The Cricket season

[brian the blue]

Cricket is a great sport and much more popular than you think.

Do you really think Sky would pay big money to broadcast pretty much all International cricket from around the world, as well as a large amount of the domestic One Day games if it wasn't popular?

 

[law74]

No it isn't a joke thread. I recon the majority of sports fans would be ambivalent to cricket ay best. It gets way more media coverage than it should for the amount of people that watch it. I recon more people are probably into darts and that only ever gets a mention when the big to comps are on. Don't get me wrong, I don't like darts either, it'd just the media coverage for cricket seems to be weighted. Probably because all the public schoolboys who run the media are doing their best to keep it on the agenda.

definitely a joke thread. Get padded up and put yourself in front of a bowler who's trying to knock your head off -

I suggest you dont, unless you also wear a helmet, I made the mistake a couple of seasons ago of never wearing one, one very badly broken Jaw later, 7 weeks off sick means now I always wear the tin lid when wielding the willow (or standing up to a bowler regardless of their pace), but to the poster that sitting watching the game on a sunny saturday afternoon with a pint in hand was great, maybe, but nowhere near as good as putting the bowler that broke your jaw earlier in the season into the trees beyond the rope. Time enough for a pint after the winning runs or the last wicket has been taken.

(though it is a friday afternoon pisstake of a thread IMHO)

 

[Rascal]

NZ v England test series starts next week

Programme starts at 8pm so it looks like some late nights for me :)

 

[DelToro]

Thee is too much football and not enough cricket.

Junior football seasons are so extended that the junior cricket season (only 14 weeks long anyway) is being interrupted becasue lads/girls have to complete their football season.

I love football but there is too much of it at every level.

 

[Helmet Cole]

So, either the op is wrong and everyone loves cricket, or this thread is only attracting the 'cricket loons'.?
I myself think cricket is shit, and so do most of my friends. I don't mind watching a bit on a lazy summer afternoon, but would probably rather have a wank and a sleep TBH. It is also IMHO a game rather than a sport, as the athletic prowess of the players is questionable. The only reason they are not total lard arses is they spend a lot of time unable to get to the fridge or the bar while they are fielding.
The reason it is so loved by TV is that it is cheap. you only need one or two cameras, its slow enough that anyone with last years almanac and a rough knowledge of the rules could provide decent commentary, plus the cameras can stay focused on static advertising hoardings for hours on end which means the revenue stream is decent. Like big brother it's a cheap way to fill huge holes in the schedule without resorting to getting the test-card out.

 

[Barcon]

Not seen cricket since Woodhouses 1978.

 

[DelToro]

NZ v England test series starts next week

Programme starts at 8pm so it looks like some late nights for me :)

I'll be joining you albeit not in a physical way.

 

[Helmet Cole]

cricket - a game so shit not even disabled athletes and wimmin can be arsed with it.

 

[DelToro]

cricket - a game so shit not even disabled athletes and wimmin can be arsed with it.

Nice try but because I am a cricket fan and therefore very intelligent I'm not going to bite.

 

[Helmet Cole]

cricket - a game so shit not even disabled athletes and wimmin can be arsed with it.

Nice try but because I am a cricket fan and therefore very intelligent I'm not going to bite.

You are forgetting that as you are on here you are of course a football fan, and therefore as thick as mince.

 

[DelToro]

cricket - a game so shit not even disabled athletes and wimmin can be arsed with it.

Nice try but because I am a cricket fan and therefore very intelligent I'm not going to bite.

You are forgetting that as you are on here you are of course a football fan, and therefore as thick as mince.

I am a football fan and a cricket fan which means ;

a) I'm bi
b) I have the capacity to be as thick as mince and as cultured as caviar.

 

[RandomJ]

So, either the op is wrong and everyone loves cricket, or this thread is only attracting the 'cricket loons'.?
I myself think cricket is shit, and so do most of my friends. I don't mind watching a bit on a lazy summer afternoon, but would probably rather have a wank and a sleep TBH. It is also IMHO a game rather than a sport, as the athletic prowess of the players is questionable. The only reason they are not total lard arses is they spend a lot of time unable to get to the fridge or the bar while they are fielding.
The reason it is so loved by TV is that it is cheap. you only need one or two cameras, its slow enough that anyone with last years almanac and a rough knowledge of the rules could provide decent commentary, plus the cameras can stay focused on static advertising hoardings for hours on end which means the revenue stream is decent. Like big brother it's a cheap way to fill huge holes in the schedule without resorting to getting the test-card out.

Fuck me there is so much wrong with this post I don't even know where to begin. Think you will find pretty much all professional cricketers are in great physical shape now. The days of the fat unfit cricketer is almost at an end. Cricket coverage on average has 10-13 cameras including heat and super slow motion cameras and trust me they aren't cheap.

If you don't enjoy it because it's an absorbing, tactical battle over 5 days rather than a quick 90 minutes thats fine but please don't spout shit about a sport you know fuck all about.

 

[Helmet Cole]

So, either the op is wrong and everyone loves cricket, or this thread is only attracting the 'cricket loons'.?
I myself think cricket is shit, and so do most of my friends. I don't mind watching a bit on a lazy summer afternoon, but would probably rather have a wank and a sleep TBH. It is also IMHO a game rather than a sport, as the athletic prowess of the players is questionable. The only reason they are not total lard arses is they spend a lot of time unable to get to the fridge or the bar while they are fielding.
The reason it is so loved by TV is that it is cheap. you only need one or two cameras, its slow enough that anyone with last years almanac and a rough knowledge of the rules could provide decent commentary, plus the cameras can stay focused on static advertising hoardings for hours on end which means the revenue stream is decent. Like big brother it's a cheap way to fill huge holes in the schedule without resorting to getting the test-card out.

