Cricket Thread III

[narayanan]

After deep research, I have determined why TOI is such pits compared to good media sites.

Here is a comparison between TOI "commentary" and REAL commentary on the same tense, nail-biting, umbrella-chewing final over of the 4th day.


CRICINFO
which is run by people who know cricket
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7.1 Panesar to Kumble, no run, tossed up outside the off stump, forced away well wide of the fielder at silly point
7.2 Panesar to Kumble, no run, quicker delivery outside the off stump, Kumble gets a good stride forwad, covers the stumps and leaves it through to the keeper
7.3 Panesar to Kumble, no run, fraction short and close to the off stump line, Kumble rocks back and drives it away towards cover
7.4 Panesar to Kumble, no run, good length outside the off stump, driven away square on the off side, single not taken
7.5 Panesar to Kumble, 2 runs, inside edge and the ball rolls away well wide of the fielder at short fine leg, Kumble runs hard and makes it back safely for the second, better throw would have made things interesting
7.6 Panesar to Kumble, no run, on the middle and off stump line, defended stretching well forward

And that's stumps on day four.

You can almost feel the tense air swishing around the ball as it is "tossed up, outside the off stump", and hear the "crack!!" as "Kumble rocks back and drives it away towards cover" and the screaming excitement as "nside edge and the ball rolls away well wide of the fielder at short fine leg, Kumble runs hard and makes it back safely for the second," followed by the let-down/relief as "etter throw would have made things interesting"

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Here is TOI commentary on the same over, run by the usual Paki morons:

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7.1 Monty Panesar toA. Kumble
No Runs Scored on this ball.Total Score: 16 / 1

7.2 Matthew Hoggard toA. Kumble
No Runs Scored on this ball.Total Score: 16 / 1

7.2 Monty Panesar toA. Kumble
No Runs Scored on this ball.Total Score: 16 / 17.5 Monty Panesar toA. Kumble
2 Runs Scored.Total Score: 18 / 1


7.3 Monty Panesar toA. Kumble
No Runs Scored on this ball.Total Score: 16 / 1

7.4 Monty Panesar toA. Kumble
No Runs Scored on this ball.Total Score: 16 / 1

7.5 Monty Panesar toA. Kumble
2 Runs Scored.Total Score: 18 / 1


7.6 Monty Panesar toA. Kumble
No Runs Scored on this ball.Total Score: 18 / 1
India- 18 / 1 at the end of Over # 8

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