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***Official*** India in Australia
- Thread starter pasag
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JBH001
International Regular
SST going for the hex there, I think!
It only works if you really think it and mean it, SST (otherwise it tends to boomerang back
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Captain Cricket
State Vice-Captain
Clarke has no idea how to field in slip. I agree with Richie on Clarke being too close to Gilchrist, Gilchrist barely has room to move to his right.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
There aren't many good Indian commentators that are also fluent in English. I'd rather have good balanced commentary. Benaud is fair, as always. Many of the Aussies are clearly rooting for one team over another, but its nowhere near as bad as some of the South African commentators....who are absolutely ridiculous. But overall, I can live with the quality of Channel 9 commentary. English commentators are almost universally good and fair (Beefy excluded). Bumble is God.
Captain Cricket
State Vice-Captain
Yeah the South African commentators on Fox Sports are shocking.
Mitchell Johnson starting to find a bit of swing...
Mitchell Johnson starting to find a bit of swing...
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Kiwi's commentators are ridiculously biased.
Captain Cricket
State Vice-Captain
Dhoni trying to throw away his wicket...
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Yes, I agree. SAffie commentators were very focused only on their own team. I found the English commentators surprisingly knowledgeable about both sides and very fair in their coverage. The England-India series had the best coverage of any India series in recent memory - I thoroughly enjoyed it. As I said, this isn't bad and I can live with it as its leaps and bounds superior to the South African one, but its not as good as Sky in England.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Saffie commentators are more frustrating than C9 because you know that if they weren't biased, they'd be great commentators. Barry Richards for one.
The coverage I'm getting here in Singapore is Star Cricket. That has a good balance. Bhogle, Gavaskar but also Slater and Ian Chappell. All decent.
The coverage I'm getting here in Singapore is Star Cricket. That has a good balance. Bhogle, Gavaskar but also Slater and Ian Chappell. All decent.
JBH001
International Regular
Agreed. Almost as bad as some of the Australians on channel 9 (like Heals who is just awful).
Constantly trying to talk up a mediocre team full of mediocre players. It is a bit sickening at times.
Captain Cricket
State Vice-Captain
I would give the ball to Tait next.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
You bastard!
I've seen Gavaskar in the C9 studio before. Why isn't he commentating for C9 as well?
LongHopCassidy
International Captain
If anything, the Poms tend to err on the side of self-deprecating. Dunno if it's a culture, but most opposition boundaries and wickets draw cries to the tune of "Thank you sir, may I have another?". Bumble, Lloyd and Hussain are quite good at it.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
You think? Maybe it was because I was looking at it from the perspective of an Indian fan - but I thought they were all very good (Bumble, Holding, Hussain especially). Being self-deprecating is a bit of an English thing I suppose, but I thought they were always fair in their analysis.
Captain Cricket
State Vice-Captain
Pathan doing better than I expected I have to say...