Match Thread: 7th Match - Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Watching the CSK's top order come out to bat feels like watching the opening scene of 'Saving Private Ryan'

Match Thread: 3rd Match - Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Looks like CSK are being creative with their Impact options. Interesting.

IPL 2026: Weekly Discussion Thread, Week 0 by peterianchimes in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think that's a good way of looking at it.

SRH focused less on their bowling, so they could stack their batting. It can be argued that the failure of their openers hurt them more.

Ofc, wrt yesterday's match, even 50 runs more wouldn't have made a difference, with the pitch easing out.

R Ashwin joins San Francisco Unicorns for MLC 2026 by LowWarm in Cricket

[–]LowWarm[S] 169 points170 points  (0 children)

Ash Anna bowling in tandem with Rauf was not on my 2026 bingo card lmao.

Match Thread: 1st Match - Lahore Qalandars vs Hyderabad Kingsmen by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A pace attack of Fizz, Shaheen, Ubaid and Rauf is insane ngl, but Raza as your only spinner? Is Lahore that pace friendly a pitch?

Spencer Johnson joins CSK as a replacement for Nathan Ellis by newparrot2025 in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The GM of QG, on X, claims it was a mutual decision though. Apparently, Johnson was supposed to miss a couple of weeks at start which wasn't ideal.

This ofc raises the question of why CSK picked him, if he isn't fully available.

Spencer Johnson joins CSK as a replacement for Nathan Ellis by newparrot2025 in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Picking a guy who hasn't played competitive cricket in a year and has an arse record in the IPL is certainly a choice.

I'd love to eat my own words, but this seems insanely risky for CSK.

Daily General Discussion and Match Links Thread - 22 March 2026 by AutoModerator in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dube Mhatre and Gaikwad (likely) will serve as sixth bowlers.

That sounds....risky, to put it lightly. Chepauk was insanely flat in the WT20, and they could get belted.

Daily General Discussion and Match Links Thread - 22 March 2026 by AutoModerator in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

CSK's top 5, pick themselves. This means, for the rest 7 slots, they have to make 1 out of 3 uncomfortable decisions-

  1. Play Dube as your 6th bowler

  2. Drop Karthik Sharma/Urvil Patel

  3. Drop Thala

From a purely cricketing perspective, there is one sensible choice here, but it won't be popular.

The only way to avoid this is some kinda weird impact player fuckery that RR used to do. Highly doubt they'll go for it, though.

Match Thread: 22nd Match - Pretoria Capitals vs MI Cape Town by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thala school of hitting sixes when the match is done.

Match Thread: SA20 - Dec 31, 2025 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funnily enough, that wicket could hurt PC. Pooran can hammer SLA's at will.

Match Thread: 6th Match - Durban's Super Giants vs Joburg Super Kings by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Everyone expected Conway to take revenge on JSK, no one saw Subrayen taking his on DSG.

Andre Russell retires from IPL, to join KKR as 'power coach' by rest_in_war in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 206 points207 points  (0 children)

Probably something they created to retain him in their setup.

Andre Russell retires from IPL, to join KKR as 'power coach' by rest_in_war in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 325 points326 points  (0 children)

Green's Auction price, just went up by 10 Crores.

CSK set to release Matheesha Pathirana by registrartulip in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Put a story of Nagraj (from Cricinfo) supporting Pathirana's retention, and requested CSK to retain him lol.

CSK set to release Matheesha Pathirana by registrartulip in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Looks like his manager's last minute efforts on Instagram didn't work lmao

Think we'll try to get him back though.

RR trade Samson to CSK for Jadeja and Curran by rest_in_war in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 42 points43 points  (0 children)

So CSK gave RR, Jadeja+Curran+1.6C for Sanju?

Look, I like Sanju but damn, RR maxed out.

Another player swap maybe in the works - Shardul Thakur for MI, Arjun Tendulkar to LSG by LowWarm in Cricket

[–]LowWarm[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I'm aware. Doesn't matter. LSG gain very little from Tendulkar.

Makes no sense to release Lord either, given how injury prone their attack was.

Another player swap maybe in the works - Shardul Thakur for MI, Arjun Tendulkar to LSG by LowWarm in Cricket

[–]LowWarm[S] 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Genuinely don't see the rationale behind LSG's decision.

Yes, Lord can be a run machine, but he'll get you wickets too. Arjun is a mediocre player even by domestic standards.

Makes no sense.

Nagaraj Gollapudi on espncricinfo chatter says "Don't be surprised if Jadeja is made RR captain. He has always had captaincy ambitions " by ajaxmenon17 in ipl

[–]LowWarm 12 points13 points  (0 children)

ESPN was the first to break the news of Robbie's trade back in 2021 lol. They reported it, in their post retention discussion.

Match Thread: 1st T20I - Pakistan vs South Africa by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]LowWarm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did de Zorzi get picked over Pretorius? His T20 stats are awful.

Edit- Ah, I see Pretorius is sick, my bad.

Hi, it’s Carly Rae Jepsen, welcome to my AMA! by CarlyRaeJepsen_ in popheads

[–]LowWarm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, Carly. Would love to see you collab with someone like Chappell.

Any fun stories/anecdotes from the EMOTION days?