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WORST IPL EVER

Jumpstart 4/27/24, 1:27:14 PM
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debut: 11/30/17
9,391 runs

Total imbalance between bat and ball.truly lickit cricket
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doosra 4/27/24, 1:32:38 PM
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debut: 5/26/04
92,759 runs

In reply to Jumpstart

thought the 2 bouncers were supposed to help?

people don't bowl them anymore?
Jumpstart 4/27/24, 1:37:56 PM
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debut: 11/30/17
9,391 runs

In reply to doosra

tellin yuh eh....the one dude who enjoying a good ipl, bumrah, makes sure to bowl his two bouncers and cutters. nobody watchin him awa?
doosra 4/27/24, 2:10:40 PM
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debut: 5/26/04
92,759 runs

In reply to Jumpstart

it is hard to bowl bouncers and it is a skill...unlike what the new savages like Khaga dem might thinkbig grin

is there an element of fatigue as well with the amount of cricket played by the overseas guys?

it is an interesting shift
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Kay 4/27/24, 3:55:16 PM
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debut: 2/1/15
9,852 runs

In reply to Jumpstart
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Total imbalance between bat and ball.truly lickit cricket

Nice to see you facing reality and accepting the crap for what it is .....
Jumpstart 4/27/24, 4:24:42 PM
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debut: 11/30/17
9,391 runs

In reply to Kay

this is one unbalanced season homie. just because your territory not good at the format does not mean there is something wrong with said format
Walco 4/27/24, 6:23:44 PM
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debut: 6/22/08
13,361 runs

In reply to Jumpstart

Why are you trying to devalue your boy Narine's runs boss? smile
doosra 4/28/24, 2:19:52 PM
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debut: 5/26/04
92,759 runs

In reply to Jumpstart

more lickit today

what is the problem with the bowlers?
googley 4/28/24, 2:23:12 PM
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debut: 2/9/04
22,033 runs

In reply to doosra

"Cricket is about runs" Gary Sobers cool
Drapsey 4/28/24, 4:11:10 PM
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debut: 12/26/07
33,311 runs


Simple strategy ...

Batsman moves towards the offside during the bowler's run up. This leaves a typical outside off stump ball as an 'in the slot' one where the batsman can do whatever he wants with it. If the ball ends up out of the batsman's reach, then it is adjudged a wide.

Should the bowler aim at middle stump, then again the ball is 'in the slot' and dispatched just about anywhere the batsman desires. And of course anything outside leg stump is adjudged a wide.

Looks like the bowlers are just there to 'support the process'.
Jumpstart 4/28/24, 5:30:37 PM
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debut: 11/30/17
9,391 runs

In reply to Drapsey

i agree. but bowlers have to use their grey matter too. God gave you a brain to use, not to sit on. utilize your tools, cutters, slower balls....mix it up....bowl from wider of the crease. when those commies talk about batsmen today....i always say with exception of two, kohli and root, not a solitary one of them would have lasted two minutes in the 90s, and they would have been killed in the 80s. you don't really have too many thinking bowlers today. cummins, bumrah and kg rabada are the exceptions. everybody is else is run up, bowl fast and get launched to timbuktu
WIForever 4/28/24, 6:29:50 PM
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debut: 6/29/10
4,841 runs

EPL on and you all watching that rubbish.
anthonyp 4/28/24, 6:56:21 PM
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debut: 11/2/09
11,620 runs

People does still watch IPL? Years since I watched a full match.

If a WI player do something good I'll see a post or clip of it on social media... Ain't getting me to sit and watch that nonsense live.
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doosra 4/28/24, 8:16:16 PM
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debut: 5/26/04
92,759 runs

too much cricket?
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imusic 4/28/24, 11:03:47 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
77,917 runs

In reply to anthonyp

Doh lie. You does tune een jes to watch Hety wlalk to de crease
imusic 4/28/24, 11:05:36 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
77,917 runs

In reply to doosra

People will, and have always watched what interests them

What interests West Indian cricket fans first and foremost are their homies. And I eh talkin about West Indian homies. Players from their country.
anthonyp 4/28/24, 11:52:26 PM
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debut: 11/2/09
11,620 runs

In reply to imusic

Nah.. Not even de great Hety could get me to tune in lol

Lost interest in that tournament years ago. . It's too long and pointless. Only T20 tournament I watch is CPL.
WIfan26 4/29/24, 1:38:36 AM
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debut: 5/1/21
2,126 runs

In reply to imusic

What interests West Indian cricket fans first and foremost are their homies. And I eh talkin about West Indian homies. Players from their country.


Whilst I don’t disagree with you isn’t that the model T20 cricket has created???

Isn’t franchise cricket akin to the NBA or the NFL??? If you’re a fan of Lebron James do you keep supporting Cleveland or does some of your allegiance go to LA???

Or didn’t just a little part of you supported Pooran and Narine when they were at GAWtwistedtwistedtwisted