The International Cricket Thread

[tomd2103]

Make them favourites, but there isn't much in it.

And I still hate Night Watchmen. Most pointless thing in cricket.

The BBC were using the term ‘nightwatcher’ yesterday.

So did Sky. Boiled gammon incoming.

Can't say it bothers me too much, but I just find it strange when it's used when all the players in the game are men.  If there were mixed teams or it was a women's game then there would be an obvious need.

[Risso]

2.15 start then.

[paul_e]

Make them favourites, but there isn't much in it.

And I still hate Night Watchmen. Most pointless thing in cricket.

The BBC were using the term ‘nightwatcher’ yesterday.

So did Sky. Boiled gammon incoming.

Can't say it bothers me too much, but I just find it strange when it's used when all the players in the game are men.  If tgere were mixed teans or it was a women's game then there would be an obvious need.

The simple need is that a lot of commentators/broadcasters/journalists/etc are the same for mens and womens games so having standard terminology so they're always using the correct phrases is just common sense. There's really very little more to it than that.

On the specific example the biggest problem is that nightwatcher is just shit, just change it to nightwatch/nightswatch (I don't care which you choose) and it works better in every way.

[tomd2103]

Make them favourites, but there isn't much in it.

And I still hate Night Watchmen. Most pointless thing in cricket.

The BBC were using the term ‘nightwatcher’ yesterday.

So did Sky. Boiled gammon incoming.

Can't say it bothers me too much, but I just find it strange when it's used when all the players in the game are men.  If tgere were mixed teans or it was a women's game then there would be an obvious need.

The simple need is that a lot of commentators/broadcasters/journalists/etc are the same for mens and womens games so having standard terminology so they're always using the correct phrases is just common sense. There's really very little more to it than that.

On the specific example the biggest problem is that nightwatcher is just shit, just change it to nightwatch/nightswatch (I don't care which you choose) and it works better in every way.

Sorry Paul, but that isn't the main reason.  As I say, it's not something that bothers me all that much to be honest.

[Risso]

It doesn't bother me either, it's just one of those needless things they've done which stirs things up that don't need to be stirred up.

[UK Redsox]

Mo

[LeeB]

The beard that's feared!

[LeeB]

Green could have gone three times in a row then the jammy fucker

[Exeter 77]

Khawaja seems determined to bore the bowlers to death.

[PaulWinch again]

It’s so flat here.

[PaulWinch again]

I can’t see us ever getting Khawaja out.

[Gareth]

Set up for a quick burst of Stokes star dust hopefully

[PaulWinch again]

This looks like they could just pat it around and knock these off without much concern.

[Dr Butler]

need another wicket before it enters double figures...


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[PaulWinch again]

Yep Jimmy is just getting knocked around here. Australia’s to lose.