The Cricket Thread
Apr 15th 2018 | 12:37 am
#1726
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Re: The Cricket Thread
Even as a Pom I hope the new cricketing overlords will preserve Richie B‘s legacy somehow.
For stuff that isn’t on free to air there is streaming, no big deal.
The coverage needed a kick up the arse, revolution good.
For stuff that isn’t on free to air there is streaming, no big deal.
The coverage needed a kick up the arse, revolution good.
Apr 15th 2018 | 1:18 am
#1727
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Re: The Cricket Thread
I got hooked on the coverage on Guerilla Cricket, via the Tune In app during this Ashes campaign. Very entertaining!
Apr 15th 2018 | 11:22 am
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Re: The Cricket Thread
I thought Triple M was very good. Needs a few tweaks. Get rid of of Gus Worland and Mick Malloy. Kerry O'Keafe and Isa Guha were excellent. Throw in Phil Tufnell and you've got something very good.
Apr 15th 2018 | 2:46 pm
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May 26th 2018 | 2:01 am
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Re: The Cricket Thread
Guerilla Cricket? Shite Cricket right now by England vs Pakistan.
Going to be weird not starting the summer at The Gabba this year, that’s what you get for neglecting a stadium and turning it into an inaccessible concrete sweat box I guess.
Planned improvements include a “better entrance experience†... yeh, like that is the main issue.
Going to be weird not starting the summer at The Gabba this year, that’s what you get for neglecting a stadium and turning it into an inaccessible concrete sweat box I guess.
Planned improvements include a “better entrance experience†... yeh, like that is the main issue.
May 26th 2018 | 2:40 am
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Re: The Cricket Thread
Guerilla Cricket? Shite Cricket right now by England vs Pakistan.
Going to be weird not starting the summer at The Gabba this year, that’s what you get for neglecting a stadium and turning it into an inaccessible concrete sweat box I guess.
Planned improvements include a “better entrance experience†... yeh, like that is the main issue.
Going to be weird not starting the summer at The Gabba this year, that’s what you get for neglecting a stadium and turning it into an inaccessible concrete sweat box I guess.
Planned improvements include a “better entrance experience†... yeh, like that is the main issue.
May 27th 2018 | 12:06 am
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Re: The Cricket Thread
Hey Rootie, Champ. I know the generally wisdom is always to bat first, but sometimes, just sometimes, you don't. This was one of those times
How embarrassing
May 27th 2018 | 10:43 pm
#1733
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Re: The Cricket Thread
Guerilla Cricket? Shite Cricket right now by England vs Pakistan.
Going to be weird not starting the summer at The Gabba this year, that’s what you get for neglecting a stadium and turning it into an inaccessible concrete sweat box I guess.
Planned improvements include a “better entrance experience†... yeh, like that is the main issue.
Going to be weird not starting the summer at The Gabba this year, that’s what you get for neglecting a stadium and turning it into an inaccessible concrete sweat box I guess.
Planned improvements include a “better entrance experience†... yeh, like that is the main issue.
May 27th 2018 | 11:25 pm
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Re: The Cricket Thread
Guerilla Cricket? Shite Cricket right now by England vs Pakistan.
Going to be weird not starting the summer at The Gabba this year, that’s what you get for neglecting a stadium and turning it into an inaccessible concrete sweat box I guess.
Planned improvements include a “better entrance experience†... yeh, like that is the main issue.
Going to be weird not starting the summer at The Gabba this year, that’s what you get for neglecting a stadium and turning it into an inaccessible concrete sweat box I guess.
Planned improvements include a “better entrance experience†... yeh, like that is the main issue.
May 29th 2018 | 1:53 am
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May 29th 2018 | 2:01 am
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Re: The Cricket Thread
Might be better in person, I’ve had 13 years of The Gabba and jaded by anything that looks vaguely modern.
But ‘tis way of things so ...
May 29th 2018 | 2:04 am
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May 29th 2018 | 11:24 am
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It looks neat from afar (i.e. on TV) in a modern multipurpose enormodome way but I miss open spaces, breezes and quirky grandstands.
Might be better in person, I’ve had 13 years of The Gabba and jaded by anything that looks vaguely modern.
But ‘tis way of things so ...
May 31st 2018 | 1:33 am
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Re: The Cricket Thread
I kind of agree with that. As a cricket traditionalist, I like the old school 'proper' cricket grounds - Newlands, Lords, Kensington Oval etc - for watching test cricket. Not too big, not too small, a grass embankment, close to the action. I would imagine watching a test from the back of Perth stadium will not be much fun. The WACA is a bit of a shithole, but from the members area you get a great view of the action
The Gabba these days is fun policed to the nth degree and a pain in the butt to get to and away from.
I can see why we have lost out, and it’s not the lack of a “Grand Entranceâ€.
