# I pit the BBC and/or the ICC, or maybe neither (warning: about cricket AND lame) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 4, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bbc-and-or-the-icc-or-maybe-neither-warning-about-cricket-and-lame/484367 "2009-02-04T03:47:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bbc-and-or-the-icc-or-maybe-neither-warning-about-cricket-and-lame/484367/21 "2009-02-13T20:41:27Z")
> [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](#): > > I just bumped into Michael Holding in the shop. Aparently they’re going to go to the ARG for Sunday. I fumbled my question about BBC overseas coverage so now I know it’s live on 5 in the UK but no inside scoop on the ICC/BBC thing. Ah, Michael Holding–I miss hearing his laconic commentary, and I look forward to hearing him again say things like “lashin’ de bowlin’.” One silver lining about the abandonment, at least for me, is that since the Test starts at 9 am local time here I can read text updates all day during what’s shaping up to be a dull week at work here. Edit: It’s kind of cool that one can just casually run into “Whispering Death” at the shop! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bbc-and-or-the-icc-or-maybe-neither-warning-about-cricket-and-lame/484367/22 "2009-02-13T20:51:22Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > Ah, Michael Holding–I miss hearing his laconic commentary. I like his commentary, but i miss his bowling more. He had one of the most beautiful, smooth, flowing actions in the history of test cricket. Although, as an Australian supporter, i sometimes found it a bit hard to watch when he was knocking the Aussies over. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bbc-and-or-the-icc-or-maybe-neither-warning-about-cricket-and-lame/484367/23 "2009-02-13T21:57:53Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Is Willey still the batsman? No, he’s a very no-shit-taking umpire. So you could tune in to a Test and find that the commentator’s Holding, the umpire’s Willey. Meanwhile, it’s lame beyond belief that the teams should turn up for an international and find the ground literally unfit to run around on. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bbc-and-or-the-icc-or-maybe-neither-warning-about-cricket-and-lame/484367/24 "2009-02-13T22:59:30Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Meanwhile, it’s lame beyond belief that the teams should turn up for an international and find the ground literally unfit to run around on. :smack: Lamer still that the Antiguan government and the West Indies board decided to take a share of the World Cup money to build a ground as bad as this one, and let the Antigua Recreation Ground, which is now going to hold the Test anyway, sit empty a few miles away. _Downright shameful_ to name the new, worthless ground after Antigua’s greatest treasure, Sir Vivian Richards (who was at the abandoned Test and was shaking with rage about the day’s events). ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bbc-and-or-the-icc-or-maybe-neither-warning-about-cricket-and-lame/484367/25 "2009-02-13T23:07:12Z")
You get the feeling that a whole heap of money has ended up where it didn’t belong, don’t you? :dubious: Sir Viv has my unreserved sympathy. If I were he I would be agitating strongly to bar the attachment of my name to this ground - they don’t deserve it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bbc-and-or-the-icc-or-maybe-neither-warning-about-cricket-and-lame/484367/26 "2009-02-14T00:53:16Z")
> [@hawthorne](#): > > And how. There were real signs of life in the WIndies. Taylor’s dismissal of Pieterson looked like the resurrection of Malcolm Marshall. Actually, that was my generic next-day’s-headline prediction for _all_ England test matches. Good to see nothing has changed since I stopped watching cricket… 15 years ago. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bbc-and-or-the-icc-or-maybe-neither-warning-about-cricket-and-lame/484367/27 "2009-02-14T18:38:43Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > Ah, Michael Holding–I miss hearing his laconic commentary, and I look forward to hearing him again say things like “lashin’ de bowlin’.” > > One silver lining about the abandonment, at least for me, is that since the Test starts at 9 am local time here I can read text updates all day during what’s shaping up to be a dull week at work here. > > Edit: It’s kind of cool that one can just casually run into “Whispering Death” at the shop! Yes indeed. The funny thing was I was asking what was going on with the cricket getting cancelled and someone said “Ask him - he’s a commentator I think”. I turned around to see the great Holding. He’s a bit more than that. Antigua is a very small place - population around 70,000 so it’s not uncommon to shop with the stars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bbc-and-or-the-icc-or-maybe-neither-warning-about-cricket-and-lame/484367.md?page=1)