Biased cricket commentary on ESPN

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I was pleased to watch the second Pakistan versus New Zealand one day international yesterday and am obviously overjoyed with the Pakistan teams overall performance. However I was left a little puzzled and more than little peeved by the commentary.

The commentators, a whole host of them, who came and went throughout the day had very little positive to say about the Pakistani team in the field, who incidentally I thought outshone New Zealand with ease. The fielding was tight and up tempo throughout the session with very few errors and aided a great deal in keep the kiwi’s under immense pressure from the first ball. The bowling likewise was good for line and length and very few no balls were balled (1). Yet the commentators repeatedly stated that it was all down to the pitch and that the New Zealanders were playing out of their socks to get to even 50!

Yet when it was Pakistan’s time to bat, oh no the pitch was suddenly a corker to bat on and no skill or patience on the Pakistani batsmen’s side was mentioned. The weather was pretty much the same throughout the day the pitch looked pretty solid and flat from the morning and if any change was to occur it would have occurred within a few overs (15) into the New Zealand innings. Yours truly puzzled!

At one point when Pakistan was batting and Salim Elahi was thought to be caught behind and wasn’t given the commentator (don’t know which one) suggested that the umpire have his eyes checked, this remark was made again after a turned down appeal for lbw against the same batsman. Now this is unprofessional and sounded like sour grapes, I’ve yet to hear a comment being made in this fashion when the decision goes against Pakistan!

The New Zealand team were demoralised and fielded poorly, I counted many errors, misfields bad timed throws and uninventive bowling and poor captaincy in field placement and bowler rotation. Yet no mention of this was made, instead the commentary turned to the nearby lake and talk of hand gliders and tourism. Inzimam had five specialist bowlers so was limited to these men , yet his field placement and bowler rotation was without fault and at times inspired, the bowler scorecard is testament to this, yet no mention of this in the commentary, instead it was all about the pitch and how that was doing all the work

One commenter forced a statement out of himself at one point when Yousif Youhana put away yet another good ball for four with a textbook drive; his words were “even if it is from the ‘wrong team’, a good shot, I know we’re supposed to be impartial though”. Well that’s what they weren’t.

New Zealand were outplayed to the max, cricket is all about the game and how it’s played it’s less about this sort of commentary hooliganism and biased dialogue.

Give credit where it’s due and maybe learn a little from a truly inspirational one day and test team that is Pakistan.

That’s enough ranting from me today, in future I’ll turn the volume down and turn on a radio station whilst watching.

:jhanda:

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I know. I havent watched this game but did watched previous. NZ commentrators are worst of the worst.

Just sit there and listen they will talk about the mistakes that Pakistani players did yeats ago.

Best of the best is whenever they are discussing any "negatives" of pakistani player, that player come up with something special that leaves them eating their own words.

If NZ players are playing well all they talk about whats happening in the ground. How abc player impromised and played this classy stroke or some xyz bowler beat abc Pakistani batsmen with intelligence and when Pakistani players are doing good, they talk about everything but whats going on in the field.

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*Originally posted by Decent 6Chora: *
I know. I havent watched this game but did watched previous. NZ commentrators are worst of the worst.

Just sit there and listen they will talk about the mistakes that Pakistani players did yeats ago.

Best of the best is whenever they are discussing any "negatives" of pakistani player, that player come up with something special that leaves them eating their own words.

If NZ players are playing well all they talk about whats happening in the ground. How abc player impromised and played this classy stroke or some xyz bowler beat abc Pakistani batsmen with intelligence and when Pakistani players are doing good, they talk about everything but whats going on in the field.
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thats why i never listen to commentary :) only if they are good commentators

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I can tell you, these guys are wayyyy better then our Pakistani commentators, Ian Smith is the only one who seems to be biased at times but other guys like Martin Crowe, Graham Nisbett, & Shane Bond were very insightful and praised the Paki team throughout the whole match.

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Whats wrong with Wicket keepers?Ian healy was also an asshole on Channel 9 though Warne,Taylor,Ritchi :k: and Chappel :k: were great.

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What I hate is false sentiment and commentary that blows hot and cold with each ball, most commentators are guilty of this, last night it was absolutely terrible from 'all' involved.

It's like someone will get fired if they actually say what they see instead of what they 'feel'. New Zealand got a drubbing by a quality side, if you weren't aware of the score and didn't watch the match and just following the commentary you'd think they drew or Pakistan won by default!

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Bracket Jeremy Conney alongwith Ian Smith. Jeremy is one hell of a biased umpire. :smack2:

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Umpire? when did Jeremy changed his career. ?

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True. Kiwi's commentary is very biased but I feel for the poor *******ds. They always lose against Pakistan. It's OK, they can be biased as long as they keep losing. We don't need their bullshiit to tell us Pakistani team is a great one. We know it already. I actually enjoy at their misery.

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oopss sorry, major typo :smack2:

i meant **commentator **

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They are worst then our Pakistani commentators. They had all the good words and sentences when Oram and McCullum were batting. For example. " Muhammed Sami to Brendon McCullum and what a fine shot from a player who's proving himself day by day in international cricket ".

And if Imran Farhat or Yoyo plays a much better shot then Kiwis, the commentators were like " I think Ian Butler shouldn't bowl at this line realizing the fact about the first 15 overs ".

And did any one noticed about Inzamam today how he was speaking:D

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*Originally posted by Xpress: *
I can tell you, these guys are wayyyy better then our Pakistani commentators, Ian Smith is the only one who seems to be biased at times but other guys like Martin Crowe, Graham Nisbett, & Shane Bond were very insightful and praised the Paki team throughout the whole match.
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No they r not .. mayb r ones r not totally professional and polished [ramiz the only exception], but atleast they r not biased, they never were. Kiwi commentators on the other hand are biased mostly, unless they really have no choice but to praise our team.

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:k:

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The Game Responds:

   *Ian Smith needs to keep quiet at times. He sounds extremely prejudiced; I'm sure everyone has noticed it. He also needs to lose some weight; but that's another topic for another day. People, That Is All.*
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Ofcourse our commentators won’t seemed to be biased because all they do is praise our Pakistani team and thats what us Pakis want to hear.
Ramiz Raja speaks good english and thats about it. These commentators go deeply into the game of cricket and talk about the technicality of bowling and batting.
Our commentators only can say “Hamish Marshall is a very good batsman, because he scored a century in the last game” :rolleyes:

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Xpress, thats wat i meant. they lack professionalism, but apart from that they’re pretty nuetral. they dont have gd speaking skills thats y they struggle so much n r funny as well! Foreign commentators mostly are polished, educated individuals and that shd make them more balanced n less biased. Unfortunately that isnt the case.

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Any radio stations people can recommend to accompany my viewing of tommorows match?

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I dont believe it. Just now before the start of the 3rd ODI Ian Smith was introducing the Pakistani team and instead of saying Yasir hameed he said Yasir Arafat. Martin Crowe burst out laughing and then both started using the F word liberally. The station cut the commentary. Went back after 5 minutes and the same thing happened and they started swearing again and the commentary has been cut again. Thses NZ commentators need to grow up. Idiots. :eek:

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Well it was the same again today.

The NZ team displayed real incompetance in the field, overthrows 7+ runs, missed catches (4-5). Yet no mention of this. Yet we get 11 replays of one catch?! :confused:

It was quite possibly the worst fielding I’ve seen at this level!

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ehsan bhai u serious:eek:

paki shud sue them off:p