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Real /cric/ edition: no memes allowed
England v South Africa, 2nd Test
England lead 1-0
England win the toss and will bat, looks fairly good for batting.
Anderson in for Woakes
Rabada, de Kock and Morris in for Steyn, Duminy and Abbott
>>64608420
Will this Daniel thread make it to 2017 lads?
dead """format"""
dead """community"""
dead ""thread""
>2 posts
>3 unique IPS
/testcric/ on eternal blessed and prosperous community watch
Daniel Ltd.
Preserve the posts lads so >we can break the record this time
>daniel
What were your NY resolutions daniel?
How's Chloe m8?
>the city of daniel
Daniel Ltd.
>>64608488
Is Daniel like 3rd in line now?
>Hugh
>Ajay
And those are just the ones we know about.
did you get the memo? test cricket is dead
Fuck off Daniel
>>64608505
You don't even wanna KNOW how many more there were on NYE
>>64608515
this Tbh
the only /cric/ posters that actually watch tests are daniel, krazycuck, a couple of the english lads and myself
>/afl/ STILL, in the current year of 2016, unironically post about Big Footy
>Mature, High-Quality Discussion /nrl/ got over it's LUposting phase (hurr Charles Bronson durr) literally 4 (FOUR) years ago
>Mo not singing GSTQ
Duck and cover lads
Disappointed Smith isn't playing, I love a good comeback-from-retirement-because-your-team-is-now-shit
>>64608525
Did you go to a party together?
you have a crack at any girls m8? cheeky midnight kiss?
>>64608547
Nah mate, quiet night in with my wife's son while she volunteered at the local refugee centre.
>grown man referring to his Mitsubishi as a """mitsi"""
kys my man
>>64608525
>it's literally statsgook who makes the daniel threads
Numbers Vagina Ltd.
>>64608534
>Saffers draw this nine-down
>Elgar is injured
>Smith comes in for the last two tests
>Smith leads Saffers to a 2-1 win
I can see it happening.
>>64608595
>>64608534
>talking to yourself
the city of statscunt
Is this the designated Friends of Daniel thread?
>>64608608
kek
keep posting those caps here lad
>the BBL thread is bullying us again
>>64608613
Yeah mate, how's progress on the coding?
>>64608614
>>64608630
more of his tweets or posts thx
>>64608648
I'm going out in a minute, friend. I know other people have screencaps and shit, so maybe they'll post them too.
>>64608622
The aah what now?
>bigger crowd for "meme" cricket than Boxing Day Test
where were you when "test" cricket was kil?
>>64608630
Literally the only people who ever wear sunglasses indoors for profile pics are insecure losers.
Anyone else quietly gutted the ODI was rained out?
>>64608714
fuck off daniel
>>64608725
it isnt daniel, daniel doesnt give a shit about meme cricket
It's literally Statschink
>>64608735
Guess again fagnuts.
>>64608735
You are fucking terrible at picking me.
Identify all the posts I've made in this thread.
statsvomit and faggotiel are mediocre posters
>>64608772
t. AMS
>>64608714
Literally couldn't give less of a fuck
There are like 47 pyjama matches against Sri Lanka, so what if one got wet
>>64608804
How do you always manage to sound like an angry 12 year old?
this is some meme fucking bounce lads
>>64608819
That's only one of my four personalities m8, it just happens to be the only one you can pick
>strike rate: 147
le new black man is pretty shite lads
Why is Hales opening and not Compton? Stop the obsession with the meme opener. Anyone who scores at a strike rate at 50 or more in test cricket
GET OUT
REEEEEEEEEEEE
>>64608834
statscunt on schizophrenia watch
>>64608841
this is the better smug mccullum m8 here
>>64608834
>4 /cric/ personalities
Now that's impressive. Almost as rad as Reality Cack.
>>64608868
>Cook and Compton opening
here's why
>bat first on good batting wicket
>fuck around at 25SR for the new ball
>ball gets older, top-tier batting conditions
>still scoring at fuck all of a rate
>by the time they get out good batting conditions are gone, they've wasted them at 40SR
That's why.
