Aussie Cricket
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@nta said in Aussie Cricket:
Boss is out of the office today
His boss is out of the office today
All my team are at appointments in the city
And - what a coincidence - I feel like lunch.See you in a couple of hours
Enjoy and good luck! You look thirsty too
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@antipodean and a team who have never bothered to give their bowlers even a basic fucking defence. Again: pure arrogance.
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If Smith was playing Aus would be walking this series
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@mariner4life OR he could be having a 'mare with Kohli in his ear.
That is what I'm loving about Paine - Kohli's jibber-jabber just rolls right off him. Its fucking great leadership and great entertainment to boot.
Kohli's post-match comments on Cricinfo are suitably gracious, I might add.
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@nta said in Aussie Cricket:
@mariner4life OR he could be having a 'mare with Kohli in his ear.
That is what I'm loving about Paine - Kohli's jibber-jabber just rolls right off him. Its fucking great leadership and great entertainment to boot.
Kohli's post-match comments on Cricinfo are suitably gracious, I might add.
It sets the tone for the rest of the team I'd hope. Play hard, don't back down, don't let it get out of hand. I only saw a little bit, didn't see any taunting after wickets taken?
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@canefan said in Aussie Cricket:
It sets the tone for the rest of the team I'd hope. Play hard, don't back down, don't let it get out of hand.
Along with almost every Australian cricket fan.
I only saw a little bit, didn't see any taunting after wickets taken?
Not really. The Indians were quite vociferous when the pitch was doing a lot, but there wasn't anything personal or off-field style.
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@nta said in Aussie Cricket:
@mariner4life OR he could be having a 'mare with Kohli in his ear.
That is what I'm loving about Paine - Kohli's jibber-jabber just rolls right off him. Its fucking great leadership and great entertainment to boot.
Kohli's post-match comments on Cricinfo are suitably gracious, I might add.
i know you've suddenly got a hard on for Paine, but history suggests your hypothetical isn't too likely.
Last time India were in Aus he averaged 128 for the series.
In fact, during his last 6 home series, he has averaged over 100 4 times. Doesn't look like anyone has been able to get to him.
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@rotated said in Aussie Cricket:
The Aussie fans and commentators must be really starved for sledges and agro this summer if we have to pretend that was a remotely clever or funny. Same goes for Kohli telling Paine he is just a stand-in captain - low level stuff.
I had a crack at you for this, but you are right.
I think there is a wider story here, which this is just one part of.
People want to feel good about the Aussie cricket team again. OK maybe not all 'people', but certainly Australians.
So everything in this series has been viewed through a very sympathetic lens. This win was 'one for the ages', despite it being pretty similar to every home win we've ever had (and we've had plenty). The sledging battle was titanic, aggressive, witty and sophisticated all at the same time.
Tim Paine is now viewed as the white Mandela, with a bit of Gandhi and Allan Border thrown in. The way he stood up to Hitler (Virat Kohli) will be spoken about for generations.
Is this team that different to previous versions? Yes, but not by that much. They've clearly dialled back the aggression, but really apart from Warner and the occasional fast bowler outburst it was never that high in the first place.
This team is viewed overly positively, in the same way the previous side was viewed overly negatively.
It helps that the side on the other end is India, the biggest group of cheating fucking cnts ever assembled in human history, led by the worst individual the world has ever seen. Fuck he can bat, though.
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@nta said in Aussie Cricket:
@antipodean and a team who have never bothered to give their bowlers even a basic fucking defence. Again: pure arrogance.
Say what you will about Aussie cricket fans but they're very gracious in victory 😉
