Words That Came Back to Bite

[SteveNZ]

Few gems from Tim Paine over the years. Not all of them in text messages with accompanying photography, either.

Saying India would 'comfortably' beat NZ in the WTC final was a goodie.

 

[ParwazHaiJunoon]

"me kr k aaya"

 

[bagapath]

Nasser at Adelaide was the worst insertion ever.

Worst insertion would be Santhakumaran’s

 

[Moss]

Mark Nicholas apparently made a throwaway comment of the Windies being "short on brains" before the 2016 WC.

Also David Frith eating his own article on India and how they should withdraw from ODI cricket if they didn't improve (or something to that effect), after the 1983 final.

 

[Migara]

"He is ordinary bowler" - Lloyd on Suraj Randiv. Then he takes 3/43 and 5/42 in the same series.

"He is nothing special. He is an offspinner who turns it a bit more" Abu Fuard on Muralitharan. And lol after 20 years.

 

[honestbharani]

"This RSA side is no good. India are no good coz they failed to beat this side in RSA. Look at how NZ are gonna stomp them at home now." etc. etc.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

You're supposed to quote the guy saying that.

 

[Daemon]

You're supposed to quote the guy saying that.

It’s that annoying dude called etc. etc.

 

[Immenso]

ICC in 2017.

Ireland has been approved as Full Members by the ICC, meaning they have become cricket's 11th and 12th Test-playing nations (with Afghanistan).

Ahh, geee ........thanks? I think ....... will that cost much? Who will be paying? Do you guys still have that 'Test Match Fund' thingy?.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

This one takes the cake for me:

https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/...oller-of-the-ball-sunil-gavaskar-1045317.html

"No, Axar Patel is not an alternative spinner India should be looking for. He just rolls the ball, he does not have the flight and his deliveries are very much predictable."

"Yes, Ashwin, Harbhajan, Amit Mishra and Karn Sharma are the spinners India can look for but certainly not Axar Patel,"

 

[honestbharani]

This one takes the cake for me:

https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/...oller-of-the-ball-sunil-gavaskar-1045317.html

"No, Axar Patel is not an alternative spinner India should be looking for. He just rolls the ball, he does not have the flight and his deliveries are very much predictable."

"Yes, Ashwin, Harbhajan, Amit Mishra and Karn Sharma are the spinners India can look for but certainly not Axar Patel,"

Guess this was the time Ravi Shastri referred to that they expected Axar to play even ahead of Jadeja and then he got injured.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Guess this was the time Ravi Shastri referred to that they expected Axar to play even ahead of Jadeja and then he got injured.

Yep, and my biggest issue is Gavaskar not doing his homework. He saw Axar in IPLs and ODIs and thought he just bowls darts. Axar was way more impressive in Ranji games.

 

[Heboric]

Does Glenn McGraths Australia will whitewash every team they play before a series starts count

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Andrew Strauss “Let’s leave out Stuart and Jimmy. Mark’s fully fit and can lead the attack, and Chris is good with the new ball overseas.”

 

[Line and Length]

Andrew Strauss “Let’s leave out Stuart and Jimmy. Mark’s fully fit and can lead the attack, and Chris is good with the new ball overseas.”

And Ollie R is as fit as a fiddle.

 

[Slifer]

"What are the odds for an England win in the test @BetStars ? If Holder can score 200 @englandcricket can chase 600 plus." Flintoff

 

[Slifer]

"England should be far too good against a West Indies side full of very ordinary, average cricketers." Geoffrey Boycott before the 2019 Widen series in the Caribbean.

 

[GIMH]

If England win this series I will walk down Martin Place at lunch time naked. It cannot happen.

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[honestbharani]

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"It cannot happen" What the good people at Martin Place said too.