Cricket World Cup 2007

**tricky_colour** · 17/03/2007, 9:00 PM

Originally Posted by cavan_fan

128 off 47 overs needed

??? 47 overs ???

Whats going on now I am so confused, are they restarting?

Will Hill have Ireland as 7-1 on to win the match (I backed than at 9-2) so it
is looking good I wil win some money.
They are actually 8-1 on now, it looks like they have restarted play
says Total for 4 wickets 84 (29.0 ovs).

So it is a normal match now?

Edit - I understand it now, it is reduced to 47 overs and also a reduced target of 128

Ireland 16-1 on now

**pineapple stu** · 17/03/2007, 9:02 PM

You can follow the match ball by ball here. Commentary is uninspiring to say the best but it does the job, I suppose.

Seems that because of the delay, there isn't time to play 50 overs, so we're cutting it to 47 overs. So we need fewer runs to win.

**Sheridan** · 17/03/2007, 9:04 PM

Cricinfo's ball-by-ball is better.

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc200...ch/247465.html

**cavan_fan** · 17/03/2007, 9:05 PM

Dont understand why RTE arent showing this.

For those not up to speed on some ofthis. We need to score at about 2 an over for the rest of the match (however long that is). A wicket is the equivalent of losing about 6 runs.

**Poor Student** · 17/03/2007, 9:05 PM

Further wickets lost will affect us how exactly? Will they only come into play if the game is ended prematurely? I didn't quite get what the commentary said two further wickets would do.

**Poor Student** · 17/03/2007, 9:06 PM

Originally Posted by cavan_fan

Dont understand why RTE arent showing this.

How could they? There's only two channels, it's a minority sport and very demanding on air time.

**cavan_fan** · 17/03/2007, 9:08 PM

I'll try to explain quickly. There is something called the Duckowrth Lewis method whcih tires to work out how many runs you would score if the innings finished. The 2 key factors are the numbers of overs left and the number of wickets. The idea is you would score at a higher rate the more wickets you have left.

Asd I say the net impact is that we will lose about 6 runs from our expected final score for every wicket we lose.

**pineapple stu** · 17/03/2007, 9:09 PM

So is 128 the target or not?

**Poor Student** · 17/03/2007, 9:09 PM

Originally Posted by cavan_fan

I'll try to explain quickly. There is something called the Duckowrth Lewis method whcih tires to work out how many runs you would score if the innings finished. The 2 key factors are the numbers of overs left and the number of wickets. The idea is you would score at a higher rate the more wickets you have left.

Asd I say the net impact is that we will lose about 6 runs from our expected final score for every wicket we lose.

Will it only come into play if there 47 overs aren't reached?

**cavan_fan** · 17/03/2007, 9:09 PM

Yes, only if it finishes early

**pineapple stu** · 17/03/2007, 9:11 PM

98/4. Couple of fours there. Should settle things.

**Sheridan** · 17/03/2007, 9:11 PM

Yes. As it stands the target is 128 assuming no further interruptions. The umpires will be reluctant to call the players off (or offer Ireland the light) with a result so close.