peternorth
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Unsafe?That's not it at all. The Perth pitch hasn't received criticism because it favoured bowlers. It has received criticism because it had severely variable bounce from the very first day, which came and went at random times in the match.
Not only does that detract from the game as a contest of skill (resulting in random wickets that owe little to the skill of the bowler or the failings of the batsman) but - more importantly - it's bloody unsafe. Vertical movement is far more dangerous than lateral movement. Not knowing if a ball is going to slam into your groin or take off your head after it hits the pitch makes it very, very difficult to evade or play safely.
I am all for dustbowls and seamers and greentops. I also don't mind a pitch showing some cracks and variable bounce on the fifth day. But dismissals like Harris's shouldn't be occurring in the second session of a match.
A good pitch can favour the bowlers, but it also has to play true.
You talk about it being a test. In what sense?You want a safe sport, go play/watch something else. This deck was a test for the batsmen involved, and given the name of the format I'd actually think that was the point.
My brother used to do that on concrete, regularly. He'd just hit the seam, with his leg breaks, and it'd pop like a mother*er.You talk about it being a test. In what sense?
The Harris dismissal doesn't reflect badly on him as a batsman, nor does it reflect well on Vihiri as a bowler. It was just a completely random unplayable ball thrown up by the pitch. How is that good for cricket?
I don't really see the point in adding an unsafe element to the sport that simultaneously subtracts from the game as a contest of skill.
Anyone who has breath in them would be frothing over Isa. She's smart, played the game at the highest level and asks intelligent questions to the test legends sitting alongside her. I don't mind Lane and Alison at all but Slater, McGrath and Fleming having nothing to offer and spoil the 7 coverage for me. Isa has everything to offer and I would rather pay for fox then watch 7.Love how people want to s**t on Channel 7 so much, they’re now complaining about Mitchell and Lane
The coverage is so much better than 9. Yes Slats isn’t ideal at all, but both stations have their downsides. Talking crap about Mitchell and Lane is baffling, to say the least - IMO at the least on par with Isa, who everybody seems to froth over
10 Minutes into the BBL coverage and I'm already sick to death of the phrase 'Bash Brothers'
For the record, these are the Bash Brothers - Mark McGwire (left) and Jose Canseco, from the Oakland Athletics.
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maybe he just needs to be told that people have a volume control... he is a very astute caller for the most part...Why is Slater shouting the whole time
commentary is a problem but do we need the commentators to grab us and lift us to enormous heights..First game watching the bbl on 7. Graphics and scorebug look as cheap and pathetic as expected. Slater with his fake excitement and over the top commentary is nauseating. Already missing the channel 10 boys who had a natural feel for the bbl vibe and good chemistry. Going to be a long season!
that is surely a channel seven thing.. they are grand masters of the hyperbole..Slater is terrible at calling the T20, stop trying to generate excitement
Thanks for alerting us to the fact that Americans thought of first and applied it to a juicefreak and his compadre.10 Minutes into the BBL coverage and I'm already sick to death of the phrase 'Bash Brothers'
For the record, these are the Bash Brothers - Mark McGwire (left) and Jose Canseco, from the Oakland Athletics.
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ooh don't palm it off on someone else.. just well.. keep on going and then the audience will ...Thanks for alerting us to the fact that Americans thought of first and applied it to a juicefreak and his compadre.
riding the pony wasn't quite what I meant but if it works...Slats will be horse the way he's going off whenever the Heat appeal.
To be honest Slats is much more suited to BBL than to the tests, one thing that he can do is build excitement (similar to Howie in a way)
They should make him a permanent BBL caller
I think he needs to be louder, angrier and have access to a time machine.Why is Slater shouting the whole time