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SpursManChris

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alfie103 said:
It won't be able to compete with football
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From what I've heard, it can't compete with DARTS! I've only raised this for discussion because during last years Ashes series when I was listening to BBC commentary online, one of them mentioned that darts was more popular than cricket. Could that have been based on some sort of social study do you think, or was he just pulling something out of his arse?
 
AussieSpurMan

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Spurs_Bear said:
Don't you bollocks me you don't even live in the fucking country. We don't have an 'outback' where people barely have electricity or only sleep with members of their own family, everybody knows about the fucking Internet.

This is the cricket thread, keep it thay way.
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With all due respect Bear......We are not Hillbillies!!
I'll leave that to the Yanks!
And my heritage is outback!
 
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Just got to say take a bow Steve Smith. The next Aussie Captain and performing so well. I know Clarkie will get the job when he is back but what a man to have in waiting.
 
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@Mustard @Spurs_Bear, I'm wondering why you're under the impression that Sky have their own commentary for AUS v IND.I have been told otherwise. Lol, Can't you tell by the Aussie accents and total lack of any familiar voice?
 
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SpursManChris said:
@Mustard @Spurs_Bear, I'm wondering why you're under the impression that Sky have their own commentary for AUS v IND.I have been told otherwise. Lol, Can't you tell by the Aussie accents and total lack of any familiar voice?
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What are you talking about now? I would be very surprised if the Sky Commentary is the same as what it is on Channel 7/9 or whatever it is being shown on in Oz.

And being a cricket fan all voices are pretty familiar on commentary, we have Michael Holding over here and he's a West Indian with a different accent, probably confuses you. As does life.
 
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SpursManChris

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What are you talking about now? I would be very surprised if the Sky Commentary is the same as what it is on Channel 7/9 or whatever it is being shown on in Oz.

And being a cricket fan all voices are pretty familiar on commentary, we have Michael Holding over here and he's a West Indian with a different accent, probably confuses you. As does life.
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Yeah believe it or not Sky are taking the feed from Channel Nine. It just means you get commentary silence after every over and batsman change due to us having commercial breaks; something which I thought may have led to sky using their own but that would be slightly tricky with the time difference and would mean working through the night. And Im curious why you doubted that this was the case. have you heard our commentators before and think that sky might find them biased? They probably are actually, certainly when compared to their English counterparts.
 
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SpursManChris said:
Yeah believe it or not Sky are taking the feed from Channel Nine. It just means you get commentary silence after every over and batsman change due to us having commercial breaks; something which I thought may have led to sky using their own but that would be slightly tricky with the time difference and would mean working through the night. And Im curious why you doubted that this was the case. have you heard our commentators before and think that sky might find them biased? They probably are actually, certainly when compared to their English counterparts.
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Yes I've heard your commentators, they are highly entertaining. Couldn't care less if they are biased or not. Sky are also showing WI v SA and NZ v SL, I'm not sure who is commentating on them either.

I'm not surprised they are taking the TV feed from Channel 9, but I am surprised they are are just using the same commentary team, Mark Nicholas is out there I would presume and I know he does a dual role for both Oz TV and Sky out there. I'm still not convinced but without Sky TV in my house currently due to moving in 3 days ago I can't really check for myself.
 
Mustard

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Yes I've heard your commentators, they are highly entertaining. Couldn't care less if they are biased or not. Sky are also showing WI v SA and NZ v SL, I'm not sure who is commentating on them either.

I'm not surprised they are taking the TV feed from Channel 9, but I am surprised they are are just using the same commentary team, Mark Nicholas is out there I would presume and I know he does a dual role for both Oz TV and Sky out there. I'm still not convinced but without Sky TV in my house currently due to moving in 3 days ago I can't really check for myself.
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It's introduced and presented by Charles Colville. They have a studio on through the night.

Chris is just bewildered.
 
Mustard

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SpursManChris said:
Mustard mate, a serious question; do you spend the majority of your time in an intoxicated state?
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I find the easiest and most cathartic way of answering your borderline spectrum questions is in the absurd.

The grumbleweeds and Baron Knights will help you on this.
 
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