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*Official* Australia in India 2023

Burgey

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It’s bemusing there’s so much angst because of what tabloid media prints or what (understandably) biased ex players have to say.

Who gives a ****? Unless you’ve got a direct quote from someone inside either side, why would you take any notice of it?

Fmd if Bhogle, Shastri or Gavaskar spew their usual drivel, the recommended approach for Australian supporters is to give it the old

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and move on. India fans should do the same with tabloid reports and confected bull**** from over here. Ian Healy would have as many insights into the current Aus set up as you or I. **** all.
 
Burgey

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Honestly his best commentary moment.

he’s the wicket keeping Warne. He did a masterclass on an Ashes tour in an indoor net with Ponting batting to Warne and talked about keeping - how he set up, what he looked for, how he read the batsman. And honestly, it was about as informative and insightful as any piece of cricket analysis I’ve ever seen in my life. Utterly brilliant.

It was ****ing incredible, and I sat there thinking “where the **** is this level of insight when he’s commentating?”

he did a similar thing out here during one series as well in the middle of the ground. Sensational. Then went upstairs to the commentary box and regressed to his mean.
 
silentstriker

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Burgey said:
Honestly his best commentary moment.

he’s the wicket keeping Warne. He did a masterclass on an Ashes tour in an indoor net with Ponting batting to Warne and talked about keeping - how he set up, what he looked for, how he read the batsman. And honestly, it was about as informative and insightful as any piece of cricket analysis I’ve ever seen in my life. Utterly brilliant.

It was ****ing incredible, and I sat there thinking “where the **** is this level of insight when he’s commentating?”

he did a similar thing out here during one series as well in the middle of the ground. Sensational. Then went upstairs to the commentary box and regressed to his mean.
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IMO there are a bunch of guys going around who shouldn't commentate at all. Ideally, you'd pay them to sit around and once an hour or so, ask them a direct technical question about a specific part of the game, and they get to talk about that for five minutes - and that's it.
 
duffer

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Burgey said:
Honestly his best commentary moment.

he’s the wicket keeping Warne. He did a masterclass on an Ashes tour in an indoor net with Ponting batting to Warne and talked about keeping - how he set up, what he looked for, how he read the batsman. And honestly, it was about as informative and insightful as any piece of cricket analysis I’ve ever seen in my life. Utterly brilliant.

It was ****ing incredible, and I sat there thinking “where the **** is this level of insight when he’s commentating?”

he did a similar thing out here during one series as well in the middle of the ground. Sensational. Then went upstairs to the commentary box and regressed to his mean.
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If management told him to use his vast experience and actually call the cricket he'd be great. Somewhere along the line he thought being a parochial cheerleader would get him over with the audience.

I'd rather listen to Cullinan and Sanju Manju, which is rather telling...
 
Gob

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Hayden has that unique and remarkable ability to say about thirty words and convey no actual meaning.
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Clarke was apparently in this as a commo for a ridiculous amount of money but his penis got in the way

Not that he is any good. I actually think Mark Nicholas would have been a good addition for these sort of serieses
 
Senile Sentry

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International Debutant
Burgey said:
Honestly his best commentary moment.

he’s the wicket keeping Warne. He did a masterclass on an Ashes tour in an indoor net with Ponting batting to Warne and talked about keeping - how he set up, what he looked for, how he read the batsman. And honestly, it was about as informative and insightful as any piece of cricket analysis I’ve ever seen in my life. Utterly brilliant.

It was ****ing incredible, and I sat there thinking “where the **** is this level of insight when he’s commentating?”

he did a similar thing out here during one series as well in the middle of the ground. Sensational. Then went upstairs to the commentary box and regressed to his mean.
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He was top of the class in his specialty in the country for a while. Would expect that bare minimum competency in his ttade.

Equating him with Warne is not being kind on the latter. Warne definitely had his foot in mouth moments, but he was an excellent observer of the game, identified talent upfront (Jadeja eg) and had a master cricketing brain.
 
Burgey

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**** I hope the deck is that green.

Pretty pleasant playing conditions you'd reckon. Does it usually swing much at that venue?
 
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