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    • MN5
      MN5 last edited by Duluth

      So this came up on YouTube and gave me an idea for a thread.

      Memes, catches, wickets, sixes.....but maybe above all commentary.....like this.....Tony Greig in classic creepy old man mode here.

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      • Damo
        Damo @MN5 last edited by

        @MN5 said in Classic Cricket moments:

        sixes.....but maybe above all commentary.....like this.....Tony Greig in classic creepy old man mode here.

        That girl is stunning.

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          • Victor Meldrew
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            • MN5
              MN5 last edited by

              RIP Deano

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              • dogmeat
                dogmeat @Victor Meldrew last edited by

                @Victor-Meldrew I wondered how long it would be before someone posted that 🙂

                Shame there's no original audio of "The batsman's Holding the bowler's Willey"

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                • booboo
                  booboo @dogmeat last edited by

                  @dogmeat @Victor-Meldrew There was also a passage of commentary between Waddle and others (for some reason I think John Morrison as opposed to Coney, and perhaps Blowers from a test in the early 90s.)

                  Match was meandering and it was just one of those anecdotes that built and built. By the end the crowd in the stadium (all had trannies) were pissing themselves and the players were wondering WTF?

                  IIRC itstarted with Blowers asking about Morrison's test wickets. But I may be conflating incidents.

                  Heard it replayed once on Radio Sport I think by Graham Hill. But it seems it may have been buried as I recall others ringing and asking for it to no avail.

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                  • Victor Meldrew
                    Victor Meldrew @booboo last edited by Victor Meldrew

                    @booboo

                    Would be great to hear that.

                    Jonathan Agnew is brilliant at double-entendres. When a batsman was taping the handle of his bat after the rubber sleeve had split, he started talking about how hard it was to put a rubber on....

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                    • MN5
                      MN5 last edited by

                      I shared this in another thread but I don't think anyone saw it.

                      Watch it, great comedy.

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                      • MajorRage
                        MajorRage last edited by

                        Okeefe classic

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                        • booboo
                          booboo last edited by booboo

                          While we're on a Skull vibe

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                          • MN5
                            MN5 @booboo last edited by

                            @booboo said in Classic Cricket moments:

                            While we're on a Skull vibe

                            My son learnt this joke word for word and brought the house down at my Mum’s 70th. Brilliant stuff !

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                            • MN5
                              MN5 @Damo last edited by

                              @Damo said in Classic Cricket moments:

                              @MN5 said in Classic Cricket moments:

                              sixes.....but maybe above all commentary.....like this.....Tony Greig in classic creepy old man mode here.

                              That girl is stunning.

                              100%. But we’re 40 something year old blokes on a forum not 60 something cricket commentators haha.

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                              • Snowy
                                Snowy @booboo last edited by

                                @booboo said in Classic Cricket moments:

                                While we're on a Skull vibe

                                Made me laugh. Not easy to do today.

                                O'Keefe annoys me because he laughs at his own jokes and yet some of what he says is quite funny and he is sharp.

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                                • Hooroo
                                  Hooroo @Snowy last edited by

                                  @Snowy said in Classic Cricket moments:

                                  @booboo said in Classic Cricket moments:

                                  While we're on a Skull vibe

                                  Made me laugh. Not easy to do today.

                                  O'Keefe annoys me because he laughs at his own jokes and yet some of what he says is quite funny and he is sharp.

                                  I can't stand it when people laugh at their own jokes EXCEPT O'Keefe. His laugh is truly infectious.

                                  I love him on the commentary

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                                  • Damo
                                    Damo last edited by Damo

                                    This thread has been up for 20 hours.

                                    How is it possible that this video has not yet been posted. I am almost ashamed to be a part of this community.

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                                    • MN5
                                      MN5 @Damo last edited by

                                      @Damo said in Classic Cricket moments:

                                      This thread has been up for 20 hours.

                                      How is it possible that this video has not yet been posted. I am almost ashamed to be a part of this community.

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                                      That is soooooooooo good.

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                                      • dogmeat
                                        dogmeat @Damo last edited by

                                        @Damo I meant to and then forgot. Boycott actually took it quite well both before and after the wind up was revealed.

