I pmed this to duff and thought I must aswell post it here too
COMMENTARY SAMPLE LINES
If you think they are good I will provide more, if not, i wont.
Here are some phrases/facts to be used:
"To go to a cricket match for nothing but cricket is a though a man were to go into an inn for nothing but drink" Sir Neville Cardus, 1947
It was Steve Rixon the New South Wales coach of the time who suggested that Glenn Mcgrath furthere his cricket career by moving south from the small town of Narrowmine to Sydney to further his cricket. This came back to haunt him when he was New Zealand caoch in the 1999 World Cup.
Generic phrases:
Regardelss of milestone (although common sense is needed):
"He was peppered there (hit by 2 or more bouncers)"
"He hit x4's and x6's there."
"Dropped on ..., and im sure theyre regretting it now."
"Good innings so far, hopefully he can reach the next milestone."
"Good fifty/hundred."
"Any thing over 100 is excellent."
"Thats his 50"...etc...
Usually followed by:
- SR>80 in Test, SR>100 in 40 or 50 overs match
"It was a fast paced innings"
"Just over/under a run a ball there"
"Good innings there he looked shady at the crease but recovered to make a good fifty"
"Superb innings, he looked comfortable from the start and carried on for a fantastic fifty"
- SR>105 in Test, SR>120 in 40 or 50 over match
"What an innings he blasted those runs"
"He kept getting singles there and it all amonted to a great fifty."/Loads of boundaries, the crowd go wild in appriaciation for a great innings."
"x4's and x6's in that fifty"
-SR>45 in Test, SR>60 in 40 or 50 over match.
"Solid fifty, he just nurdled the ball into the gaps/he waited for his oppotunity then got the boundaries."
"You need an innings like this to hold an innings together"
-SR<45 in Test, SR<60 in 40 or 50 over match
"Gutsy innings"
"Good fifty, reminded me in part of the days of Geoff Boycott"
"Slow and steady wins the race" Other commentator asks "What race is that?"
-SR>150
"<Insert name here> is something special to provide an innings like that"
"Some of those overs reminded me of my credit card bill...e.g. 346436."
"Call <insert opposition name here> a fish because they have been battered"
"This guy loves to slog"
-SR>150 in 20-20
"WOW, this is 20-20 for you, good innings."
"A quick 50/100/150 there"
"He blasted that 50/100/150"
-SR>150 in 40/50 overs match
"Scores in one dayers are getting bigger and bigger thanks to innings like this...well done <insert name here>."
-SR>150 in Test
"The test match game is evolving, no longer a game for old fogies drinking tea, now a game for youngsters smashing the ball to all ends off the park"
This is just to give you an idea of the many lines I can provide if you want me to.
Here are the phrases suggested by members earlier + some from me.
'My mum could have hit that' - poor ball, missed by batsman.
'If the grounds man makes another flat, slow pitch that my mum would get runs on it will be a tedious draw.' - After 2nd or 3rd innings when >1000 or >1500 have been scored respectavaly.
"He is like and Indian three-wheeler, he sucks up a lot of diesel, but never goes past 30" - Player with description of opener or middle order batsman out 20<30.
'He's what I call a good all rounder, he plays all around the ball and it goes on to hit the stumps' Player bowled playing straight drive, cover drive or square drive.
'He's usually a good hooker, but couldn't quite get it up that time' (Richie said this one) - caught off the hook.
'That six has cleared the car park' - huge six.
'He's got a hold of that one, but so does the fielder at [position goes here]' - obvious.
'That's a good example of how to take a catch, but unfortunately for the bowling team, a member of the crowd was the one taking it' - six into crowd.
"A man back in Row S has taken that catch" - six into crowd.
"WOW He's Smashed that so hard it?s gone out the stadium and hit a driving car's windscreen" - huge six.
"Oh this is VERY close we have to go to the 3rd Umpire" - 3rd umpire referral for run out.
"Chance if he hits" (You always here commentators say that) - obvious.
"Struck in front," - LBW shout thats going on to hit stumps
followed by:
"Keeper's appealing"..."but is about the only one" or "others follow, and got him"
"All fielders appealing"..."but not out" or "and got him"
"Plumb!"..."..." or "Oh dear, not given"
"Wow this is a very high shot its cleared the height of the stadium there?s a man under it and gone, What a catch" - skied and caught.
"There's a hundred dollars for a lucky fan taking a catch down in the third row!" - six into crowd.
"Going, going, going, GONE" - six.
"Oh! That?s a little ripper by [bowler?s name]" - great delivery
"He comes down the pitch and smacks it for...wait he's out! Played all around it!" - advance down the wicket but bowled.
"In this over he's swung it in, out, in, out and he's shaken the stumps all about!" - wicket (not on first ball of over)
"He?s looking about as comfortable out there as America in the Iraq War" - play and miss, or hit by bouncer.
"That?s a rip snorter," - brilliant delivery.
"Judging by that decision, I think the umpire is deaf, dumb and plain stupid" - after: "Plumb, oh dear, not out."
"[Team] has about as much chance of success as EA creating a good cricket game" - team going at under 1/2 required rate in one dayer.
"Yorker, Majorca" - bowled or lbw by yorker.
"Gone, Cya, Au revoir, Auf Wiedersehn, Sat Sri Kal, goodbye" - batsman out.
"Maybe Courtney Walsh can give this guy some batting lessons" - slog shot missed.
"Going, going...this match is brought to you by planetcricket...GONE...six runs. - six.
"Oh, <insert batsman name> is on fire" - well timed boundary.
"That?s a shocking decision by the umpire"
"MAXIMUM!!" - six
"If that had gone any further the batsman would be asking for 9" - huge six
"That?s the death rattle, played all around that one" - bowled.
"Oh! Huge! That's 12 that is!" - huge six
And some short phrases:
?Gone? - out
?Out? - out
?Ooo? - play and miss
?Six? - six
?Four? - four
?Edged and four/out/dropped?
?Dropped?
?Bowled?
?They appeal?
?Huge appeal?
?In the air and??
?Mix up? - batsman mix up whilst running
?Bouncer? (don't say this too much as it can get annoying.)
?Yorker? (don't say this too much as it can get annoying.)
?Good slower ball?
?That ones getting old? (excess use of Yorker, bouncer, or slower ball)
?Huge swing?
?That?s the out swinger? (don't say this too much as it can get annoying)
?That?s the in swinger? (don't say this too much as it can get annoying)
Final note: for things like LBW shouts, have one phrase for the appeal...because in C2005, whether the batsman is out or not can be given away by how soon you see the umpire, the scorecard changing and Ritchie saying "Struck in front,"
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