __________________ Jesus saves proudly supporting Liverpool FC

08-01-2008, 09:11 PM	#19 (permalink)
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13-12-2008, 11:28 PM	#20 (permalink)
Evilhoopler U19 12th Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bowral Posts: 253	Don't bag it out its not that bad __________________ My Bes XI of all time: 1. H Sutcliffe 2. J Hobbs 3. D Bradman 4. S Tendulkar 5. B Lara 6. G Sobers 7. A Gilchrist 8. R Benaud 9. D Lillee 10. M Marshall 11. I Khan I don't like drug addicts. I don't like chukkas.

08-01-2008, 07:27 PM	#18 (permalink)
Nnanden You'll Never Walk Alone Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New South Wales Posts: 26,183	Don't blame it on the ball shine, don't blame it on the great flight, don't blame it on the crease line, blame it on the googly! That's out!

25-04-2009, 05:12 PM	#21 (permalink)
Evilhoopler U19 12th Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bowral Posts: 253	It is just the bunch of idiots writing the commentary making it bad. There will be more in the database now with it open all season. So,So, repetitive.

26-04-2009, 04:26 AM	#22 (permalink)
Majin International Debutant Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: England Posts: 2,784	Love the BT Commentary, cracks me up on a regular basis. Better than "same line of commentary 3 times in one over" FTP at any rate

26-04-2009, 05:33 AM	#23 (permalink)
NZTailender Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Posts: 19,041	You actually read the commentary?

26-04-2009, 08:54 AM	#24 (permalink)
dontcloseyoureyes BARNES OUT Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: WILDCARD, BITCHES Posts: 27,701	Yeah, I haven't read commentary in years. __________________ The one, the only CW Black Code: 47.3 W Coppinger to Heads Smacked the ball straight into the groin of Iwuajoku who has fallen over, miraculously with the ball still caught in his scrotal area! Out! TO OUR FOREFATHERS

26-04-2009, 11:17 PM	#25 (permalink)
alternative Cricket Web Content Updater Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 11,075	So are we ready for another cup anytime soon? __________________ Member of the AAAS Member of CW Green \| Stedingham Jets Grade Cricket Team \| Northside Power Manager of South Australia (WCC) Winner of AFL Tipping 2006 \| Winner of Wimbeldon Prediction 2006

27-04-2009, 03:32 AM	#26 (permalink)
trevor_vayro U19 Vice-Captain Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wales, Nr Cardiff Posts: 526	Personally I don't think there's anything wrong with the commentary per se, it's more to do with the frequency at which fairly unlikely events occur. For example, even playing in a blind cricket league, in RL I never see players being hit by the ball on such a regular basis - Okay, short leg and the WK might cop a few, but maybe that'll happen twice or three times a match, not two or three times an over! Similarly, despite being the most technically correct (boring) batsman on my team, in nineteen years of playing, I've hit the non-striker's stumps with a straight drive precisely once! I remember because sadly the bowler got a hand to it, and ran out my partner - I wasn't the most popular boy in the pub that night! And in those nineteen years, I've never seen anyone get bowled, only for the bails not to fall. Mind you, that's probably because, in my league, we play with fixed stumps, so if the ball hits the wicket you're out regardless! - Though that causes a whole other series of arguments over whether the ball hit the face of the stumps, (which is clearly out), or the side or base, which is not out, as they wouldn't be there on an ordinary set of stumps. This is a particular bone of contention for me, being a left-arm chinaman bowler, turning it into the stumps. Though I bowl people so rarely that personally I reckon they should be given out if I beat the bat, let alone hit any part of the stumps. The only similar event I can recall in test cricket was when Dominic Corke, against The West Indies in 1995, knocked his bails off while playing a cut to Ambrose. Nobody, including Corke, realised, and they ran two. When Corke got back to the striker's end, he simply replaced the bails and went on to get a fifty! Only TV replays showed what had happened, and Corke maintains to this day that he was as clueless as everyone else. But my point being that, in about twenty-five years of watching test cricket, I can only recall one, slightly similar, event, so it shouldn't happen in BT every other over!

27-04-2009, 06:50 PM	#28 (permalink)
Mahindinho State Vice-Captain Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 1,230	That's why we should all fill in as much "boring" commentary as possible. __________________ Winner of the 4th Cricket Web Battrick Cup

28-04-2009, 04:14 PM	#29 (permalink)
Evilhoopler U19 12th Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bowral Posts: 253	I much prefer these funny lines each over than the borin commentary like, Back foot defense, dot ball. What would u prefer.

28-04-2009, 05:39 PM	#30 (permalink)
nibbs International Captain Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,873	the only funny piece of commentary is the one where the guy takes the catches clutching the ball in the scrotal area, lol. __________________ "Matt Damon"

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