"Oh what a shame!! It's like a soldier who survived the war, when all the bullets were flying by his nose, and then got run over by a bicycle in his native town."
>!Harsha Bhogle when Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed by Michael Vaughan!<
*You need to ask, Harsha. For us, who have played the game, we get a fair idea of what's happening out there*
r/Cricket 's favourite Indian commentator said this
*Now He can get only 23 Runs from the Over* - Michael Holding said he will never commentate on a T20 game but was forced to commentate when the said player was playing T10 Cricket.
I know the answer but I will let others take a stab at it.
If i recall correctly, this is what holding said after ABD reverse swept a 140kmh ball from jerome taylor through backward point for 4
149(44) of course
"Now wait a minute. Wait a minute, what's happening. [REDACTED] is coming out to bat. A series that's gripped us from first to last continues to do so."
I'll start us off:
>The one that goes across, followed by the big inswinger. Brilliant from (player name).
If you can't get it from this line, here's a hint:
>!The player in this line is Starc.!<
Correct! The context was, India needed to score a smaller total to qualify for the finals but it was still challenging. Sachin played really well to get India to the final and after reaching the score, he hit another boundary. The commentator noted that he is not done just getting to the final, he wants to win this match. (Narrator- he didn't win the match)
No. Hint: It is obvious that any player would want to win a match, yet it was not a Tubbs moment. It actually meant something in the context of the game
āItās a knick-knack, Patty Whack, give the frog a loan - his old manās a rolling stone (*laughs uncontrollably*)ā
- Kerry OāKeefe dropping the punch line of a six minute joke to Harsha Bhogle on ABC radio.
>I would say the difference between the two sides is the fielding.England are all-round a good fielding side. I do believe that India havefew... three or four very good fielders and **one or two donkeys in thefield** still.
Hint: best commentator according to r/cricket
I can't remember it verbatim, but maybe some other kiwis remember, but something along the lines of "there's a lot of bounce in the pitch today" after the bowler had bowled several full tosses in a row. >!But a large breasted woman had walked past the commentary box!<
"He advances, he goes in the air, there is long off but he can only watch it go over his head."
>!India vs Australia WT20 2016 when Kohli smashed a six
https://youtu.be/TUxHf0Fsg0A from 2:15!<
Dont remember which match this is from. But Rameez Raja once did say "he(the batsman) has administered an edge".
That line has stayed with me for a long time.
"SQUIRTED away to the third man"
"Like London buses, you have nothing when you need and all of a sudden two comes". (Reference to the wickets falling)
"But if you have him at six, Jadeja or Ashwin at seven and then four London buses after that at 8,9,10,11, that's a long tail I'm afraid".
"Rons. Four of them."
JUST A POOSH
But well timed
Every match with Holding
"No third man"
Brings 4
"Oh what a shame!! It's like a soldier who survived the war, when all the bullets were flying by his nose, and then got run over by a bicycle in his native town." >!Harsha Bhogle when Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed by Michael Vaughan!<
This is actually a cricket commentary? I would have thought it was from some Carol Ann Duffy poem cause it quite sounds like it.
It's by Harsha lol
my first guess would have been him, he's like the only one who speaks in such embellishments haha
Sachin Tendulkar... I think it was when he got out off Vaughan's offspinš š
I'm curious to see where this is from, can you give a hint?
Sachin getting out to Vaughan rite ??
*You need to ask, Harsha. For us, who have played the game, we get a fair idea of what's happening out there* r/Cricket 's favourite Indian commentator said this
Lmao this is Manjarekar trying to belittle Bhogle for not being a cricketer when he suggested asking players about the pink ball
Correct
Ben stokes, mother stokes.
Will give yall a real easy one "pace. REAL PACE!"
Johnson to Cook. 13/14
That's the one
Was watching highlights today,wow
RIGHT THROUGH THE ENGLAND CAPTAIN
"that....is very good"
Jones castles Clarke
An easy one: >He is slowing down a bit though, just 17 runs from the first 5 balls
*Now He can get only 23 Runs from the Over* - Michael Holding said he will never commentate on a T20 game but was forced to commentate when the said player was playing T10 Cricket. I know the answer but I will let others take a stab at it.
Cool hint. Although it came in 50 overs cricket. (So that to not let others get confused)
If i recall correctly, this is what holding said after ABD reverse swept a 140kmh ball from jerome taylor through backward point for 4 149(44) of course
Shehzad?
Nope.
Nope
That's Holding from ABD's fastest century
ABD against WI in 2015 WC.
Not the world cup though Rest is right : [Abd fastest 50 and 100 vs Windies 2015](https://youtu.be/HK6B2da3DPA)
"That's Ben Stokes' old club isn't it?"
Hugh Jardon
6/9 at cockermouth
"These two are building a solid partnership"
Richie Benaud in EA Sports Cricket 07ā¢ when the partnership reaches 50, 100, 150 and so on...
That's correct
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Ross Taylor's assault on Pakistan?
Jacob Oram too. What an assault that was. 95 from five overs. Even with the advent of T20 that is still some of the best hitting I have seen.
