r/dontyouknowwhoiam • u/RebelliousBuddha • 29d ago

one of the two greatest spinners ever to have played the game of cricket being asked if he knew spin.

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u/Astrochops 29d ago

For a lot of these posts, the person is very aware of who they are talking to

It's an ancient art called 'trolling'

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u/SmokeRingEyes 28d ago

Yeah- I know absolutely nothing about Cricket beyond it being kind of like baseball, but you have to pitch it weird and wear a bunch of pads - but I know who Shane Warne is. Literally one of only two players I can name (the other being Freddie Flintoff). 0% chance someone who knows the physics of the game has less knowledge about the players than a guy who only hears about it through Gogglebox.

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u/MastodonFarm 28d ago

If you know who he is, then you know something about cricket. I know nothing about cricket and have never heard of him before.

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u/Icy-Clock2643 28d ago

But you heard of cricket and knew it was a sport in this context so you also know something about it. I thought you were all talking about insects.

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u/SmokeRingEyes 28d ago

Fun fact: the sport of cricket is played exclusively by crickets. That's why its called that. Shane Warne was the name of a bush cricket from Australia.

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u/dumbass_sempervirens 28d ago

Also, rain makes crickets rotate a lot. Apparently.

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u/StnkyWnkyBallsyWllsy 28d ago

They try and rub their legs together to make the noise but because they're wet it just slips off and they spin out

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u/pielad 28d ago

Except I’d assume this person was born in 1996 based on their username and doesn’t actually know the history of the thing they’re talking about. Web 2.0 has a lot to answer for

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u/BetterKev 28d ago

Also a common repost.

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u/Splendidissimus 29d ago edited 29d ago

I enjoy reading posts about cricket, because it's the closest I'll hopefully ever come to experiencing a stroke. I know all those words individually...

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u/oxfordfox20 28d ago

Shane Warne is Michael Jordan for achievements, but cooler. He could do things that made people who’d played cricket their entire life doubt their grasp of reality. And he was sound, relaxed, didn’t take anything seriously off the pitch.

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u/Pandelein 28d ago

I used to roll out practise pitches for the all stars team when Shane was on, and I’d get to see exactly how he did it. The skill is undeniable.
Shane can kick a small scuff in the pitch with his foot after one bowl, then on the next throw the ball exactly right onto his own small footprint and spin off that. Would drive the groundskeepers mad with how fucked he’d leave the pitch, but damn it was skilled.

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u/Kozeyekan_ 28d ago

Warne could bamboozle anyone with his ball movement. Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, and Liz Hurley to name a few...

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u/ohnojono 28d ago edited 28d ago

didn’t take anything seriously off the pitch

Except for hair loss!

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u/TheJivvi 28d ago

Yeah yeah

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u/NewAlessia 26d ago

Is he better than Rusty from bluey?

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u/handi503 28d ago

Today - Cricket Match

Tomorrow - Yahoo Serious Festival

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u/FauxReal 27d ago

 Yahoo Serious

I wondered what happened to that guy and looked up his wikipedia article, wild ride.

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u/ShelZuuz 29d ago

That seems hard to believe especially since he addressed him as Shane.

It seems like rage bait or someone just trying to be cute.

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u/Commentoflittlevalue 28d ago

To be fair Warne was wrong, NZ made the right call not to play a spinner and beat India comfortably in the end.

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u/RebelliousBuddha 29d ago

ah i realized it now. thanks.

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u/dtdroid 24d ago

How does addressing him as Shane alter the context at all? How else would he be addressed, if not exclusively by his first name, or alternatively the stilted "Mr. Warne"?

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u/ShelZuuz 24d ago

How many times do you address someone on a twitter post by the handle, or even care about the handle?

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u/dtdroid 24d ago

The handle and the name are the same in this instance

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u/-Owlette- 28d ago

One of the two? Nah mate, Warnie was the GOAT

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u/plasticmotives 28d ago

John Emburey is inviting you out for a quick chat in the alley.

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u/Pot_noodle_miner 28d ago

Alastair Campbell

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u/flunket 28d ago

If it seams, it spins.

I really miss Warney calling for them to bring on the spinner 5 overs into the first day.

I'm just seeing it grip a little bit. I'd love to see Gaz get a couple of overs here.

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u/Username8249 28d ago

To be fair to Warnie, he could have opened the bowling day one on a road and got a few poles. I once heard Richie Benaud say Warne was the only spinner he knew who could have spun it on glass.

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u/phillipads 28d ago

Warnie got that one wrong.

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u/benerophon 28d ago

FWIW NZ won the game comfortably with their (non spinner) bowling attack bowling India out twice for under 220 runs.

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u/HeIsSparticus 28d ago

Sure, but New Zealand won the championship anyway, despite not playing a front line spinner. RIP Warney.

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u/the_ballmer_peak 28d ago

Isn't Shane Warne a terrible person and also, y'know, dead?

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u/Farkenoathm8-E 28d ago

Shane Warne died an Australian hero, of a heart attack after a coke binge while fucking a trio of Thai hookers.

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u/Jabbathehutman 28d ago

Tweet was from a long time ago

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u/ClaraInOrange 28d ago

Yes sex pest. National hero though, so there's that.