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brokenbat

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Re: Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #45 on: November 15, 2015, 04:06:16 AM »

i sometimes watch on mute with some music on in the background...extremely relaxing and enjoyable! try it
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Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #46 on: November 15, 2015, 08:03:46 AM »

Constantly blaming the lack of full DRS on 'the host broadcaster'. It's the ICC's fault and no one else's.
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Re: Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #47 on: November 15, 2015, 09:15:18 AM »

Banging on a about 'natural variation', when they actually mean he doesn't swing it consistently, or pot luck on whether it seams or not.
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Re: Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #48 on: November 15, 2015, 10:08:54 AM »

Commentators never ever mentioning conventional swing, now that 'reverse' is the buzz word.
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Re: Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #49 on: November 15, 2015, 10:16:21 AM »

Steven Smiths face.
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Re: Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #50 on: November 15, 2015, 11:02:37 AM »

Ian Bell's "sneer" between shots (his left upper lip goes up and he squints), a cross between Dirty Harry, and trying to remember if he locked the backdoor
Ginger Harry in Bell's case

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Re: Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #51 on: November 15, 2015, 11:15:18 AM »

Just thought of another one... commentators (especially Mark Nicholas) gushing over an innings as "brave" and "courageous"...unless its a number 11 smashing mitch johnson, I don't want to hear it.
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Re: Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #52 on: November 15, 2015, 02:37:59 PM »

 Australian arrogance
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Re: Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #53 on: November 15, 2015, 04:16:06 PM »

Commentators Using the words "expressing themselves"
Overuse of "great player"
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Re: Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #54 on: November 15, 2015, 06:00:39 PM »

Aussie commentators saying that NZ were beyond poor in all facets for Australia's first innings and then for us, saying the pitch is a road and Steve Smith was forced into going defensive. Grrrrrrrr
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Re: Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #55 on: November 15, 2015, 06:15:37 PM »

Marais Erasmus.

Aleem Dar.

Measuring the light every five minutes in the last hour of the day. The sun is still up, get on with it.

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Re: Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #56 on: November 15, 2015, 08:20:08 PM »

Slow mo replays of possible bump balls, although the soft signal thing seems an improvement.

(same thing annoys me in rugby league/union when they check late hits in slow mo makes everything look worse than it is)
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Re: Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #57 on: November 15, 2015, 08:47:59 PM »

Commentators never ever mentioning conventional swing, now that 'reverse' is the buzz word.

And every inswinger is now reverse swing!
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Re: Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #58 on: November 16, 2015, 02:01:44 AM »

Aussie commentators saying that NZ were beyond poor in all facets for Australia's first innings and then for us, saying the pitch is a road and Steve Smith was forced into going defensive. Grrrrrrrr
Don't worry Potzy, it annoys us (maybe just me...) just as much! Absolutely no respect for what your boys have done in this match!
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Re: Pet peeves while watching cricket
« Reply #59 on: November 16, 2015, 10:59:19 AM »

And every inswinger is now reverse swing!

If reverse is now the orthodox way of swinging the ball, then surely conventional is actually the  'reverse'? (That make sense?)






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