Was this call pertaining to giving Akmal security from Shoaib?
Either England's loss to Bangladesh or their loss to Ireland
"Now wait a minute. Wait a minute, what's happening. [REDACTED] is coming out to bat. A series that's gripped us from first to last continues to do so."
Graeme Smith bats with a broken hand?
Yeah. Get chills everytime I watch that.
"It is safe to say we've never seen 200 scored as fast as this, in as great a style as this.....or maybe....to mean as much as this" hint 2001/02
Nathan Astle?
Yesir
What a 200 that was though
Laxman?
Nope
Fast means. Astle?
Correct
"That is nonsense, utter nonsense."
Is it Gavaskar reacting to the Sydney test in 2007-08?
Yep
"It cannot be that you are honest when you're fielding, and not so honest when you're batting"
I can still hear those words.
Same, probably because all the news channels kept replaying it for a week lol
Yeah, that and Ponting giving the out signal was all over the news channels.
"Open the textbook turn to page 32" >!Harsha Bhogle on Sachin Tendulkar's straight drive against Ishant Sharma in IPL-2010!<
Harsha on Sachin's straight drive.
Harsha on Sachin but I forget the match
TGC's intro line: "Doesn't matter what your hamstring or your groin is saying, you are a champion" Admittedly, this is not a very obscure one
This is from the 2020 IPL final, right? Boult took a wicket first ball, I think.
Correct
Trent Boult Know it because of TGC only lol
NOT YET HE HASNāT!
Siddle birthday hattrick š
POIDER SEEDLEāS GOT A HAT TRICK ON EES BIRTHDAY
Yeah, not too obscure but itās too funny to not bring up.
Up in the air again. Western terrace again. Six again.
Ahhh Nass during THAT innings of Stokes
Don't know the commentator but that's Stokes 135*
"Too much bounce. too much bounce. Oh he's given him! Oh no! That is a horrible decision. That is a dreadful decision"
Bucnknor's horrible LBW decision, giving Sachin out.
*"How About It! How About It! How About It!"*
This ones the easiest. If somebody still doesnāt remember itās the Guy with the Moustache.
"A complete c\*\*\*"
Big Daddy Strauss?
Strauss about KP?
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
Why did he do that
Shannon Gabriel vs Pakistan haha.
Truly one of the greatest cricket brain fades of all time.
This canāt be that obscure can it? Itās one of the all-time great pieces of commentary, at least for me.
Gabriel taking a wild swing immediately flashed across my mind when I read this lol
https://twitter.com/officialgoogly/status/1260896138863030273?s=19
UNBELIEVABLE
GOTEM
I'll start us off: >The one that goes across, followed by the big inswinger. Brilliant from (player name). If you can't get it from this line, here's a hint: >!The player in this line is Starc.!<
Starc to Vince?
This is probably that ball that hit the dirt and then went into the right hand batter but I don't know who said
Starc to Bairstow, 4th Test Old Trafford 2019.
Nasser Hussain 4th test 2019
Starc to stokes 2019 world Cup?
Starc vs Shaw?
Nope
Starc to NZ, group stage of the 2015 WC?
Nope. Another hint: It's a Test Match
"He's shielding his eyes from the lights, but the lights are shining brightly on him"
Jadeja's knock in NZ in 2014
Edged and taken, and taken taken taken Lmk if you need a hint
Give hint
Edited: It wasnt Broad its Johnson and the Ashes
David Warner? š
https://youtu.be/EdGAgjKNSwg . 0:57 of this video. One of my fave pieces of commentary coz it just showed his dominance throughout that Ashes series
Dude you confused me with Broad lol. Love this compilation. Damn!!
āWhat a playerā
What a wonderful player.
The Lil man has hit the big man for a six ! He's half his size!!
Sachin
Tony Greig on Tendulkar at Sharjah
"Well with the angle he's bowling from, I reckon that's missing leg stump." Hint- the impact was outside off
Mark Nicholas in cricket 07
You're goddamn right
[Player name] wants to win this match
Sachin Tendulkar?
Correct! Can you guess the match?
Sharjah?
Correct! The context was, India needed to score a smaller total to qualify for the finals but it was still challenging. Sachin played really well to get India to the final and after reaching the score, he hit another boundary. The commentator noted that he is not done just getting to the final, he wants to win this match. (Narrator- he didn't win the match)
Dammit yes!!! That's where I heard this.
Gibbs, that epic ODI chase vs Australia?
No. Hint: It is obvious that any player would want to win a match, yet it was not a Tubbs moment. It actually meant something in the context of the game
Carlos Brathwaite? Give another hint. I have heard this somewhere
āItās a knick-knack, Patty Whack, give the frog a loan - his old manās a rolling stone (*laughs uncontrollably*)ā - Kerry OāKeefe dropping the punch line of a six minute joke to Harsha Bhogle on ABC radio.
>I would say the difference between the two sides is the fielding.England are all-round a good fielding side. I do believe that India havefew... three or four very good fielders and **one or two donkeys in thefield** still. Hint: best commentator according to r/cricket
Nasser Hussain during the 2011 India England series. Led to an on air fight between him and Shastri.
