Batsmen - not batters!!!

[Will Scarlet]

To all those on the forum that don't realise there is a difference between cricket and baseball terminology: the two men that hold bats out in the middle are called BATSMEN. I am sick of seeing them referred to as batters, which is a term borrowed from baseball and adopted by people that watch too much ESPN!

Sure, you might say that certain cricketers and commentators say 'Batters', but that simply means these cricketers, past and present, are also at fault.

It's like going to the local takeaway shop and asking for chips with tomato sauce on them only to have an American behind the counter asking, "Don't you mean 'French Fries and Ketchup?'

 

[adharcric]

It's like going to the local takeaway shop and asking for chips with tomato sauce on them only to have an American behind the counter asking, "Don't you mean 'French Fries and Ketchup?'

The American is spot on, tbh.

 

[andyc]

If we're clearing up terminology, I'd like every single Australian cricket fan to realise that Stuart Clark and Michael Clarke do indeed have different last names.

 

[Nate]

Both are better than Phil Jcacqcucecs.

 

[33/3from3.3]

Jakes IMO

 

[adharcric]

Is Jaques pronounced Jack(s), Jake(s) or Jahk(s)?

 

[Prince EWS]

Stephen Fleming is another interesting one. I see too many instances of "Steven" and "Flemming" around.

Oh, and lets not forget the whole Vaughan/Vaughn thing. Especially Stumped.

 

[Prince EWS]

It's pronounced "Jakes."

 

[nightprowler10]

Inzamam, not Inzaman, Inzimama.

 

[pasag]

Ban clonging!

 

[Turbinator]

Stephen Fleming is another interesting one. I see too many instances of "Steven" and "Flemming" around.

Oh, and lets not forget the whole Vaughan/Vaughn thing. Especially Stumped.

All these mistakes you pointed out, I use to make.

 

[adharcric]

Inzamam, not Inzaman, Inzimama.

It's Aloo.

 

[Will Scarlet]

Chris Cairns, Jacques Kallis, and Murili (well pretty much all off the Asian players' names) have all had their names butchered by the Channel 9 commentary team.

 

[adharcric]

Murili

. . .

 

[Prince EWS]

Chris Cairns

How exactly can that name be butchered?

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

If he gets a gig in the international arena, Moises Henriques will be a name butchered by every commentator for years to come.

Saying Henriques is like attempting calculus to Geoff Lawson. 'Moysis Onreekays.'

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Ban clonging!

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Good to see the real burning issues of the day being discussed.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Pietersen, not Pieterson. Seen that spelt wrong in a national broadsheet.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Yeah, anything that relates him to Robin Peterson is certainly a bad thing.