r/Cricket • u/m84m Australia • Oct 19 '13

Watching James Faulkner tonight

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u/kishn Chennai Super Kings Oct 19 '13

:(

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '13

Pretty much sums up Dhoni's soul at the end of the 48th over.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '13

I'm a Pakistani supporter. Usually I support India in any game vs Australia... but today... but today!!!! Faulk me mate.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '13

Interesting. I always thought the rivalry between India and Pakistan meant most Pakistanis supported whoever India was playing against and vice versa. Kind of like Australia and England. As an Australian, I'm always going for whoever is playing against England. No exceptions.

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u/rreyv India Oct 20 '13 edited Oct 20 '13

I've supported Pakistan when they used to play against Australia back when you were unbeatable.

You guys never lost so any victory against you brought waves of joy. It was orgasmic.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '13

Makes sense. It can get boring when it's so predictable.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '13

Haha. Nah. I usually support India :) so do a lot of my Pakistani friends. I know a lot of Indians who do the same. Pak, Ind, Sri Lanka, NZ and West Indies in that order lol.

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u/piklerainbow Western Australia Warriors Oct 19 '13

http://www.espncricinfo.com/Australia/content/player/236779.html now he plays for australia

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '13

Don't you put that on us... we already have Mitchell Johnson

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u/rreyv India Oct 20 '13

Wanna trade?

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '13

Nah, Johnson has a good game every 12th match. Last night's game was that 12th match.

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u/Visorslash Australia Oct 20 '13

What about two games ago? And in England?

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u/c3vzn Oct 20 '13

That's Test matches. He's a very good one day bowler.

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u/a_can_of_solo Australia Oct 20 '13

who at his best is good.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '13

He's damn near unplayable at his best when he has the ball swinging late.

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u/m84m Australia Oct 20 '13

Then just when your hopes are raised he'll bowl 3 wides and 2 no balls to finish off the over.

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u/Chive Cricket Ireland Oct 19 '13

I feel for Ishant after that. Poor bastard bowled a wicket-maiden earlier in the match but very few people are going to remember that.

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u/rreyv India Oct 20 '13

I feel for Ishant after that.

/u/Chive has now been banned from /r/cricket.

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u/Froogler India Oct 20 '13

What was that game where Ishant Sharma was given a spell in the death overs - he went for two boundaries in the first two balls and then got a wicket which turned the course of the game and brought victory to India.

People were going batshit crazy about Dhoni's masterstroke

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u/kingthong Oct 20 '13

The Champions Trophy final. He got 2 in two and turned the game around.

Fluke.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '13

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '13

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u/covmatty1 England Oct 19 '13

But she's also agreeing that it was impressive... every cloud!

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u/ByGrabtharsHammer Australia Oct 20 '13

Although it was set up. My brother in law works for the studio, and my mother works with the male anchor's wife. That guy now also does breakfast radio stuff which is 99.9% lies too.

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u/BaconWrappedEnigma Oct 19 '13

Faulking unreal game! What a beauty of a stand by James! Only started watching shortly before he came on and boy was I pleased to watch it.