Official Cricket 11/12 Thread - Page 6

CrashedCarDriver · 02-18-2011, 10:41 PM

If you really think about it, the Cricket World is completely pointless in the Group stages

It only gets interesting in the Quarter final stages onwards

Anyway heres hoping for a better tournament than the last one, I lost all interest in 2007 World cup

coolian2 · 02-19-2011, 06:42 AM

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Axver · 02-19-2011, 06:15 PM

Well, India's left nobody in doubt of their intentions!

Can't wait to see New Zealand blow it against Zimbabwe today.

And bah, only Australian matches on free-to-air here. Love that narrow-minded broadcasting parochialism. Never mind using the digital channels that nobody fucking watches to broadcast a few other matches that might be of interest to both Australia's rather large migrant community and cricket fans in general. I'm sure the three old dears who tune in for re-runs of I Dream Of Jeannie can cope with it not being on a few times in the coming month.

cobl04 · 02-19-2011, 07:58 PM

^ i was hoping that's what the digital channels would be used for, considering each channel's got about fucking four of them. but no

this incidentally is the anniversary of Australia losing to Zimbabwe in Zim's first ODI.

Axver · 02-19-2011, 08:33 PM

The only network that's been decent about using a digital channel for sport is Ten with One HD, and of course Nine's hogging the cricket rights so no luck there. But at least today on One HD we can see such top-notch sport as powerboating!

Remember how the digital channels were launched with all kinds of promises of more sport? I'm glad I didn't believe them, or else I'd be feeling quite let down right now.

cobl04 · 02-19-2011, 08:41 PM

I did. I thought it would mean we'd get all eight AFL games live.

Axver · 02-19-2011, 09:04 PM

We've got Foxtel and its massive chequebook to blame for a lot.

I'm close to caving in and just getting Foxtel.

coolian2 · 02-20-2011, 01:21 AM

a fast game's a good game, but this is ridiculous.

Axver · 02-20-2011, 01:26 AM

Let's pretend that earlier I didn't mistakenly claim we're playing Zimbabwe. Though I imagine the Zimbabwe game coming up will go about the same way as this. At least we know Guptill's on form?

What a great warm-up for Friday's encounter with Australia. Can't wait to see us lose by 100 runs ...!

Axver · 02-20-2011, 01:37 AM

Fucking hell, we win by 10 wickets and it took us just EIGHT OVERS. Even in years when our form was better, I don't know if I quite would've expected us to roll Kenya this thoroughly.

Axver · 02-20-2011, 02:44 PM

Shock of shocks, Sri Lanka pissed on Canada to the tune of 210 runs.

cobl04 · 02-20-2011, 08:55 PM

nice victory by NZ... and Davison is still playing for Canada!

can i just take this moment to say the 03 world cup was fucking awesome?

intedomine · 02-20-2011, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cobl04

can i just take this moment to say the 03 world cup was fucking awesome?

Really?

Kenya reaching the Semi-Finals essentially on account of one upset win over Sri Lanka, "winning" one match due to a New Zealand forfeiture.

They were bollocks otherwise, destroyed by South Africa early on and later by India in the Semi.

Zimbabwe progressing to the Super Six on account of the Poms forfeiting and a no result against Pakistan in the group stage.

A one-sided final and a Semi that was complicated by Duckworth-Lewis.

I recall it being a farcical tournament, that only appears decent when held up against the joke that was West Indies 2007.

cobl04 · 02-20-2011, 11:32 PM

Dave Warner made 99 off 178 (!!!!!!!!) balls against the Vics. And the forgotten man Jacques made tons in both innings.

Quote:

Originally Posted by intedomine

Really?

Kenya reaching the Semi-Finals essentially on account of one upset win over Sri Lanka, "winning" one match due to a New Zealand forfeiture.

They were bollocks otherwise, destroyed by South Africa early on and later by India in the Semi.

Zimbabwe progressing to the Super Six on account of the Poms forfeiting and a no result against Pakistan in the group stage.

A one-sided final and a Semi that was complicated by Duckworth-Lewis.

I recall it being a farcical tournament, that only appears decent when held up against the joke that was West Indies 2007.

