Australia's still thrashing everyone though. It's just boring now.
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 22 December 2007 07:21 (sixteen years ago) link
kerry o'keefe on the concept of englnd suffering 'stage fright' during the last ashes series: "Nervous? I once went to a nightclub to pick up a supermodel. I wasn't nervous, I just wasn't good enough."
― haitch, Saturday, 22 December 2007 13:55 (sixteen years ago) link
haha, kerry o'keefe is like shane warne with the cheeky rollercoaster lifestyle maxed out and the actual cricketing ability removed...love him
jim maxwell is the best though. super, super commentator.
― Just got offed, Saturday, 22 December 2007 14:54 (sixteen years ago) link
They're both fantastic.
In Australia we get Mark Taylor on the telly and he's SHIT. Oh god he's so bad. He has no personality whatever, and rambles on and on and on and on and on and on about absolutely nothing. We watch it with the sound down and ABC radio cut in instead.
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 22 December 2007 19:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Also Ian Healy - fucking moron.
― W4LTER, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Results of Australia-wide vote:
Australia's best commentator Place Commentator Votes 1 Richie Benaud 3022 2 Kerry O'Keeffe 2171 3 Bill Lawry 1441 4 Jim Maxwell 1215 5 Mark Nicholas 1036 6 Damien Fleming 829 7 Michael Slater 725 8 Tony Greig 625 9 Mark Waugh 521 10 Peter Roebuck 520 11 Ian Healy 483 12 Ian Chappell 463 13 Allan Border 386 14 Brendon Julian 369 15 Mark Taylor 336 16 Geoff Lawson 324 17 Glenn Mitchell 267 18 Greg Blewett 174 19 Keith Stackpole 126 20 Terry Alderman 111 21 Simon O'Donnell 108 22 Ryan Campbell 93 23 Jamie Cox 81 24 Danny Morrison 77 25 Kim Hughes 73 26 Darren Berry 65
Where's Billy Birmingham?
― Just got offed, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
McNicholas what the fuck. Slimy arrogant hyperbolic choad of the highest order who needs to get over his crush on Michael Clarke ASAP.
― Just got offed, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I like Mark Nicholas!
― W4LTER, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:04 (sixteen years ago) link
He often adds excitement to a passage of play and he isn't boring (often coming out with a decent line or two) but c'mon, the sweat and grease drips off his every last syllable. I find him nauseating more often than not.
Plus, I've heard from an insider on the Hampshire dressing-room (2nd team player in 90's) and by his account he was an absolutely appalling human being.
― Just got offed, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link
a right wicket fiddler, he is.
― remy bean, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Let's just say that his passion for the game is more pronounced when a young blond player is at the centre of things.
― Just got offed, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
"Once I threw a wobbly for 5/0/i/2220 for after my first chugger caused a Pollyanna; imagine my face when the three tits went up on scoreboard! Lawks, what a shocker!"
-- HI DERE, Sunday, 2 September 2007 16:47 (3 months ago) Bookmark Link
still funny
― Just got offed, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow, that's pretty fucked re Nicholas. He seemed like a nice-ish dude. Well, better than Fucking Shit Heals anyway.
― W4LTER, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Nicholas was all about the public-school snobbery, the 'cutting' of players from less privileged backgrounds. You had to know the right people to get his respect. He would terrorise the younger players. In the showers he was without mercy in his commenting. Probably very well-endowed, the bastard.
Kerry, Jim and Vic Marks is pretty much my ideal commentary line-up, TV or radio.
― Just got offed, Saturday, 22 December 2007 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Brett Lee supports the back end, again
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 3 January 2008 01:52 (sixteen years ago) link
You never reduce Australia to 134-6 on the opening day of a Test without expecting severe repercussions. Bloody umpires helping 'em on their way too. India to fall short of the follow-on target again.
― Just got offed, Thursday, 3 January 2008 01:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i remember loving cricket when i was a kid but i think i just hit the thing around...
― Surmounter, Thursday, 3 January 2008 02:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Well, that's better than not hitting it around!
― Just got offed, Thursday, 3 January 2008 02:02 (sixteen years ago) link
it is, right?? =P
― Surmounter, Thursday, 3 January 2008 02:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Any game with Australia is boring because of this. Yawn we win again etc.
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 3 January 2008 02:03 (sixteen years ago) link
If you hit the thing around without getting out, then you were better than I was! Maybe you should take it up again! I'm sure there are a few clubs near where you live.
― Just got offed, Thursday, 3 January 2008 02:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Kerry O'Keefe on Hogg being hit over the MCG fence by Tendulkar during India's 1st innings last week : "The last time I saw a chinaman hit like that was in a Bruce Lee film!"
#1 commentator. FACT.
― SeekAltRoute, Thursday, 3 January 2008 02:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Had he been watching south park?
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 3 January 2008 02:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Jesus! How's he get away with that stuff??
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 3 January 2008 02:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Harbhajan banned for racist jibe
― Herman G. Neuname, Sunday, 6 January 2008 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Not like a South African dude to make a ludicrous decision on racism.
― Noodle Vague, Sunday, 6 January 2008 18:26 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/its-not-cricket-furious-kumble-points-finger/2008/01/07/1199554493907.html
― Herman G. Neuname, Sunday, 6 January 2008 18:27 (sixteen years ago) link
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/329440.html
― Herman G. Neuname, Sunday, 6 January 2008 18:30 (sixteen years ago) link
MV Sridhar, the assistant manager, who spoke to the media before the decision was announced, said there was no video or audio evidence involving Harbhajan. "We felt there was no substantial evidence," he said.
