Black Caps v Pakistan
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@No-Quarter I'm not as much of a fan as I used to be but I definitely know I prefer him in smaller doses now. He doesn't seem comfortable with those quieter patches of commentary and tries to force fill it with banter. Twice heard him drop a random 'intellectual' word into his comms and the other person has gone ummmmm. Just makes him come across as a bit of a piston wristed gibbon tbh.
ha ha I am also still very salty about Radiosport dying so Sumo is probably coping some of that.
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@junior said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@MajorRage said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Siam said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
NZ cricket highlights. Been marvelling out how poorly put together these videos have been.
Nothing of our Kane reaching 200. Got Mitchell's 50 though, but not his hundred 🙄
Yeah, I just watched that. WTF was the complier thinking?? Williamson double ton and Mitchell ton / declaration are obvious highlights!
Not heard Sumo in a while, and honestly, it wasn't long enough. He's not the voice of cricket. On Kane's wicket ...
"Daryl Mitchell! .... looks on as Kane ....."
I've only seen little of this and the last test but have had to switch it on mute each time he steps into the comms box. Cricket is one of those sports where you just can't have "generalist" commentators. It's too long and there's too much speaking time for them to demonstrate just how little they know about the game.
Pretty harsh. Nisbo has made a very successful career doing just this.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@junior said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@MajorRage said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Siam said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
NZ cricket highlights. Been marvelling out how poorly put together these videos have been.
Nothing of our Kane reaching 200. Got Mitchell's 50 though, but not his hundred 🙄
Yeah, I just watched that. WTF was the complier thinking?? Williamson double ton and Mitchell ton / declaration are obvious highlights!
Not heard Sumo in a while, and honestly, it wasn't long enough. He's not the voice of cricket. On Kane's wicket ...
"Daryl Mitchell! .... looks on as Kane ....."
I've only seen little of this and the last test but have had to switch it on mute each time he steps into the comms box. Cricket is one of those sports where you just can't have "generalist" commentators. It's too long and there's too much speaking time for them to demonstrate just how little they know about the game.
Pretty harsh. Nisbo has made a very successful career doing just this.
I don't find him too bad, I'm more interested in watching the pictures
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@Bovidae said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Has anyone been listening to the Magic Talk commentary with Doull, Hesson etc?
Yep, Doull can be funny but serious when he needs to be and nicely self effacing about his career ( which was actually pretty decent all up )
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Thinking it's going to be a pretty tough grind on a fairly lifeless pitch today. Kyle is going to be key with his extra height/bounce.
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@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
I think I would have either watched or listened to 80% of the summer"s cricket. I think commentary has been fine, and if anything is getting better as the season goes on.
It must be fucken tough being a radio commentator. When you consider the time between each ball that is a shitload of dead air that needs filling. On the whole I reckon they do it very well and obviously having ex players helps massively too. Some of them have some good yarns and anecdotes.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
I think I would have either watched or listened to 80% of the summer"s cricket. I think commentary has been fine, and if anything is getting better as the season goes on.
It must be fucken tough being a radio commentator. When you consider the time between each ball that is a shitload of dead air that needs filling. On the whole I reckon they do it very well and obviously having ex players helps massively too. Some of them have some good yarns and anecdotes.
Back before they started sending commentators overseas for live radio commentary, radio commentary of overseas games was based on ball-by-ball telegrams and included adding sound effects.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Boult gets one early, he must have read the fern and decided to put me in my place when I suggested he is regressing.
It's important we keep them on their toes, can't have any of them resting on their laurels
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@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Boult the 'has been'** picks up the first wicket of the morning. Night watchman gone..
17/2
**Ps, that's not my opinion, just paraphrasing a few comments/concerns on here about Boults form
Not suggesting he's a has been. Just suggesting that he's not currently as good as Jamieson.
Sure Boult got one early today, but Jamieson's 2 overs yesterday had a wicket a dropped catch and 2 close LBW appeals. There were also a number of plays and misses. That was in 2 overs. He also took 5 wickets in the first innings. He's on fire and I think he should be bowling first up ahead of Boult.
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@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Boult the 'has been'** picks up the first wicket of the morning. Night watchman gone..
17/2
**Ps, that's not my opinion, just paraphrasing a few comments/concerns on here about Boults form
Not suggesting he's a has been. Just suggesting that he's not currently as good as Jamieson.
Sure Boult got one early today, but Jamieson's 2 overs yesterday had a wicket a dropped catch and 2 close LBW appeals. There were also a number of plays and misses. That was in 2 overs. He also took 5 wickets in the first innings. He's on fire and I think he should be bowling first up ahead of Boult.
That logic is like suggesting KW get promoted to open ahead of one of the Toms cos he's doing better of late.
I'm extremely happy with Jamieson and how he's going.
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@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Boult the 'has been'** picks up the first wicket of the morning. Night watchman gone..
17/2
**Ps, that's not my opinion, just paraphrasing a few comments/concerns on here about Boults form
Not suggesting he's a has been. Just suggesting that he's not currently as good as Jamieson.
Sure Boult got one early today, but Jamieson's 2 overs yesterday had a wicket a dropped catch and 2 close LBW appeals. There were also a number of plays and misses. That was in 2 overs. He also took 5 wickets in the first innings. He's on fire and I think he should be bowling first up ahead of Boult.
I know, I was just
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@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
After lunch, who else is gonna be watching the cricket on one screen and CNN on the other
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ESPN will be on. College basketball
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@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
After lunch, who else is gonna be watching the cricket on one screen and CNN on the other
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ESPN will be on. College basketball
Each to their own I guess.
