*Official* Australia in India 2023

[Burgey]

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



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

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Steady on. Healy has Very. Valuable. Input. Such as:

 

[Burgey]

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.

 

[the big bambino]

insufficient grass density? you'd think they were playing cricket on my head

should play flat then.

 

[duffer]

Steady on. Healy has Very. Valuable. Input. Such as:

Wow, better than his actual commentary. Maybe he should change careers?

 

[silentstriker]

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.

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]

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.

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]

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.

Hayden is dire. One Indian commo I always liked is Manjrekar

 

[Spark]

Hayden has that unique and remarkable ability to say about thirty words and convey no actual meaning.

 

[Burgey]

Hayden has that unique and remarkable ability to say about thirty words and convey no actual meaning.

He should be a barrister

 

[Gob]

Hayden has that unique and remarkable ability to say about thirty words and convey no actual meaning.

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

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

David Warner's past 30 innings outside Australia away from home has yielded 799 runs at an average of 27.55. He simply needs to get runs.

 

[Burgey]

He simply needs to be dropped tbh

 

[duffer]

He simply needs to be dropped tbh

I'd give him the next 3 to prove himself

 

[Burgey]

lol I'm sure you would

 

[Shri]

west indian analysts doing 1st test

 

[Shady Slim]

David Warner's past 30 innings outside Australia away from home has yielded 799 runs at an average of 27.55. He simply needs to get runs.

honestly if you'd asked me how much he'd made over that time i would've guessed about half that

 

[Senile Sentry]

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.

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.

 

[Shri]

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun

average weather:

 

[Burgey]

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

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