Cricket things that annoy you

[Big kahunas]

It's only just started to annoy me, but how don't international batsmen have custom made pads, the amount of them that have overhanging or folded over straps annoys me!
Thanks for listening

 

[CakeEater]

how about shots of the crowd at inopportune moments

Never an inopportune moment to post this Northy.

 

[BrownYouGun]

some c*** - often Shane Warne

This would suffice

 

[Scotland]

An assortment of T20s, ODIs and one test being referred to as the "Women's Ashes".

 

[Falconista]

Overs not permanently being displayed in the TV graphics.

The score tells you the raw data, the overs [and thus the scoring rate] gives you an idea of the state of the game.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

When roads get described as ‘good wickets’ - especially in limited overs. It’s just a casual throwaway line but they are not ‘good’ wickets for the game.

 

[Scorpus]

The Oval not being an oval

 

[sherb]

Calling the pitch "the wicket".

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Boundary line reviews, the ball either hits the rope or not.

 

[reggie]

Electronic scoreboards at grounds that don't show the score

 

[Aussie_boy]

Lisa Sthalekar

 

[1989]

Free hits.

 

[GreekLunatic]

Boundries should be brought in

 

[1989]

Numbers on the back of players’ shirts in Test cricket.

 

[Gethelred]

People bitching about the Women's Ashes, and people complaining about having a different thread for each match.

 

[kickazz]

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but all these stupid nonsensical names for the different finals in the Big Bash League. Eliminator, Challenger, Knockout - all sound the same to me.

 

[Gethelred]

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but all these stupid nonsensical names for the different finals in the Big Bash League. Eliminator, Challenger, Knockout - all sound the same to me.

Big bash terms are all a piece of s**t.

 

[PhatBoy]

The big bash is a piece of s**t.

I couldn’t be less interested in a cricket tournament if it featured a video of James Blunt singing ‘you’re beautiful’ on a perpetual loop

 

[kickazz]

The big bash is a piece of sh*t.

I couldn’t be less interested in a cricket tournament if it featured a video of James Blunt singing ‘you’re beautiful’ on a perpetual loop

Yeah.

When it started it had better players and fewer games, it was good viewing then for what it was in my opinion.

It has become pretty hard to care about now.

 

[PhatBoy]

Yeah.

When it started it had better players and fewer games, it was good viewing then for what it was in my opinion.

It has become pretty hard to care about now.

A concise summary of it might read something like:

‘A tournament featuring the best players who aren’t already in the Australian test squad, and overseas players generally not quite good enough to make their country’s summer touring or hosting groups, and rejects who simply can’t get a game anywhere else.’

 

[FredLeDeux]

A concise summary of it might read something like:

‘A tournament featuring the best players who aren’t already in the Australian test squad, and overseas players generally not quite good enough to make their country’s summer touring or hosting groups, and rejects who simply can’t get a game anywhere else.’

Bogan Cricket

 

[Beutbrute]

1. When you loose play for a rain delay, the rain goes away but play has to stop because it's a scheduled break.
2. Having scheduled drinks breaks, but allowing drinks to be brought out to the batsmen at the end of every over. Either have one or the other.
3. At a local level - bowling a good ball on off-stump or just outside off which the batsman plays a across the line and gets an inside edge to fine leg only to hear the fieldsmen call out "move it across" or "pitch it on the off-side next time"

 

[010203]

Chris Lynn making a shitload of money from the game of cricket despite being unable to bat.

 

[PhatBoy]

Chris Lynn making a shitload of money from the game of cricket despite being unable to bat.

First class average of 44 suggests he can but doesn’t really want to

 

[big_e]

Chris Lynn making a shitload of money from the game of cricket despite being unable to bat.

Yes, how terrible it is that a cricketer earns a living from cricket....