*Official* New Zealand in Australia 2019/20

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What odds would you have gotten on 1 January for a bet on Labu scoring 3 test tons and Renshaw’s fc career being over by Xmas?

 

[thierry henry]

dude has no arm ball it's incredibly frustrating

**** yes Wagner! heart you baby

Santner regularly darts them in at 100kph in LO cricket, feel like the odd one was worth a go today?

 

[Bahnz]

The blue eyed devil strikes again!

It’ll be a relief for the entire team. Usually if you put Smith down it’ll cost you 100+. Really need 2 more today.

 

[_Ed_]

The way Labuschagne is playing, I don't have much hope of getting him out any time soon. But hopefully now we can chip our way through at the other end. Wade looks shaky af.

 

[Flem274*]

santa had a carrom ball for a bit but hid it forever as soon as sky started analysing it

 

[Gnske]

Honestly whatever this guy achieves in life is kinda ****ed up by it all being credited to ‘Labooshane’. Like his whole existence is a monument to Aussie racism.

Where were these posts when Mark Waugh was calling him Labooshagnee

 

[Prince EWS]

Honestly whatever this guy achieves in life is kinda ****ed up by it all being credited to ‘Labooshane’. Like his whole existence is a monument to Aussie racism.

Good spell from Vahgner here.

 

[thierry henry]

Good spell from Vahgner here.

Somehow I don’t think this is quite the same

 

[Starfighter]

Can Smith hurry up and score some big runs again. With his technique runs of form like this make me think he's broken. Just looks so out of sorts.

 

[hendrix]

Somehow I don’t think this is quite the same

...why?

 

[vcs]

The Wagner short ball meme will never end.

 

[NUFAN]

Is Smith like losing his touch because of Marnus

Thats good and bad for your 2020 chances.

 

[Gnske]

Somehow I don’t think this is quite the same

This is clearly midnight bait.

 

[mr_mister]

Can Smith hurry up and score some big runs again. With his technique runs of form like this make me think he's broken. Just looks so out of sorts.

So true. I'm scared

 

[thierry henry]

...why?

One is a lot closer to the actual pronunciation than the other?

One has an obvious anglicised pronunciation, the other has an existing South African pronunciation in use in NZ/SA/NZ sporting circles, but is running with a completely made up pronunciation which makes no linguistic sense in the case of this one guy?

 

[Starfighter]

Seems Paine gets approximately 8% of reviews right.

 

[Flem274*]

wade is exactly the sort of batsman to find cdg awkward

will be good to watch. wade won't hold back.

 

[thierry henry]

You kids have to be winding me up

How is ‘Wagner/Vahgner’ the same as ‘Labooshane/Labooskahgnuh’

Would the South African commentators have even called him ‘Vahgner’ if he was playing for them?

 

[Starfighter]

One is a lot closer to the actual pronunciation than the other?

One has an obvious anglicised pronunciation, the other has an existing South African pronunciation in use in NZ/SA/NZ sporting circles, but is running with a completely made up pronunciation which makes no linguistic sense in the case of this one guy?

'Labushane' works with a reasonable pronunciation of 'sch' and '-agne' and in 'champagne'. It's not like it's completey ignoring the letters there.

I like to use the correct middle consonant and final vowel, but that's just me.

 

[NUFAN]

wade is exactly the sort of batsman to find cdg awkward

will be good to watch. wade won't hold back.

Not saying you are wrong but what about Wade makes you say that?