You know what really grinds my cricketing gears?

[Jono]

Yeah true, but Chris Gayle could stride up to the crease wearing only a pair of polka dot boxer shorts and still look cool bowling.

 

[Johnners]

The "bad light" laws, ffs, change them or something. That's 3 day out of 4 they've gone off because of "bad light" when it was clearly safe enough to be playing cricket.

 

[gettingbetter]

The "bad light" laws, ffs, change them or something. That's 3 day out of 4 they've gone off because of "bad light" when it was clearly safe enough to be playing cricket.

Safe enough? By what standard?

Fading light - red ball - Lee and Johnson bowling 140+.

 

[bond21]

Mark Nicholas.

Hes basically commentating so they have a pretty face to slowly take over from richie in front of camera.

He didnt even play test cricket for god's sake, how he's commentating is beyond me. He's probably got the least credibility on the commentary team and hes taking over, weak.

Not too fond of his accent either.

 

[iamdavid]

Also, I'm not sure if it grinds my gears, but I put forth, to the members of CW - bowlers who wear sunglasses while bowling - too cool for school or just irratitng?

lol I remember Gillespie doing it once, in the test against the Windies at Perth in 00/01.

 

[bond21]

Someone bumped this up so I might as well furnish it.

1. That stupid, pompous, joggy, bouncy running thing that the Australian fielders do

2. The overhead clapt Ponting and Hayden do

Also, I'm not sure if it grinds my gears, but I put forth, to the members of CW - bowlers who wear sunglasses while bowling - too cool for school or just irratitng?

People who can't spell

 

[Lillian Thomson]

A haddock that cheats at dominoes.

 

[Richard]

Mark Nicholas.

Hes basically commentating so they have a pretty face to slowly take over from richie in front of camera.

He didnt even play test cricket for god's sake, how he's commentating is beyond me. He's probably got the least credibility on the commentary team and hes taking over, weak.

Not too fond of his accent either.

Yeah, the best cricketers always make the best commentators don't they?

 

[Richard]

What about Mo Mathews? I remember during a rain break they showed some footage of Mahtews bowling with his sunnies and his HAT on.

Craig White bowled in a full coloured cap in this game. Of course, the mosquito invasion had quite a bit to do with that...

 

[Craig]

Bowlers throwing the ball back to the keeper straight at the batsman:

You know the scene when a batsman plays the ball back to the bowler and he decides to pelt it back to the keeper where the batsman is standing, trying toget him to move. Or if you are watching the India and Pakistan Test Danish Kaneria did it 10 minutes ago to Rahul Dravid. This has to be the most pointless time wasting exercises out there when a bowler trys and does this rubbish of trowing the ball at the batsman. What is more worse is when the piss weak batsman runs away. FFS if said bowler is going to do that rubbish then the batsman should just stand there and hit the ball away in another direction then, as he is IMO well within his rights to do so. Bowlers should stop wasting our time and go back and figure on how he is going to get said batsman out because him going back to the crease is the greatest victory of them all.

 

[Johnners]

Watson Haters

'Nuff said.

 

[Craig]

Watson Haters

'Nuff said.

Maybe he should stop break down more times then your typical New Zealand fast bowler.

 

[JBMAC]

Watson Haters

'Nuff said.

Read Reply in other thread!!

 

[Flem274*]

Maybe he should stop break down more times then your typical New Zealand fast bowler.

Ouch. That hurt. Stop speaking the truth damn it!

 

[Richard]

Bowlers throwing the ball back to the keeper straight at the batsman:

You know the scene when a batsman plays the ball back to the bowler and he decides to pelt it back to the keeper where the batsman is standing, trying toget him to move. Or if you are watching the India and Pakistan Test Danish Kaneria did it 10 minutes ago to Rahul Dravid. This has to be the most pointless time wasting exercises out there when a bowler trys and does this rubbish of trowing the ball at the batsman. What is more worse is when the piss weak batsman runs away. FFS if said bowler is going to do that rubbish then the batsman should just stand there and hit the ball away in another direction then, as he is IMO well within his rights to do so. Bowlers should stop wasting our time and go back and figure on how he is going to get said batsman out because him going back to the crease is the greatest victory of them all.

Haha, AWTA completely. Makes sense if it's the last ball of the over, but that's it. Total waste of time otherwise. Remember when Martyn clipped the ball down to the fine-leg boundary when Harmison threw it back at him, most people were pretty surprised but if people did that more then this rubbish would soon stop.

What's pretty well every bit as annoying is when fielders throw the ball at the stumps needlessly when there's no chance of a run-out. Waste of time and an utterly needless risk of overthrows. Get the ball back to the bowler as soon as you damn well can unless there's a genuine chance of a run-out.

 

[GIMH]

Hate it when people talk about Damien Martyn, always catches my eye and I think they are talking about me. I saw "remember when martyn" and I was like WHEN THE HELL DID I THROW THE BALL BACK TO THE KEEPER?!?!

 

[Richard]

Was it the same with Nigel?

(Who incidentally was my all-time 2nd-favourite goalkeeper after Schmeichel)

 

[GIMH]

Yes! Yes it was!

 

[The Sean]

Was it the same with Nigel?

(Who incidentally was my all-time 2nd-favourite goalkeeper after Schmeichel)

Massimo Taibi FTW.

 

[GIMH]