>>64608834
I guess if I were a faggy chink manlet, I'd escape into fantasy personalities too. Let me guess your fave
>6'3" good-looking white man
can we just accept that everyone is fucking awful at picking everyone else's personalities and just end this meme
I've been wrongly called AMS and statscunt multiple times in this thread, and others have been wrongly called me
it's just a waste of posting when everyone constantly gets it wrong
>>64608868
Compton is "literally" the glue that holds the middle order together.
Lose him with the new ball and numbers 3-8 are filled with meme masters that can't into 5 day cricket.
Shut up everyone
This is the only interesting series till AUS vs India.
Hales is a meme opener who doesn't even hve the confidence to meme.
Cook and compton will take England into the triples, sloooooooooooowly
>>64608894
>>64608879
Sup newcunts?
There's actually a really easy way to identify my posts, but being SEEEEEETHING casuals you obviously won't know it.
>>64608905
fuck off statscunt
>>64608917
>AUS vs India
>interesting
>NZ v Aus
>not interesting
"kill your self"
So lads, who here is watching the cricket with their cute little pussy cats?
>>64608933
Does that cat like statistics by any chance?
>>64608942
Yes, he loves them, purrs whenever they are near
>>64608930
I was referring to the ODI series, which does come before the NZ tour.
>>64608923
that's Daniel, jackass
>>64608930
>Aus vs India happening after, or at the same time as NZ vs Aus
stop breathing
http://strawpoll.me/6427437
important cricket discussion pole
>>64608919
I'm pretty sure no one give s a fuck bud.
>>64608891
>still scoring at fuck all of a rate
Except Cook absolutely has the ability to increase the strike rate when required with proper cricket shots.
Compton is another story, but that's why you have two batsmen.
If they can find a Warner-type >LE AGGRESSION MEME XDXD opener to partner Cook who is actually good, then that would be perfect. Until then, they don't need to shoe-horn players like Hales and Ali into opening batsman to fulfill the meme. Having a pair of competent (if slower than average) openers is preferable to having one good opener and another who adds a quick 20-30 then loses his wicket to le aggression.
>>64608919
The fact you always put a space between posts you quote and your reply?
>>64608965
>The fact you always put a space between posts you quote and your reply?
He does it on purpose so it's easier to false flag when he wants to pretend to be someone else
>>64608965
>The fact you always put a space between posts you quote and your reply?
That's one of them, yes. But there are others.
>If they can find a Warner-type >LE AGGRESSION MEME XDXD opener to partner Cook who is actually good
I'd unironically have Lyth ahead of Hales, technically he's fine, he was just hopelessly out of touch.
>>64608917
>This is the only interesting series till AUS vs India.
You can't be serious.
>>64608965
I agree with your disdain for the Ali and Hales experiment. But Cook plays so excellently at a slow run rate, there isn't necessarily a need for another low-scoring opener - especially with the Compton contingency plan.
Why give a man who can bat for two days with a strike rate edging over 50 - a man, additionally, whose steady presence at the crease balances his team's erratic middle order - the pressure to score quickly?
>>64608988
not me
>>64608977
>I'd unironically have Lyth ahead of Hales, technically he's fine, he was just hopelessly out of touch.
Yep, agree completely.
If this was 12 months ago, I would also have Carbattery ahead of someone like Hales.
I unironically thought Carberry did relatively well in the 2013/14 Ashes. A lot of his wickets were very unlucky.
>>64608988
That was just an example. In almost all situations at least 1 wicket would fall before the need to really increase the run rate presented itself. Like I said, it would be ideal if there was a meme aggression opener to partner him, who was competent, but there isn't yet.
>>64608985
>NZ vs match fixing squabbles: the team, sans Yasir Shah
>West Indian authentic pie store on tour
>>64609011
new zealand are playing themselves?
>statsgook and obesitygoose are calmly discussing griget
>in an hour they will be at each other's throats again
or is it because you're unable to detect each other's posting style?
>>64609011
I'm more talking about the fact that you consider a pyjama series between fucking australia and india "interesting"
There is honestly nothing I consider more dull than pyjama matches between australia and india. I'd rather watch Zimbabwean domestic T20.
>>64609023
>mfw he's right
>>64609026
The only person unable to detect posting styles is you, mate.
