Cusack made a balls of that catch....will be tough to beat Zim now
edit: also made a balls of his bowling
163 for 5 manageable, Taylor was good
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Cusack made a balls of that catch....will be tough to beat Zim now
edit: also made a balls of his bowling
163 for 5 manageable, Taylor was good
IRL 19-0 after 3 overs. I haven't been able to watch unfortunately.
4 4's in a row for Stirling in the last over of the power play. Solid start, it should be a close run thing.
100-2. Stirling just gone. 10.3 overs. We seem to be well ahead of the required rate.
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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
http://cricfree.tv/sky-sports-2-live-stream-id2.php
decent stream
Thanks but I can't open it at work.
Are we making heavy weather of it now?
O'Brien made mincemeat of Zimbabwe in the third alst over but out on the last ball. seven needed from twelve.
Thompson in now - five needed from eight
FFS, nailbiting.
Joyce out - two needed from three balls.
Sorensen run out on direct hit - two needed from two
Jeepers, we just did it. Someone describe the last ball to me please. All I can read is that it was a bye.
Ireland win with dodgiest bye on last ball - Zimbabwe keeper had a throw to stumps to keep it at a tie but missed.
Wow that was close! Really dont know how Taylor missed the stumps when right in front of him, everyone running everywhere! Kevin O Brien was the game changer for us, got a 6 and a four when we need it. Great game to watch, but didnt need that today!PHEW:)
Stuttgart
Looked like medium pacer for last ball - Zimbabwe keeper standing back which was a bit of a mystery. Not sure who was on strike but a swing and a miss. Keeper takes careful aim and misses by about three inches. Irish non-strike runner collides with Zimbabwe fielder on crease side of stumps and falls in home.
Needed the third last over from O'Brien to make it home. Think he got about 13-14 off five before being out on last ball.
So, the finish wasn't unlike the first game in WC 2007, just with better wicket-keeping (by us) 7 years ago!
Had it been a tie would the wicket count have had any bearing?
According to a bit of googling, it goes to a super over in case of a tie.
That sounds f*cking amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by ForzaForth
Ireland v UAE
Floodlight failure.
Game suspended after 14.2 of our innings.
We're 103-3; chasing 124 to win.
We won on D/L.
Zimbabwe beat Holland and will surely beat UAE. So if we fail to beat Holland there will be 3 teams with two wins out if 3. Am I right in saying it'll then go to run rate? That's where not being more convincing versus Zimbabwe when we had the chance might hurt us I guess.
You'd have to be very disappointed though were we to lose to Holland now. A better performance is needed, but we should have too much for them. Would be nice to get out of the group with 3/3 wins.
When is it? Friday?
We have it in RR right now.
But we have to have to much for the Netherlands.
We're 1/6 to win the group, that'll do me, I'll wait in confidence for the Cricket world cup bandwagon that will be rolling by in a few days.
Zim V Holland game was a cracker, Holland wont be any pushovers for sure. Yes run rate will determine
I'm not counting any chickens. T20 is too unpredictable and driven by momentum.
If we weren't going to go through then we would be in the other group or we would have lost to Zimbabwe.
What's the point of life if we get the easier group, have beaten the odds on favourites and still don't go through?
We're Irish. We don't do things the normal way and it makes us fatalists. Macedonia away has scarred me for life.
On the plus side, two years after Macedonia away we beat the Dutch #bloodyorangjemenQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
You have to knock that outta ya.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
That's not the Joe Schmidt/Roy Keane/Phil Simmmons way!
Ireland's Group B fixture/results
17 March - beat Zimbabwe by three wickets
19 March - beat United Arab Emirates by 21 runs (D/L method)
21 March v Netherlands, Sylhet, 09:30 GMT
When they talk about spin in cricket, is it defined by stating that Ireland beat Zimbabwe by a cosy 3 wickets, instead of the single run?
I think that the established way of expressing the margin of victory doesn't always reflect the closeness of a game.
If the team batting second wins, the winning margin is expressed in wickets. If the team batting first wins, the margin is expressed in runs.
Just watching HK try their best to beat Bangladesh, wow, this is fun!
The Ireland- Emirates game being an exception, basically because the overs Ireland needed to reach a winning total would otherwise have been distorted. The net run-rate (akin to goal difference in football) and as part of that the number of overs remaining is actually more significant than the wickets in hand when play was abandoned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Zim won easily this morning so Ireland need to win, or tie I presume. Netherlands need to win easily though so maybe that'll open things up for us. Ireland bat first, 12-0 after 2.
Wow didnt think it would be on this early, great start
http://www.crictime.com/cricket_live...ng_free_12.htm
I can watch the first hour on telly. 15 off the third over, 27-0 now. Keep it up.
Poor shot, Stirling gone cheaply. 28-1.
Joyce looks nervous to me.
...and was just dropped off a poor shot.