u/KingKrapp. The cackle? Check out a few tweets below. Kerry O'Keefe said the Indian domestic system has teams like "Canteen XI" where the bowlers are Chefs and Waiters. The focus should be on India, on whether Jasprit Bumrah could be, or already is, the world’s best fast bowler, and on what could possibly stop them securing the first-ever Test series win in Australia by an Asian side. Kerry O'Keefe, Harsha Bhogle, and the Naga Chilli - ABC Grandstand [Audio] Close. Cricket commentator Kerry O’Keefe has announced his retirement from ABC grandstand. With the famous annual Boxing Day Cricket test match in full swing I thought you would enjoy this excerpt from Kerry O’Keefe who is THE funniest sport’s commentator you are ever likely to hear. Maybe you had to be there. “The joke was on me.”. 7 years ago. Worse still, without retribution, he has paved the way for others to follow him down his prejudiced path. The answers: Just to shut you up, Australia are ''winning''. During this Test, a group of Australian fans were ejected for making racist chants, shouting “Show us your visa” at the Indian fielders. He, and his fellow commentators, wouldn’t find it funny if they didn’t believe on some level that Indian first-class cricket was worthy of ridicule. Kerry O'Keefe has left fans and fellow commentators in absolute stitches over the years with his trademark laugh and storytelling. Kerry O’Keefe saying “Why would you call your kid Cheteshwar Jadeja?” accompanied with cackled laughter. ''How can you tell an 'extrovert economist'?'' Kerry O’Keeffe Pens Apology Letter to Indian Fans & Players One of the most popular cricket voices in the country, O’Keeffe retired from the commentary box after he left ABC in 2013. 23 tracks (58:20). It is also a complete lie, or at least some version of elite honesty. During the tense moments before Clarke's triple century, O'Keeffe provided some excellent insight into the captain's refreshed state of mind. That diatribe on the #RanjiTrophy competition was a. Racism will not go unnoticed by officials. Kerry O'Keefe said the Indian domestic system has teams like "Canteen XI" where the bowlers are Chefs and Waiters. Even one pregnant with the comedic possibilities of a crowd pretty (awful) in pink. O'Keeffe is quirky, unique, infectious (in a good way) and - as that cackle betrays - as often amused as amusing. ''He's looking at your shoes too!'' pic.twitter.com/UPUiCpUgJe, — Ripper (@Ace_Of_Pace) December 29, 2018. Fox Cricket commentator Kerry O’Keeffe has penned an open letter of apology to Indian cricket fans after receiving a heated reaction to a joke made between overs on day one in Melbourne. O’Keefe is a buffoon. But on Tuesday the box burst out into laughter not because of one of his side-splitting jokes, it was because of how poorly his prediction played out. The consequences, however, seemed far more hilarious for the spectators near the ABC box whose audible laughter gave the broadcast the feel of a cricketing Goon Show, than for the listeners. The first is met with a dismissive eye-roll. Was trying to undermine Mayank's domestic record. Sounds like still living in colonial era #BoxingDayTest #INDvsAUS - Dilipsinh Abda (@dilipsinhabda) 26 December 2018. Supposedly, the great partnership of this Test was not Ponting and Clarke, but O'Keeffe and Indian colleague Harsha Bhogle. O'Keefe is a buffoon. In isolation those chants from the Australian fans or jokes like O’Keeffe’s might not seem that harmful, but they all stem from the same root, of seeing those with different colour skin as somehow ‘other’. Get the latest news, recommended reading and offers sent to your inbox. The man with the controversial laugh and sense of humour is another casualty of the series, with English finger-spinner Graham Swann announcing his retirement after the third test. In fact, O’Keeffe is laying the blame squarely on those interpreting, those Indian fans whose reaction he claims to be “devastated by”. It is not what I represent…I was being entirely tongue in cheek.”. “When the moment arrived, I stuffed it up,” he said. Quiz! In August, Australian senator Fraser Anning, called for a “final solution to the immigration problem” and to end “all further Muslim immigration”. Kerry O’Keefe. I thought we’d got rid of this rubbish with 9 losing the gig. How well do you remember the 2003/04 Border-Gavaskar Trophy? Instead, he tried to convince everyone that they didn’t hear what they heard, the condescension behind the joke. Archived. Shameful bunch. “Who opened the bowling for them that day? Kerry o’keefe, Lord snooty!! The announcement was made yesterday – day two of the fourth MCG test. Uproarious laughter from O'Keeffe, despite Bhogle's request for an explanation. Kerry had the audience in stitches with his anecdotes. Other commentators might conjure that allusion. Forums Other Sports Cricket Kerry O'Keefe on ch 7 - Comedy GOLD !! Perhaps they too felt they were joking. Had he doubled down, pointed out the run inflation that some feel exists in Indian domestic cricket perhaps, as Mark Waugh did, while acknowledging that he shouldn’t have called into question the professionalism of the players in the competition, he would have kept some his professional integrity. However, despite the fact that his 76-run innings got him a place in the record books, Australian commentator Kerry O’Keefe found a reason