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***Official*** Australia in South Africa

inbox24

inbox24

International Debutant
Almost every country has biased commentators, and who can blame them, if they've lived in that particular country all their life or has played for their country.
 
Athlai

Athlai

Not Terrible
Australian commentary formula:

IF (Australian player going well), talk non-stop about that player.
ELSE, rubbish the skill of the opposition no matter the situation.
ALSO, Underbelly absolutely cracker of a show.
 
dontcloseyoureyes

dontcloseyoureyes

BARNES OUT
Haha what? Fairly sure the whole comm-box was creaming all over Duminy and Slats/Bill Lawry wouldn't stop talking about how good Steyn had been. I depise the Australian commentary box but they aren't anywhere near as bad as the South Africans at belittling the opposition.
 
Zinzan

Zinzan

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dontcloseyoureyes said:
Haha what? Fairly sure the whole comm-box was creaming all over Duminy and Slats/Bill Lawry wouldn't stop talking about how good Steyn had been. I depise the Australian commentary box but they aren't anywhere near as bad as the South Africans at belittling the opposition.
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Rubbish, I've heard them all & the Aussie commentators are by far the worst, everyone knows that
 
Zinzan

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dontcloseyoureyes said:
So when Duminy got to 100 in Melbourne the Aussie commentators will still questioning his ability with the bat and rubbishing the way he bats?

Don't remember that myself.
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Of course they've given credit at times, are you suggesting S African commentators haven't once given credit to an Aussie player at all?

You won't change my view that the Channel Nine team are the biggest bunch of cheerleaders in the world. I'm surprised the likes of Healy & Gilchrist don't just wear skirts and carry pom poms in the commentary box

For the record, the English are the fairest IMO
 
Inferiority

Inferiority

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zinzan12 said:
Of course they've given credit at times, are you suggesting S African commentators haven't once given credit to an Aussie player at all?

You won't change my view that the Channel Nine team are the biggest bunch of cheerleaders in the world. I'm surprised the likes of Healy & Gilchrist don't just wear skirts and carry pom poms in the commentary box

For the record, the English are the fairest IMO
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Ranjith Fernando is the opposite, i remember him cheering the Bangladeshis when they had SL 5-6. He's the worst commentator in the world.
 
Jono

Jono

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Every country that tours Australia complain about the commentators (see India, South Africa, NZ etc.)

Every country that tours SA complain about the commentators (see India, Pakistan, Australia etc.)

I think what they do wrong is different though. Australia more 'cheer lead' and 'barrack' whereas South Africa just talk about their team all the time, often ignoring the other team.

I didn't see any of yesterday's play though (spewing!) so can someone tell me how SA were rubbishing Australia despite them dominating?
 
duffer

duffer

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Jono said:
Every country that tours Australia complain about the commentators (see India, South Africa, NZ etc.)

Every country that tours SA complain about the commentators (see India, Pakistan, Australia etc.)

I think what they do wrong is different though. Australia more 'cheer lead' and 'barrack' whereas South Africa just talk about their team all the time, often ignoring the other team.

I didn't see any of yesterday's play though (spewing!) so can someone tell me how SA were rubbishing Australia despite them dominating?
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Yeah, I saw heaps of people complaining about them bagging Hughes but at least they were talking about him. When India toured I reckon you would've struggled to figure out who the touring side was going just by what they were saying.

It was all from the Saffies point of view which I found irritating, nothing on how India have played or how they should approach things. At least guys like Nicholas, Greig and Chappel reserve a lot of their stint in the box talking about the opposition.
 
Son Of Coco

Son Of Coco

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Was thinking of signing up for a legal live stream through a website called Bolly-tv.com, does anyone know anything about them? They had a demo which kept buffering quite a lot, but it's cheap and beggars can't be choosers I guess.
 
Hoggy31

Hoggy31

International Captain
Son Of Coco said:
Was thinking of signing up for a legal live stream through a website called Bolly-tv.com, does anyone know anything about them? They had a demo which kept buffering quite a lot, but it's cheap and beggars can't be choosers I guess.
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You know what's cheaper?
 
pasag

pasag

RTDAS
Son Of Coco said:
Was thinking of signing up for a legal live stream through a website called Bolly-tv.com, does anyone know anything about them? They had a demo which kept buffering quite a lot, but it's cheap and beggars can't be choosers I guess.
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Only willowtv is legal.
 
Burgey

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Athlai said:
Australian commentary formula:

IF (Australian player going well), talk non-stop about that player.
ELSE, rubbish the skill of the opposition no matter the situation.
ALSO, Underbelly absolutely cracker of a show.
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Well TBF Underbelly IS a cracker of a show.
 
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