>>64609037
>not being a Matabeleland Tuskers fan
kys
Had some dodgy MD on NYE lads, made my heart beat really weirdly and I felt like my temperature was fluctuating quite a bit. All in all a terrible, 2/10 experience that ruined the night. Tempted to go round and break some legs. Would a full size bat or a smaller one like a 5 or 6 be best?
>>64609059
Why is Shaun Marsh in England?
Hi lads, do you have the ustream link for the saf v eng game like? X
>>64609202
http://www.crichd.tv/watch/177/south-africa-vs-england-test-live-streaming/
sry for pleb stream :(
Who here /holly/ ?
I will say this about Hales, he's actually trying pretty hard to stay in. At least he knows his memes wont cut it at tests.
>>64609202
http://watchcric.net/channel/live-cricket_5
here's a shit stream
check reddit for HD streams but they aren't there for every game
PS indian or paki?
>Cook
>subcontinent babby
pick both
>>64609212
Thanks but hilariously im watching on my phone so shit links are pointless.
I forgot to bring my uk to eu power adapter and i cba getting out of bed to go to the shops to buy one until lunch
>>64609230
He did the same in 1st test. Had less strike rate than Cook, at least most the time.
>>64609202
The ustream channel is currently showing the BBL game
>>64609230
I've been caught shilling Hales a bit (I don't think he's that great, just better than people give him credit), but I really don't feel he's a meme babby. He will forever be burdened by his status as the #3 ranked T20 status and no one will take him seriously. He's hardly pure test material but his FC average over the last two years is 50+ and his strike rate has been 60.
>>64609251
>watching on my phone
smartcric.net m8, it's elite as fuck and only works on phones/tablets
>actually putting the best slipper in the slips despite him being on debut
bravo SA
Fucking dope catch
>>64609261
tbf I was advocating his selection mainly because he was selected for the same criteria that Lyth and Robson were (runs in the Championship, which he clearly has been getting).
I still don't think he's test level, but if he's willing to show the application to improve, that's a good start.
>>64609287
He almost scored a triple century, I think he has a fair bit of application. I would have still gone with Lyth over him but he is unironically the next best pick.
>>64609266
Cant figure out how to use it, looks fake in German.
Fuck it I'll go to the shops early and get some food too.
What's some goat comfy food?
>manlet keepers
>giants bowling bouncers
Whose idea was this?
Why are there two threads.
Oh well, this one I guess?
>>64609320
It looks pretty simple to me you just tap on Eng v SA and then choose your definition. Sometimes you have to reload the page to get rid of the ad.
>>64609328
One's for the ACBs and Summer of Cricket Casuals
>>64609305
Root would be the second best opener we have but it would be too top heavy and he always stops middle order collapses.
Also to mention is Sam Robson the English Chris Rogers and James Vince, but he's similar to Hales
>>64609328
>Why are there two threads.
Daniel is autistic
>Oh well, this one I guess?
Are you from /rug/ ?
if so you'll like this thread. Just like home
>>64609352
>Sam Robson
>English
pick one
>>64609352
Root's been way too successful in the middle to risk moving him. He was only decent as opener.
>>64609353
Honestly I always forget there is even a cricketing community in /sp/. I only browse for football or UFC.
>>64609376
>football or UFC
>>64609352
>root
>>64609352
Moving Root would be retarded. You don't put your best run scorer right at the top exposed in front of the new ball. Compton/Cook/Hale is looking like a good potential top three right now. Our middle and lower order is so destructive, all we need are some people who can stay in and see off the best of the bowling early on.
>>64609376
/cric/ is au/sp/ so there aren't many people watching this game.
It's basically just daniel, statschink, me, two Englels and a token saffer
everyone else is watching Based Bash (im watching both like a true patrician)
>>64609383
Yeah, I know. I offer no fucking excuses.
>>64609388
Well you've got another bong now I guess.
What are the dankest /cric/ memes I need to learn?
>>64609388
There was one saffer actually at the game but it's quite rare to actually see any posting here regularly
There are literally zero regular saffers in any community on /sp/
>>64609402
Danielore
>>64609402
I am a dank /cric/ meme ama
>>64609405
so many emotions in this one photo, i am amazed
"Test" ""cricket"" on suicide watch
>>64609447
Test cricket is literally the classical music of sport. The masses will never like it and many will say it's boring but its cult will never die.
>>64609461
T20 is the Drake, is the Taylor Swift, it's the hottest shit out.
