The Ashes 2015

Wretched Vengeance said:
I think the rules are the ball is dead (according to Michael Holding), Bairstow was unaware it had hit the grill, that's why I used the word unlucky.
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I knew what you meant and I guess in a manner of speaking it is unlucky. But it's not as if the helmet actually helped him catch the ball, that's not the real reason the rule was put in there, he just nearly got an unintended free life because of it.

It's just one of those phrases that people use all the time that annoys me, like when a winger miss hits a cross and it hits the back post but doesn't go in. People say he's unlucky, when really he just was nearly incredibly lucky. Not getting incredibly lucky isn't being unlucky. (I know this is a bit of a rant, but my brother is one of those people that declares everything unlucky and it annoys the crap out of me!)
 
BigOscar said:
I knew what you meant and I guess in a manner of speaking it is unlucky. But it's not as if the helmet actually helped him catch the ball, that's not the real reason the rule was put in there, he just nearly got an unintended free life because of it.

It's just one of those phrases that people use all the time that annoys me, like when a winger miss hits a cross and it hits the back post but doesn't go in. People say he's unlucky, when really he just was nearly incredibly lucky. Not getting incredibly lucky isn't being unlucky. (I know this is a bit of a rant, but my brother is one of those people that declares everything unlucky and it annoys the crap out of me!)
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Wish I had kept my keyboard quiet. Michael Holding, Nasser Hussain and Ian Botham would all disagree with you.

Anyway,thankfully we're not losing Ashes on the back of an 'unlucky' situation :)

By the way, I am far from fully conversant with the rules of cricket, had those three not been discussing I would have been none the wiser.
 
Shane Warne is the only cricket commentator I can recall who's made me mute the sound. I don't think there has been another person in history with such a disparity between how funny they are and how funny they think they are. He tells a shockingly bad joke or comes up with some bullshit catchphrase, laughs at it, then repeats it again 5 seconds later to make sure everyone heard it. Then he has his constant cringeworthy references to what a walking midlife crisis he is, it's just not what you want while watching the cricket. Cricket commentary is normally so pleasant and unintrusive
 
Umm the brilliant TMS is still broadcasting...

Mute the TV and put TMS on the radio, phone, tablet, PC etc
 
crooky said:
Umm the brilliant TMS is still broadcasting...

Mute the TV and put TMS on the radio, phone, tablet, PC etc
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I watch on SkyGo, which has a pretty big delay, so getting co-ordinated timing between a radio station and the images would be hard, otherwise I'd do it.
 
BigOscar said:
Shane Warne is the only cricket commentator I can recall who's made me mute the sound. I don't think there has been another person in history with such a disparity between how funny they are and how funny they think they are. He tells a shockingly bad joke or comes up with some bullshit catchphrase, laughs at it, then repeats it again 5 seconds later to make sure everyone heard it. Then he has his constant cringeworthy references to what a walking midlife crisis he is, it's just not what you want while watching the cricket. Cricket commentary is normally so pleasant and unintrusive
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In terms of sport, Id have to add Ian Holloway and that rubber faced Inverdale bloke
 
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