***Official*** New Zealand in India 2016

[StephenZA]

Congrats to Ashwin.. good to see him get to his 200th wicket.

Not to sure whether to feel disappointed or acceptance at the way NZ have performed, hoped they would do a bit more both bowling and batting 2nd innings.

 

[Furball]

I could have sworn there was a rule change brought up/implemented at some point to make those kinds of runouts (where the bat is pass the line but not grounded) not-out. But I can't remember when/where I heard this.

I think it's if you ground the bat but then it raises due to bumpy ground, or if you have to take evasive action and raise the bat in doing so. You still need to ground the bat beyond the line.

 

[harsh.ag]

Always thought it's a stupid rule when it comes to run outs. Not when it comes to stumpings though.

 

[Mike5181]

Taylor's wasn't quite as bad as Vettori's one

 

[Moss]

Doesnt detract from the fact that it was bloody irresponsible of Taylor after getting let off with those lbw decisions and somehow making it through.

 

[vcs]

I think it's if you ground the bat but then it raises due to bumpy ground, or if you have to take evasive action and raise the bat in doing so. You still need to ground the bat beyond the line.

That's good. I've often moaned when I've seen batsmen dive and make their ground, but get given out because the bat then bounces a bit at exactly the moment the bails come off.

 

[honestbharani]

Better than the crapinfo pieces these days, is cricbuzz...


Ashwin building a legacy, one step at a time | Cricbuzz.com

 

[OverratedSanity]

Think it's a pretty amateurishly written article tbh.

 

[cnerd123]

Think it's a pretty amateurishly written article tbh.

The author is Ganesh Chandrasekaran

Sounds like he's from Tamil Nadu.

Coincidence?

 

[vcs]

The Chakdaha Express | Cricbuzz.com

Yeah, they're really quite good. This article was also nice.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I was just put off by some of the poorly written portions like this annoying repetition

200 in 37 is no mean feat. He has 133 of them at home and 67 away. Often in the past, that stat was used to pull him down but increasingly now, there is acknowledgement that this is no mean feat.

Also, the "Ashwin is a nerdy, studious cricketer" thing is basically meme status now, that's how often it's mentioned.

 

[honestbharani]

Think it's a pretty amateurishly written article tbh.

Well, better amateurish efforts with some honesty and less pretension about being a cricket know-it-all than the stuff over at crapinfo...

And *****, Murali Kartik is also a TN sounding name. Guess he must be from Chennai too?

 

[indiaholic]

It is terrible writing.

 

[vcs]

Yeah, that Ashwin article reads a bit like the over-enthusiastic intern at the office wrote it, TBF.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The Chakdaha Express | Cricbuzz.com

Yeah, they're really quite good. This article was also nice.

This one's definitely better.

 

[honestbharani]

I am just saying that as an overall effort, the CB articles seem better these days. Of course, TCM is still the best by such a huge margin but if its crapinfo vs cricbuzz, I still think the overenthusiastic amateurish effort is better than the condascending **** u get in crapinfo.. Its not like they got ex-players writing those reports. It is the very same office workers who started off as decent writers but then got egos too big for their own heads..

 

[OverratedSanity]

I also don't know why people keep calling cricinfo's pieces that terrible. Sure we get some pieces filled with inaccuracies from Moonda and stats-trash from Anantha Narayan or S Rajesh ( who wrote that already infamous Ross Taylor stat-analysis), but we also get the gloriousness of cricket monthly, and a smattering of other interesting topics covered like that piece on single-wicket cricket.

When real crap like Sportskeeda exists, we have no right to call it Crapinfo

 

[indiaholic]

I am just saying that as an overall effort, the CB articles seem better these days. Of course, TCM is still the best by such a huge margin but if its crapinfo vs cricbuzz, I still think the overenthusiastic amateurish effort is better than the condascending **** u get in crapinfo.. Its not like they got ex-players writing those reports. It is the very same office workers who started off as decent writers but then got egos too big for their own heads..

What did you read at cricinfo that made you so angry?

 

[OverratedSanity]

I am just saying that as an overall effort, the CB articles seem better these days. Of course, TCM is still the best by such a huge margin but if its crapinfo vs cricbuzz, I still think the overenthusiastic amateurish effort is better than the condascending **** u get in crapinfo.. Its not like they got ex-players writing those reports. It is the very same office workers who started off as decent writers but then got egos too big for their own heads..

Sure, I didn't say all their articles are terrible. I just wasn't impressed by that Ashwin one. Will probably read more if I get the time.

 

[vcs]

cricinfo's format is what really pisses me off and puts me off reading their ****. Poor UI design.