Best 'bad fielders' XI

[honestbharani]

Tony - Boy, we have another huge controversy on our hands


Narrator - We didn't.

 

[Starfighter]

Is that Steve Waugh at the non striker's end when Inzy gets the wicket?

No, a guy called Brett Williams. Waugh was 22 and had already been playing tests for a couple of years.

 

[TheJediBrah]

No, a guy called Brett Williams. Waugh was 22 and had already been playing tests for a couple of years.

So was Inzy

 

[Starfighter]

Man I forgot how much I missed Greig’s pronunciation of Murali. (and Greig in general)

Speaking of pronunciations of Murali, I remember a South African commentator listing the teams at the start of a highlights video pronounced it 'Moot-yah Moo-rit-yan'. Now the romanisation of Tamil isn't the most exact and obviously the 'normal' English pronunciation isn't great, but I haven't heard anyone else say it like that.

 

[Migara]

Speaking of pronunciations of Murali, I remember a South African commentator listing the teams at the start of a highlights video pronounced it 'Moot-yah Moo-rit-yan'. Now the romanisation of Tamil isn't the most exact and obviously the 'normal' English pronunciation isn't great, but I haven't heard anyone else say it like that.

It is particularly odd that Tamil people had been in SAF for a century or more in large numbers. They must be used to pronunciation. Guyana however, had anglicized the name and made it easy. (Chandrapalan -> Chanderpaul, Nagamuttu -> Nagamootoo, Narayan -> Narine, etc)

 

[Bolo.]

It is particularly odd that Tamil people had been in SAF for a century or more in large numbers. They must be used to pronunciation. Guyana however, had anglicized the name and made it easy. (Chandrapalan -> Chanderpaul, Nagamuttu -> Nagamootoo, Narayan -> Narine, etc)

One of my school mates had a surname of Harie (pronounced Ha-ree). This was his grandparents' name, but not his dad's.

Apparently when his grandfather went to register his father's birth, the person at the counter asked for the name and spelling. Then said 'No, that's not how you spell Harry'. Refused to register him as anything but 'XYZ Harry', so that became his name.

 

[honestbharani]

One of my school mates had a surname of Harie (pronounced Ha-ree). This was his grandparents' name, but not his dad's.

Apparently when his grandfather went to register his father's birth, the person at the counter asked for the name and spelling. Then said 'No, that's not how you spell Harry'. Refused to register him as anything but 'XYZ Harry', so that became his name.

Understandable in the apartheid days. Also an explanation for the Naidoos of the world, I guess.

 

[social]

Isn't Pietersen ****?

KP couldn’t catch a cold early in his test career but was okay around the ground

From memory, he dropped quite a few before taking his first catch