Donaldo
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I am. I like Aamir, and I couldn't care less about T20.Thought you were Indian for some reason.
I am. I like Aamir, and I couldn't care less about T20.Thought you were Indian for some reason.
Same with me and i'll stick to that if Australia win this tournament.I am. I like Aamir, and I couldn't care less about T20.
All sounds very silly.A) The suggestion is that the asking price from Star Sports to Fox Sports and Channel 9 to show the competition is too expensive. Fox Sports has shown every world twenty20 tournament and ICC event outside Australia this century.
B) Valid point. If Australia had a realistic shot at winning this, Fox and Channel 9 might have made a bigger effort to pay up and show the tournament.
I second this. @Stack was rude to me once. feck the Kiwis.
If the Kiwis weren't as hollier than thou when it comes to cricket, i'd have no issue with them. I'll confess Australia aren't angels but neither are New Zealand.All sounds very silly.
I second this. @Stack was rude to me once. feck the Kiwis.
Aren't Star and Fox both owned by Murdoch? Seems a bit strange that they can't land a deal.A) The suggestion is that the asking price from Star Sports to Fox Sports and Channel 9 to show the competition is too expensive. Fox Sports has shown every world twenty20 tournament and ICC event outside Australia this century.
B) Valid point. If Australia had a realistic shot at winning this, Fox and Channel 9 might have made a bigger effort to pay up and show the tournament.
Oh, fair enough.I am. I like Aamir, and I couldn't care less about T20.
I don't know but Fox have deemed the asking price by Star Sports too high. They've paid big bucks to keep Rugby League and Aussie Rules rights in the last year or so and maybe this tournament had to lose out. Channel 9 were only ever going to show games involving Australia, possibly the semi finals and the final regardless of who was playing so them not being involved is no great issue for me.Aren't Star and Fox both owned by Murdoch? Seems a bit strange that they can't land a deal.
Oh, fair enough.
The trouble is our media are utterly pathetic. They latch onto anything where they can create some sort of Aussie kiwi drama because they are too stupid and incapable of coming up with anything original and interesting. Its cringe worthy and embarrasing. The underarm incident for example is over 30 years old but without fail every single cricket match of any form our media bring it up.If the Kiwis weren't as hollier than thou when it comes to cricket, i'd have no issue with them. I'll confess Australia aren't angels but neither are New Zealand.
I have completely forgotten what it was about but I remain adamant that I was completely wrong.
I remain adamant Bangladesh under perform!
I have completely forgotten what it was about but I remain adamant that I was completely wrong.
I will admit i do read some Kiwi sites when it comes to rugby and cricket just to get the Kiwi perspective on the major rugby and cricket news from your side of the tasman. The journalists and broadcasters i find reasonable in the main Grant Nisbett being the exception. The general public who comment? Well, the majority do give off the impression that Aussies just have to sneeze the wrong way to get on the wrong side of Kiwis. I find it as funny as i do stupid. Our media aren't perfect with the anti All Blacks and anti McCaw sentiment in rugby but that's done to generate some interest in Rugby as much as anything else.The trouble is our media are utterly pathetic. They latch onto anything where they can create some sort of Aussie kiwi drama because they are too stupid and incapable of coming up with anything original and interesting. Its cringe worthy and embarrasing. The underarm incident for example is over 30 years old but without fail every single cricket match of any form our media bring it up.
A great example of who insecure and pathetic our media are was when Aussie hosted the olympics. There are a couple of radio or tv hosts in Aussie who i thenk are called HG and Wells?. I may have that wrong. Anyway 1 week in to those Olympics NZ had only won 1 bronze medal. Aussie as hosts were doing brilliantly. HG and Wells during the show were calling out the medal tallies and one of them said " And here comes NZ with an avalanche of Bronze medals". Hilarious, I thought it was a very funny and very clever quip. Sadly and embarrassingly our local media latched onto this as some sort of major slight and even made our evening news tv. It all just keeps feeding itself.
It's by far the best international tournament in cricket. Consistently puts the 50 over world cup to shame, which is a massive bore fest.Don't actually care who wins it. T20 is wank.
