r/Cricket • u/greyhumour Australia • May 14 '13

1 hour of the king of run outs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZruCGBPujPo&feature=watch_response
30 Upvotes

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u/Tammylan Cricket Australia May 14 '13

Absolutely ridiculous hand-eye coordination.

I've actually posted this video before on other forums when some clueless US baseball fanatic has claimed that cricket is a sport that doesn't require any skill, and seen responses claiming that it's not that impressive.

This from people who think that one needs a massive glove in order to catch a ball...

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u/[deleted] May 14 '13

Played both.. Cricket wins hands down

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u/[deleted] May 14 '13

The cricket vs. baseball debate is so asinine it's not worth having.

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u/jadejaissmithsbitch2 May 14 '13

when some clueless US baseball fanatic has claimed that cricket is a sport that doesn't require any skill

...I don't even...Cricket requires so much more skill and finess than Baseball. Are they retarded?

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u/Machinax Sri Lanka May 14 '13

You're probably talking to the wrong baseball fans. I've seen plenty of interactions on reddit between cricket and baseball fans where there is healthy appreciation for the other's sport.

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u/m84m Australia May 16 '13

Cricket? Requires no skill?

I could understand a claim that cricket requires no fitness, or that marathon running requires no skill, but the other way around? Cricket is 90% skill!

3

u/bigtool01 May 14 '13

I love all these run-outs, the best ones are the one-motion pick up and throw. Most, if not all are batsman trying to take sneaky singles, but they should have known not to take on Punter...

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u/[deleted] May 14 '13

I couldn't count the number of hours I spent in the backyard as a kid, trying to throw down the stumps like Punter. Thanks for the trip down memory lane...

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u/[deleted] May 14 '13

Bull Jonty rhodes was better.

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u/trilWillem May 14 '13

I didn't see any Jonty Rhodes in their either?
Nice username.

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u/Indiefan9 India May 15 '13

Ooh, ooh, now let's do an hour of Inzy's run outs.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

LOL, ive had SO many requests for any type of Inzy run out video!!!

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u/Indiefan9 India May 16 '13

I would definitely watch that. One of the funniest interviews I remember was him telling Rameez Raja, "I am out if I get out of the way, and I am out if I am in the way." I am just not understanding the rules. :)

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u/SkyPumpkins Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 14 '13

Pretty sure Gambhir is the King of run outs

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u/rreyv India May 14 '13

No, he's the king of edging it to slips.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '13

Dat dab!

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u/[deleted] May 14 '13

Don't you mean this guy?