***Official*** India in Australia ODIs 2016

[Burgey]

STOP BOWLING HALF VOLLEYS YOU STUPID LOP EARED ****! z

 

[Jono]

Put on 330 here. This is mediocrity to the max, punish it.

 

[Gnske]

An Indian batsman who can play through the offside? Tell me you're joking Tubby

 

[longranger]

An Indian batsman who can play through the offside? Tell me you're joking Tubby

How condescending is the commentary? I remember seeing last year's Tests with Channel 9 commentary and I had to mute it after a bit. The sheer ignorance and arrogance of the commentators is astounding.

 

[Burgey]

It's like we've wheeled out an Indian pace attack to welcome the visitors here, but that's ok because John Hastings has been called up for the second game for Mitch Marsh, who will be rested owing to the massive work rate he's had from playing every game when he should be carrying the drinks

 

[vcs]

Rohit is averaging 50+ in ODIs for 4 out of the last 5 years, which is pretty impressive. Those numbers are heavily skewed by his home average of nearly 63, though.

 

[Burgey]

How condescending is the commentary? I remember seeing last year's Tests with Channel 9 commentary and I had to mute it after a bit. The sheer ignorance and arrogance of the commentators is astounding.

Yeah, sadly not everyone can be as objective and knowledgeable as Ravi Shastri and Harsha Bhogle, but they're doing their best I suppose.

 

[longranger]

Yeah, sadly not everyone can be as objective and knowledgeable as Ravi Shastri and Harsha Bhogle, but they're doing their best I suppose.

Hah, Ravi's nuts but Harsha is not too bad. I mean he tries to acts like mates with everyone, but I'm not sure you could ever accuse him of ignorance. Guy does homework.

Anyone heard Gavaskar's cringeworthy 'Shotttt, yaaaaar' ?

 

[cnerd123]

Boland doesn't seem like anything special. Just tall and nippy. Decent bowler but entirely forgettable.

Joel much the same, but left handed and looks like he could bowl quicker. Also has a nasty Finn-like kink in his bowling arm that I do not like.

 

[vcs]

Haha. If you haven't heard Arun Lal commentate in Hindi, you don't know what commentary is.

On a serious note, I think Sanjay Manjrekar's commentary has come on leaps and bounds recently. Think he's easily the best Indian pundit right now.

 

[Burgey]

Hah, Ravi's nuts but Harsha is not too bad. I mean he tries to acts like mates with everyone, but I'm not sure you could ever accuse him of ignorance. Guy does homework.

Anyone heard Gavaskar's cringeworthy 'Shotttt, yaaaaar' ?

Don't listen to the racist Gavaskar.

 

[Burgey]

Even Chris Lynn thinks Scott Boland has a long face.

 

[social]

Boland doesn't seem like anything special. Just tall and nippy. Decent bowler but entirely forgettable.

Joel much the same, but left handed and looks like he could bowl quicker. Also has a nasty Finn-like kink in his bowling arm that I do not like.

Not a fan of Boland

IMO, he has been picked largely on the basis of 1.5 shield games and doesn't really bring anything special to the table

Paris is different in that he is a complete novice and has been picked purely on potential

Having said that, given Behrendorff is fit again, I have no idea why he has been selected either

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Commentary was so bad and uneducated that I had to turn it off. Rough.

 

[Niall]

Rohit is averaging 50+ in ODIs for 4 out of the last 5 years, which is pretty impressive. Those numbers are heavily skewed by his home average of nearly 63, though.

He is gun, always make me giggle when people suggest he should bat in the middle order to accommodate the likes of Rahene and others, and the accusation that he only scores on flat pitches as only India bat on roads in ODI cricket.

 

[Spikey]

Commentary was so bad and uneducated that I had to turn it off. Rough.

you missed out on the truly awful experience of them discussing the 1009*

 

[Burgey]

This is a low, low bowling attack.

 

[vcs]

He is gun, always make me giggle when people suggest he should bat in the middle order to accommodate the likes of Rahene and others, and the accusation that he only scores on flat pitches as only India bat on roads in ODI cricket.

He is a flat track bully, though (not that it is necessarily a terrible thing, it takes talent to bully attacks to that extent even on flat wickets). Couldn't lay bat to ball against Steyn for at least 3 consecutive overs in SA a couple of innings after he scored that 200 against Australia.

 

[harsh.ag]

This is awesome

 

[duffer]

amazing that the essendon news was not the worst part of my day. Kevin ****ing Pietersen is on C9 now too. god damn it

And Nicholas is on Star Sports. There's no escape.