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Anyone been watching it? Not much of a fan of the Twenty20 format really, and the wanky music and dancers are lame as hell. But I just love the luxury of having live cricket on every night without fail.
 
Yeah, Have watched a bit of it........Meh, is my opinion of it.
 

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I think Twenty20 cricket is about as interesting as the Home Run Derby in Major League Baseball.

But it isn't cricket. There are no essences of building an innings, working on a batsman's weaknesses etc.

I think having one or two internationals a year as we currently do in Australia is about all we need.
 
I love the promo work trying to glam up the IPL for aussie viewers. I am betting most of us couldn't give a toss on whether The Chennai Super Kings beat the Kolkata Knight Riders, , yet Channel 10 are doing their upmost to make us think we care.

I won't completely knock it, it made some background noise while enjoying a few bourbons and cards back at the hotel saturday night.
 
Manbearpig said:
But it isn't cricket. There are no essences of building an innings, working on a batsman's weaknesses etc.

I think having one or two internationals a year as we currently do in Australia is about all we need.
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Aside from the topless chick walking down our hallway at the hotel, one of our other topics of convo between my mates was whether 20/20 cricket really has any tactics other than bash the crap out of the bowlers?
 
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Aside from the topless chick walking down our hallway at the hotel, one of our other topics of convo between my mates was whether 20/20 cricket really has any tactics other than bash the crap out of the bowlers?
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I believe its something along the lines of bash the crap out of it while the field is restricted in the first 6 overs, and then finish off by bashing the crap out of it.
 
Watched the first match hoping to see Dale Steyn, wasn't in the team, turned it off.

That's about it :D
 
year of the roo said:
Anyone been watching it? Not much of a fan of the Twenty20 format really, and the wanky music and dancers are lame as hell. But I just love the luxury of having live cricket on every night without fail.
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Simply put, Yes.

You gotta have a laugh.

Why is there a Kings XI and a Superkings side?

What the hell is a Royal Challenger?

Why then is there another side simply known as the Royals?

Do the Royal Challenger's merely exist to challenge the Royals?

WTF is a Deccan Charger?

Why did the Kings XI Punjab change their tops? Was it because "Lee" and "Hopes" were printed in such large font that it made the top look shit?

How about these Indian clowns that cheer for both sides. What happened to their allegiances’? All these clowns want to do is jump up and down with their "4" or "6" sign. They don't care who is winning or losing.

I've enjoyed the laugh. It's a fricken joke.
 

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IPL is ok

sressanth crying after harabjhan slapped him
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Your lack of capitals for names render this post unintelligible.

Go those mighty Mumbai Indians... great name. Original.
 
Zondor said:
Why is there a Kings XI and a Superkings side?

What the hell is a Royal Challenger?

Why then is there another side simply known as the Royals?

Do the Royal Challenger's merely exist to challenge the Royals?

WTF is a Deccan Charger?

Why did the Kings XI Punjab change their tops? Was it because "Lee" and "Hopes" were printed in such large font that it made the top look shit?
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It seems that indians like lions. And well lions are kings of the jungle. So they call them kings. I don't know why there is two kings teams superkings just doesn't make sense.

No idea. But i think they're called that as the owner is also the owner of a company royal challenger.

Royals is different to the royal challengers. The logo of rajhastan contains a crown and two elephants. Maybe in india they are sacred or something.

No. Though i will say that it is a pretty poor choice in naming a team.

Deccan is the name of the team. Deccan i believe is also a company and the owner owns the team and the company. A charger relates to a bull, because bulls charge. There's also a footy team known as the chargers. I'd say it's not a bad choice in naming of the team. I have no problems with it. Though royal challengers, superkings and indians as names of teams are just shit as.
 

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It's all about the Kolkata Knight Riders. What a uniform! Pity about Ganguly though. Possibly the worst cricketer since Dirk Welham.
 
year of the roo said:
It's all about the Kolkata Knight Riders. What a uniform! Pity about Ganguly though. Possibly the worst cricketer since Dirk Welham.
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what bout punter? gotta be the biggest dud player of the tournament so far. hasn't done a single thing of note. and to think he wasn't happy with the 400k he was bought for! :D
 
Maybe it wouldn't be so boring if I 'adopted' a team. Who is everyone following and why?

BTW, I will not support any team that has Matthew Hayden in it.
 
Anyone else see Ganguly refuse to walk after being caught in the deep by Graeme Smith this morning?

One of the more extraordinary things I've seen in cricket.

It was taken low to the ground, but was clearly a catch.

Ganguly stood next to the (Indian) umpire pleading for him to rule that it touched the ground. Something which the players are not allowed to do, and something that all players agreed on not doing not that long ago. It got sent to the 3rd ump who ruled Not Out.

Extraordinary.
 

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