Fuck me there is so much wrong with this post I don't even know where to begin. Think you will find pretty much all professional cricketers are in great physical shape now. The days of the fat unfit cricketer is almost at an end. Cricket coverage on average has 10-13 cameras including heat and super slow motion cameras and trust me they aren't cheap.

If you don't enjoy it because it's an absorbing, tactical battle over 5 days rather than a quick 90 minutes thats fine but please don't spout shit about a sport you know fuck all about.

You can protest all you like mate, put cricket is just pure gay. Even sky realised this and invented 20/20 just to try to make it a proper sport and of course shoe in enough adverts to make it worth their while.
good luck to you if wearing fancy clothes, playing at night, or fancy camera angles with 'swoosh' graphics and sensationalised commentary ring your bell but I'm not fooled. It's still shit. As for an 'absorbing tactical battle over 5 days', the same can be said of chess, which is also a load of old todge in terms of a spectator sport.

 

[DelToro]

So, either the op is wrong and everyone loves cricket, or this thread is only attracting the 'cricket loons'.?
I myself think cricket is shit, and so do most of my friends. I don't mind watching a bit on a lazy summer afternoon, but would probably rather have a wank and a sleep TBH. It is also IMHO a game rather than a sport, as the athletic prowess of the players is questionable. The only reason they are not total lard arses is they spend a lot of time unable to get to the fridge or the bar while they are fielding.
The reason it is so loved by TV is that it is cheap. you only need one or two cameras, its slow enough that anyone with last years almanac and a rough knowledge of the rules could provide decent commentary, plus the cameras can stay focused on static advertising hoardings for hours on end which means the revenue stream is decent. Like big brother it's a cheap way to fill huge holes in the schedule without resorting to getting the test-card out.

Fuck me there is so much wrong with this post I don't even know where to begin. Think you will find pretty much all professional cricketers are in great physical shape now. The days of the fat unfit cricketer is almost at an end. Cricket coverage on average has 10-13 cameras including heat and super slow motion cameras and trust me they aren't cheap.

If you don't enjoy it because it's an absorbing, tactical battle over 5 days rather than a quick 90 minutes thats fine but please don't spout shit about a sport you know fuck all about.

You can protest all you like mate, put cricket is just pure gay. Even sky realised this and invented 20/20 just to try to make it a proper sport and of course shoe in enough adverts to make it worth their while.
good luck to you if wearing fancy clothes, playing at night, or fancy camera angles with 'swoosh' graphics and sensationalised commentary ring your bell but I'm not fooled. It's still shit. As for an 'absorbing tactical battle over 5 days', the same can be said of chess, which is also a load of old todge in terms of a spectator sport.

Random - don't reply.

Helmet is posting the equivalent of good length balls a foot outside the off stump, trying to tempt you to play a risky drive and have you nick one.

Just shoulder arms.

 

[Helmet Cole]

Ha Ha

 

[law74]

Fuck me there is so much wrong with this post I don't even know where to begin. Think you will find pretty much all professional cricketers are in great physical shape now. The days of the fat unfit cricketer is almost at an end. Cricket coverage on average has 10-13 cameras including heat and super slow motion cameras and trust me they aren't cheap.

If you don't enjoy it because it's an absorbing, tactical battle over 5 days rather than a quick 90 minutes thats fine but please don't spout shit about a sport you know fuck all about.

You can protest all you like mate, put cricket is just pure gay. Even sky realised this and invented 20/20 just to try to make it a proper sport and of course shoe in enough adverts to make it worth their while.
good luck to you if wearing fancy clothes, playing at night, or fancy camera angles with 'swoosh' graphics and sensationalised commentary ring your bell but I'm not fooled. It's still shit. As for an 'absorbing tactical battle over 5 days', the same can be said of chess, which is also a load of old todge in terms of a spectator sport.

Random - don't reply.

Helmet is posting the equivalent of good length balls a foot outside the off stump, trying to tempt you to play a risky drive and have you nick one.

Just shoulder arms.

Bollocks.
Extra Cover is at least 5 yards too deep, push it into the gap and take the single, then when he is brought in further, push it past him for four.

 

[Helmet Cole]

Fucking hell - it's the attack of the cricket geeks.

 

[Rascal]

You can protest all you like mate, put cricket is just pure gay. Even sky realised this and invented 20/20 just to try to make it a proper sport and of course shoe in enough adverts to make it worth their while.
good luck to you if wearing fancy clothes, playing at night, or fancy camera angles with 'swoosh' graphics and sensationalised commentary ring your bell but I'm not fooled. It's still shit. As for an 'absorbing tactical battle over 5 days', the same can be said of chess, which is also a load of old todge in terms of a spectator sport.

I think its a shame for yourself that you do not like it. Test Cricket is a beautiful game, full of nuance and sub plot. A whole day of 540 differing events with each event having the possibilty to change the whole course of the 5 days.

Its a shame you will never get the enjoyment of reading Cardus, the joy of an hour listening to the great Brian Johnston or the brilliant Richie Benaud.

But hey if you think its gay then fair enough, your loss :)

 

[DelToro]

Fucking hell - it's the attack of the cricket geeks.

You'll need your helmet, Helmet.

 

[brass neck]

Blah blah. Tactics, blah blah neonces, blah blah a pint on a Sunday, blah blah cover drives

That is all very but it doesn't take away the fact that game is as about entertaining as colon cancer! It's shit boring and NEVER will be of interest to the majority of sports fans except when we have a team capable of beating the convicts!