Cliches in cricket commentary

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cricket commentators employ these cliches sometimes it riles you (esp Desi ones) Listing some of them

  1. when somebody gets out for a duck - “gone without troubling the scorer”
  2. when a batsmen takes chances and gets a life - “fortune favors the brave”
  3. when a batsman slogs and gets runs in a unconventional manner - “it does not matter how the runs come yada yada”
  4. “form is temporary class is permanent”
  5. its all happening out there..
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and when some one gets bowled… Furniture has been disturbed :hehe:

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and one more - a match is not over until the last bowl is bowled -

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Pakistan on fire here at Edan Gardens by Ravi Shastri

and old one from Cheshti Mujahid: Down he comes, Up she gooes, Six he Gets

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THAT was a textbook shot....

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Have you guys noticed that with the majority of the desi commentators, they tend to bore the hell out of you.

Now I can watch a interesting game, but if it's desi commentators talking english, being slow, nothing interesting to say, a game can become boring. But if you have some good commentators from Australia or England, like Tony Greig, you can make a boring game into a eventful game.

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Peoples Champ: *
Have you guys noticed that with the majority of the desi commentators, they tend to bore the hell out of you.

Now I can watch a interesting game, but if it's desi commentators talking english, being slow, nothing interesting to say, a game can become boring. But if you have some good commentators from Australia or England, like Tony Greig, you can make a boring game into a eventful game.
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some of the desi commentators are good like Sunil Gavaskar , Harsha Bhogle.
worst are Aamer Sohail , Ranjit Fernando , Krish Srikannth and all the other commmentators who graduated from radio to TV ( they basically dont know when to stop)

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It was good to hear Chishti's voice after a while, but then it became annoying immediately!

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what about *U miss i hit * ?????????

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Its not a cliche but I have heard Hassan Jalil once said "bohut acha zameen doaz stroke 4 runs" :D

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hahaha good one :k:

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This is Ravi Shastri..

" rrrrrrrrapped to the pads… up goes the finger… so rrrrrazzaq wins the battle here and dravid departs :k: "..

Tony Greig

" you give these Pakistani’s a wicket and boy they love it "

:smiley:

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another common phrase

‘surely that will put cat amongst the pigeons now’ :hehe:

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im watchin a program on ptv now where there r 3 guests

  • Chishti Mujahid
  • Munir Hussain
  • Iftikhar Ahmed
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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Shoki: *
im watchin a program on ptv now where there r 3 guests

  • Chishti Mujahid
  • Munir Hussain
  • Iftikhar Ahmed [/QUOTE]

So how is that a cliche?

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^ ehsan bhai you are kinda slow.

hahah shoki good one :k:

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** 48-49th over of a match: A thick inside edge and ball beats the diving keeper, well i guess at this stage it does not count how they come as long as they come.**

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If u r going to flash, flash hard!

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Agarkar is out for a Duck!

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There used to be a urdu commentator who used to spice up his commetns like** ‘aur yeh hain Ijaz Ahmad, bohut jaandaar hain, Sialkot ke doodh dahi ke palay huay’**

:hehe: :rotfl: