In the olden days, back when people still practiced the journalisms, an effective lede paragraph did the same thing. It hit the Five Ws (and the H if necessary), and the rest of the article supported and expanded on the lede. The tl;dr was built right in.

You could also start a conversation with him using the line:

“Pakistan should have been in the final instead of New Zealand. You know that you guys got screwed by the net run rate? I blame the ICC. They’re in the pockets of the BCCI.”

You may not understand this sentence at all, but believe me, it will make his day.

It’s truly not that complicated! Like, I’m not an expert by any means, and I only watch once every 4 years or so, but yo, just watch a YouTube video explainer and you’ll get it. I could probably copy and paste this for a dozen more comments in this article, but here it is!

I’ve always wanted to “get into,” cricket. I’m able to watch baseball games using mlb.tv . Anyone have any similar suggestions for cricket?

Just throwing this here.  Might be useful.

It's like you wrote an article about baseball, replaced all the normal nouns with silly-sounding nouns, and multiplied all the numbers by 100

Rohit, Kohli, and Rahul combining for 3 is one of the most unpredictable sporting moments I’ve ever witnessed. What a performance by NZ!

One of these days I’m going to figure out what in the blue fuck is going on out there.

My favorite part about Cricket is how I get more confused the more I read about it. My Pakistani coworker should be happy that India is out tho.

This column isn’t aging well, Burnenko.

Oscar Pistorius competed in the Olympics. And that guy has NO calves. 

I just had to apply for my second passport through work. They evidently do not do the 2 year passports anymore. All second passports are 4 year passports.

Thanks for scrolling to the bottom of the page! Next time please read the article while you do it. You might learn something.

“Come fly the too friendly skies.”

He really wanted to fly United.

What other good shows are you not watching? We’re all clamoring to know.

It’s okay to be totally wrong about one of the best comedies on network television.

The X-gene.

As an Avs fan I wish I could argue against this. (I will - in true Internet sports fan fashion - note that van Riemsdyk just got trade to Carolina which may pave the way for a Duchene move. TvR isn’t a world-beater, but he would certainly add something to Colorado’s defense. I pray for a 60 point season.)

They will have a better record next year than the Avs. I guarantee it.