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                                        • MN5
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                                          • dogmeat
                                            dogmeat @Damo last edited by

                                            @Damo Boycott never enjoyed much success against us. Only 2 centuries in 15 tests and an average of 37/38. Plus was captain when England lost to us for the first time ever.

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                                            • Catogrande
                                              Catogrande @dogmeat last edited by

                                              @dogmeat said in Classic Cricket moments:

                                              @Damo Boycott never enjoyed much success against us. Only 2 centuries in 15 tests and an average of 37/38. Plus was captain when England lost to us for the first time ever.

                                              I’m no Boycott fan but the batting stats for relatively few tests aren’t awful for those days. Captaincy...well it’s out of him and Botham who was the worst captain in relation to player.

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                                              • Victor Meldrew
                                                Victor Meldrew @dogmeat last edited by

                                                @dogmeat said in Classic Cricket moments:

                                                @Damo Boycott never enjoyed much success against us. Only 2 centuries in 15 tests and an average of 37/38. Plus was captain when England lost to us for the first time ever.

                                                Bit of a disaster as captain on that tour, think he was deliberately run out by his own team once.

                                                That said, I recall Hadlee saying that Boycott was the first and only English player into the NZ dressing room after that loss and made a lot of friends with the way he took the defeat.

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                                                • dogmeat
                                                  dogmeat @Victor Meldrew last edited by

                                                  @Victor-Meldrew My F-I-L (not a Yorkshireman) knew Boyc's and had a lot of time for him. said that while he was a prickly bastard it came from feelings of insecurity and paranoia, but that some it was justified. Yeah he was selfish but he genuinely believed what was best for him was also good for the team. Also while Boycott didn't help himself there was also a lot of dressing room jealousy. Said once he relaxed Boycott was good company, albeit one of those guys that could get sulky very quickly at a real or imagined slight.

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                                                  • Victor Meldrew
                                                    Victor Meldrew @dogmeat last edited by

                                                    @dogmeat

                                                    My abiding memory of him was when Alan Donald and Atherton (I think) were having a right old battle during a Test at Headingly and the crowd started booing Donald in a pretty ugly way.

                                                    Boycott was on the radio and went incandescent with rage at the crowd's treatment of Donald on his home ground. Really lost it but, it has to be said, for all the right reasons. Get the impression he values sportsmanship and respect for opponents really highly - if not his own team

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                                                    • MN5
                                                      MN5 last edited by

                                                      I love Kerry

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                                                            Gunner @MN5 last edited by

                                                            @MN5 thanks, well worth a watch.

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                                                            • canefan
                                                              canefan @MN5 last edited by

                                                              @MN5 Freddie is a funny character. I wouldn't let him get the drinks after that story though

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                                                              • Bones
                                                                Bones last edited by

                                                                Gold. Had to rewind and share.

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                                                                • MN5
                                                                  MN5 @Bones last edited by

                                                                  @bones said in Classic Cricket moments:

                                                                  Gold. Had to rewind and share.

                                                                  Angus Young looks different out of school uniform.

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                                                                  • Bones
                                                                    Bones @MN5 last edited by

                                                                    @mn5 but he's still in school uniform

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                                                                    • dogmeat
                                                                      dogmeat last edited by

                                                                      Figure this thread will do.

                                                                      ODT has an article on what they reckon are the best centuries by a Kiwi test cricketer

                                                                      Jan 25, 2022

                                                                      Top of the tons: the best in NZ history

                                                                      Top of the tons: the best in NZ history

                                                                      All centuries in test cricket are special in their own right. But what makes a great ton . . . well, great? Cricket writer Adrian Seconi rips off...

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                                                                      • Siam
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                                                                        • MN5
                                                                          MN5 @Siam last edited by MN5

                                                                          @siam said in Classic Cricket moments:

                                                                          There’s a lot to be said about this, stonewashed jeans….smoking looking cool…..mullets on players and fans alike……one of my favourite cricketers smacking a beautiful old school six..….( using old bats so much harder in those days )….

                                                                          But the thing that gets me most is what the hell is holding that chicks bikini top in place at the start cos it certainly isn’t any tits that’s for sure.

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