New Zealand Sri Lanka Twenty20 Series in USA

[Mike23]

poor wicket for t20 cricket.

Actually it was a poor wicket for any format.

 

[Chewie]

You guys did NOT watch the game, we did. And who ever did watch it, did blame the pitch, the teams and players. Sometimes it was for fun, sometimes it was out of frustration. I wasnt the only one.

And you cant possibly tell how bad or good the pitch was, just by reading the scorecard and guessing it. The way some of them got out was pretty stupid. Specially Guptill.

For some reason you kiwis are 1st to blame the pitch. This is not the 1st time i got in argument with Nzs over 'pitch is bad, and everything should be blamed on the pitch'

I'm not blaming the pitch... I just read on Cricinfo that it was really poor, and then read your comments afterwards where you were blaming the black caps for playing terribly. I never said anything about the pitch - I was just saying that I agree with nz0003 that a lot of the comments are about the black caps...

 

[McLOVIN]

@ Howis, and those post says "We blame NZ for this" ??

In what way "next time bring Oz and WI and SA" says this is NZ's fault?? We've been talking about this for last 1 month, who they should invite next time.

In what way this post blames NZ

"What are New Zealand doing here. Where are the big shots?" - He wondered what happened to the big shots, he wasnt even watchin it. And thats blaming the NZ? sorry.


"End of terrible innings" - Sorry I think he should have said that was 1 historicly great innings. :sarcasm

IDK what this, this, this, this, this, this and this doing there.

None of those actully blames any team, 'criticizing' the most it can get.

Seriously, you kids need to grow a flinging pair, and handle it. Stop being so sensitive over little things. People will say ████ all the time, ignore it, if you dont like it. But dont get all cry baby over it. fling!

MacLovin added 4 Minutes and 28 Seconds later...

I'm not blaming the pitch... I just read on Cricinfo that it was really poor, and then read your comments afterwards where you were blaming the black caps for playing terribly. I never said anything about the pitch - I was just saying that I agree with nz0003 that a lot of the comments are about the black caps...

I know, i didnt say it was YOU. I was referring to few things from this long time ago, that happened many many times, over and over again. i had argument with the other nz guys over pitch like 100 times in the past. like the time when NZ lost to Bd, and some of them were saying it was a bad pitch, blah blah. Or the time when NZ lost to Pak in Eng T20 WC, cheaply.

Lol they'd just feel bad about the match, and i'd rub it in

 

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Some pathetic comments by MacLovin & Cricketman in this thread

At least I won't be the one disappointed when this thing starts (or even if it does start).

That's what happens when you over-hype things hMarka

 

[Chewie]

@ Howis, and those post says "We blame NZ for this" ??

In what way "next time bring Oz and WI and SA" says this is NZ's fault?? We've been talking about this for last 1 month, who they should invite next time.

In what way this post blames NZ

"What are New Zealand doing here. Where are the big shots?" - He wondered what happened to the big shots, he wasnt even watchin it. And thats blaming the NZ? sorry.


"End of terrible innings" - Sorry I think he should have said that was 1 historicly great innings. :sarcasm

IDK what this, this, this, this, this, this and this doing there.

None of those actully blames any team, 'criticizing' the most it can get.

Seriously, you kids need to grow a flinging pair, and handle it. Stop being so sensitive over little things. People will say ████ all the time, ignore it, if you dont like it. But dont get all cry baby over it. fling!

MacLovin added 4 Minutes and 28 Seconds later...



I know, i didnt say it was YOU. I was referring to few things from this long time ago, that happened many many times, over and over again. i had argument with the other nz guys over pitch like 100 times in the past. like the time when NZ lost to Bd, and some of them were saying it was a bad pitch, blah blah. Or the time when NZ lost to Pak in Eng T20 WC, cheaply.

Lol they'd just feel bad about the match, and i'd rub it in

If irrotev was here...

 

[shravi]

I will take your child into a dark alley, beat him to a bloody pulp and then feed him to a rabid wolverine if you make a post on every single ball again.

Having fed Cricketman's child to a rabid wolverine, I plan to do the same to Maclovin's. Just for fun, I might just toss Maclovin himself into the mix.

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LOL my English is fine, it's my 1st language. That's the best you could do? Pathetic for thinking, just because I support Bangladesh, i live there and i can't speak English. typical midgets ...

I think it's your trailer trash English that put him off, not your nationality.

