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peternorth
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especially when two teams such as the heat and strikers are effectively the same colours of uniform.
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couldn't agree more.
the uniforms this season for starters have so much black in them (especially when every teams secondary colour is black) - very hard to read the names and numbers on their shirts. most teams have previously worn pants and batting pads as their primary colour.
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Bill O'Reilly would have loved this discussion about pyjamas.
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On a semi-related note, my vets team played a club recently with grey/black tops. Most of the blokes wore matching shorts rather than whites. I noticed that (on our home ground) a few of the outfielders blended in with the trees which surround the ground. Surely this is cheating? Most of us O-50s have enough trouble seeing the outfield already!
Slow over rates, especially from our team in one of the few countries in the world where people still go to Test cricket. We rip off the paying spectator every game and nobody says a thing about it.
DRS in general.
Howie.
DRS in general.
Howie.
Rabish Binney
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I'm old enough to remember the days when players could actually lean on the fence to take a catch.
However the stupid part of that was the laws of the game at the time still forbid a player to run over a rope (if the ground was roped off) once the catch was taken or in the action of completing the catch.
So, you could lean on the fence to take a catch - but you couldn't run over the rope once (or in the action of) taking a catch.
What staggers me is when a player is hit on the helmet. They know there is a good chance they will have to change the helmet, but do they ever bring one out? Nope, water bottles, doctors asking how many fingers they're holding up, etc. After all that, they then take a look at whether the helmet needs to be replaced, then we wait while they run another one out.
I wish I could recall details of an incident a couple of years ago, but it resulted in a batsman lying on the ground, pads removed, while he received treatment. In the meantime, players standing around sucking on their drink bottles, looked more like a family BBQ than a cricket match.
We have rules that allow a batsman to retire hurt and resume his innings later. At what point should the umpires be intervening and telling the batsman unless he can resume batting immediately, he must leave the ground? Umpires really need authority to keep the game rolling.
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I know it is standard procedure now but I do miss the days of a player getting hit whether it be on the helmet or elsewhere and making a quick self assessment and just taking guard again. It didn’t ALWAYS mean he wouldn’t receive treatment but generally a player would have a good idea of whether he was on one side of ‘hurt’ or the other.
I can recall during the momentous Bridgetown knock in 99, McGrath hitting Lara as he tried to get under a bouncer that kept a bit low and hit the visor, he ended up on his backside and there was a quick exchange of words. He bounced to his feet and I think drove the next ball for 4.
Steve Waugh did some similar things after being struck in the ribs by Ambrose at various stages four years prior and I think now it would almost be mandatory for a physio to do an inspection of some sort
I can recall during the momentous Bridgetown knock in 99, McGrath hitting Lara as he tried to get under a bouncer that kept a bit low and hit the visor, he ended up on his backside and there was a quick exchange of words. He bounced to his feet and I think drove the next ball for 4.
Steve Waugh did some similar things after being struck in the ribs by Ambrose at various stages four years prior and I think now it would almost be mandatory for a physio to do an inspection of some sort
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Glenn Maxwell saying "just one more drink and I'm out"
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Yeah fair call
He just goes on to make a double hundred when he does ...I would like to see Glenn Maxwell get injured actually playing cricket for once
Get Richard Chee Quee's autograph?
I remember Ponting getting hit in the mouth once and then telling everyone to piss off.
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gotta be the 'bat flip' - so gimmicky.
any chance we can get someone to flip it properly eg. heaps of spinning rotations and thrown in front of them rather than a flying saucer and landing anywhere.
any chance we can get someone to flip it properly eg. heaps of spinning rotations and thrown in front of them rather than a flying saucer and landing anywhere.
sherb
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That's not the only gimmicky thing about the BBL.
Even allowing for the fact that it's (up to) 40 overs of slogging, I'd find the BBL a lot more palatable if it didnt have the gimmicks and American style razzamatazz.
What was wrong with a
? Too simple?
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when bad weather is forecast say for days 3,4 & 5.
why can't we start 30 mins earlier on days 1 & 2 and stay in front of the game (i know rain may not come even if projected, but all it would do in any case is shorten day 5 - smallish crowds on day 5 in any case).
why can't we start 30 mins earlier on days 1 & 2 and stay in front of the game (i know rain may not come even if projected, but all it would do in any case is shorten day 5 - smallish crowds on day 5 in any case).
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Not a fan of pre-match ceremonies in cricket. Anthems and other customs I can do without.
Or at least only want to put up with before the first match if a series.
Or at least only want to put up with before the first match if a series.
Why do security staff have to puncture beach balls when they confiscate them? Why can't the balls be given to toy libraries, local swimming centres or kindergartens instead of being turned into more unnecessary landfill?
The coloured seats at the Gabba. Ugly.
What's so special about a coin? Is a bat flip really any better or worse? Surely you would've flipped a fair few bats in backyard cricket.What was wrong with a
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