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sherriffflood t1_jdt9v60 wrote

259?!! Were they playing in the back garden??

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None_of_your_Beezwax t1_jdtj24q wrote

Centurion is just up the road from the bullring (Wanderers) where SA chased down 434 in that epic 2003 ODI.

I'm guessing the altitude helps.

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Go0s3 t1_jdtubsb wrote

It helps when the pitch is a road and square boundaries are 60m.

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Nicholarse_Angle t1_jdul3kk wrote

The 438 game was in 2006.

Centurion is 2 kilometres above sea level. That's the main reason you saw all the sixes yesterday.

ps. The next game is also going to be a high scoring game (Johannesburg is even higher up than Centurion).

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Hensanddogs t1_jduh8pc wrote

I was at that game! I love telling people that and rarely get to lol

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KryanSA t1_jdv3rit wrote

I just commented the same thing, then saw your comment. Heh

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Hensanddogs t1_jdwqjp0 wrote

I was/am an Australian fan, did 4 cricket games plus holiday around the country. Phenomenal trip.

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KryanSA t1_jdxmvvq wrote

Ah, I am/was a local Joburg kid (final year of school at the time iirc).

I "dropped" one of the (many) Ponting sixes that reached the crowd, and got lip from everyone for all of the Ozzie's innings... Had the last laugh though, thanks to Gibbsy.

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Kief_Bowl t1_jdye3oy wrote

I was there too lol. Box a couple away from the cameras. Ricky Ponting hit a 6 into the box one over from us.

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KryanSA t1_jdv3p6r wrote

I was there that day! It was glorious. 110% worth the sunburn.

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Wh1sk3yt4ng0f0xtr0t t1_jdt5ll3 wrote

Started watching the highlights on a study break, skipped to the end of the Windies batting innings, heard the commentator mention how its the highest T20 score they've ever put up, and decided to not watch any further.

Guess I should've finished those highlights

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weirdowiththebeardo t1_jdtmqoc wrote

I’ll patiently await the jomboy breakdown

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fairlane35 t1_jdu7i8n wrote

I think Jomboy has basically replaced what Sportscenter used to be for where I get my highlights, not just for baseball

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hamzie11 t1_jdtvjus wrote

South Africa and chasing records Name a better combo

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capnboom t1_jdu45nd wrote

South Africa, choking with zero help for a loooooong time

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burgerthrow1 t1_jdtqkze wrote

"West Indies? Jamaica?"

"No; she played them of her own accord"

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JKKIDD231 t1_jdur8ct wrote

This whole match was highlights worthy

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Hopper1985 t1_jduqri9 wrote

Watched it. Could not believe they would pull it off. It was one of those matches u just had to watch and see wht they do. Glad i kept watching till the end.

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policesiren7 t1_jdutvge wrote

I tuned in halfway through the windies innings just before Charles brought up his century. Watched the decimation unfold and just had a funny feeling. When they posted the record total, I thought "oh I've seen this one before, I was there". Watched the rest of the match bar about 1 over when I came back in from a smoke break to see my flatmate playing PlayStation. Changed the channel while he was mid race and watched the last 2 overs.

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chattywww t1_jdukyrb wrote

West Indian = West Indies?

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sophloufrank t1_jdulrz6 wrote

Nah it’s the team that represents the islands in the Caribbean (known as the West Indies). Including Haiti, Jamaica, Barbados, Cuba etc

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vouwrfract t1_jdvwx09 wrote

Haiti and Cuba aren't in Windies Cricket.

West Indies Cricket is made of:

Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago. Guyana
St. Kitts and Nevis
Barbados
Antigua and Barbuda
St Lucia
Dominica
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Granada

Along with this, some territories from other countries also are part of the federation and the team: St. Martin, Montserrat, Virgin Islands, and Anguilla.

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JudgeHoltman t1_jdw0vc3 wrote

I see a whole bunch of words in this article that I know, but none of them make sense.

They even tried to keep it under 3 syllables per word to give my American Education a chance but still missed the mark by about 295.

Can someone translate or add some context?

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Aussiechimp t1_jdzgd0y wrote

Well South Africa is a country which has a cricket team. The West Indies is a region which has a cricket team. West Indies set a world record score, and South Africa chased it down and won the game

T20 means a form of cricket where each teams innings is limited to 120 balls (pitched)

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aravose t1_jdujzzw wrote

T20 is in the process of destroying itself. When 35 sixes are hit in a game, a six is no longer something you look forward to ... Bowlers will lose interest, fielders, especially those inside the circle, will be less attentative. They already say that T20 cricket is a game watched by people who don't like cricket...

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redditmaleprostitute t1_jdv1ste wrote

As a fan of cricket, I gotta say that classic cricket is too damn slow for me. I think it isn’t bad that cricket is maturing into an entertainment-centric support rather than it giving off an artistic vibe.

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Aussiechimp t1_jdzgmsr wrote

I'd rather see fast bowlers steaming in with three slips and a gully and batters struggling than guys belting every ball out of the ground

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redditmaleprostitute t1_je4qkqk wrote

  1. Only fast bowlers can do that, as you yourself stated.

  2. They can still utilize the slips while being hit sixes cuz unlike batters they don’t need several overs to get settled.

Both of us can have what we want except you really want complete bowler domination. Several early wickets in the first innings can decide the entire game, which is something I would rather not have.

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Aussiechimp t1_je770yx wrote

I also like to see spinners on a turner with 4 in close. Just feel T20 is too short and wickets don't have enough value

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redditmaleprostitute t1_jecrgds wrote

I disagree. Wickets do have value in T20 but I get what you are trying to say, it’s just that, when faced with the choice, I would defo choose to see sixes being hit all around the park instead of 3 wickets in the first over triggering an unstoppable storm of boredom for the entirety of the remaining game.

I remember when t20 was shown no interest at all and didn’t seem to fit in well with other formats of cricket. Now, I believe it’s a lot more balanced with cricket entertaining fans of all tastes.

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Aussiechimp t1_jed00x3 wrote

Yep, to each their own. To me T20 is kind of an irrelevance in that I don't follow ateam, so dont care who wins and I don't think I've ever watched a full game of it. Whenever i have watched any it just seems to consist of sixes being slogged over cow corner or edges going for 4. I do think some of the fielding improvements and development of new batting techniques have been interesting though

Plus none of my friends or kids have an interest, but I'm happy for those who do follow it

On the other hand I've regularly watched every ball of a test match and can remember certain matches vividly - because I care about the result

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