CWC Semi Final - Black Caps v India
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Those guys have to sit there and listen to all the triumphalism from other nations. They also grew up in an era when NZ were pretty much a joke / afterthought in world cricket.
Personally I can forgive a bit of wearing their hearts on their sleeves and / or schadenfreude
edited in the interests of Boo's cardiac health. In return I expect him to have an early night Sunday...
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@Snowy said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@dogmeat said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
Those guys have to sit their
Are you trying to give @booboo a heart attack?
Had one. They're overrated.
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Not sure if this has been posted previously but if it has then it can get done a second time so we can enjoy it all over again. It sums up perfectly our love/hate relationship about our currently loved Black Caps.
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@Cyclops said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
Was that the perfect cricket pitch? If you applied yourself you could score runs. If you took risks and chanced your arm you could score fast. There was a bit of movement available for the quicks and turn for the spinners.
Unlike the smash and bash of recent years that was a proper cricket match. Batsmen and bowlers were rewarded for good technique, patience and application. Goes to show you don't need to see teams scoring 350 runs a piece to be exciting
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@MajorRage said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@Hooroo said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
Then they put another indian in the comms box with that lady and it was just awkward
Just watched the highlights on Sky UK.
Much as I like Ian Smith, he was embarrassing to listen to in this match
He was, but he needed to balance out the pro India crap from the rest of the box.
Look, I know we are shit, flaky and have our limitations. But when you are 11-3 and hit a boundary, commentating “Normal Service resumes” is straight out disrespectful.
One of the Indian comms, and I quote, said "come on India, you can do this!!". Doull and Smithy had to do something to balance out that bullshit. In the end it just made the win that much sweeter.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@MajorRage said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@Hooroo said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
Then they put another indian in the comms box with that lady and it was just awkward
Just watched the highlights on Sky UK.
Much as I like Ian Smith, he was embarrassing to listen to in this match
He was, but he needed to balance out the pro India crap from the rest of the box.
Look, I know we are shit, flaky and have our limitations. But when you are 11-3 and hit a boundary, commentating “Normal Service resumes” is straight out disrespectful.
One of the Indian comms, and I quote, said "come on India, you can do this!!". Doull and Smithy had to do something to balance out that bullshit. In the end it just made the win that much sweeter.
I think Smithy tries hard to be balanced. Sure he is barracking for NZ but he was quite complementary about the Indians too
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
Well that was a good piece of news to wake up to.
Matt Henry bowling extremely well. Fancy that.
Just call us Pakistan 1992....we got this fellas.
Santner was absolutely phenomenal in the middle stages. Just so you know.
Easy to look good when Henry has decimated and demoralised the top order.
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@canefan said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
Brilliant that they kept panning to Rod Latham during the latter stages of the game. Tears of joy this time I hope mate!!
They kept panning to Hamish Marshall as well. He must be leading a tour group?
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@MajorRage said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@Hooroo said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
Then they put another indian in the comms box with that lady and it was just awkward
Just watched the highlights on Sky UK.
Much as I like Ian Smith, he was embarrassing to listen to in this match
He was, but he needed to balance out the pro India crap from the rest of the box.
Look, I know we are shit, flaky and have our limitations. But when you are 11-3 and hit a boundary, commentating “Normal Service resumes” is straight out disrespectful.
One of the Indian comms, and I quote, said "come on India, you can do this!!". Doull and Smithy had to do something to balance out that bullshit. In the end it just made the win that much sweeter.
I actually don't mind commentators supporting one side as long as they still call it accurately. There is a limit to that of course but when I used to listen to npc commentary on radiosport they'd often have clearly parochial commentators calling the game, but it always added to the game. They were clearly passionate and hearing the bitter disappointment in their voice when they were losing and the elation when they were winning addedto the intensity for me.
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The look on Ganguly's face when Smith is going ballistic after the Dhoni runout was priceless. He (Ganguly) was getting annoying at the end before the collapse. Manjrekar is the worst of the Indian comms with his bias. Bhogle is the most impartial.
All are better than Slater though.
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@Bovidae said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
The look on Ganguly's face when Smith is going ballistic after the Dhoni runout was priceless. He (Ganguly) was getting annoying at the end before the collapse. Manjrekar is the worst of the Indian comms with his bias. Bhogle is the most impartial.
All are better than Slater though.
Bhogle is a pro
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@mariner4life said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@Bovidae said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
The look on Ganguly's face when Smith is going ballistic after the Dhoni runout was priceless. He (Ganguly) was getting annoying at the end before the collapse. Manjrekar is the worst of the Indian comms with his bias. Bhogle is the most impartial.
All are better than Slater though.
Bhogle is a pro
Makes me wish we had a better balance between ex players and reporters. Being an international cricketer gives some insight into the mindset of the players but doesn't necessarily make good commentators.
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@mariner4life said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@Bovidae said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
The look on Ganguly's face when Smith is going ballistic after the Dhoni runout was priceless. He (Ganguly) was getting annoying at the end before the collapse. Manjrekar is the worst of the Indian comms with his bias. Bhogle is the most impartial.
All are better than Slater though.
Bhogle is a pro
Bhogle almost always sounds upbeat. At one stage last night he said something like - "It's the world Cup semi and the Kiwis are winning" - and sounded pleased about it.
I quite liked Ganguly's commentary overall - he was asked early on if he was nervous - and he admitted he was.
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@Chris-B said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@mariner4life said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@Bovidae said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
The look on Ganguly's face when Smith is going ballistic after the Dhoni runout was priceless. He (Ganguly) was getting annoying at the end before the collapse. Manjrekar is the worst of the Indian comms with his bias. Bhogle is the most impartial.
All are better than Slater though.
Bhogle is a pro
Bhogle almost always sounds upbeat. At one stage last night he said something like - "It's the world Cup semi and the Kiwis are winning" - and sounded pleased about it.
I quite liked Ganguly's commentary overall - he was asked early on if he was nervous - and he admitted he was.
I didn't really mind any of them frankly. I thought it was perfect