I don't remember any of those events.

I was 13, it was my first world cup, it was on during early hours of the morning, it was back when I loved Australia being successful... what can I say good memories.

Axver · 02-21-2011, 01:41 AM

1999 is the first World Cup I really remember, though no doubt I watched 1992 and 1996 (funny that I don't really recall 1996, because the heartbreak of the 1995 Rugby World Cup's final is still all too real for me today). Inte's right about 2003 being farcical, though I still enjoyed it at the time - New Zealand's early elimination via forfeiture notwithstanding. I can't say the same about 2007; perhaps the worst sporting tournament I have ever followed. It's either that or the 2010 Commonwealth Games anyway.

Not sure how I feel about 2015 being cut to ten teams, and I see the associate countries are livid. As they should be! They just are not getting any game time against good opposition; the World Cup is the only place, even though they get hammered. If they at least got some consistent gametime beyond the World Cup, they may be more competitive at Cup time! Bangladesh proves this point. Kenya, Ireland, Holland, and Canada aren't going to get any better if they just keep playing each other.

We need some regular tournaments, like how the rugby has the Six Nations and Tri-Nations; notice how much better Italy has become ever since it was admitted to the former. Why not a triangular Ireland/England/Netherlands tournament? South Africa/Zimbabwe/Kenya would be even more competitive. At the very least, get the minnows playing Bangladesh and New Zealand more often! The minnows could hold their own against them. And to be honest, if Australia had a series against a minnow country, they could field a "lesser" team of young talent that desperately needs to come through and replace the dead wood of the present team in all its fading glory.

/rant

cobl04 · 02-21-2011, 04:04 AM

The match is on a four hour delay. Wonderful.

coolian2 · 02-21-2011, 04:10 AM

i loved the 2003 world cup, but that's only because i vividly remember it.

2007 sucked, i barely paid it any attention.

i've given 2011 a bit of a look so far. we'll see.

Axver · 02-21-2011, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cobl04

The match is on a four hour delay. Wonderful.

Fuck off Channel 9.

Axver · 02-21-2011, 04:53 AM

Anybody following the Australia vs Zimbabwe game by other methods? I'll spolier-tag this in case anybody's staying up:

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coolian2 · 02-21-2011, 05:04 AM

so what exactly does anti-siphoning actually do, apart from serve as a phrase to make people sound smart when talking tv rights?

02-18-2011, 10:41 PM	#101
CrashedCarDriver Refugee Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Turkmenbashin' Posts: 1,609 Local Time: 04:50 PM	If you really think about it, the Cricket World is completely pointless in the Group stages It only gets interesting in the Quarter final stages onwards Anyway heres hoping for a better tournament than the last one, I lost all interest in 2007 World cup __________________

02-19-2011, 06:15 PM	#103
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 03:50 PM	Well, India's left nobody in doubt of their intentions! Can't wait to see New Zealand blow it against Zimbabwe today. And bah, only Australian matches on free-to-air here. Love that narrow-minded broadcasting parochialism. Never mind using the digital channels that nobody fucking watches to broadcast a few other matches that might be of interest to both Australia's rather large migrant community and cricket fans in general. I'm sure the three old dears who tune in for re-runs of I Dream Of Jeannie can cope with it not being on a few times in the coming month. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-19-2011, 08:33 PM	#105
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 03:50 PM	The only network that's been decent about using a digital channel for sport is Ten with One HD, and of course Nine's hogging the cricket rights so no luck there. But at least today on One HD we can see such top-notch sport as powerboating! Remember how the digital channels were launched with all kinds of promises of more sport? I'm glad I didn't believe them, or else I'd be feeling quite let down right now. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-19-2011, 09:04 PM	#107
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 03:50 PM	We've got Foxtel and its massive chequebook to blame for a lot. I'm close to caving in and just getting Foxtel. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-20-2011, 01:26 AM	#109
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 03:50 PM	Let's pretend that earlier I didn't mistakenly claim we're playing Zimbabwe. Though I imagine the Zimbabwe game coming up will go about the same way as this. At least we know Guptill's on form? What a great warm-up for Friday's encounter with Australia. Can't wait to see us lose by 100 runs ...! __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-19-2011, 07:58 PM	#104
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 59,235 Local Time: 04:50 PM	^ i was hoping that's what the digital channels would be used for, considering each channel's got about fucking four of them. but no this incidentally is the anniversary of Australia losing to Zimbabwe in Zim's first ODI.

