Right, so this is what one terms as coverage. Cricket coverage. With an all new definition.
Cricket coverage, is defined as that process that covers all those moments of the cricket match that excite the cricket viewers, such that the fan is not able to watch it.
So, no replays immediately after a wicket falls. Only an advert.
Nestle (or the Future grp. or some other shitty company) puts up their advert during the play, with sound effects (read noise effects), that blur the commentary totally. A different matter altogether, that the commentary is not world class either, but it is more entertaining than a show of coffee at the expense of 1/3rd of the screen.
The other usual problems exist as usual, losing sight of the first and the last deliveries of the over because of the ads, but today one saw the coverage been taken to a new level.
Depths I must say.
3rd ball of the over. Bhajji bowls. Younis Khan reverse sweeps, and the ball goes to the slip, where Ganguly almost catches it. One almost throws his hands into the air and...
They show an ad.
Or at least a part of it. Before realising that three ball 'mini overs' were retricted to galli-cricket only, not International yet.
Choicest of words tried exiting the mouth, I restricted it to 'damn' only.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Cricket Coverage at it's 'best'
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