 

[angryangy]

Actually it was a poor wicket for any format.

Of that you can hardly be surprised, when even places like Feroz Shah Kotla can have problems meeting international standard. Pitch curation is an obscure art on par with alchemy and even if you have acquired a great groundsman, he might be limited by his resources.

It's one more reason why the sport won't achieved its goals in the US with big flashy gestures, but rather persistent growth and infrastructure. Hosting international teams isn't a bad thing, but the purpose shouldn't be to magically win the continent over. It should be to establish a regular engagement of hosting professional matches.

 

[shravi]

Of that you can hardly be surprised, when even places like Feroz Shah Kotla can have problems meeting international standard. Pitch curation is an obscure art on par with alchemy and even if you have acquired a great groundsman, he might be limited by his resources.

It's one more reason why the sport won't achieved its goals in the US with big flashy gestures, but rather persistent growth and infrastructure. Hosting international teams isn't a bad thing, but the purpose shouldn't be to magically win the continent over. It should be to establish a regular engagement of hosting professional matches.

Agreed, you are not going to win the Americans over for at least another 40 years. For that to happen, United States itself must do something of note outside those subdivisions and in the real international circuit. That will not happen with the current generation of cricketers, so it will take a while before cricket can become anything more than a 10 second clip on Sportscenter.

 

[Chewie]

If it got into the Olympics it might win them over quicker...

 

[angryangy]

You may never have a chance of really winning America over at all. The great anomaly of the USA is that although an immense sporting nation, their focus is extremely insular.

Few international events ever seem to hold the limelight. Reel off a list of major internationally competitive sports: soccer, cricket, rugby union, Formula 1, tennis, hockey... but then look at what they're competing with, things like NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, PGA and IndyCar. The American bubble has a better ability to expand into the outside world than for the outside world to leech its way in.

 

[McLOVIN]

You may never have a chance of really winning America over at all. The great anomaly of the USA is that although an immense sporting nation, their focus is extremely insular.

Few international events ever seem to hold the limelight. Reel off a list of major internationally competitive sports: soccer, cricket, rugby union, Formula 1, tennis, hockey... but then look at what they're competing with, things like NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, PGA and IndyCar. The American bubble has a better ability to expand into the outside world than for the outside world to leech its way in.

thats nicely put

MacLovin added 2 Minutes and 0 Seconds later...

why is that guy posting the same thing 3 times?

 

[nz0003]

thats nicely put

MacLovin added 2 Minutes and 0 Seconds later...

why is that guy posting the same thing 3 times?

My internet keeps tweaking up, for some reason I logged on to my laptop and it was posting it again for some reason.

You keep calling everyone 'sensitive' for the way they've reacted to your dumbass comments. You seem to be the most sensitive person in this thread, you had a cry as soon as New Zealand didn't hit sixes, and make 200, and started blaming them calling them ████ etc.. Then when Sri Lanka didn't make our total in 10 overs, you had another cry. Now whenever someone makes a mistakes or post something you don't agree with, you have another cry! Sensitive little sook IMO.

 

[McLOVIN]

Clearly you have something against me, (and again, did not read my earlier post) because I wasn't the only 1 who was posting here during the game. I was actually talking ████ about both team equally. But I dont see the Sri Lankans crying. Because they are grown ups? Mature? And not bunch of cry babies?

And like i said already, none of those post that the guy quoted actually shows how we were blaming NZ. No 1 blamed the NZs, Jesus!!

And lets say even if we did "blame" Nz?? So what? Just stop posting okaay!

 

[nz0003]

Clearly you have something against me, (and again, did not read my earlier post) because I wasn't the only 1 who was posting here during the game. I was actually talking ████ about both team equally. But I dont see the Sri Lankans crying. Because they are grown ups? Mature? And not bunch of cry babies?

And like i said already, none of those post that the guy quoted actually shows how we were blaming NZ. No 1 blamed the NZs, Jesus!!

And lets say even if we did "blame" Nz?? So what? Just stop posting okaay!

I have nothing against you, you're just the only one replying

You obviously can't read, because majority of the posts Howsie quoted, are blaming NZ.

I'm not just supporting New Zealand btw, if Sri Lanka made 120 in the first innings and got the same reaction, I would of replied saying exactly the same thing.

Maybe you should follow your own advice and stop posting you sensitive little sook.

 

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