So any cricket fans here ?

[Lonespacemarine]

I'm talking about the cricket sport, I know a lot of British folk around here and they probably know about cricket I don't know, i surely know about it

 

I enjoy watching test and odi cricket. T20is are good too but they are too short and just not my cup of tea

 

I love watching the Sheffield shield or Any other First-Class Tournaments when there isn't any bilateral series or tournament going on. 

 

All the British, indian, kiwi or Aussie folk

 

Cricket disscusion thread ??

 

[Lonespacemarine]

Ah almost forgot about the south Africans, one of the best teams in the sport, Abraham Benjamin De Villiers (abd Villiers), David miller, Faf du plessis etc you name it, it's sad that even having all 3 of these cricketers at the team at one point,

 

they never won a world cup and only thing they have won was a champions trophy in 99

[Plerb]

I can't say I'm a fan of crickets, the noise they make is kind of weird and I find insects to be really gross. I'd be even less enthused towards a sport revolving around them,

[TwelvNighn]

well, i dont really watch cricket that much, but i know some famous players from india (speaking as an indian myself)

like, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and such

[Lonespacemarine]

2 hours ago, Plerb said:

I can't say I'm a fan of crickets, the noise they make is kind of weird and I find insects to be really gross. I'd be even less enthused towards a sport revolving around them,

I guess this is satire 😂

[Lonespacemarine]

1 hour ago, TwelvNighn said:

well, i dont really watch cricket that much, but i know some famous players from india (speaking as an indian myself)

like, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and such

Aye, bhai

[Lonespacemarine]

2 hours ago, Plerb said:

I can't say I'm a fan of crickets, the noise they make is kind of weird and I find insects to be really gross. I'd be even less enthused towards a sport revolving around them,

It's not a sport revolving them tho

 

It's a sport with consists of a bat and ball, batsman hit the ball and score "runs" while protecting the "stumps", if the bowler hits the stumps, it's a out or wicket, kinda like baseball but runs come flowing in

Edited April 6, 2024 by Lonespacemarine

[SuyaSSS]

I am not really a fan of cricket (or sports in general) but a lot of people around me, like my cousins and classmates absolutely eat it up. The buzz is even higher recently due to IPL.

 

Side note: Also, is it just me who finds the popularity of cricket in India quite strange considering that it is not even a national sport. 

[Classic SSG Enjoyer]

21 hours ago, TwelvNighn said:

well, i dont really watch cricket that much, but i know some famous players from india (speaking as an indian myself)

like, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and such

Hey dude, I'm also an Indian, just like you!

 

I really love cricket, in fact, its my most favourite game!

 

Am a big fan of M.S Dhoni. 💯💪

 

Want to see CSK win this 2024 IPL!

 

[TwelvNighn]

27 minutes ago, Classic SSG Enjoyer said:

Hey dude, I'm also an Indian, just like you!

 

I really love cricket, in fact, its my most favourite game!

 

Am a big fan of M.S Dhoni. 💯💪

 

Want to see CSK win this 2024 IPL!

 

ayy mere bhai!

[SuyaSSS]

yep, seems like it's mostly indians who are really into cricket.

[Murdoch]

I would watch it if it was full contact. That would be much, much funnier. As it is I find it only marginally less boring than golf and I would sooner try to teach developing PHP and MySQL web based apps to a particularly stupid tree stump than watch golf. That said, I do see the occasional highlight on the news of some epic catch or something like that in Cricket and think "yeah OK that is pretty awesome". So it has it's moments even for the attention deficit like myself. They are just too few and far between.

 

INCOMING DERAILMENT

 

I guess the trigger of sports I find boring just made me remember this. There was (is?) an Australian comedian called the 12th Man, who would do these comedy albums impersonating Australian sports personalities in various wacky situations. I remember one piece in particular that made me laugh thinking about it again all these years later because I related to it so much. I am no doubt remembering it somewhat incorrectly and probably spelling the names wrong but it was some guy commentating car racing. One guy introduced the bit as "And the best pile up of the month goes too..."

"And Amerreto has spun out! Nigel Mansel tries to get around him but can't! And thank GOD we're finally seeing some action here at last! These FUCKING cars have just been going round and round it's been SO FUCKING BORING!"