to ridicule him on television. Because while it’s clear that O’Keeffe was making a joke, it’s also clear, especially from his last line, when the joke is all but over, that it’s a jibe with a basis in what O’Keeffe views as reality. Kerry O'Keefe on ch 7 - Comedy GOLD !! However, when he concentrated on the game he showed insight born of a career at the highest level together … But O'Keeffe is one of the few who would dare say it. However, reportedly, O'Keeffe was in rare form. O'Keeffe speaks directly to the equally engaged man in the outer, while allowing the scandalised stats geeks and matrons to feel a little bit naughty. Commentating doyen Jim Maxwell remains a reliable sidekick, even trumping O'Keeffe yesterday with the line of the day (borrowed from Twitter) upon Australia's declaration: ''It's not the first time Michael Clarke has given up chasing Lara.''. The man with the most distinctive laugh in the electronic media is both entertaining and provocative. United before lunch, the switch was flicked to vaudeville when Bhogle dared O'Keeffe to eat a hot chilli. Tickled pink … Kerry O'Keeffe has carved a niche in the radio commentary game with his rare ability to amuse people from all walks of life.Credit:Brendan Esposito. Kerry O'Keeffe's vast knowledge forms the basis of an anecdote-spiced presentation sure to have you laughing your socks off one minute and searching within the next. Posted by. Not only are they symptoms of the wider malaise, they serve to increase it too. Kohli and Shastri both hit back at O’Keeffe’s comments. The chef. Sporting Legends Kerry O’Keefe’s observational humour and distinctive laugh has turned him into a cult figure, so much so that according to Kerry, people approach him in the street and want laughter on cue. “Some of those first-class games in India don’t stand up, do they?” Ravi Shastri’s and Virat Kohli’s replies were cool. Two unanswerable questions are posed by those who dare approach the couch-bound correspondent during play: ''Who's winning?'' He had earlier spotted Michael Clarke walking to the nets. Guffaw guffaw. “Apparently [Mayank Agarwal] got his triple-century against Jalandar Railways canteen staff,” O’Keeffe guffawed. So, inevitably, with India facing a massive deficit and O'Keeffe cackling in the background, those two usual questions were posed. Kerry O'Keeffe's vast knowledge forms the basis of an anecdote-spiced presentation sure to have you laughing your socks off one minute and searching within the next. Like the Australian batsmen, O'Keeffe made a bright start. #AUSvIND - Manya (@CSKian716) 26 December 2018. How did the BBL's first use of the X-factor go? We shouldn’t be talking about Kerry O’Keeffe right now. Client Testimonials Either incapable of being honest with himself, or capable of deliberately misleading the fans he claims to serve, O’Keeffe has shown himself as unworthy of being a commentator. His open letter does nothing to dispel this and makes it apparent that he thinks that the opinion you’re expressing doesn’t matter as long as you’re doing it behind the veil of a joke. You may not laugh at the joke but I deny anyone to not laugh at his laughter! By now the laughter had mostly stopped, but O’Keeffe carried on. As it proved unfair to judge Ricky Ponting's current capabilities on the strength of recent failures, it would be unfair to judge O'Keeffe's successful broadcasting career on the strength of a day's play. Instead, a 69-year-old’s relentless desire to insult the tourists is diverting attention away from the action. O'Keeffe's yelps after consuming the chilli might have been as uproarious as Chris Martin's front-foot defence. Kerry O'Keefe said the Indian domestic system has teams like "Canteen XI" where the bowlers are Chefs and Waiters. “He [Mayank] has got a message for Kerry,” said Shastri. During a cricket test match commentary he told this crazy, crazy joke. Was trying to undermine Mayank's domestic record. O’Keefe is a former Australia Test leg-spinner. Mark Waugh also said "his average in India is 50 which is like 40 in Australia" — 1 Tip 1 Hand (Edges & Sledges Cricket Podcast) (@1tip1hand) December 26, 2018 The 24-Test leg-spinner is famous for his tongue-in-cheek humour during his commentary career which began on ABC Grandstand. Such is life, and such is Australian cricket. The worst piece of racist commentary I’ve ever seen. He was known for his humorous anecdotes, told in the manner of an after dinner speech at a cricketers club, and his distinctive laugh. The second, Kerry O'Keeffe's trademark laugh, is the subject of as much earnest debate among the cricket cognoscente as whether Victor Trumper strapped on his left or right pad first. The second, Kerry O'Keeffe's trademark laugh, is the subject of as much earnest debate among the cricket cognoscente as whether Victor Trumper strapped on his left or right pad first. ''If I was 251 not out overnight I'd be sitting in the sheds smoking a Cuban cigar and negotiating a bat contract,'' he observed, belly audibly trembling. It's Kerry O'Keeffe and, yes, he is as funny as he thinks he is. The man with the most distinctive laugh in the electronic media is both entertaining and provocative. O'Keeffe's routine would be flatter than a sumo's mattress if he did not have a deep knowledge of, and appreciation for, the game. REMEMBER the time Kerry O’Keeffe took 3-42 against