>>64609447
>unironically preferring pajama meme cricket
>>64609469
And it will be forgotten in 10 years
>>64609461
m8
Remember when people were pumped for test back in the day as the cunts are now for memes ledge
;-;
>>64609474
Kek.
Test Cricket is the form that won't """"exist"""" in 10 years.
>>64609481
Sup trinibro, that's the entire test watching squad present
>>64609461
>>64609485
I realise you're having a meme but it genuinely saddens me that people exist that unironically enjoy T20
>>64609499
Good comparisons
T20 is garbage
ODI is shite that plebs think is deep because of some decent parts
Test is a timeless classic
>>64609499
To be fair, Test Cricket is evolving and changing, T20 is actually having a positive effect on it in some ways, think how stupidly action packed the last Ashes series was. It just needs to be marketed better.
>>64609512
I really don't understand how people get excited about T20 or ODIs.
>>64609512
see daniel, it is YOU who is not the true cricket fan
I enjoy all forms of cricket. A high quality Test series like this one is still my favourite, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy the Based Bash aswell.
And the Based Bash is making the sport mainstream popular. The reality is that Test cricket and international cricket is globally on the decline.
I really don't see test cricket ever dying honestly but I can see it being forced out financially. Out of actual players, most will always prefer Test cricket. All of the guys I know who play for teams try really hard to get into the two-day teams just because it's a much higher level. Look at a guy like Hales. He's one of the best at memeswinging but he's spent the last two years desperately trying to become a test batsman. Look at him now and it's fucking obvious how much he wants this. The players will always keep test cricket alive but it may get to the point in which they're the only ones that care, along with very select groups of autists like us.
>>64609524
Same. Like one in 100 ODIs are good. T20s pretty much never.
Would be p chill if he just took a tangent and started talking about football lol
>>64609550
I can kind of see the appeal in T20s, as you can watch the whole thing in one sitting, but it just seems so random which team wins, just meaningless action with no rhyme or reason to it. I can only really get into in when its Essex because muh county. I honestly have no idea who is in the English T20 team, I couldn't name you a single player in there. Apparently Luke Wright just did something good in Australia so maybe him?
>>64609543
>see daniel, it is YOU who is not the true cricket fan
I don't give a fuck man. I'm not trying to be a be all end all cricket knowledge "true fan", I just like what I like.
Don't get me wrong, I understand the value of T20 for bringing people to the sport. It definitely has its place and will keep cricket alive, financially. Doesn't stop it from being total garbage.
I go to the local ODIs and T20s to support the players and board financially but oftentimes I just can't get behind it, try as I might. Except a little bit at the world cup, because of the raised stakes.
>>64609388
there was at least three australians posting last game
>Compton
And thats lunch.
Compton really is fucking slow isn't he. 3 in about 30 balls. He literally gives no fucks about scoring runs and just occupies the crease. I kind of like it to be honest, it's old school. You just want Hales to actually bat like himself next to him.
>>64609564
I really just hate it because I hate the tactics. I hate the whole fucking no slips and everyone on the circle shit, and the way the batsman never ever do real shots they just flat-bat everything. And the bowlers never try and be subtle they just bowl garbage super slow leg cutters and bouncers. And I hate the fucking wides called every second ball because the batsman misses it
I like cricket because it's a pretentious, snobby, fucking high art form of a sport. None of that is there in T20
>>64609514
this Tbh
That England/New Zealand series wouldn't have been as good as it was if it weren't for pyjama cricket's influence
who /drinking alone for the third night in a row/ here?
>>64609587
Hales should get into gear once he gets 50. He's playing for his place and therefore being a bit cautious. And if he fails then Root will obviously just meme shit and score fast.
>>64609550
>Out of actual players, most will always prefer Test cricket
>>64609598
Try 10 months in a row.
>>64609589
Yeah I feel you. I love test cricket for the civilised nature, and the mental aspects. It's an examination of a player's character in every way, whereas T20 just seems like meaningless slogging.
where is the real cricket thread
>>64609589
>I like cricket because it's a pretentious, snobby, fucking high art form of a sport. None of that is there in T20
Which just confirms what I've always thought of you: you're an up-yourself contrarian.
If Test cricket was mainstream popular you'd hate it aswell.
