Banter TRTT Part 15: David KOCH on Epstein List!!!11!!!!!!

[Lagooner]

It must seriously irk them that a country of less than 27 million, where cricket is probably 3rd banana in terms of popularity can beat a country of over 1.4 billion where the game is almost a religion. They aren't any good at anything else. It feeds into their inferiority complex, which manifests itself into their pseudo superiority complex whereby they try to flex their muscle through financial means and shit behaviour.

The olympics was hilarious, not a single gold medal. Even their arch nemesis Pakistan bagged one.

 

[chiwigi]

I'm not a cricket guy at all but it's kind of nuts. Australia beating India at cricket should be like Guam beating Australia at cricket, yet we somehow do it regularly.

Not really, it’s all about opportunity and resources.

Australia is as obsessed as India is with cricket.

The difference is Australians have lots of free time and availability to play it, no matter your social status.

Many Indians spend that time merely surviving, let alone playing on a proper ground.

Added to this that it’s only ever 11 on 11 and let’s be honest, India are shit at nearly every sport but badminton and cricket, so there’s not really a participation in sport culture. A bit like China for their numbers.

Wales (for example) would beat India and China in soccer 9 times out of ten despite having only about 90,000 people who play the sport regularly (China for example has nearly 800000 registered players).

Iceland is a good example (in soccer) of what resources can do, they have very few people there, but spent billions on facilities to give the best opportunities for those good enough.

India - regular participation in sports, by type 2018 | Statista

This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted by Cint on the kind of sports respondents in India participated in regularly in 2018.

www.statista.com

 

[JimmyBC]

India have won the last 4 series against Australia guys.. so lets stop talking shit

 

[JimmyBC]

Total Series	Australia	India	Drawn
16​	5​	10​	1​

 

[Doctor Feel]

Total Series	Australia	India	Drawn
16​	5​	10​	1​

Thats why its funny when we win though. Beating a country whos national identity is cricket is funny. When they beat us, its also funny because their shitposting is so hilariously bad. The cricket socials become 99% indian unintelligible garbage talking trash and Aussies are like "yeah ok dude." Then goes and watches some footy.

 

[chiwigi]

Thats why its funny when we win though. Beating a country whos national identity is cricket is funny. When they beat us, its also funny because their shitposting is so hilariously bad. The cricket socials become 99% indian unintelligible garbage talking trash and Aussies are like "yeah ok dude." Then goes and watches some footy.

Australia’s identity is more ‘cricket’ than India.

Lived in both and lived in places that look at both.

India is curry,
Poverty and Bollywood, Australia is deadly animals, sunshine and cricket

 

[JimmyBC]

Guy that hates cricket has warped view.. more to come in 2025

 

[Doctor Feel]

We can all agree curry is ****ing great.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Also border gavasker > the ashes.

 

[JimmyBC]

Also border gavasker > the ashes.

There's more spice for sure it also helps that a gazillion Indians live in Australia now.

 

[Lagooner]

Australia’s identity is more ‘cricket’ than India.

Lived in both and lived in places that look at both.

India is curry,
Poverty and Bollywood, Australia is deadly animals, sunshine and cricket

No Australia’s sporting identity is more about punching above our weight in any sport. Cricket, swimming, cycling, sailing, darts whatever as long as we’re winning and as the perceived underdog. It’s essentially the Aussie battler in active wear.

 

[dirty2]

We can all agree curry is ****ing great.

Stepth curry? Good 3 point shooter but that's about it.

Yes wrong curry but

 

[Grave Danger]

We can all agree curry is ****ing great.

The rellies I stay with at Christmas always serve up nothing but ham and turkey for about 5 days straight, but once that's finished they do a curry (neither ham nor turkey), which really 'clears the mechanism'.

 

[VineValerian]

There's more spice for sure it also helps that a gazillion Indians live in Australia now.

Curry spice?

 

[chiwigi]

No Australia’s sporting identity is more about punching above our weight in any sport. Cricket, swimming, cycling, sailing, darts whatever as long as we’re winning and as the perceived underdog. It’s essentially the Aussie battler in active wear.

That’s what Australians think it is, the rest of the world don’t. The sports you listed which are seen as elitist sports in most places.

Particularly cricket, you’re the only ones who took it seriously until the Indians got a bit of cash behind them.


And Darts? You don’t even register in darts.

 

[JimmyBC]

550k attended an Ashes Series in England in 1953 nO oNe EvEr ToOk It SeRiOuS

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Also border gavasker > the ashes.

Really interesting take.

For mine the ashes is and will always be the pinnacle. But there is no question BG is now a close second, and has been the better rivalry this century.

 

[TazD]

Donnies back and so is peak gaming.

 

[Papa G]

Lol. Just checked mailbox and happy new year Papa G. Speeding fine. First one in years. 61 in 50 zone. $557. FMD how do poor people pay for these? Fcuk the SA Police, bunch of bearded pindicks.

 

[JimmyBC]

Lead foot Papa

 

[tribey]

Every time the pub has some T20 on that isn't Big Bash the branding looks like ESports. Dystopic brand of sport!

Big Bash teams of course vibe 'A-League', which is marginally better, marginally

It’s genuinely dreadful. Who remembers the results, let alone any ‘great performances’?

Apart from the bookies and gamblers, the entire thing is like a real life equivalent of sticking an iPad under a toddler’s nose.

 

[tribey]

Stepth curry? Good 3 point shooter but that's about it.

Yes wrong curry but

His space alien long game has overshadowed the rest of his arsenal, which is also legitimately insane tbh

 

[JimmyBC]

It’s genuinely dreadful. Who remembers the results, let alone any ‘great performances’?

Apart from the bookies and gamblers, the entire thing is like a real life equivalent of sticking an iPad under a toddler’s nose.

It's the most fast food off-shoot of any sport in history.

Travis Head NYE BBL last ball century whatever year that was is basically the only stand out moment in my mind.

International T20's seem even more forgettable than BBL, IPL etc. etc.

In contrast I remember scores, figures & incidents from the 2003 ODI WC in South Africa let alone Gilchrist going nuts in Barbados 4 years later.

 

[Dylan8]

And Darts? You don’t even register in darts.

We have backyards and sunshine which puts us ahead in developing early cricket neurological pathways in our youth, however the Brits are way ahead in pubs-with-dartboard metrics. Australia could never produce a Luke Littler and frankly it's ****ing embarrassing.

 

[snozulu]

This came up on my facebook feed