Comments on: Jimmy Anderson wicket celebration analysis: Pujara 4 v Kohli 0

By: Deep Cower

Deep Cower — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 11:48:17 +0000

In reply to King Cricket. I bow to your obviously superior descriptive powers, Oh King!

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:19:00 +0000

In reply to King Cricket. He looks like he's ingested poison but doesn't want anyone to know that the substance in question is lethally poisonous to him because doing so will somehow mean losing something greater than his life.

By: Deep Cower

Deep Cower — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 07:11:06 +0000

In reply to King Cricket.

It’s difficult to describe, but it was “Oh no, please not this now. It reminds me of that really unpleasant thing from high school” kind of face. I wish someone captured it, but I couldn’t find any clip. But I do have Shaun “savouring” the aftertaste:

https://youtu.be/kBlNayebFy4?t=49

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 09:57:55 +0000

In reply to Deep Cower. Can you describe it?

By: Deep Cower

Deep Cower — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 19:43:18 +0000

The things I most liked about this test match: Shaun Pollock’s facial expression when Sunil Gavaskar handed him Indian sweets celebrating the olympic gold medal an Indian athlete won. Pollock’s expression was priceless. Really, it was.

By: Aditya

Aditya — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 14:50:23 +0000

In reply to King Cricket. It really did feel like he'd already signaled it before he turned to Buttler

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 14:12:36 +0000

In reply to Aditya. Impatience?

By: Aditya

Aditya — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:20:13 +0000

Why wouldn’t you listen to your keeper when you refer caught behind decisions to the third umpire?

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 07:38:55 +0000

In reply to Ged Ladd. That's looking one of the more outlandish predictions. Think there was a touch of enthusiasm dissipation as he mentally ticked off all the possible ways it might not have been the wicket, but he seemed pretty sure overall.

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 06:33:08 +0000

Is it possible that Jimmy was not 100% sure that he’d got his man in the Pujara case? There was quite a bit of too-ing and fro-ing about whether or not it carried and whether or not it was a nick before the actual finger raise.

Sorry if I am spoiling a good story with less entertaining possibilities.

I was irritatingly engaged on work stuff yesterday until long after the rain had arrived. I do hope to follow some of the cricket live this (Friday) afternoon.

Hoping that KC’s predicted run-fest starts with England’s second innings and not the remainder of the current Indian one.