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A*mazing
This is like Shane Warne arguing with Waleed Aly.
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It's still manufactured on 10 though. They are clearly directed to do it.God tonight has made me realise how much I enjoyed the Big Bash coverage. The excitement seems way more natural on 10.
Mark Waugh is certainly Mr Neutral
I'll give an example of why I can't handle 9.Mark Waugh is certainly Mr Neutral
I hate the bias at 9. It would be much more tolerable if it was balanced out with touring country commentators but unfortunately that privilege seems reserved for England and NZ.
We saw during the World Cup how much international commentators add to the coverage but yeah, why bother learning from that?
It's still manufactured on 10 though. They are clearly directed to do it.
And it is not cricket commentary. It's a party, with the required public orgasms for every six.
In fairness, it suits the dumbed down concept that is 20/20.
I watched a double header this season. There was a game in Hobart, (where Ponting was), after that a game in Sydney.I'd argue there was some pretty obvious good cricket commentary in their coverage - mainly from Punter. Predominantly there was the party atmosphere, you're right, but to me it seemed a lot more natural than what 9 produced tonight.
In any case I enjoy their coverage more, but that's just me.
I'll give an example of why I can't handle 9.
There was a six early in the piece which could have possibly been caught by (I think) Richardson.
Taylor went on and on and on about it. About the only thing he didn't call in was forensic evidence.
For ****'s sake. It was a six. It could have been caught. Leave it at that.
I will only turn the volume up on cricket coverage in this country when Channel 9 (& 10 for that matter) give us the ambient sound option.
I'm not interested in listening to morons and hype.
I watched a double header this season. There was a game in Hobart, (where Ponting was), after that a game in Sydney.
The Sydney game had Flintoff, Howard and (I can't remember who the third guy was - Waugh?).
The Sydney guy was like listening to three blokes at the pub watching the game on TV. What was actually happening on the field ran a long second to them talking about themselves.
As I said, it suits the concept - but surely the audience deserves better?
Apologies. I should have said "Sydney game", not "Sydney guy".Yeah I think Flintoff would be shocking if he was calling tests or one dayers. Doesn't add anything other than excitement which is fine for 20/20s but isn't really sustainable for the other formats.
He seems like a great bloke though and is probably helped enormously by the fact he's only here for a month a year.
I'll be in the minority here but I quite like Junior. He's horribly biased but I've grown quite fond of his arrogant bluntness towards things and he usually has a differing point of view to the other commentators which is a good thing to have.
He can easily get led to rubbish conversations though so it does not surprise me at all that him, Flintoff and Howard were talking absolute tripe. Stuff like that is really why I dislike 9 so I hope it's nipped in the bud at 10.
I watched a double header this season. There was a game in Hobart, (where Ponting was), after that a game in Sydney.
The Sydney game had Flintoff, Howard and (I can't remember who the third guy was - Waugh?).
The Sydney guy was like listening to three blokes at the pub watching the game on TV. What was actually happening on the field ran a long second to them talking about themselves.
As I said, it suits the concept - but surely the audience deserves better?
So much Australian commentary sounds like that. I mute nearly all of it now unless I know that Punter or Mike Hussey are on. They do appear to have a genuine interest in the game that is happening in front of them.
I am not at all the market for the middle-aged cheerleaders, ego maniacs and non-comedian noise polluters who litter most commentary teams.
But even with someone like Bumbles, how many times do we need to be reminded that he got hit in the jatz crackers by Thommo at Perth in the 74/75 series?Such a good point. If a commentator is genuinely funny ala Kerry O'Keefe, you have a lot more leeway with how far you can stray from the cricket in your commentary. If you're not going to talk cricket, at least make me laugh. Unfortunately I can't think of another cricket commentator who falls into this category with the exception of Bumbles.
Even then though not everyone finds everyone funny so cricket should still be the absolute main focus.
Yup you've gotta have common sense about it.But even with someone like Bumbles, how many times do we need to be reminded that he got hit in the jatz crackers by Thommo at Perth in the 74/75 series?
(Not his fault that the media keeps trotting this out by the way).
It's tiresome.
Such a good point. If a commentator is genuinely funny ala Kerry O'Keefe, you have a lot more leeway with how far you can stray from the cricket in your commentary. If you're not going to talk cricket, at least make me laugh. Unfortunately I can't think of another cricket commentator who falls into this category with the exception of Bumbles.
Even then though not everyone finds everyone funny so cricket should still be the absolute main focus.
That great resource known as Wikipedia begs to differ, as they offer a pronunciation that is as it is spelt, complete with recording, along with the Gujarati pronunciation and spelling, which comes afterwards. Are you Gujarati?
Sadly CA is all about marketing and little about crickey. Big Bash suits them to a t, doesn't require much to get people involved - plastic bat and a tennis ball and we all can be BBL heroes. Create a crowd of cricket bogans who munch down on KFC and turn up to games dressed as Ali G to sit on a plastic couch in the sun and drink piss and hey presto - you've got a winner! Forget about the game and its traditionsI watched a double header this season. There was a game in Hobart, (where Ponting was), after that a game in Sydney.
The Sydney game had Flintoff, Howard and (I can't remember who the third guy was - Waugh?).
The Sydney game was like listening to three blokes at the pub watching the game on TV. What was actually happening on the field ran a long second to them talking about themselves.
As I said, it suits the concept - but surely the audience deserves better?
Let's be honest, most of the commentators on 9 probably couldn't get the pronunciations right if they tried. It's really not a problem as long as they don't absolutely butcher it (that's mainly saved for Sri Lanka).This probably has already been discussed, but it's my first time in this thread because it's an issue that is really bugging me.
Can the commentators learn the Indian names correctly.
It's Sharm-ma, not Sham-ma
Shik-har Dha-wan, not Shick-er Darwin
It's Marn, not Man
Vir-rhat, not Vee-rat
FFS, we can say your names correctly.
Not sure what your point is- no one gets Berlin or Paris right either.They why can't the commentators do the research
Hardik is also from Gujarat. Yet you laugh at seeing it.