Cricket Coverage

liam7831 · 26-07-2019 05:14PM #1

Gets away too much coverage, practically on every radio news bulletin for such a minority sport in this part of the world. Also were pretty poor at it.

ShadyAcres · 26-07-2019 05:18PM

I personally don't like it either so I don't watch it.

BarryD2 · 26-07-2019 05:28PM

liam7831 wrote: »

Gets away too much coverage, practically on every radio news bulletin for such a minority sport in this part of the world. Also were pretty poor at it.

Trolling? Cricket gets very little patchy coverage in the Irish media except on the odd occasion like recent days.

And we're getting better at the modern game. And we operate an all Ireland team.

It's a game that is long played in Ireland, Kilkenny in particular had numerous local clubs in the 19th century. When the Gaelic League came in, they simply changed their prowess with bat & ball to hurl & sliotar

major bill · 26-07-2019 05:29PM

We happen to be playing England in a test Cricket match so prob a reason why its getting so much coverage at the moment

Canis Lupus · 26-07-2019 05:36PM

Didn't Ireland crush the batting of England the other day? Got rolled themselves but it's a big deal in the cricket world.

Anyway, surely hearing about cricket makes a nice change from the dross that is the premier league.

suicide_circus · 26-07-2019 05:55PM

800 years.

thats how long a cricket match takes.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 26-07-2019 05:57PM

liam7831 wrote: »

Gets away too much coverage, practically on every radio news bulletin for such a minority sport in this part of the world. Also were pretty poor at it.

Are you being serious? If it gets 30 minutes a year it's the height of it.

lertsnim · 26-07-2019 05:58PM

liam7831 wrote: »

Gets away too much coverage, practically on every radio news bulletin for such a minority sport in this part of the world. Also were pretty poor at it.

You poor pet. It's over now so you will be able to recover from the ordeal.

Strumms · 26-07-2019 06:11PM

liam7831 wrote: »

Gets away too much coverage, practically on every radio news bulletin for such a minority sport in this part of the world. Also were pretty poor at it.

Minority sport ? What exactly constitutes a ‘minority sport’ ?

Pretty poor at it ? We have beaten both England and the West Indies, two of the best sides in the world. And more than held our own in games against other test playing nations.

We are in terms of cricket an emerging nation, with plans ongoing to increase the participation and success levels.

We have ‘qualified’ for and participated in four world cups.

It gets for the first time recently an appropriate amount of coverage and people are moaning about it. ONLY in this country.

Mrcaramelchoc · 26-07-2019 06:13PM

Its a dreadfully boring game it should be kept for the heavily medicated.

Hamsterchops · 26-07-2019 06:24PM

liam7831 wrote: »

Gets away too much coverage, practically on every radio news bulletin for such a minority sport in this part of the world. Also were pretty poor at it.

Test match against England, why not cover it?

Bricriu · 26-07-2019 06:30PM

And we're getting better at the modern game. And we operate an all Ireland team.

It's a game that is long played in Ireland, Kilkenny in particular had numerous local clubs in the 19th century. When the Gaelic League came in, they simply changed their prowess with bat & ball to hurl & sliotar

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Absolutely wrong (but probably just more ignorant West-Brit revisionism).
Hurling has been played in Ireland since ancient times and is the original national game.

SEPT 23 1989 · 26-07-2019 06:34PM

Drinking for three days in the sunshine in some of the most beautiful locations around the world

Thought we would be all over that game

salmocab · 26-07-2019 06:38PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Drinking for three days in the sunshine in some of the most beautiful locations around the world

Thought we would be all over that game

I went to a game in Australia and it’s a great day, sunshine beer and all day to relax.

26-07-2019 06:55PM

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

Its a dreadfully boring game it should be kept for the heavily medicated.

You obviously missed the world cup final then.

Any sport is boring if you have no interest in it and don’t understand it.

BarryD2 · 28-07-2019 01:41PM

Bricriu wrote: »

Absolutely wrong (but probably just more ignorant West-Brit revisionism).
Hurling has been played in Ireland since ancient times and is the original national game.