>>64609605
>has played 100 tests
Gayle has admitted multiple times that he prefers tests and would like to play more, but is not physically fit to last five days and also wants nothing to do with the mess of the WICB
You could have picked any other WI memeslogger and you'd have a point, but not Gayle.
>deleting the cricket thread
Where were you when /cric/ was kill?
>>64609606
m-maybe i could be your bf?
>>64609550
You see guys like Hales and Warner try so hard to play tests partly because you actually get paid really fucking well if you play tests for England and Australia. Like the Grade A contracts that are only for test players offer a far greater salary than those for t20 and ODI specialists.
>>64609543
Not him, but the reason I can't get into the IPL or the BBL is just the sheer over-saturation of gimmicks. Call me old-fashioned, but when I watch a competitive game of cricket, I want to see the players actually fully focused, not having shit banter with the commentators.
>>64609622
You're literally forgetting that I watch rugby in rugby: the country
>>64609623
he also said that he wouldn't be so sad if test cricket died
every pro-test comment he's made is damage control, pure and simple
>>64609610
Based Joshy has retired from fighting the scrub that dwells within his communities. He has seen off the majority of the cancer and is focused on spreading the word of ignoring the newcunts that insist on spouting memes and spamming in order to disrupt our threads. It's not our fault that these social outcasts have no life and can't contain their anger at bros online discussing things that they have an interest in.
Just ignore it or report it and carry on discussing the game.
who /hereforBBL/ here?
>404
is /cric/ a meme now?
>>64609622
>If Test cricket was mainstream popular you'd hate it aswell.
That's a retarded thing to say. At least in this country, everyone looks back so fondly at 2005 and '81, when Test Cricket was THE biggest thing everyone was talking about and 100% in the national imagination.
>>64609589
Had me until that last point lad. I love tests because it's by definition, limitless. You can set whatever fields, bat however you want, bowl wherever you want etc. In T20 you don't have that, and a lot of the nuances and possibilities you have in tests get lost.
>>64609550
>Out of actual players, most will always prefer Test cricket.
That is demonstrably false when there is more money in t20 and it is a shitload easier.
Brendon McCullum is literally retiring early so he can get in on the t20 cash-cow.
He is literally losing millions by missing the IPL (and BBL) to play for New Zealand.
The entire state of Windies cricket disproves your nonsense
>Look at a guy like Hales.
I literally heard Hales in an interview earlier last year say t20 is his favourite format.
you are UTTERLY delusional daniel. I like Test cricket but it is completely fucked. In 10 years it will just be >us, Englel and India
>>64609639
I'd kill for cricket to go back to 2005 tbqh, every team other than Bangladesh and Poo Peeland were in a much better position than they are now
you lads #TeamBatman or #TeamSuperman
>>64609633
Absolutely #blessed outlook desu. We all need a bit more Joshy in our perspectives.
It's hard to discuss cricket when there are people that don't want us to have nice things.
Imagine if you were at a pub with your bros, watching the cricket and having a good chat and someone sat at the table next to you and started shitting in their pants and yelling random words at you. You would be put off, wouldn't you.
>being a janitor
>being heterosexual
pick one.
![latest[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/uKxjhTu.jpg "latest[1].png")
So what did you lads think about Alastair Cook's performance in the new Star Wars film? I thought he was pretty based.
>>64609652
Of course not
just got this lads.
>>64609652
Security would kick """""him""""" out.
>>64609652
Yeah its nice how fatt geets permabanned immediately now.
Things have been so much better since he disappeared and nobody talks about him
>>64609663
What in the cunt
>>64609543
You can enjoy something regardless of its flaws
T20 is exciting and all, but if you watch all forms of the game over the years you'd probably realize it's an extremely restricted form of the game marginalized for entertainment. It's the equivalent of watching football with 10 minute halves and the goals were 3 times their size, it'd be fun at first but then after years you'd get sick of it.
Nothing really against t20 besides the fact that it's sucking the life out of test, especially here in the West Indies. I grew up marveled with the strategizing and comfy nature of test cricket, then the complete shift from calm to partying from 1st day to last. ODI used to be fun to watch, but they added too many things for me to like it. Easily the least popular/liked form of the game desu.