Just thought I would share that because... eh... who the hell knows. Back to your regularly scheduled post about cricket.

[Dubbag]

All I know is the term "Sticky Wicket" and don't even know what that means.

[Classic SSG Enjoyer]

10 hours ago, TwelvNighn said:

ayy mere bhai!

aur bhai phir kya chalra ?

[Lonespacemarine]

4 hours ago, Classic SSG Enjoyer said:

aur bhai phir kya chalra ?

Aye bhai log, Indians doomworld me tha mujhe pata nahi tha 

[Lonespacemarine]

6 hours ago, Murdoch said:

I would watch it if it was full contact. That would be much, much funnier. As it is I find it only marginally less boring than golf and I would sooner try to teach developing PHP and MySQL web based apps to a particularly stupid tree stump than watch golf. That said, I do see the occasional highlight on the news of some epic catch or something like that in Cricket and think "yeah OK that is pretty awesome". So it has it's moments even for the attention deficit like myself. They are just too few and far between.

 

INCOMING DERAILMENT

 

I guess the trigger of sports I find boring just made me remember this. There was (is?) an Australian comedian called the 12th Man, who would do these comedy albums impersonating Australian sports personalities in various wacky situations. I remember one piece in particular that made me laugh thinking about it again all these years later because I related to it so much. I am no doubt remembering it somewhat incorrectly and probably spelling the names wrong but it was some guy commentating car racing. One guy introduced the bit as "And the best pile up of the month goes too..."

"And Amerreto has spun out! Nigel Mansel tries to get around him but can't! And thank GOD we're finally seeing some action here at last! These FUCKING cars have just been going round and round it's been SO FUCKING BORING!"

Just thought I would share that because... eh... who the hell knows. Back to your regularly scheduled post about cricket.

I agree with you, but US nation debt is one of kind, it never seem to stop, infact if stacked in pennies, it would have reached Pluto, honestly

 

It's kind of concerning that it is increasing day by day, I'm not economic expert and the only economy I have handled was the one in Hearts Of Iron 4, It's kind of sad to see a country like the US having so much poor people, infact if you walk into the streets of newyork, it wouldn't take long to spot a poor person, 

 

Anyways, banger reply 

[Lonespacemarine]

6 hours ago, Dubbag said:

All I know is the term "Sticky Wicket" and don't even know what that means.

In June 2, The ICC Men's T20I World Cup will happen in the United States, Newyork and a few other locations, check it out 

[Lonespacemarine]

13 hours ago, SuyaSSS said:

yep, seems like it's mostly indians who are really into cricket.

Yep

[Lonespacemarine]

15 hours ago, Classic SSG Enjoyer said:

Hey dude, I'm also an Indian, just like you!

 

I really love cricket, in fact, its my most favourite game!

 

Am a big fan of M.S Dhoni. 💯💪

 

Want to see CSK win this 2024 IPL!

 

Yep, but the current stage of csk is not looking good, they should put dhoni up the lineup so that he can build up innings and then hit sixes 

[taufan99]

I'm Indonesian, but ever since late 2022, I've found myself enjoying some cricket stuff (alongside rugby, but that's neither here nor there), even although not unlike Murdoch, I'm more of a fan of highlight clips when it comes to sports than watching them entirely (I still occasionally watch Indonesia national soccer/football team matches whenever possible).

 

As a person of (partial) mixed South Asian ancestry, I ultimately lean more towards the Pakistan national team for my support (my great grandfather of my mom's side came from there before settling in Java), but I also admire other national teams (West Indies, which, for those not into cricket, consists of a bunch of Caribbean countries, and South Africa, just to name a few). Also, I find it surprising that we have a few more Indian Doomers out there than some time ago. After all, it's not like there are many Indonesian Doomers as well. :)

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

The cricket sport? Oh, I'm a huge fan of that. The other day, I was watching the cricket sport, and there was this super gnarly hit after the guy... threw...uh, after he dunked the ball.