Only because T20 has ruined people's attention spans and appreciation for the game. Test cricket is the real deal. But now I've lost interest in all of it due to the pitches combined with the complete lack of quality and balance.It's by far the best international tournament in cricket. Consistently puts the 50 over world cup to shame, which is a massive bore fest.
The group stage is, the knockout stage isn't IMO. I'll never forget the semi final between New Zealand and South Africa. A twenty20 match that goes down to the last ball doesn't have the same resonance for me.It's by far the best international tournament in cricket. Consistently puts the 50 over world cup to shame, which is a massive bore fest.
I've watched four 50 over world cups. All of them bar the 2011 edition have been mostly crap and a complete drag.Only because T20 has ruined people's attention spans and appreciation for the game. Test cricket is the real deal. But now I've lost interest in all of it due to the pitches combined with the complete lack of quality and balance.
This method of argument is increasingly common, and equally tiresome. Revisionism, cricket hipsters. Lazy, uninformed arguments which bely a lack of knowledge more than anything else.I've watched four 50 over world cups. All of them bar the 2011 edition have been mostly crap and a complete drag.
The t20 editions have been immensely competitive and produced far better cricket. Test cricket is for e-hipster to shout about how great it is. I bet hardly anyone sits and watches 5 days of cricket on television. Even fewer go out to actually watch a single day of it.
Won't mind. Ind losing to Pakistan would be a disaster.So India to beat Pakistan in the group stages and Pakistan to lift the trophy? Sounds like a plan.
Wrong, and childish. Test cricket is the proper form of the game I grew up loving. 50 over cricket was good as well to a point. T20s are farcical and almost a different shittier sport entirely. If you prefer that then that's all well and good, but it's a fairly different contest and spectacle to what used to be cricket. So to sum up - I don't like this new type of cricket.I've watched four 50 over world cups. All of them bar the 2011 edition have been mostly crap and a complete drag.
The t20 editions have been immensely competitive and produced far better cricket. Test cricket is for e-hipster to shout about how great it is. I bet hardly anyone sits and watches 5 days of cricket on television. Even fewer go out to actually watch a single day of it.
Yep. Fair play if one likes this kind of cricket, but it is completely alien to test cricket, as it used to be, at least. It's hardly unsual for some people to prefer the format considered the true format pretty much throughout the existence of the sport. Infact, to find that unusual is... rather unusual.This method of argument is increasingly common, and equally tiresome. Revisionism, cricket hipsters. Lazy, uninformed arguments which bely a lack of knowledge more than anything else.
Yep. Never watch T20 except for this tournament. World Cricket anything gets my attention.T20 is more of an entertainment like a movie. I don't watch IPL (keep tab of scores) but don't mind watching WT20 as it is an international competition involving all teams.
Ultimately, that is the truth of it.Personally, I like all three formats. All of them have their merits and demerits. Ultimately, as a fan you just want to be entertained.
If it means going against the grain then it's not really a bad word.Whilst I understand that people don't like T20, its hipster like to announce that you don't like T20 in a T20 thread.
Not saying its a bad word.If it means going against the grain then it's not really a bad word.
Isn't ICC in charge of this?Not saying its a bad word.
BCCI has handled it badly as ever. No care for the visiting fans as usual.
I think the host country plays a big role in this in deciding the venues.Isn't ICC in charge of this?
Are you a fan of jazz or Ijaz Ahmed?Today will be the first proper Cricket match I watch in ages. Mostly just saw the scorecards.
The first, but my name also happens to be the second (Not Ahmed). So I will go ahead and say neither. Apple stole the i Series from me btw.Are you a fan of jazz or Ijaz Ahmed?
That's are the best thing to happen to cricket. And that includes test matches.T20 Cricket is amazing,absolutely love it. It is without doubt the future of cricket.
Woah woah woah.I've watched four 50 over world cups. All of them bar the 2011 edition have been mostly crap and a complete drag.
The t20 editions have been immensely competitive and produced far better cricket. Test cricket is for e-hipster to shout about how great it is. I bet hardly anyone sits and watches 5 days of cricket on television. Even fewer go out to actually watch a single day of it.