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Full Ashes coverage on FTA
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Matt79
Hall of Fame Member
Yep. I went out and bought a set-top box last weekend for the Ashes and Tour. Got one with a recorder because I can't do the 2005 zombie act again - well not every night.
In all seriousness, is there anything better than watching 6 hours of test cricket, or 6 hours of Le Tour? While others sit there saying "but nothing happens!"
In all seriousness, is there anything better than watching 6 hours of test cricket, or 6 hours of Le Tour? While others sit there saying "but nothing happens!"
Top_Cat
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Distinctly remember staying up until 3:30am watching the cricket then getting to work for a 7am start and almost literally praying no crime had happened. Was disappointed so many times.
redhotchilipepa
U19 Vice-Captain
I wonder if my work would consider it over-time if i stayed up to watch the Ashes - and then be impressed by my dedication....
Those damn criminals.... how inconsiderate can you get???
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Moeeey!
pasag
RTDAS
Finish exams on the week before, will be awesome. Assuming we don't stuff up.
Always amazed me how many people stay up watching it here. Don't understand it tbph.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Watched bits and pieces of the Tour last year. Found it not bad, but couldn't watch it by myself. Was good with a few mates, and better with a few beers.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Suppose it's got bigger Down Under with recent Aussie hopes of a win.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Awesome! I'm hoping the digital television revolution will either make Foxtel not as desirable or bring the price down significantly.
Matt79
Hall of Fame Member
I find it is the one sporting event that matches, or often exceeds, a good test match for managing to be hypnotically interesting, and yet also ok if you have to get up and go have a meal and come back, and be able to pick up what's gone on very quickly.
Tbf however, I didn't really get it at all until I worked with a guy who was fanatical and would talk me through what had happened the night before and give me hints as to what to watch for the next night. Since then, even with the spectre that whoever your watching being amazing is doing so on roids, it's absorbing stuff.
For me, has the same scope for epically heroic cameos by anyone at anytime that cricket does, even if at times the main result is not really in doubt.
Having Cadel Evans as a seemingly genuinely clean (although unfortunately, I don't think anyone can afford to be completely sure about this in cycling) competitor who is both Aussie and seemingly perpetually battling with insane bravery one-out against better staffed teams certainly has added to the interest for me in the last few years.
Will probably record both, and flick back and forth live.
Tbf however, I didn't really get it at all until I worked with a guy who was fanatical and would talk me through what had happened the night before and give me hints as to what to watch for the next night. Since then, even with the spectre that whoever your watching being amazing is doing so on roids, it's absorbing stuff.
For me, has the same scope for epically heroic cameos by anyone at anytime that cricket does, even if at times the main result is not really in doubt.
Having Cadel Evans as a seemingly genuinely clean (although unfortunately, I don't think anyone can afford to be completely sure about this in cycling) competitor who is both Aussie and seemingly perpetually battling with insane bravery one-out against better staffed teams certainly has added to the interest for me in the last few years.
Will probably record both, and flick back and forth live.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Interesting. I never would have guessed. I always assumed it was a minority sport with a small hardcore following but no real large scale public interest.
Matt79
Hall of Fame Member
I think the jaw dropping scenery and some very good coverage by SBS have helped. But yeah, the success of guys like Robbie McEwan and Baden Cook in the sprinters category has built up awareness over the past decade and then Cadel Evans emergence as a genuine contender has caused it to really take off.