I can get liking the party nature of t20 games, going to the oval for a 2-3 hours or just the fact that the games are close, but personally nothing beats test cricket. A proper analogy shouldn't be movies, but something like strategy games; Test is chess, 50 overs are like checkers and T20 is easily tic-tac-toe.
>lunch
>the memespouters are here
Time for bed lads, hope Hales gets some runs desu
>>64609645
>Brendon McCullum is literally retiring early so he can get in on the t20 cash-cow.
Please stop this meme. His back is kill and his handeye is slowing down by the day. He just doesn't have the mental game for tests anymore.
>>64609645
The death of Windies cricket is another thing altogether.
Based anti-cucket poster
>>64609674
hi mrlmaokun
Joshy, you here m8?
>>64609629
>Not him, but the reason I can't get into the IPL or the BBL is just the sheer over-saturation of gimmicks.
yeah I get that, I just ignore it
Personally the format I hate is ODI's. For me it is just a slower, convoluted version of t20.
The CWC was fucking shit. Out of literally 2 months with games every single day, there was only 2-3 good games and the entire first month was fucking pointless and predictable.
For me ODI is literally: a bit of memeing at the start, followed by just waiting for 25 overs before going into t20 mode.
> I want to see the players actually fully focused, not having shit banter with the commentators.
I dont mind that. The thing where Pietersen told the commentators what he was going to do, then Ponting explained how he would do it, and then did it was fucking great.
>baddinson
>>64609687
yeah lad
>>64609665
It's not Matt. Matt doesn't do things like this, he is probably at the pub right now, tuning the pants off some qt.
This is the work of someone much newer and much more mentally ill. Matt isn't even mentally ill but he does suffer from little man syndrome because he is literally a manlet. I am fairy certain that this spamming is the work of the newly named MMS. He has been known to be incredibly persistent in his meme spouting and regurgitating of stale ideas. Spamming to disrupt threads has been around since the early days of 4chan and yet this scrub thinks that he is onto something new.
Let that sink in.
>>64609683
Do you remember me from months ago when I posted my steam or did we play street fighter ?
Legitimately impressed either way.
Based Luke Wright.
Nasser Hussain looks a little like Vladimir Putin now
>>64609695
Of all the /cric/ posters Trinibro is the one I'd most like to meet irl
>>64609693
Wrong trip, I literally posted my trip last night. You probably don't even have a dynamic IP so you can't even spam shemales if you wanted it.
Plus Based Joshy doesn't do that anymore because it cleared off most of the cancer, as it was intended to.
>>64609674
>Nothing really against t20 besides the fact that it's sucking the life out of test, especially here in the West Indies. I grew up marveled with the strategizing and comfy nature of test cricket, then the complete shift from calm to partying from 1st day to last.
That's because the WICB (and BCCI) are cancerous.
CA have got it spot on. The BBL compliments international cricket rather than competes with it like the IPL & CPL.
It's only surpassed international cricket atm because of how atrocious the West Indies are
>>64609677
dont kid yourself. He is only 34 and one of the fittest guys in international cricket. He could easily play another 3 years if he wanted to. It's not like New Zealand has anyone better than him.
>>64609678
it really isn't. They have better players like Russell playing in the BBL. It's a direct correlation.
>>64609699
you posted DESIGNATED in reply to some curry on youtube
>not permabanning this twat
Fucking hell mods do your >job
>>64609695
Kys fatt
>>64609713
I mean that Windies cricket is its own thing. Test Cricket is prefered by players in relevant Test countries still, at all levels.
>>64609695
Based Ivan informing the pleb masses
>>64609712
I dislike that someone is appropriating your former gimmick.
I am the zooper dooper man. I am the one who watches. I hold the proceedings. The bowlers fight the batsmen. They hurl every ball. They spin very slightly. They swing with all their mighty. He hits it in the air. The sun was in his eyes. Should have been taken, the Prize. Reprisal! Catch in the of-field. Lumbbows out. There's chill in the Furnace tonight. Another man steps in. Another bowler starts to swing. The process repeats itself. There are chills in the arena tonight.
>>64609717
He's probably using a dynamic IP. Don't encourage the fucker by talking about him, he's piss easy to ignore.
>>64609687
Yeah mate. Moved to NZ with my new Chinese boyfriend.
