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Official Cricket Thread

Geoff

Geoff

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Oct 27, 2017
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I will say though that Aggers didn't do himself any favours with the hysterical tone of his responses. He shouldn't have called Liew a cunt and he shouldn't have cried about resigning whatever it was he was talking about and didn't do.

He should have just rejected the personal accusation calmly and left it alone.

edit: Well I think he was personally accused, given that he was named and his comments were judged racist.

I don't want to talk about this all afternoon though so happy to leave it there.
 
AllThingsPurple

AllThingsPurple

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Yeah Aggers response to the article I find pretty bad. It comes across really bad, like hes having a massive tantrum. If I was accused of being a racist on twitter i would like to think I'd handle it with more dignity than that.
 
404LinkNotFound

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Hamchan said:
I find the Big Ant games to be very enjoyable cricket games (and it's not like there's much choice of the market these days). They are low budget and they always seem to have bugs but I find the gameplay satisfying. I think it's a good buy but if you can find Ashes Cricket for 1/4 of the price then it might be worth trying that out first because Cricket 19 isn't that big an improvement on it.
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Can you play as other teams in the Ashes cricket game?
 
Westbahnhof

Westbahnhof

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Oct 27, 2017
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I came in here being like "No way a cricket thread has this many posts, I bet they're hiding some juicy stuff from the mods behind that harmless sounding thread".
Shows what I know.
Good read thought.
 
Zvonimir Boban

Zvonimir Boban

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AllThingsPurple said:
Unfortunately the best cricket game ever made was Brian Lara 96 on the sega megadrive and nothing else has really come close.
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See, now THIS is something wrong enough to warrant an Aggers tirade.

There is only one GOAT cricket game and it's Super International Cricket on the SNES.


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It's basically the only good thing Aussies have ever done.
 
JediTimeBoy

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Question for those that have both:
Is it worth it buying Cricket 19, if I have Ashes 2017?
I mean any big changes to batting/bowling or new match types etc?
 
Joe Spangle

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AllThingsPurple said:
Unfortunately the best cricket game ever made was Brian Lara 96 on the sega megadrive and nothing else has really come close.
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We had a Brian Lara game on the PS1 when i was at uni but the disc was buggered and so the game would only ever get to the coin toss and then nothing would happen, the two players would just stand around kicking the dirt now and then.

We really wanted to play it but were too cheap to buy a new copy (students) and so would leave it running for hours in the hope that it would come to life.
 

Zappy

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Nov 2, 2017
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The problem with cricket 19 as with all cricket games ever made is that once you adjust to the game and the timing - its literally too easy. You can do ridiculous things especially when batting and it loses the feel of cricket. I would like a game that somehow feels like it captures the skill and ebb and flow of cricket but don't think we'll see that in my lifetime.
 
JediTimeBoy

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Zappy said:
The problem with cricket 19 as with all cricket games ever made is that once you adjust to the game and the timing - its literally too easy. You can do ridiculous things especially when batting and it loses the feel of cricket. I would like a game that somehow feels like it captures the skill and ebb and flow of cricket but don't think we'll see that in my lifetime.
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Even on higher difficulties?
 
amanset

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Hamchan said:
Do other Australians even know what the "Hand of God" is? I sure didn't! Soccer ain't that popular here in terms of following professional competition.

I liked Bat of God because it was God's luck that gave England the win. Had no idea it was a reference to something else.
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Sports writers that coined the term do.
 
Window

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There was also the Brian Lara/ Ricky Ponting game on the PS2 by Codemasters which was decent I thought. It had a legends mode of sorts where you got to play some famous innings or spells from the history of the game.
 
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crazy monkey

crazy monkey

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If you have wii there is a cricket game on it as well. You can do motion and stuff.

Real cricket 19 is my jam now a days because of online play and ease of access. I can play it during breaks.
 
Joe Spangle

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Been watching some of the womens ashes. Australia just too good. Looks like they will retain it unless England can pull out some magic.
 
Zvonimir Boban

Zvonimir Boban

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At Edgbaston watching the T20 blast or whatever its called and Ashton Agar is hitting the ball alright. Australia should call him up, couldn't be worse than any one of the dozen Marsh brothers they keep selecting.

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bomma man

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Australia v Australia A starts tonight. Feel like the whole batting line up's potentially in flux apart from Smith and Warner. Pattinson might be able to put pressure on Hazelwood too.
 

Zappy

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Shame that big Jofra isn't fit to play in the 1st Ashes test. Mind can't blame him for needing a rest.
 

Zappy

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AllThingsPurple said:
Is he definitely out? Know he was being rested for the ireland test but assumed that was so he could play against Australia
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Yep - think 1st test squad is being picked from Ashes training camp - and Archer not in that. Has a side strain and is in Barbados to rest up.

Assume he comes into contention for 2nd test - but have nagging feeling selectors might feel he's not battle hardened yet for test cricket. Not ready for 3 long bowling spells a day....I guess result of 1st test will influence that. But I'd love to see what he did with a new ball against Aussie openers....
 
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