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[Johnson#26]

The Tony's King George Whiting thread reminded me of how the commentators have their favourite pet topics to talk about at each ground, every year, every match.

List them.

For Chappeli it's the short boundaries square of the wicket at the Adelaide Oval. At the same venue it used to be Richie and Les Burdett's marvellous work (also a fan of Kevin Mitchell Jnr at the Gabba).

Slater in recent times, always bangs on about 'how lovely it is to visit Tassie/Hobart. Tony Greig will always make mention of the 'beautful' Derwent and have a little chortle at those out on the water.

Bill and his Victorians/Victorian crowd always rate a mention.

 

[Bomber Bears]

Tony and Richie like to stir Bill about Sydney vs Melbourne

 

[SebastianVettel]

Not really about the grounds, but even though he's not playing anymore I'm surprised Richie hasn't brought up the Symonds and Ponting chat at the World Cup against Pakistan yet. He usually does.

"and he said to him........ be there at the end of the innings. And he was."

 

[aflcliche]

Ian Chappell and his baseball
Ritchie learning off Tiger O'reily
Tony Greig playing real tough cricket in the 70s and coping so much from the aussies.

 

[SebastianVettel]

Michael Slater - Himself, and how he set Clarke and Bingle up together.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

"I reckon it's about time for a short ball here."

-Ian Healy

 

[Spearhead]

Ian Chappell crapping on about Prince Alfred College in Adelaide & Les Favell, Martin Chappell, his brother Gregory .....

 

[beez]

Kerry O'keeffe talking anything but cricket.

 

[XFactor1979]

test match special in the UK ftw

blofeld
boycs and that bollicks uk assunt... wir plaid leic scheite today

bill frindall - when i was there in the UK for a series between england and india, india had 550 odd. kumble got a 100. "that was the highest score by a team in an innings without anyone making a hundred, until just now"

 

[Johnson#26]

Not really about the grounds, but even though he's not playing anymore I'm surprised Richie hasn't brought up the Symonds and Ponting chat at the World Cup against Pakistan yet. He usually does.

"and he said to him........ be there at the end of the innings. And he was."

Great get, perfectly described.

I remember thinking so often 'oh no, Richie, you're doing it AGAIN!'. It never seems to get old.

 

[Johnson#26]

Will also add Chappelli always calling people by their full names: Stephen Waugh, Andrew Bichel, Matthew Hayden, Bradley Hogg/Hodge, thanks William (Lawry).

 

[aflcliche]

Bill Lawry and his Walter Hammond autograph bat.

 

[Johnson#26]

Am also anticipating a Cricket Show interview by Tim Sheridan with Shane Watson about 'how he's improved' and all that jazz; and one with Phil Jaques - every summer, Phil Jaques.

 

[damochandler]

tony greig continually having a tug on the air over murali and his love for flogging shit memorabilia

 

[SJ]

Mark Taylor always uses the phrase "Test match", ie. 'I remember once in Melbourne against South Africa we were well behind in the Test match, but we actually went on to win the Test match'.

Ian Chappell pronounces 'always' as "alwuz".

 

[Brad Goodman]

"Those little Sri Lankans just love cricket".

 

[Tapee]

Kerry O'keeffe talking anything but cricket.

He usually has a story or two at each ground about how an opposition side took him apart there.

 

[Johnson#26]

Slater:

"I did"

"When I"

"I remember"

"I really enjoyed"

"That was the time I"

 

[Rustin Cohle]

"From an Australian point of view..."

-Mark Taylor

 

[psychobrown]

Shane Warne always referring to Ian Bell as the Shermanator. Gosh, it was five years ago Shane, nobody refers to your dirty phone habits anymore.

 

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

Shane Warne always referring to Ian Bell as the Shermanator. Gosh, it was five years ago Shane, nobody refers to your dirty phone habits anymore.

Obviously you weren't watching today. He upgraded him to the Terminator.

 

[peternorth]

kerry okeefe - nsw players

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Slater:

"I did"

"When I"

"I remember"

"I really enjoyed"

"That was the time I"

Learnt from Ian Chappell I suspect.

Have to say - have been listening to more cricket than watching this series - and what a bloody delight to have Jonathan Agnew back on the radio. I love listening to him and Harsha Bogle(when he's in town).

Now if they'll just knife Peter Roebuck it would be perfect.

 

[aflcliche]

"From an Australian point of view..."

-Mark Taylor

+
"I just get the feeling that......."

Tony Greig and his "middle / meat of the bat"

Bill Lawry rolls off the same lines every coverage.

Ritchie's been talking about "looking at the spot on the pitch you wish to land it" a lot lately.

 

[Marstermind]

Will also add Chappelli always calling people by their full names: Stephen Waugh, Andrew Bichel, Matthew Hayden, Bradley Hogg/Hodge, thanks William (Lawry).

More than this every Test has at least one boring anecdote about his mates Jeffrey Robert Thomson and Rodney William Marsh. These blokes are so good they not only get the full name, they get the MIDDLE name as well.

The anecdotes are so all well told via dozens of sportsmens nights and crappy cricket books that even a semi-regular viewer knows the punchline immediately. They usually centre on how blokey and macho these guys were but if you think about it not too hard then you come to the conclusion that they were just jerks.

After this tedium he'll crap on about some lesson Les Favell taught him about cricket over 40 years ago and how the losing captain could apply it today. Some reference to Favell calling him "son" at some point is mandatory.