>>64609716
Oh my :3c
>>64609725
I'm not worried, I would just like the bros to continue discussing the BasedBBL instead of letting the spamming of the same image disrupt the conversation. I am assuming we are going to have to battle this during the BasedNRL season as well. BasedNRL is one of the most solid communities on /sp/ and there's always someone that wants to ruin it.
silk is such a fucking mong
>>64609722
Test cricket is declining everywhere. Sri Lanka run literally every series they play at a loss unless they are hosting AUS/IND/ENG. It's the same for basically every 'small 7' country. New Zealand LITERALLY cancelled a Test against Australia and replaced it with meme cricket.
Crowds are dropping in every single country except England.
It seems only Day/Night memes will save Test cricket here
is everyone on /cric/ gay?
>>64609743
That fucking neck. I can't take him seriously.
>>64609740
I don't think this autist is /nrl/ desu.
>>64609743
I don't understand how he has a professional cricket contract? He should just release a DVD of him taking jumping catches in the backyard and call it a day.
>>64609713
>He is only 34 and one of the fittest guys in international cricket
He really isn't. His back has been fucked and steadily deteriorating for years, because he cannot stop taking painkillers and diving into advertising boards. Even if you look at his batting stance now compared to 18 months ago it's more lopsided.
Like I said, mentally he's shot. He's done in tests and his batting is becoming a liability. >We don't have anyone better but I'd still rather replace him with someone who has age on his side and a desire to bat for ages, rather than meme 75 off 50 balls. As a captain he's done his job and it's time to move on.
Am I the only one who can't understand a thing Flintoff says?
>Botha
Why is this old cunt still playing? He was never good when he was young.
where are the mods?
>>64609757
When he gets excited he's pretty hard to understand.
I know Cook doesn't necessarily need to post a big score to give a good contribution to a series, the most recent Ashes being an example of that, but I don't think he's going to get a hundred this series.
>>64609752
He probably will be now that I mentioned it but he was most likely always going to be there during the season. He is doing this because he is at home on a Saturday night, with no interest in sport, so he has nothing to discuss in this thread, so he takes to spamming the same image over and over in an attempt to upset and anger the thread's posters.
It's really pathetic and serves no purpose at all besides curing his boredom.
TV bombshell Tara Rushton could deliver the Australian Kangaroos Test No. 7 to the St George Illawarra Dragons.
The Sunday Telegraph can reveal Cooper Cronk is considering quitting the final year of his contract with the Melbourne Storm in a $1.1 million sacrifice to be with Sydney-based Fox Sports stunner Tara Rushton — and the Dragons are ready to pounce.
Cronk is likely to snub a $1.1m contract option with Storm in 2017 so he can move closer to Rushton — and the Queensland No. 7 is already deep in discussions with the Dragons in a move that would see him finish his career at Kogarah.
Rushton — first linked to Cronk in June — is firmly planted in Sydney and the pair is keen to get serious after a six-month long-distance relationship. A regular in Melbourne to cover A-League matches, the Fox Sports host confirmed her relationship with Cronk after the pair happily posed for photos at the AFL grand final in September.
Cronk is contracted to Storm until the end of 2017 but is already negotiating to leave Melbourne at the end of the year with the playmaker telling Storm officials he is likely to not take up the option for 2017, which is in his favour.
>>64609758
I know. I looked him up the other night, he's always been average as fuck. I like him though for some reason.
>>64609756
Okay lets forget Brendon McCullum, it really doesnt matter, he is just one example.
I'll give you another.
Chris Lynn is one of the most talented batsman in Australia. He has a good FC record. He LITERALLY skipped the Australia A First Class tour of India to play the CPL.
How does that not disprove everything you've been saying?
And Australia is one of the two (Englel being the other) cunts where Test players still earn more than t20 cricketers.
if its happening here, everyone else is fucked.
>>64609774
My penis can only get so fucking hard
>>64609771
this is an american anti-cricket fan.
>>64609713
The Windies situation is bad. They need to do KP's suggestion to create a central ICC controlled Test Player salary base to raise the salaries of the Windies test team. Smith, Kohl and co and make up the rest of their money with domestic T20 and commercial endorsements.
