Another duck for Eoin Morgan this morning.
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Another duck for Eoin Morgan this morning.
This may as well be in Finnish. I just do not get cricket. So Ireland are losing? How long do you get to hit the ball?
http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cric...ch/656407.html
Great start, brilliant, got mixed up with the times, thought it was 11.00 in the morning, got an early start to work in the morning but................this looks great
Was full certain that Ireland had made a complete balls of things and 300 was unreachable on current form, so I went to bed after the West Indies innings......ye of little faith.
What a super win that was and should set it up nicely for Pakistan game next Sunday.
We don't play Pakistan until our last game on March 15. Next up UAE on Wednesday week.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
As for the game itself watched until about 1am and got up at 5.30 then to see how they were getting on. Looks like a super effort on the run chase. Only 6 times have a team chased over 300 to win a World Cup game - 3 of them have been Ireland (v Eng and v Ned in 11' & v WI 15')
Zimbabwe on the 7th of March is the key game now.
Ah, my mistake. Reading the fixtures wrong.
I watched until the 40 over of the Irish bowling ..... the first 35 overs were top class ..... got abit lose then .... have to tighten this up and we there abouts.... The bowling was pretty good! .... Well done to Ireland again .... top class!
I got up early (for me) to see the highlights on Sky and they started right at the Irish innings. My God, chasing 300+ I didn't think we had a chance and yet ball after ball (in the highlights) was crashed to the boundary. Tremendous stuff. And of course it couldn't go without without a hitch as quick wickets were lost at the end and I feared the worst but a nice top edge for 4 saw us home. Fantastic win.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
It's hard to credit that ye diehard cricket fans haven't got the mettle to watch ireland at the wc live :rolleyes:
Just before I dropped off to sleep I heard on the sports news that Ireland had to chase 304 but before I could I could consider the option to find a stream, I nodded off.
50 minutes highlights here
Morgan no longer has days like this.
I think I managed to make it through the first over of our innings. Never thought we'd chase that 304.
And you call yourself a protestant?Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
I'm pragmatic. 3/5 historical 300-chases... Dreamland stuff.
What are the bets we'll struggle against the Emiratis?
A real protestant would bemoan the lack of orange on the jersey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Us part time protestants are happy to just play along with the crowd.
I did read something about a change in the rules regarding field positions which has made 300 less of a barrier than it once was, I can't find it now, but I think it was on cricinfo, might even have been during the match updates. Fun to see another upset at a world cup. All aboard the bandwagon!
Powerplays?Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
Or something else?
Highlights only ever show boundaries.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Very comfortable run chase, aided by dreadful bowling. We had them on the ropes 4 years ago within 100 runs of victory, then Joyce was bowled and it fell apart after that. This time we steered it home.
Next game against the Abu Dhabis. In theory, it should be our easiest game in the group. No game though is easy for us, this is a nation that lost to an Australian pub side two weeks ago after all.
We played the Abu Dhabis in the 20/20 WC last year. It was too close for comfort, and we only won on D/L after rain and two floodlight failures. So while we should win, it's not won until we get over the line.
They gave the Zimbabweans a scare last night. I think we'll beat both of those to be honest. No worries. Be happy.
Turns out it was a rule introduced in 2012 so old news at this stage. "the number of fielders allowed to stand outside the 30-yard (27-meter) circle in non-Powerplay overs was reduced from five to four." I think this is what they were referring to anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
WOW!!!
Tuned in to the England New Zeland match, it's embarassing!!!
England are being hammered!!!
NZ 47 from 3.2 overs (20 balls) that's about 12 runs and over.
England were all out for 123 (33.2 ovs) 123
NZ now 57 off 4 overs. 14 runs an over, England managed about 4 runs an over!!
I wish the English was in our section - we could beat them very well! .... The Scottish will enjoy playing them on Monday!Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
Poor old Eoin Morgan will be kicking himself for switching. Boyd Rankin sitting somewhere scratching his head too.
Quote:
Originally Posted by swinfordfc
They would probaly bounce back when they played us though!!
We'll see in May. Morgan will be with the IPL though.
Morgan looks a broken man.
West Indies hammered Pakistan today ..... That tightens up the Section .... is that good or bad for us? .... I think we can have a good crack at Pakistan as well now based on this morning!
My guess is good news. We've already beaten the Windies, so they can't hurt us. Pakistan can, but we have more points on board and a game in hand. By the time we play them, we could be out of sight.
Bangladesh's "draw" in Brisbane may really hurt England in the long run.
Bear in mind that if New Zealand win their group, they will play 4th in ours in the quarters. That will be a tall order in their backyard for whoever gets the last spot, which looks like it will go right to the wire.
Well I wasnt complaining, haQuote:
Originally Posted by swinfordfc
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Sweet ...... and fair play to you .... but i would have not put a penny on them after the Ireland game!!!!! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
Not really, they actually did ok against ireland. Pakistan were awful in their first game and Id fancy Ireland to beat them tooQuote:
Originally Posted by swinfordfc
All i want now is that they beat the UAE on Wednesday! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
We need to get our run rate as high as possible as if we lose to Pakistan the likelihood is, is that ourselves, Pakistan and the West Indies will all be on 6 points and only 2 from 3 will get into the Q Finals. Lets beat the UAE first - beating Zimbabwe wont be easy by any stretch either.
The West Indies Posted 372!!!! against Zimbabwe - Chris Gayle hit 215. I think the WI are making it into the QF now - so our NRR v Pakistan is going to be the key. Need a big performance tonight.
Looking like we'll need to absolutely hammer UAE.
No .... just make sure we beat UAE first ..... lets not to cocky! .... we can beat Zim and Pakistan .....
like you i was confident a hour ago but we have allowed them get a lot of runs and have made it difficult for ourselves. Still winnableQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Our bowling in the last 15 overs is just not good enough .... and O'Brien messing in the 47 overs was a joke! Stirling is a big loss in the battling line so i'm very worry now! .... Its no good beating West Indies if we cannot win this game! ..... Our world cup hinges in the next 2 hours!
Made the mistake of calling in to work from home - ie watch the match. Was up early and delighted with the play, now this! The end of the bowling innings was bad, the batting is somehow disconnected.
They finished! .... batting is very poor!
The online poll went from 57-43 for Ireland to make the quarters, to now 46-54. Not without hope, but why do Ireland have to always do things the hard way?
Its not over yet - 115 from 75