Opinion NMFC Board Cricket Thread III

[Val Keating]

Cheating is trending on twitter because of salty Indian fans lol.

 

[Hojuman]

Same country that prepares pitches that are green 10 yards in the middle and brown and dusty 6 yards either side of that.

 

[DuckYeah]

if either side had good batting line ups it would have taken some creative declarations to conjure a result.

You went by saying the pitch was fantastic no issues then by the end of your rant “pitch was a road and if the batting was better it would have batted out for a draw”

 

[DuckYeah]

Cheating is trending on twitter because of salty Indian fans lol.

Same country that prepares pitches that are green 10 yards in the middle and brown and dusty 6 yards either side of that.

Its hilarious. The confirmation bias is palpable.

The third umpire should never have called for DRS, however. Its kind of funny that he did as its sent 1.4 billion nuffies into a spin

 

[Marstermind]

You went by saying the pitch was fantastic no issues then by the end of your rant “pitch was a road and if the batting was better it would have batted out for a draw”

Did you actually read it? I literally said it wasn't fantastic and that it had lots of issues.

 

[Gasometer]

Ha I haven't read much of anything was watching on my Chinese rip off iPhone , which truth be told is good enough and a quarter of the price.
I'm on a roadtrip taking in Finley, Corowa, Tarrawingee, Beechworth Bright, Harrietville.

Will head for home today, recharge and off to the gold fields for a few days.
I need to find enough gold to make a homemade chain like 50 cents.
I have a quarter of the first link already lol.

You using -

A pan

Digging

A metal detector?

I was saying the other day that the era of big find nuggets seems to have disappeared as we drove to Bendigo

 

[Dinkers]

You using -

A pan

Digging

A metal detector?

I was saying the other day that the era of big find nuggets seems to have disappeared as we drove to Bendigo

All of the above I have access to a pvt creek in Yandoit that If I look over my shoulder there is an old gold mine 40ft away. So this time of year panning is preferred. I've only panned one square metre and found 2 grams. Not tiny shite but little pickers.

So on all I've read I've found a very good spot .

 

[Gasometer]

All of the above I have access to a pvt creek in Yandoit that If I look over my shoulder there is an old gold mine 40ft away. So this time of year panning is preferred. I've only panned one square metre and found 2 grams. Not tiny shite but little pickers.

So on all I've read I've found a very good spot .

Latitude and Longitude please

 

[The Brady Bunch]

Cheating is trending on twitter because of salty Indian fans lol.

If the BCCI have their way over this Jaiswal nonsense, then every catch, even Pant's wicket would be referred to DRS to see if ultra-edge picked up a sound of ball hitting bat.

 

[DuckYeah]

Did you actually read it? I literally said it wasn't fantastic and that it had lots of issues.

I did. I simplified it. Pitch was a shit road. two teams playing on said road were out of form with the stick.

 

[DuckYeah]

You using -

A pan

Digging

A metal detector?

I was saying the other day that the era of big find nuggets seems to have disappeared as we drove to Bendigo

theres plenty, its just deep.

 

[Marstermind]

I did. I simplified it. Pitch was a shit road. two teams playing on said road were out of form with the stick.

Well done. I was actually agreeing with you (for the first three days)

 

[DuckYeah]

Well done. I was actually agreeing with you (for the first three days)

I reckon the pitch would be hell of fun if we got B2B 40 degree days.. El Nino coming back in the next couple of years so thats plausible that we will finally see a decent active pitch again.

Im over the batsman having all the glory. They have the abomination in t20, they have it on majority of pitches in test matches.. Batsman can get ****ed, give me a rock hard cracked up pitch.

 

[Marstermind]

I reckon the pitch would be hell of fun if we got B2B 40 degree days.. El Nino coming back in the next couple of years so thats plausible that we will finally see a decent active pitch again.

Im over the batsman having all the glory. They have the abomination in t20, they have it on majority of pitches in test matches.. Batsman can get ****ed, give me a rock hard cracked up pitch.

Conspiracy theory.

This match would have been over on day three had your pitch been served up. What attendance and TV viewer numbers would have been lost? We can serve up that pitch on Boxing Day against the Saffers and Pakistan. Not against India or England. The last Ashes Test was done by lunch on Day 3. No way that was happening again.

 

[DuckYeah]

Conspiracy theory.

This match would have been over on day three had your pitch been served up. What attendance and TV viewer numbers would have been lost? We can serve up that pitch on Boxing Day against the Saffers and Pakistan. Not against India or England. The last Ashes Test was done by lunch on Day 3. No way that was happening again.

Yes but as I said earlier. 4 days should be enough for a deserved winner. Usually a day is lost in shit weather.

The bowling was good.

If the batting is in form, ive watched top notch bats make plenty of runs against great bowlers on hard wickets. The bats were horrible, have been horrible.

The Bats made the pitch look good. The pitch was flat as a tack.

Lol my favourite was but “the ball nipped around when it was new” hahaha cracked me

 

[Passmore]

It was a terrific game of cricket. Why are we so concerned about the pitch?

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[DuckYeah]

It was a terrific game of cricket. Why are we so concerned about the pitch?

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Because the MCG serve up the same flat shit road year after year. Generally resulting in draws and boring cricket. If we didn’t win that (by right we shouldn’t have) the conversation will be rather different.

 

[Marstermind]

Whatever the case, now we're 2-1 up, the Sydney curators should be installing a concrete slab as we speak.

 

[Sillygit]

It was a terrific game of cricket. Why are we so concerned about the pitch?

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"We" struggle to be happy

 

[krakouers]

Cheating is trending on twitter because of salty Indian fans lol.

Have no idea what it’s about but on board:

 

[Hojuman]

Whatever the case, now we're 2-1 up, the Sydney curators should be installing a concrete slab as we speak.

They need the win. Can see fights over selection. Over to you Gautim, Rohit, Virat, Sunny.........

 

[krakouers]

"We" struggle to be happy

Hey, let us grumpy old men complain about these new fangled “ramp” shots and lament the lack of a good forward block

 

[DarkPhoenix]

One of the bcci higher ups already publicly saying India were cheated and the jaiswal decision was wrong.

Sharma also whining, says the call was technically correct but India always seem to be on the end of these dodgy calls... Wait so if it was correct how is it dodgy?

I honestly don't know how people can't understand that the technology is fallible and that a clear visual contact with bat and gloves will always overrule a nil result on snicko.
This is why hotspot has been dumped (partly) and why Hawkeye had an allowance for inaccuracy

 

[Sillygit]

Hey, let us grumpy old men complain about these new fangled “ramp” shots and lament the lack of a good forward block

Now there was a forward block you could set your watch to.

 

[fusion]

Cricket is the number one sport of a country of over a billion people and lose to a country of 25M. That’s pretty crazy

I hate these kind of comparisons. Being able to play sport also relates to the socio-economic status of the population to some extent. If you are really poor in India, not every family is going to prioritise training in sport, if they need to get enough food to live.

Despite what we sometimes think, we live in one of the best countries in the world, without the fear of war, or poor healthcare etc