>>64609774
how is she a bombshell? she is average looking as fuck
my dick is diamonds if we get cronk though
>>64609774
>Tara Rushton
Cronk could do way better
>>64609779
I don't disagree with your main point, just being pedantic on McCullum.
But yeah, you're completely right - the next generation is not going to want to spend 5 days in a field for $10k when they can make $1.5m in t20. Did you see Brettig's article on WI wages? Worth a read I reckon.
>>64609788
I agree, but it wont happen
They just sharply decreased the amount of gibs that the 'small 7' get. it isn't going to swing back the other way.
Only India could decide to do that (because its basically their money) and they simply wont.
As recently as last year India threatened to Kerry Packer international cricket and create a mega year round IPL
>>64609793
>>64609798
>implying she's not objectively attractive
>>64609760
>P-P-P-PLEASE NOTICE ME BIG STRONG JANITORS
Notice how Reality Check and the spammer don't post at the same time...
>>64609807
Yeah but Cronk is like a top 1% dude
>>64609802
>Did you see Brettig's article on WI wages? Worth a read I reckon.
I did and that's exactly what I'm talking about. Test cricket simply can't compete with that when Jason Holder is earning $15,000 for three Test matches when he could be earning $100k for walloping in t20 in the same time period.
Multiply that by a factor of 10 in the IPL.
>>64609812
Obviously she must be a top chick personality-wise then too, I agree, I trust Cooper's judgement to only settle for the BEST.
>>64609807
She's alright but I could get better, and have done multiple times so I am sure Cronkgod could do a lot better.
>>64609812
his crooked nose drags him down some percentiles
>>64609810
Notice how you don't see the sun and the moon at the same time?
OMG
Can someone explain the COOOOOIE meme to me
Why do they do it
>>64609823
He got it from aggressively tongue-punching too many boipussys.
>widdop and cronk
i don't think my penis can handle this
>>64609814
The fact that Holder is putting up with all this shit for literal peanuts makes me respect him so much more.
Cricket is fucked - T20 is its Frankensteins monster.
>being a Dragons fan in 2016
>being heterosexual
pick one
>>64609841
>The fact that Holder is putting up with all this shit for literal peanuts makes me respect him so much more.
he's still young, he will lose hope in time.
>Cricket is fucked - T20 is its Frankensteins monster.
Test and t20 can and should be able to coexist. The problem is that the BCCI in particular is motivated by the short-term bottom line.
T20 is simply more profitable at the moment so thats what they want to put all their eggs in. But Test cricket is the format that will endure and still be relevant in 100 years. But they don't care about that.
death_of_a_gentleman.mp4
How do we fix this shit bros?
>>64609695
I genuinely thought Matt killed himself after the RWC.
>>64609882
>26 years old
>>64609882
No can do, had to sacrifice something to be the GOAT
>>64609884
He attempted to drown himself in a bathtub full of literal shit.
wtf happened to the other thread?
>>64609882
1. Release Carters & Silk
2. Sign some real internationals
3. Get Starc, Smith & Lyon off the books
4. poach players from the Thunder
>>64609892
Except he's not the GOAT.
Kek. Even Kane Williamson is better than him. KEK.
>>64609884
Matt has appeared a couple of times, once to give his personal endorsement to the Based Bash League and to absolutely destroy Ausfailian and Poo Peeland Test Cucket Bogans.
how are we settling into the new year boys?
>>64609896
Got deleted for too much overt homosexuality.
>>64609896
Mods pruned because someone kept spamming cricket themed gay porn.
>>64609897
Is Brad Hogg related to Brad Hodge?
>>64609910
That's just ridiculous.
They delete on topic individual posts, but someone posts some porn and they decide to rinse the whole thread?
I'm emailing hiro about this right now.
so is it the threadcounter/gorespammer/hollyposter spamming this shit?
only he is autistic enough to sperg out like this
Makes sense aswell because we aren't using his thread (last thread wasnt his either)
Just got back fro the shops, fucking 10euro for a uk to eu adaptor!!!!
Why does Hales go t20 mode straight after an interval? He did this after the rain day 1 last test and got out driving on the up.
>3 off 32
Based Compton hitting out.
>>64609916
nah tbf that was a sexy shot
>>64609921
More likely just deleting duplicate threads
>>64609921
Why don't you contact him in person when you go to Japan?
