Temujin Khaghan Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 It seems that the Cricinfo staff are struggling to find new phrases to convey the end results of matches played in the WC11. In the first ten matches played so far, they have already used the word "sink" 3 times in the title of thier bulletins. Sehwag and Kohli sink Bangladesh in opener Jayawardene ton sinks outclassed Canada Misbah and Afridi sink Sri Lanka is it that they are dumb or they dont want to hurt the emotions of the losing team fans??? the word "sink" seems like an euphemism. Because if it was me, I would have written Sehwag and Kohli put stuffed tigers back in the shelf Jayawardene had an extended net session versus canada Misbah and Afridi Srilanka (jus kidding it was a good match) Even in the last WC when we lost to bangladesh the bulletin read "Tigers 1 Lambs 0". This time i was expecting "Endangered Species 0 Sehwag 1" or something... but sad
Sachinism Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 Lulz, I guess it can get difficult after a while and in this PC world, they can't even push the boundaries
Temujin Khaghan Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 well observed! are you working at cricinfo? see again this is a euphemism. you should have said - dont you have anything else to do? i think we cricket fans as a whole are turning soft. :(( ;)
flamy Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 haha. i just read the headline and was thinking the same
Temujin Khaghan Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 haha. i just read the headline and was thinking the same great minds think alike. btw how is nikred?
theanalyst Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 Haha, so true. I usually check the site after the game and can almost predict the headline. Cricinfo also needs to moderate its comments section properly (or get rid of it). A lot of rubbish is posted.
flamy Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 great minds think alike. btw how is nikred? still self-loathing for being a reddy :dontknow:
Pak_Fan_4_Eva Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 I agree Temujin. It's a valid observation Cricinfo is a widely read and easily the most visited cricket site. They need to come up with some catchy headlines. Nothing rude like the "Tigers 1 Lambs 0" headline you quoted
vvvslaxman Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 cricinfo reporting Misbah and Afridi sink Sri Lanka Sehwag and Kohli sink Bangladesh Afridi takes five to sink Kenya - These are the 3 headlines for 3 results.
vvvslaxman Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 It was not just me then. It was so freaking obvious i believe. :winky:
Temujin Khaghan Posted February 27, 2011 Author Posted February 27, 2011 looks like they saw it now or maybe someone sent a msg to them Misbah and Afridi derail srilanka do all victories need to be accident prone? sinking derailing crashing hijacking??? why cant they write " Misbah and Afridi strangle and beat up SRL"?
achilles Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 Cricinfo writers seem to be reading ICF a lot these days.
Zap_Brannigan Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 Cricinfo writers seem to be reading ICF a lot these days. No. If that was the case the headlines would be Pakis screws Lankans India rams BD Australia fks NZ
achilles Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 No. If that was the case the headlines would be Pakis screws Lankans India rams BD Australia fks NZ :rotfl: :cantstop:
bulbul Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 zap.. Not only that...Pwned , Rped etc will aslo come
HowardRoark Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 haha. i just read the headline and was thinking the same +2
Rajiv Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 India in control as Swann suffers India 104-1
Sooda Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Freudian Slip? On Cricinfos front page a short while ago... MS Dhoni bats during a bet session :P
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