You know what really grinds my cricketing gears?

[Jamee999]

Have to admit I didn't know that, but it clearly sucks, so my point still stands.

Anyway I thought the 20/20 name came from the obvious pun on 20/20 vision?

Ah, no, it's because there are twenty overs avaliable for each team to bat in.

 

[Richard]

Yeah, it really cuts out those boring middle syllables where the word is just boringly consolidating itself in a predictable fashion. There's no future in that kind of stuff - people like big quick syllables in quick succession, being said by the top speakers in a way that lets them come down after a day's work with a couple of wine coolers.

An all-time Skull contender, even if there are no weekly Skulls at present.

 

[The Sean]

Yeah, it really cuts out those boring middle syllables where the word is just boringly consolidating itself in a predictable fashion. There's no future in that kind of stuff - people like big quick syllables in quick succession, being said by the top speakers in a way that lets them come down after a day's work with a couple of wine coolers.

One of your very best.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Cricketing Psychoanalysis

I love the way that the path of someone's bat swing, the proximity of their fingernails to the seam at any time, the frequency of hitting, the amount of nods to the camera, phraseology of sledging and attitudes to batting with the tail are all damning indictments on a Test cricketer's personality. Hayden scores more than half his runs in boundaries. Never mind the fact that he seldom plays and misses and defied that stereotype at places like Sharjah, Chennai and The Oval (twice); it's obvious he's stupid, borderline psychotic, arrogant and smugly aware of the favourable conditions he plays in. Kallis has a strike rate of 40. Ergo, he's selfish, a prima donna, has delusions of grandeur and is secretly subverting Smith for the SA captaincy. Ponting rarely if ever claims 'I really don't think we were good enough' after tasting defeat and defends his players in front of match referees; consequently, he's the terminal whinger of the cricketing circuit and an emblem of antipodean arrogance.

What ****s me without fail, though, is that these are picked up and run with by most members of the CW community when statistics or other suitable evidence defies their preconceptions or parochial slant. The campaigns against Hayden, Kallis, Pietersen and Murali (beyond just chucking allegations) have reached vendetta status. The slightest misdeed or rush of blood is pounced upon and beaten to death by any amount of oh-so-credible speculation, conjecture and predictions of how they would have done in a bygone era, how a nation regards them, how much respect they command in the dressing room or what path their career would have taken if a butterfly's wings hadn't beaten so hard to cause the gust of wind to divert the course of a ball to cause a chance to be dropped fifteen years ago.

In contrast, real examples of character faults (Afridi's insubordination of Malik as one example) are skirted over and passed by as mere curiosities.

Is nothing sacred?

 

[Matt79]

Although I hasten to add I wasn't joining the vendetta against Kallis with my recent poll - rather, I was hopping on the Hussey bandwagon instead.

 

[The_Bunny]

Cricketing Psychoanalysis

I love the way that the path of someone's bat swing, the proximity of their fingernails to the seam at any time, the frequency of hitting, the amount of nods to the camera, phraseology of sledging and attitudes to batting with the tail are all damning indictments on a Test cricketer's personality. Hayden scores more than half his runs in boundaries. Never mind the fact that he seldom plays and misses and defied that stereotype at places like Sharjah, Chennai and The Oval (twice); it's obvious he's stupid, borderline psychotic, arrogant and smugly aware of the favourable conditions he plays in. Kallis has a strike rate of 40. Ergo, he's selfish, a prima donna, has delusions of grandeur and is secretly subverting Smith for the SA captaincy. Ponting rarely if ever claims 'I really don't think we were good enough' after tasting defeat and defends his players in front of match referees; consequently, he's the terminal whinger of the cricketing circuit and an emblem of antipodean arrogance.

What ****s me without fail, though, is that these are picked up and run with by most members of the CW community when statistics or other suitable evidence defies their preconceptions or parochial slant. The campaigns against Hayden, Kallis, Pietersen and Murali (beyond just chucking allegations) have reached vendetta status. The slightest misdeed or rush of blood is pounced upon and beaten to death by any amount of oh-so-credible speculation, conjecture and predictions of how they would have done in a bygone era, how a nation regards them, how much respect they command in the dressing room or what path their career would have taken if a butterfly's wings hadn't beaten so hard to cause the gust of wind to divert the course of a ball to cause a chance to be dropped fifteen years ago.

In contrast, real examples of character faults (Afridi's insubordination of Malik as one example) are skirted over and passed by as mere curiosities.

Is nothing sacred?

Greatest post

 

[nightprowler10]

Cricketing Psychoanalysis

I love the way that the path of someone's bat swing, the proximity of their fingernails to the seam at any time, the frequency of hitting, the amount of nods to the camera, phraseology of sledging and attitudes to batting with the tail are all damning indictments on a Test cricketer's personality. Hayden scores more than half his runs in boundaries. Never mind the fact that he seldom plays and misses and defied that stereotype at places like Sharjah, Chennai and The Oval (twice); it's obvious he's stupid, borderline psychotic, arrogant and smugly aware of the favourable conditions he plays in. Kallis has a strike rate of 40. Ergo, he's selfish, a prima donna, has delusions of grandeur and is secretly subverting Smith for the SA captaincy. Ponting rarely if ever claims 'I really don't think we were good enough' after tasting defeat and defends his players in front of match referees; consequently, he's the terminal whinger of the cricketing circuit and an emblem of antipodean arrogance.