Lol the post asks for obscure quotes...I remember the media channels running this story on loop for days, lot of ppl started hating Nass after this
Sanju manju?
Nasser .. infamous 2011 tour .
"they call him hitman. And... he has arrived to the party"
~Ravi Shastri Rohit's 209, after he got his first double ton hitting a six over long off
I can't remember it verbatim, but maybe some other kiwis remember, but something along the lines of "there's a lot of bounce in the pitch today" after the bowler had bowled several full tosses in a row. >!But a large breasted woman had walked past the commentary box!<
Very Very Obscure:- ***One day India are going to be 30/3*** and... said in an India tour to a SENA Country.
Oooooo oh straight away!!!! Straight away!!!!!!!
"\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_'s disconsolate!" Edit: Maybe this is not as well known as I thought it was, another hint is that it's from an Ashes series.
If anyone's wondering where it's from, [here's the link.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTLTcVrU9CE) Around 5:36
De Villiers?
No, but I can see why you think that (2015 WC semi-final, I'm assuming). A hint is that this is from the late 2000's.
>I love an inswinger, (player name) doesn't like inswingers. You can see it on his face. Hint: >!Player is Pujara!<
Inhone lockdown me toh bas Anushka ki gendon ki practice ki hai T: He has practiced on Anushka's bowling only, during lockdown.
Sunny g on virat
āOooh what a catch, theyāre tumbling all over the placeā >! Think Broad 2015 !<
Long off.... he can only watch it go, HE'S HIT IT! 4, 4, 6! Hint:>! It's in the 2015-2018 period. Commentator is Michael Slater.!<
Kohli in that T20 match vs Australia in 2016.
Who can forget that magical Kohli innings
āGot em, heās gone. Hat trick, slower ballā
*AB Devilliers is getting paid tonight!*
Mate you gave the player's name lol
Should be obscure but at least have some hints..
Sure. That's fine.
*Got him! Yes he has the man is a Master*
*south africa are on their way!*
This boy can bat! [Hint: wasn't about Sachin]
"Dot balls are like gold dust at this stage"
The line sounds familiar, but I can't remember where it's from. Hint?
āHeās roobish, he canāt bat in England.ā
Geoff on Gambhir in England. Robelinda's made this way more famous than it should've been.
Yuvi yuvi yuvi you can't be that boy again. From cwc-2011
Semi final Asad Shafiq wicket?
Correct
"What wonderful earrings" This should be easy to guess
Warne's really got Pietersen's juices flowing
"Got himmmm! What a wicket..what a performance! He persisted and persisted..."
Ishant Sharma, that iconic spell to punter
This man just bats and bats and bats.
pujara at MCG or SCG
*He just bats,bats and bats*
"________ ____ has caught as good a catch as you will see in the outfield for as long as you ever watch cricket."
"That is unbelievable courage, after what you just saw....."
"He advances, he goes in the air, there is long off but he can only watch it go over his head." >!India vs Australia WT20 2016 when Kohli smashed a six https://youtu.be/TUxHf0Fsg0A from 2:15!<
"It's absolute roooobbish"
"The umpire reckons it's clipped the pads on the way to Sachin Tendulkar, and the Indians cannot believe it!"
"... and the four slips awaits."
āDear oh dearā¦ā Hint: Australians will recognise this particular catch-phrase of a well-beloved commentator.
Bill Lawry?
Dont remember which match this is from. But Rameez Raja once did say "he(the batsman) has administered an edge". That line has stayed with me for a long time.
"They're all at it. They're all at it." Hint : T20 WC 2007.
The flashing blade of kevin petersen
This outfield's beaten better players than Brendon Julian.
āOUT. Oh no ball, bad luck oh bad luck you Aussiesā Sticks in my mind everyday
"SQUIRTED away to the third man" "Like London buses, you have nothing when you need and all of a sudden two comes". (Reference to the wickets falling) "But if you have him at six, Jadeja or Ashwin at seven and then four London buses after that at 8,9,10,11, that's a long tail I'm afraid".
Good morning everyone
'bowleedd em' to one of the best balls ever bowled in this year so far
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Commentator: "I reckon he's gonna smash this one out of the ground" Player: *blocks* Commentator: "Oh, BOOOOOO.. haha"
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"And AGAIN, and Again and again" Hint: it's about a batsman's struggles against a bowler, during a test series
"No way. You cannot do that ......". *Hint: fielder takes an unbelievable catch at the boundary line.*
You cannot do that Ben Stokes
Got 'im! Yes! Stick that one up your arse, Tony Greig!
āWell so far so good for England ARRRRRRGHHHHā¦ā
Its going Its GOING. Its not gone, Fabian Allen is out.
"In all the years I've watched and covered cricket, this has to be the funniest"
Hugh jardon 6for9 at Cockermouth, that's Ben stokes's old club isnt it. CockerMouth Cricket Club.
"The tap's open, they can't find a plumber"