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Does " I really want odi cricket to cease to exist after the 2015 World Cup" belong on the popular or unpopular opinions thread?
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Patrick Cummins is the new Keith Miller.
Does " I really want odi cricket to cease to exist after the 2015 World Cup" belong on the popular or unpopular opinions thread?
No. ODI cricket far better than T20 cricket.Does " I really want odi cricket to cease to exist after the 2015 World Cup" belong on the popular or unpopular opinions thread?
No. ODI cricket far better than T20 cricket.
No. ODI cricket far better than T20 cricket.
No, that's pretty accurate.Another of my unpopular opinions.... people who's favourite format is T20 are not real cricket fans.
I think it's wrong to change the scorecard for Hughes' last innings from 63 retired hurt to 63 not out. The reality is he retired from the crease due to injury. He wasn't not out.
Patrick Cummins is the new Keith Miller.
Check Varun Aaron on this tour. Burst on the scene at a similar age, been injured for nearly 2 years and will be back now.Reminds me more of Shane bond. I hope he can become what bond could have been if he wasn't injured all the time.
I have come to detest almost all symbolism associated with tragedies. It is almost as if the symbols themselves become sacred, and no one must offer a dissenting opinion. The more dramatic or theatrical the symbols are is meant to represent how deep the tragedy has touched us. There is almost a competitive element to how celebrity tragedies are observed.Here's an unpopular opinion. I haven't been able to read many of the poems about Phil Hughes circulating the web. I've started them and been overcome, not by emotion but just how trite and superfiicially written these things are. It's Victorian levels of schmaltz.
I hope someone is gaining something from the writing of them but they are the purest doggerel in the main and I don't like the cheapening of emotions that I feel they generate.
The only one I was able to get through was BCCI's -Bored, Cricket, Crazy Indians.
I have come to detest almost all symbolism associated with tragedies. It is almost as if the symbols themselves become sacred, and no one must offer a dissenting opinion. The more dramatic or theatrical the symbols are is meant to represent how deep the tragedy has touched us. There is almost a competitive element to how celebrity tragedies are observed.
I heard that in some cases, the one minute silence for Hughes before games was 'extended to 63 seconds'. Junior cricketers retired on 63*. The whole 'put out your bat' idea. I don't get it. If people need to perform some symbolic act to get over a tragedy, they are merely showing how they have been conditioned to respect rituals as a 'magical' relief - very religious-like.
It's not showing respect - it's following a fashion, following the crowd, and trying to be clever. A one-minute silence is a traditional way of showing respect at public events (and, yes, it's a ritual, but has been around for many, many years). Extending it to 63 seconds is just a gimmick, and diminishes the impact.
I have come to detest almost all symbolism associated with tragedies. It is almost as if the symbols themselves become sacred, and no one must offer a dissenting opinion. The more dramatic or theatrical the symbols are is meant to represent how deep the tragedy has touched us. There is almost a competitive element to how celebrity tragedies are observed.
I heard that in some cases, the one minute silence for Hughes before games was 'extended to 63 seconds'. Junior cricketers retired on 63*. The whole 'put out your bat' idea. I don't get it. If people need to perform some symbolic act to get over a tragedy, they are merely showing how they have been conditioned to respect rituals as a 'magical' relief - very religious-like.
It's not showing respect - it's following a fashion, following the crowd, and trying to be clever. A one-minute silence is a traditional way of showing respect at public events (and, yes, it's a ritual, but has been around for many, many years). Extending it to 63 seconds is just a gimmick, and diminishes the impact.
Check Varun Aaron on this tour. Burst on the scene at a similar age, been injured for nearly 2 years and will be back now.
Many quicks cop injuries at some stage, and not all come back, but most will with the right management and a little bit of luck.
The glory days are closer to returning to WA than many on here think.
He's erratic. But he's got some toe.Saw him bowl live in that two day game recently. Looked very good to me
I think making it 63 seconds made it unique - which typified the situation as it was a tragedy that was very unique - an elite cricketer passing away in the heat of battle. It needed to be dealt with in such a manner because of the effect the incident had and has the potential to have on the game as a whole. Players - particularly junior players needed to understand the freak nature of the incident - which they did.
If putting bats out, observing 63 seconds of silence, black armbands or whatever allows people to deal with and move on then so be it. Cricket has shown its true colours in dire circumstances.