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@NTA said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
#worsethantheunderarmincident
lol never. Never ever - there are Kiwi kids who don't even understand what it is about who feel it at a genetic level.
It’s every kiwis duty to ensure the hatred flows through each subsequent generation
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Ben Stokes is such a flog. I hate his stupid ginger haircut and his stupid ginger beard and his stupid self appointed ginger moral arbiter of the spirit of cricket. Get fucked i hope you lose the Ashes 5-0
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was a good series of cricket but by fuck didn't both sides go out of their way to prove how genuinely unlikable they are?
The worst thing Australian cricket ever did was show the world that to be really successful you have to act like a complete fluffybunny. -
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
was a good series of cricket but by fuck didn't both sides go out of their way to prove how genuinely unlikable they are?
The worst thing Australian cricket ever did was show the world that to be really successful you have to act like a complete fluffybunny.
When you have to get your picture taken with that cnt at work thats a worse cnt than you are.
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chew a wasp fluffybunny
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@Virgil said in Other Cricket:
Meanwhile over on reddit...
"I dont understand the sharing the trophy during a draw thing? Didn't one of the teams simply hit more boundaries? Seems weird to see an England team sharing a trophy".
Still carries an ouch, even 6 years on.
Probably because India crushed that stat across the series.
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@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
Ben Stokes is such a flog. I hate his stupid ginger haircut and his stupid ginger beard and his stupid self appointed ginger moral arbiter of the spirit of cricket. Get fucked i hope you lose the Ashes 5-0
I don't get the Stokes hate. Him and McCullum (both kiwis ...) have inspired this team to greater heights than the sum of their parts probably deserve. He gives 100% in every single game, which does get him lauded somewhat perhaps more than he deserves, but isn't that what every single sports team wants in their Captain?
He's my son's hero, and honestly, I can't see a lot what wrong with that.
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@MajorRage said in Other Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
Ben Stokes is such a flog. I hate his stupid ginger haircut and his stupid ginger beard and his stupid self appointed ginger moral arbiter of the spirit of cricket. Get fucked i hope you lose the Ashes 5-0
I don't get the Stokes hate. Him and McCullum (both kiwis ...) have inspired this team to greater heights than the sum of their parts probably deserve. He gives 100% in every single game, which does get him lauded somewhat perhaps more than he deserves, but isn't that what every single sports team wants in their Captain?
He's my son's hero, and honestly, I can't see a lot what wrong with that.
He’s pretty overrated as a player but capable of big moments, very selfless and seems like a good guy who plays the game the right way most of the time.
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Black Caps great Ross Taylor comes out of retirement to play for Samoa
The 41-year-old will try to help Samoa qualify for next year’s T20 World Cup.
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Predictable hiding here and Jadeja having a match and a half. Statistically ( with batting and bowling averages of 38 and 25 respectively ) he's up there with the absolute best all rounders of all time ( although the bowling stats are certainly inflated MASSIVELY by playing on Indian pitches so often )
Just ten runs away from the 4000/300 double. Brilliant player. Only Kallis beats him in terms of modern players in my opinion......home and away bowling stats of 20 and 36 will always raise questions though.
Windies as expected completely outclassed, they have a couple of excellent pace bowlers, vaguely promising all rounders but that's about it. Woeful top order. They will get murdered in NZ later this year.
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India pick the same team.
They're crushing the Windies again, but I wonder about their selections.
Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sundarsan and Shubman as specialist batsmen
Jadeja, Durel, Reddy and Washington as allrounders.
Kuldeep, Jasprit and Siraj as specialist bowlers.
Lots of bowling, a couple of keepers - the batting looks a bit light against the best teams.
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@Chris-B said in Other Cricket:
India pick the same team.
They're crushing the Windies again, but I wonder about their selections.
Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sundarsan and Shubman as specialist batsmen
Jadeja, Durel, Reddy and Washington as allrounders.
Kuldeep, Jasprit and Siraj as specialist bowlers.
Lots of bowling, a couple of keepers - the batting looks a bit light against the best teams.
It’s only the Windies
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One of those AI generated things…….but pretty accurate ( aside from proof reading the NZ bit )
Australia - yes
India - yes ( although Kapil Dev usually gets a mention in things like this, Sunil Gavaskar worth a mention too )
Pakistan - yes
South Africa - yes
Sri Lanka - yes ( although Kumar Sangakarra gets in if Murali is found to be a chucker )
Bangladesh - yes
West Indies - no ( You'd have to go Gary Sobers, could argue Brian Lara, Malcom Marshall, Curtly Ambrose and possibly others )
NZ - yes ( although will assess for sure once KW has retired )
Afghanistan - I presume so
England - no ( WG Grace, Sydney Barnes, Walter Hammond, Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton possibly more deserving )
Zimbabwe - yes -
Tendulkar the best Indian cricketer, but if you were about to play a series in India, Kohli would be a better choice. He thrived in that environment, and it really brought out the best in him. Bumrah might go past both of them though.
Can't go past the West Indian bowlers, Marshall, Holding or even Big Bird Garner. Richards and Sobers are both legends and some of my favourite cricketers of all time, but to be a cliché, bowlers win matches, batters draw matches.
Not sold on Kallis. Again, I'd go after one of the bowlers (they've had plenty!).
Dunno who this Hardlee fellow is.
Ian Botham the most interesting. At his peak he was the greatest all rounder to ever play, but he really only produced that for a few seasons. I can see why you pick him though.
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@Cyclops said in Other Cricket:
Tendulkar the best Indian cricketer, but if you were about to play a series in India, Kohli would be a better choice. He thrived in that environment, and it really brought out the best in him. Bumrah might go past both of them though.
Can't go past the West Indian bowlers, Marshall, Holding or even Big Bird Garner. Richards and Sobers are both legends and some of my favourite cricketers of all time, but to be a cliché, bowlers win matches, batters draw matches.
Not sold on Kallis. Again, I'd go after one of the bowlers (they've had plenty!).
Dunno who this Hardlee fellow is.
Ian Botham the most interesting. At his peak he was the greatest all rounder to ever play, but he really only produced that for a few seasons. I can see why you pick him though.
Yeah will be interesting how Bumrahs career ends up. A lot of those quick bowlers fade a bit, Waqar Younis springs to mind as one who did.
In terms of the Windies you'd have to pick Sobers ( one of the best batsmen ever and a good, very versatile bowler ). But the bowlers you mention are all greats in their own right.
Kallis ? on paper he gets in comfortably but Shaun Pollock, Allan Donald and Dale Steyn were all absolutely outstanding fast bowlers ( and Pollock was a good batsman too ). Perhaps its closer than I think.
Peak Beefy was amazing and one of my favourite players ever but worth pointing out he never did well against the very best of his era, even at his peak he had ordinary stats against the Windies. Any one of the old boys I mention could be an option.
You're ok with Bradman, Murali, Imran and the others then ?