02-19-2011, 08:41 PM	#106
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 59,235 Local Time: 04:50 PM	I did. I thought it would mean we'd get all eight AFL games live.

02-20-2011, 01:21 AM	#108
coolian2 Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hamilton (No longer STD capital of NZ) Posts: 42,934 Local Time: 06:50 PM	a fast game's a good game, but this is ridiculous.

02-20-2011, 01:37 AM	#110
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 03:50 PM	Fucking hell, we win by 10 wickets and it took us just EIGHT OVERS. Even in years when our form was better, I don't know if I quite would've expected us to roll Kenya this thoroughly. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-20-2011, 02:44 PM	#111
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 03:50 PM	Shock of shocks, Sri Lanka pissed on Canada to the tune of 210 runs. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-20-2011, 08:55 PM	#112
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 59,235 Local Time: 04:50 PM	nice victory by NZ... and Davison is still playing for Canada! can i just take this moment to say the 03 world cup was fucking awesome?

02-21-2011, 01:41 AM	#115
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 03:50 PM	1999 is the first World Cup I really remember, though no doubt I watched 1992 and 1996 (funny that I don't really recall 1996, because the heartbreak of the 1995 Rugby World Cup's final is still all too real for me today). Inte's right about 2003 being farcical, though I still enjoyed it at the time - New Zealand's early elimination via forfeiture notwithstanding. I can't say the same about 2007; perhaps the worst sporting tournament I have ever followed. It's either that or the 2010 Commonwealth Games anyway. Not sure how I feel about 2015 being cut to ten teams, and I see the associate countries are livid. As they should be! They just are not getting any game time against good opposition; the World Cup is the only place, even though they get hammered. If they at least got some consistent gametime beyond the World Cup, they may be more competitive at Cup time! Bangladesh proves this point. Kenya, Ireland, Holland, and Canada aren't going to get any better if they just keep playing each other. We need some regular tournaments, like how the rugby has the Six Nations and Tri-Nations; notice how much better Italy has become ever since it was admitted to the former. Why not a triangular Ireland/England/Netherlands tournament? South Africa/Zimbabwe/Kenya would be even more competitive. At the very least, get the minnows playing Bangladesh and New Zealand more often! The minnows could hold their own against them. And to be honest, if Australia had a series against a minnow country, they could field a "lesser" team of young talent that desperately needs to come through and replace the dead wood of the present team in all its fading glory. /rant __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-21-2011, 04:04 AM	#116
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 59,235 Local Time: 04:50 PM	The match is on a four hour delay. Wonderful.

02-21-2011, 04:10 AM	#117
coolian2 Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hamilton (No longer STD capital of NZ) Posts: 42,934 Local Time: 06:50 PM	i loved the 2003 world cup, but that's only because i vividly remember it. 2007 sucked, i barely paid it any attention. i've given 2011 a bit of a look so far. we'll see.

02-21-2011, 04:53 AM	#119
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 03:50 PM	Anybody following the Australia vs Zimbabwe game by other methods? I'll spolier-tag this in case anybody's staying up: Man, the Zimbabwean bowlers are starting really, really well. 13 overs in and the Aussie run rate is under 3 an over. But how unlucky was Utseya to not get Haddin! Ball hits the stumps but bails not dislodged. And oh shit, 14th over and the Aussies pick up 17 runs. Suddenly the run rate's up to 3.5. The start of a flogging or just a bad over from Mpofu, from whom runs previously were almost impossible to get? Guess I'll find out in the morning, since I'm turning in for the night ... __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

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02-21-2011, 05:04 AM	#120
coolian2 Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hamilton (No longer STD capital of NZ) Posts: 42,934 Local Time: 06:50 PM	so what exactly does anti-siphoning actually do, apart from serve as a phrase to make people sound smart when talking tv rights? __________________