What ****s me without fail, though, is that these are picked up and run with by most members of the CW community when statistics or other suitable evidence defies their preconceptions or parochial slant. The campaigns against Hayden, Kallis, Pietersen and Murali (beyond just chucking allegations) have reached vendetta status. The slightest misdeed or rush of blood is pounced upon and beaten to death by any amount of oh-so-credible speculation, conjecture and predictions of how they would have done in a bygone era, how a nation regards them, how much respect they command in the dressing room or what path their career would have taken if a butterfly's wings hadn't beaten so hard to cause the gust of wind to divert the course of a ball to cause a chance to be dropped fifteen years ago.

In contrast, real examples of character faults (Afridi's insubordination of Malik as one example) are skirted over and passed by as mere curiosities.

Is nothing sacred?

Best post in either gear grinding thread ever.

 

[nightprowler10]

Pakistani fielders

Its been 50 years or so, learn how to catch already!

 

[Richard]

Cricketing Psychoanalysis

I love the way that the path of someone's bat swing, the proximity of their fingernails to the seam at any time, the frequency of hitting, the amount of nods to the camera, phraseology of sledging and attitudes to batting with the tail are all damning indictments on a Test cricketer's personality. Hayden scores more than half his runs in boundaries. Never mind the fact that he seldom plays and misses and defied that stereotype at places like Sharjah, Chennai and The Oval (twice); it's obvious he's stupid, borderline psychotic, arrogant and smugly aware of the favourable conditions he plays in. Kallis has a strike rate of 40. Ergo, he's selfish, a prima donna, has delusions of grandeur and is secretly subverting Smith for the SA captaincy. Ponting rarely if ever claims 'I really don't think we were good enough' after tasting defeat and defends his players in front of match referees; consequently, he's the terminal whinger of the cricketing circuit and an emblem of antipodean arrogance.

What ****s me without fail, though, is that these are picked up and run with by most members of the CW community when statistics or other suitable evidence defies their preconceptions or parochial slant. The campaigns against Hayden, Kallis, Pietersen and Murali (beyond just chucking allegations) have reached vendetta status. The slightest misdeed or rush of blood is pounced upon and beaten to death by any amount of oh-so-credible speculation, conjecture and predictions of how they would have done in a bygone era, how a nation regards them, how much respect they command in the dressing room or what path their career would have taken if a butterfly's wings hadn't beaten so hard to cause the gust of wind to divert the course of a ball to cause a chance to be dropped fifteen years ago.

In contrast, real examples of character faults (Afridi's insubordination of Malik as one example) are skirted over and passed by as mere curiosities.

Is nothing sacred?

No part of me has ever made any mention of psychoanalysis in the Hayden case. I don't care about his mindset, all I care about is his ability, which I feel is infinitely lesser than some - nay most - claim.

Agree completely about the OTT stuff as regarding especially Kallis and Pietersen, and I've said so several times in the past.

 

[andruid]

You know what really grinds my gears is that next week this glorious post with all its wisdom will be discarded and forgotten and we will be back to @?***!!!!@!@!@! the same place we werre prior to the post

 

[Richard]

Tim Whelan posting on Cricket Chat

FFS, the guy gets a few minutes on the net, and what does he do? Punning, you might think, to make use of his precious CW time? But no - instead he wastes his time posting on Cricket Chat, actually making constructive points! Has the boy forgotten his true role on this site? *




























* This post is deeply in jest, I for one value Whelan's CC contributions pretty much as much as his punning keenness. Shame the kid doesn't have more time to post on CW TBH.

 

[Matt79]

who are you talking about?

 

[Perm]

who are you talking about?

LongHopCassidy.

 

[Richard]

Geoff Allott is a ****. Steal Heath's space in the team will you?? You bastard! I was going to tell all in my biography, but only one copy got made and it was typed on that shiny, shiny toilet paper you only get in old people's homes. ALLOTT I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE YOU CANTABRIAN *** **** *** * **!!!!!

Simply must be transferred. Beaut.

 

[gettingbetter]

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?

 

[Jono]

Giles made it cool. Only he can pull it off with as much coolness

Mark Waugh and Yuvraj can too.

The rest can't compare.

 

[Perm]

Mark Nicholas fans.

Just buy a Thesaurus whilst looking at a picture of Brett Lee.

Haha, happened upon this post when I was reading some rants. Didn't get the credit it deserved.

 

[gettingbetter]

Giles made it cool. Only he can pull it off with as much coolness

Mark Waugh and Yuvraj can too.

The rest can't compare.

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

 

[Perm]

Giles made it cool. Only he can pull it off with as much coolness

Mark Waugh and Yuvraj can too.

The rest can't compare.

Seen Chris Gayle do it quite often. He's pretty damn cool.

 

[Athlai]

Seen Chris Gayle do it quite often. He's pretty damn cool.

Agreed.