Honestly, I can't remember seeing him hit it worse even though he's just made 65 in double quick time.
In walks Adam Milne at 7. Strange times indeed
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In walks Adam Milne at 7. Strange times indeed
It is actually really poor. I don't mind him as a presenter, and when he did rugby he knew the game. But honestly, you could pluck a guy out of your local 7th XI - actually you could choose the guy who bats 9 and doesn't bowl - and he would have more knowledge of the game. I don't accept that from the broadcaster of our national game. It's mud. I know he's a nice guy, but if anyone turned up to commentate rugby and got it that wrong, they'd be marched out the back and pushed down a bank
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Meridio
International Regular
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
If there's one thing I've noticed this summer in the super smash, ford trophy and the internationals it's that all the commentators are either faking being at the ground and watching through the tv set, or are watching through the tv set at the ground. None of them can tell where the ball is going - often "it's gone up...." *Ball lands in the crowd* "and it's six"
"That'll be four.." *fielder appears on screen* "oh nope it's been cut off"
Like either they all have the world's worst spatial and depth perception and unable to work out basic trajectories, or they're literally not watching the field on front of them.
A far cry from Richie Benaud who would literally say the amount of runs scored as soon as the ball hit the bat.
The Hutt Rec
International Vice-Captain
I think half the problem is they spend so much time discussing absolute random crap that they aren't actually watching the game.
I feel like I know more about what the commentary team likes to eat for snacks than I do my own family after watching the Super Smash this summer.
It's crazy to compare it to the analysis and debate you get in US sports. I get they are trying to appeal to a more general audience, but a) is a general audience tuning into the Super Smash on Duke? and b) If you have to have complete nonsense bantz in order to pull an audience in, are you actually getting them into cricket?
I feel like I know more about what the commentary team likes to eat for snacks than I do my own family after watching the Super Smash this summer.
It's crazy to compare it to the analysis and debate you get in US sports. I get they are trying to appeal to a more general audience, but a) is a general audience tuning into the Super Smash on Duke? and b) If you have to have complete nonsense bantz in order to pull an audience in, are you actually getting them into cricket?
King Kane
International Regular
And Milne is a right hand batsman while Chapman is a left hander so it shouldn't be hard to get them mixed up.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Mark Chapman could take me out anytime 
Yes this is a John Lennon joke.
Yes this is a John Lennon joke.
That was really poor batting. Specialist batsman at the other end, get off strike.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
I do love a ground whose boundary can be measured with a set square
Meridio
International Regular
Yeah this is something that's just so overwhelmingly obvious...to most people. To some it just isn't and I've never been able to figure out why. Like they don't even notice that they're standing the opposite way around. I've known quite a few people like that, watching cricket or tennis or whatever else and they just don't register it