The Perth Test looks like it could be an interesting one.
― SeekAltRoute, Sunday, 6 January 2008 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I want on-field fighting.
― Just got offed, Sunday, 6 January 2008 20:24 (sixteen years ago) link
OH THERE WILL BE VIOLENCE
― Autumn Almanac, Sunday, 6 January 2008 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Some dopey pro-Aussie umpires need a bit of a slapping too
― Autumn Almanac, Sunday, 6 January 2008 20:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Harbl Jam Singh
― Just got offed, Sunday, 6 January 2008 20:31 (sixteen years ago) link
India suspends tour :
http://www.theage.com.au/news/cricket/india-suspends-tour/2008/01/07/1199554559797.html
: which makes them big crybabies in my book, since I'm not sure what the Australian team has to do with two incompetent, ICC appointed, neutral umpires.
― SeekAltRoute, Monday, 7 January 2008 08:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm on India's side. It's about the 'monkey' comment, not the umpiring.
If the BCCI wasn't sure Singh did nothing wrong, it wouldn't be doing this. Surely.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 7 January 2008 08:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Indians can't be racist? That's some prett-ay racist theory right there!
― King Boy Pato, Monday, 7 January 2008 09:41 (sixteen years ago) link
LOL @ the media going off like this is a NATIONAL CRISIS.
-- King Boy Pato, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:41 (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
wtf I didn't say that
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 7 January 2008 09:50 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/07/2133556.htm
Posted 32 minutes ago Updated 24 minutes ago
The Indian Cricket Board says it is not yet considering stopping its team's tour of Australia over the suspension of spinner Harbhajan Singh.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 7 January 2008 09:54 (sixteen years ago) link
You DIDN'T?
So you think Indians can be racist?
Racist! Racist! Argh!
― King Boy Pato, Monday, 7 January 2008 10:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Sorry, I've had like four Freddo frogs tonight.
I'm surprised anyone would accept Ricky Pontings word over anything after they appealed for a catch that clearly the batsman hadn't even got near.
― Herman G. Neuname, Monday, 7 January 2008 14:48 (sixteen years ago) link
The Indian Cricket Board says it is not yet considering stopping its team's tour of Australia over the suspension of spinner Harbhajan Singh
Oh yes they are!
― Tom D., Monday, 7 January 2008 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Perhaps "sledging" will have to be banned as that seems to be the root problem.
― Herman G. Neuname, Monday, 7 January 2008 14:51 (sixteen years ago) link
India cricket board statement The following is the full statement from the Board of Control for Cricket in India into the decision to ban Harbhajan Singh for three matches for making a racist remarkThe Board of Control for Cricket in India has viewed the happenings during the second cricket Test between India and Australia in Sydney with great concern as some of these can have a far-reaching impact on international cricket.Some of incidents are highly regrettable considering the warm and friendly relations between the Indian and Australian cricket boards.The incident involving Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds and the subsequent hearing by the ICC match referee and his conclusions are, to say the least, distressing.The Indian Board does not accept the findings of the match referee and has decided to challenge the unfair decision to suspend Harbhajan Singh as it deems it patently unfair.The Board will appeal to the International Cricket Council to review the decision of the match referee and suspend its operation till the appeal is disposed of.The Indian Board realizes the game of cricket is paramount but so too is the honour of the Indian team and for that matter every Indian.To vindicate its position, the Board will fight the blatantly false and unfair slur on an Indian player.The Board also questions the very conduct of the hearing as the match referee before reaching his decision disregarded the essential point of any inquiry, that it should be based on facts, rational, detached and objective.The Board, in particular, is unhappy with the charge of racial slur against India's of-spinner Harbhajan Singh.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has viewed the happenings during the second cricket Test between India and Australia in Sydney with great concern as some of these can have a far-reaching impact on international cricket.
Some of incidents are highly regrettable considering the warm and friendly relations between the Indian and Australian cricket boards.
The incident involving Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds and the subsequent hearing by the ICC match referee and his conclusions are, to say the least, distressing.
The Indian Board does not accept the findings of the match referee and has decided to challenge the unfair decision to suspend Harbhajan Singh as it deems it patently unfair.
The Board will appeal to the International Cricket Council to review the decision of the match referee and suspend its operation till the appeal is disposed of.
The Indian Board realizes the game of cricket is paramount but so too is the honour of the Indian team and for that matter every Indian.
To vindicate its position, the Board will fight the blatantly false and unfair slur on an Indian player.
The Board also questions the very conduct of the hearing as the match referee before reaching his decision disregarded the essential point of any inquiry, that it should be based on facts, rational, detached and objective.
The Board, in particular, is unhappy with the charge of racial slur against India's of-spinner Harbhajan Singh.
― Herman G. Neuname, Monday, 7 January 2008 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I blame MTV's Yo Momma
― Dom Passantino, Monday, 7 January 2008 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought calling a mixed-race player a "monkey" was the problem? (xxp)
― Tom D., Monday, 7 January 2008 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A30769914
― Herman G. Neuname, Monday, 7 January 2008 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Peter Roebuck : Ponting 'must be sacked'
http://www.theage.com.au/news/cricket/ponting-must-be-sacked/2008/01/07/1199554570948.html
Put the crack pipe down now, Peter.
― SeekAltRoute, Monday, 7 January 2008 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link