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Slater Officially Joins Channel Nine

Josh

Josh

International Regular
Taylor makes me want to pick up the TV and throw it somewhere unretrievable.
 
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Jason_M

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
The only reason channel nine would want to get rid of Ian Chappell is because he's the only one who has the balls to criticise the administration, i'd love to know what he thinks of 20-20 cricket, i doubt he's very impressed by it. The commercialization of the game is getting out of hand and it will only get worse in the years to come, i still follow the game because of one champion batsmen but when he retires i'll be glad to give it away as well.
 
Wazim

Wazim

School Boy/Girl Captain
I hate Mark Nicholas. He sounds so smug and over-dramatizes everything and acts as if it is some sort of fantasy world. I remember in the Ashes he goes "Swing works the oracle again!" I hate that line so much, it made me punch my 80 year old neighbour in the face. What am I watching? The grand finale of Final Fantasy 10?

Tony Greig has lost it too. The amount of enthusiam he use to put in those classic Sharjah games was just amazing. I will never forget him shouting "Bowled him! Bowled him!" When Pakistan came back to get a improbale tie(when Lanka needed 2 runs a over with 8 wickets in hand). Nowadays he is very bias, boring and bickers. He always has something to complain about.
 
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Dixie Flatline

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Wazim said:
I hate Mark Nicholas. He sounds so smug and over-dramatizes everything and acts as if it is some sort of fantasy world. I remember in the Ashes he goes "Swing works the oracle again!" I hate that line so much, it made me punch my 80 year old neighbour in the face. What am I watching? The grand finale of Final Fantasy 10?

Tony Greig has lost it too. The amount of enthusiam he use to put in those classic Sharjah games was just amazing. I will never forget him shouting "Bowled him! Bowled him!" When Pakistan came back to get a improbale tie(when Lanka needed 2 runs a over with 8 wickets in hand). Nowadays he is very bias, boring and bickers. He always has something to complain about.
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Greig also gets the most obvious things wrong, like who is batting and who is bowling. It's on the scoreboard, FFS, Greig!
 
Mister Wright

Mister Wright

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Blaze said:
And Ian Healy. Actually the Channel 9 commentary team are getting a lot of heat from this side of the tasman. People have been saying that Sunday nights game was poorly commentated, that the commentary team was pathetically biased the whole way through and they couldn't accept that Aus was getting beaten. Personally I didn't think it was that bad apart from Healy but he is the worst in the world.

There have also been reports that there is a lot of competition developing in the commentary box and there are a couple of personality clashes at Channel 9.
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Healy really isn't that biased....sheesh
 
Mister Wright

Mister Wright

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I don't care what anyone has to say about the other commentators but O'Keefe is the best and anyone who was listening to ABC's coverage this evening would have to agree.

He was on his stint with the South African guy and he was praising him on his credentials as an Aussie, and told him if he passes one last quiz he is a true blue Aussie.

"Like all other Aussies you're at the pub 3pm on a Saturday afternoon and you've been drinking for a good 8 and a half hours. You have $50 left to last you the week, and you see the last race in Perth is on. You can either A) put your $50 on the 8-1 or get in a taxi and go home."

The South African guy replies with, "I'll go with you Kerry."

O'Keefe replies without hesitation, "A!"

I swear without doubt the entire commentary box was in stiches and Kerry's trademark laugh was in full rapture.

The story has probably lost a lot of it's humour in translation, but I'm sure anyone who was listening at the time would agree it is one of the funniest moments in commentary ever.

THE GUY'S A CLASSIC!
 
GotSpin

GotSpin

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Mister Wright said:
I don't care what anyone has to say about the other commentators but O'Keefe is the best and anyone who was listening to ABC's coverage this evening would have to agree.

He was on his stint with the South African guy and he was praising him on his credentials as an Aussie, and told him if he passes one last quiz he is a true blue Aussie.

"Like all other Aussies you're at the pub 3pm on a Saturday afternoon and you've been drinking for a good 8 and a half hours. You have $50 left to last you the week, and you see the last race in Perth is on. You can either A) put your $50 on the 8-1 or get in a taxi and go home."

The South African guy replies with, "I'll go with you Kerry."

O'Keefe replies without hesitation, "A!"

I swear without doubt the entire commentary box was in stiches and Kerry's trademark laugh was in full rapture.

The story has probably lost a lot of it's humour in translation, but I'm sure anyone who was listening at the time would agree it is one of the funniest moments in commentary ever.

THE GUY'S A CLASSIC!
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Kerry and that South african guy are a great duo. They make me laugh so much :D

Kudos
 
howardj

howardj

International Coach
For those millions of Slater fans, this from today's Sunday Telegraph:

After signing with Triple M's The Cage last week, Michael Slater is set to sign a lucrative contract with Channel 9. Slats will be venturing out of cricket commentary to star in a new lifestyle show. We are told by Nine insiders that Slats is so impressive he is likely to become one of the 'faces' of the network.

Top news. Top bloke.
 
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