Showing your prejudices there! Interesting little piece on that radio this morning, that Michael Cusack played cricket and what's more that cricket was that widely played that it was proposed that it become recognised as a GAA game. Six of the founders were in favour and eight against..

But sure hurling is one of the great stick and ball field games and let's hope that Wexford can do the business today. Though the prospect of facing the beaten KK again in the same AI would be a bit of a sickener.

But by same token, cricket is the worlds great bat & ball game.

branie2 · 28-07-2019 01:44PM

I don't follow it anyway

JohnnyFlash · 28-07-2019 01:46PM

Cricket was going to become a member sport of the GAA when it was being formed as an organisation. It was extremely popular in Ireland.

ToddyDoody · 28-07-2019 01:47PM

I'd comment that its a pity we dont have crickets in this country.

Collie D · 28-07-2019 01:48PM

Kenia Wonderful Cobbler wrote: »

Are you being serious? If it gets 30 minutes a year it's the height of it.

Indeed. Sure this thread alone probably constitutes a 10% increase in cricket coverage in Irish media.

martingriff · 28-07-2019 01:55PM

Collie D wrote: »

Indeed. Sure this thread alone probably constitutes a 10% increase in cricket coverage in Irish media.

It is Ashes year so maybe up to 45 mins coverage

Dr. Bre · 28-07-2019 01:57PM

I don’t like cricket , I love it

0byme75341jo28 · 28-07-2019 02:00PM

Can someone tell me how cricket works I honestly have no idea..

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 28-07-2019 02:03PM

Bricriu wrote: »

Absolutely wrong (but probably just more ignorant West-Brit revisionism).
Hurling has been played in Ireland since ancient times and is the original national game.

He’s right. Cricket was played extensively in Kilkenny and Tipperary prior to the GAA revival.

ToddyDoody · 28-07-2019 02:04PM

Rosa Obnoxious Gun wrote: »

Can someone tell me how cricket works I honestly have no idea..

You have to knock the small stick off with the ball and run around a square.

dxhound2005 · 28-07-2019 02:05PM

Rosa Obnoxious Gun wrote: »

Can someone tell me how cricket works I honestly have no idea..

Thank you for being honest about it, but why do you want to know?

28-07-2019 02:25PM

Bricriu wrote: »

And we're getting better at the modern game. And we operate an all Ireland team.

It's a game that is long played in Ireland, Kilkenny in particular had numerous local clubs in the 19th century. When the Gaelic League came in, they simply changed their prowess with bat & ball to hurl & sliotar

Absolutely wrong (but probably just more ignorant West-Brit revisionism).
Hurling has been played in Ireland since ancient times and is the original national game.[/QUOTE]

The ignorance is purely yours, have a read, from 50 clubs in the 1890s to just one after ww2

https://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/the-history-of-cricket-in-county-kilkenny-the-forgotten-game/

salmocab · 28-07-2019 02:29PM

Cricket is an odd game, it’s quite slow but if you give it a go watching it you might be quite surprised especially the 50 over game. I broke my hand years ago and was off work for the World Cup mid 90s sometime. A mate of mine was off for a few weeks too and as there was nothing else on we ended up watching it and really quite enjoying it. The skills and the tactics are quite complex and whilst I don’t exactly follow it I would still enjoy watching it when it’s on and I’m home alone. It suffers from a perception of posh English game.

28-07-2019 02:32PM

Rosa Obnoxious Gun wrote: »

Can someone tell me how cricket works I honestly have no idea..

You know rounders right? Well instead of defending some invisible space behind your bat there's a wooden target. Instead of being on the corner you are in the middle of the field and there's too batters, and the one who is one flips every 6 throws. Importantly there's no pressure on you to score except for time, you're only out when caught or the wooden target is hit, or you stopped it bring hit with your body

ToddyDoody · 28-07-2019 02:36PM

How's the women's game?

Hego Damask · 28-07-2019 02:54PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Cricket was going to become a member sport of the GAA when it was being formed as an organisation. It was extremely popular in Ireland.

No doubt the facist ***** at the GAA put a stop to it.

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