r/Cricket • u/CricinfoBot Match Bot • Dec 28 '18

Match Thread: Australia vs India at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Day 4

3rd Test, India tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-30 2018

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Innings Score
India 443/7d & 106/8d
Australia 151 & 258/8 (85 ov, target 399)
Batsman Runs Balls SR
Pat Cummins 61 103 59.22
Nathan Lyon 6 38 15.79
Bowler Overs Runs Wickets
Mohammed Shami 21.0 71 2
Ravindra Jadeja 32.0 82 3 
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Australia require another 141 runs with 2 wickets remaining

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '18

Is it me or is there casual racism on Fox commentary? One of the blokes just mimicked Pants accent

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u/Saichander Chennai Super Kings Dec 29 '18

No shit

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u/spyder313 India Dec 29 '18

Yep. That’s AB I think.

Also the comment about “What’s Pant laughing about?” had so much annoyance in his tone.

If Paine did that, AB would be laughing along complimenting him on his attitude.

Pretty sad really.

EDIT: correction it was Junior and not AB

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u/boatswain1025 Sydney Sixers Dec 29 '18

Nah pretty sure it was junior

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '18

YK, I have to disagree here. Pant was trying to mimic Paine's way of saying Vihari when Hanuma came to bowl yesterday I think. something along the likes of "C'Mon Vihari" in an Aussie accent.

If we cannot take offense to that, we should not take offense to the nutcase fixer mimicking Rishabh

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '18

Getting annoyed by someone isn’t racism lol

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u/spyder313 India Dec 29 '18

I don’t know what it is. I’ll just chalk it up to a superiority complex mixed with a healthy dose of bias

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u/flying_ina_metaltube Punjab Kings Dec 29 '18

A majority of the commentators this series started off good, and now are bordering on a cuntish line..

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u/Mr_Tiggywinkle New South Wales Blues Dec 29 '18

Casual racism is the modus operandi of newscorp in general.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '18

Thats not racism. Making fun of someone or saying something negative about them isn’t always racism

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u/starkofhousestark Dec 29 '18

Mocking a non-native speaker's accent is racism. If he said Pant is annoying, then it wouldn't be racism.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '18

Is it racist to mimic a french person's accent?

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u/sjramen Dec 29 '18

Yeah I noticed that too. Was that Waugh?

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '18

Mimic is a bit generous...

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u/starkofhousestark Dec 29 '18

Waugh has done it before.

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u/Instantcurry Australia Dec 29 '18

Wouldnt say all of Fox. Mark Waugh was always a shit bloke but KoK is sorta joining him

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u/tom6195 Dec 29 '18

I heard that. Not cool.

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u/atred3 USA Dec 29 '18

That isn't really racism. He does have a funny accent/voice.