Pakistan with a blood alcohol concentration of .258? But in failing to acknowledge the intention behind his joke on the first day, in citing his Indian friend – “I have worked alongside my dear friend and colleague Harsha Bhogle for almost 25 years” – as if this somehow makes him unable of being prejudiced, O’Keeffe made his error far worse. Pretty sure this will be the last commentary stint for O’Keefe. If, for example, he could not discern that Ben Hilfenhaus had ''shaped for the outswinger and bowled the off-cutter'' to clean up Rahul Dravid. But nothing happens in a vacuum, especially in Australia, where cricketers and ex-cricketers are placed on a pedestal, and where immigration panic is at a premium. But if that routine did not scale comedic heights, O'Keeffe remains a welcome counterpoint to the pomposity of some cricket commentary and writing, which plays to the pretension of the game's conservatives. Mid-afternoon, O'Keeffe was forced to abandon his seat for the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, who talked about the game in the determinedly earnest style that makes you think the cautious politician has not merely subsumed the ''Real Julia'', but eaten her alive. No, seriously. It’s not an easy thing to do, to come to terms with our own failings, and O’Keeffe does deserve a small amount of credit for his apology for the ‘Cheteshwar Jadeja’ mix-up. Kerry O'Keefe, Harsha Bhogle, and the Naga Chilli - ABC Grandstand [Audio] ... That laugh is completely infectious. Related Story: Quiz! Adelaide Barmies (@AdelaideBarmies) December 26, 2018. If you enjoyed this story, please share with your fellow cricket fans and team-mates. And they’ve got the spinner as well, the casual uni student.”, Here’s Kerry O’Keefe ridiculing standard of #RanjiTrophy for a cheap laugh. Batsmen with 50-plus scores in D/N Tests. he asked Bhogle, who had provided that description of the Indian Prime Minister. But devoted ABC listeners have long pondered whether a man equally capable of lightening the earnest mood in the commentary box with sophisticated word play or a fart joke, is genuinely funny. Source: News Corp Australia. Australia. He wants to compare it to the ones back in India…coffee here’s better or the ones back home’”, while Kohli credited India’s “amazing” first-class cricket for their victory, each subtly suggesting that the actual quality-deficient competition is Australia’s Sheffield Shield. Still, with Clarke on 299 and the crowd hushed, the inner-schoolboy took control: ''I think he should go ramp shot … how good would that be?'' Listen free to Kerry O'Keeffe – Unplugged (The Laugh, "A Rare Edition Of A Book" (Jim Maxwell) and more). O'Keeffe's relentless flippancy accentuates the loss of his earnest alter-ego Peter Roebuck. But if the outer responses were calm, the fury within the Indian camp and among Indian fans was reportedly red-hot, and after the game, O’Keeffe ‘clarified’. As easily as he can, for no apparent reason, recite the cast of an ancient TV show. Everyone has held ill-informed opinions and made jokes they should not have based on them. He would still have been wrong – Agarwal’s triple-century came in the unarguably high-quality Group A of the Ranji Trophy, while the fact that Agarwal outscored the Australian top three by himself, and that India have retained the Border-Gavaskar trophy with a game to play should be evidence enough of the strength of their domestic cricket – but he could at least have looked himself in the eye. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. Insert iconic Kerry O’Keefe laugh here. Kerry O'Keefe entertained the crowd at Gulgong RSL Club on Saturday night at the Gulgong Terriers Sportsman Dinner. Kerry regaled the audience with stories from his life experiences and laughter filled the room as this legend of cricket and commentary entertained all in attendance. Kerry's cricket career commenced in 1961 and concluded in 1981; throughout his … The kitchen hand. Tickled pink … Kerry O'Keeffe has carved a niche in the radio commentary game with his rare ability to amuse people from all walks of life. Classic casual racism, b. Disgracefully inaccurate. Strong competition providing an excellent breeding ground for test cricket. First change? Discussion in 'Cricket' started by OVP, Jul ... the photo of Squires, O'Keefe and MacGill with a little button on it that replays O'Keefe's laugh over and over was true comedy gold. For those unaware, O’Keeffe, a former Australia leg-spinner with a Test bowling average of 38, now a Fox Cricket commentator, courted controversy by poking fun at India’s first-class competition, the Ranji Trophy, stoked the fire with another joke about how hard Indian names are to pronounce on the fourth day, before issuing a statement after the conclusion of the Test. And he certainly wasn’t joking. That laugh.No ode to the commentary of Kerry O’Keeffe’s could fail to mention that damned laugh. Refreshing to have a celebrity point the finger at himself, laugh and share his cricketing experiences with others.” It should be remembered that Skull did open the batting for his country in the famous Centenary test in 1977; he did take 53 test scalps; and he can boast a top score of 85. Far from absolving him of the wrongs of his jokes, Kerry O’Keeffe’s open letter exacerbates them. 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