[Lonespacemarine]

49 minutes ago, TheMagicMushroomMan said:

The cricket sport? Oh, I'm a huge fan of that. The other day, I was watching the cricket sport, and there was this super gnarly hit after the guy... threw...uh, after he dunked the ball.

In a nutshell, throw ball, man hit ball and run to other side, score 1 run, if ball cross into boundary then 4 runs, if ball fly into stands without making contact them six runs 

[Lonespacemarine]

1 hour ago, taufan99 said:

I'm Indonesian, but ever since late 2022, I've found myself enjoying some cricket stuff (alongside rugby, but that's neither here nor there), even although not unlike Murdoch, I'm more of a fan of highlight clips when it comes to sports than watching them entirely (I still occasionally watch Indonesia national soccer/football team matches whenever possible).

 

As a person of (partial) mixed South Asian ancestry, I ultimately lean more towards the Pakistan national team for my support (my great grandfather of my mom's side came from there before settling in Java), but I also admire other national teams (West Indies, which, for those not into cricket, consists of a bunch of Caribbean countries, and South Africa, just to name a few). Also, I find it surprising that we have a few more Indian Doomers out there than some time ago. After all, it's not like there are many Indonesian Doomers as well. :)

Indonesia has a cricket team, it's very unpopular I've heard, icc is trying to grow the sport in other non cricket playing nations. Like this year's t20i world cup which will be happening in the United states

[Major Arlene]

as an American who's moved to NZ, I still have very little understanding of the game but I've gotten to watch a few games IRL and it's fun to watch while downing some beers.

[taufan99]

4 minutes ago, Lonespacemarine said:

In a nutshell, throw ball, man hit ball and run to other side, score 1 run, if ball cross into boundary then 4 runs, if ball fly into stands without making contact them six runs 

Pretty sure he's joking around. That's what he usually does on Doomworld (doesn't mean he lacks any serious moments tho).

2 minutes ago, Lonespacemarine said:

Indonesia has a cricket team, it's very unpopular I've heard, icc is trying to grow the sport in other non cricket playing nations. Like this year's t20i world cup which will be happening in the United states

Yeah, and ours was only established as late as 2000, while being declared an official ICC member the next year. Most of the players are Balinese, who probably have a close relationship with the Ozzies (Balinese AFAIK don't really relate that closely with Indians, apart from the fact that they're a Hindu-majority ethnicity). In fact, Indonesia's only cricket ground is located in Bali. Having been born and raised there, I can tell that cricket is still just as niche there as it is in the entire country.

[Lonespacemarine]

12 minutes ago, taufan99 said:

Pretty sure he's joking around. That's what he usually does on Doomworld (doesn't mean he lacks any serious moments tho).

Yeah, and ours was only established as late as 2000, while being declared an official ICC member the next year. Most of the players are Balinese, who probably have a close relationship with the Ozzies (Balinese AFAIK don't really relate that closely with Indians, apart from the fact that they're a Hindu-majority ethnicity). In fact, Indonesia's only cricket ground is located in Bali. Having been born and raised there, I can tell that cricket is still just as niche there as it is in the entire country.

The Australian cricket board should fund the Indonesian cricket board to help it grow

[Lonespacemarine]

17 minutes ago, Major Arlene said:

as an American who's moved to NZ, I still have very little understanding of the game but I've gotten to watch a few games IRL and it's fun to watch while downing some beers.

It's very fun, special limited overs like odis and t20is, test matches are long and not many people like them but still they are very good to watch specially from home

[TwelvNighn]

3 hours ago, Lonespacemarine said:

Aye bhai log, Indians doomworld me tha mujhe pata nahi tha 

bhai mujhe khud nahi pata tha 

[Bridgeburner56]

I'm what could be politely described as "a (kiwi) raging cricket nut" c:
Very much looking forward to the T20 world cup, and nothing tops cricket catches
 

(I'm also the one who's been inflicting cricket on @Major Arlene's poor American mind)

[taufan99]

1 hour ago, Lonespacemarine said:

The Australian cricket board should fund the Indonesian cricket board to help it grow

Given the rampant corruption culture here, I'd rather not. Or maybe have the ICC go more direct with us. Still, that won't guarantee everyone becoming a cricket fan in God knows how long. ;)