CWC Day 5 - Ireland V Pakistan, Ind V Bang

cooker3

I don't believe it. I honestly can't believe it. what a day for irish sport.
Legends!

is_that_so

And a big thank you to DMC and all the rest of the guys who have been here all day keeping us up to date and educating us on the mysteries of cricket.

mikeruurds

Inzi... we knew you well.

county

mikeruurds wrote:

Inzi... we knew you well.

oh so true,the pakistan public will be looking for hangings

christophicus

Yeah cheers lads to you guys that have been keeping us up to date. When is the next match?

mikeruurds

Ìt's such a pleasure to introduce new fans to what, in my humble opinion, is the greatest sport known to man.

is_that_so

The BBC take on it.

mikeruurds

county wrote:

oh so true,the pakistan public will be looking for hangings

So county... what do you think of the Tigers scalping India? Three of their batsmen got 50s.

It was a massacre.

Mike

loosecannon

this is like the faroe islands beating italy in football

i am going to find out how much a flight is to the west indies!!!!!!

COME ON YOU BOYS IN GREEN

DMC

Ireland's next group match is on against the West Indies, next Friday.

gandalf

DMC wrote:

WE WON!!! YAY!H!!!!!ONE!!!!! 1!!!!! WE BEAT PAKISTAN!!!! OMG LOLZ ROFFLECOPTER!!! \o/ \o/

PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, IMRAN KHAN, BENAZIR BHUTTO! CAN YOUR HEAR ME!? YOU BOYS JUST TOOK ONE HELL OF A BEATING!!!

Hehehe Post of the day

radiospan

is_that_so wrote:

The BBC take on it.

"one of the greatest victories in cricket's rich history" - BBC

Brilliant!

cgf

christophicus wrote:

Yeah cheers lads to you guys that have been keeping us up to date. When is the next match?

Next Sat I believe - The Windies on their own turf.

Sorry, might be Friday - not too sure what month we are in anymore after this

RuggieBear

is_that_so

mikeruurds wrote:

Ìt's such a pleasure to introduce new fans to what, in my humble opinion, is the greatest sport known to man.

I had a flatmate who used to say that and play cricket in the hall at any time of day, with a John Allott commentary.

galwayrush

is_that_so wrote:

And a big thank you to DMC and all the rest of the guys who have been here all day keeping us up to date and educating us on the mysteries of cricket.

I second that,:cool:

mikeruurds

Ireland now top of their group :cool:

Trippie

i cannot wait to get back to england so i can start work again at the Oval on monday, i was happy enough with the Zimbabwe result but this has just blown that right out of the water. now all we need is for pakistan and the windes to hockey zimbabwe and it will be ten times sweeter

cgf

TOny Cozier claiming we're true to Super 8 - might be a bit premature but we should get there.

copacetic

mikeruurds wrote:

Ireland now top of their group :cool:

are we through though?

county

mikeruurds wrote:

So county... what do you think of the Tigers scalping India? Three of their batsmen got 50s.

It was a massacre.

Mike

i know nothing of the india game,just found out when i logged but wtf.what a crazy crazy day

mikeruurds

is_that_so wrote:

I had a flatmate who used to say that and play cricket in the hall at any time of day, with a John Allott commentary.

I'm South African... we used to play in the streets all the time... and in halways and in our dorm rooms in boarding school

galwayrush

It's aparently a much bigger shock then Cyprus beating Rep Ireland in Soccer.:D

galwayrush

copacetic wrote:

are we through though?

Not quite, but looking good,

is_that_so

mikeruurds wrote:

I'm South African... we used to play in the streets all the time... and in halways and in our dorm rooms in boarding school

He was English public school and would lecture me at length on the beauty of the game.

copacetic

mikeruurds wrote:

Don't know yet. If Zim beat Pakistan then it's down to run rate.

Pakistan are out though.

it's weird, sky seem to think we might be..

mikeruurds

copacetic wrote:

are we through though?

Don't know yet. If Zim beat Pakistan then it's down to run rate.

Pakistan are out though.

is_that_so

Is that likely to happen - Zimbabwe to win?

DMC

Aye, thought so.... the commentators thought that Ireland are definately through to the Super Eights, Zimbabwe could beat Pakistan too, and add that into the equation....

cgf

Now to dust off my Maple Leaf for tomorrow.

Only kiddin - be great to qualify and play the likes of Aus, Eng, NZ and maybe India

mikeruurds

copacetic wrote:

it's weird, sky seem to think we might be..

Nope. Can't be sure yet. Zim can still get through.

mike65

Steady on kids! Ireland are not yet through, it depends on how badly (or not) Ireland get beaten by Windies and how Zimbabwe fair against Pakistan.

Mike.

mikeruurds

is_that_so wrote:

Is that likely to happen - Zimbabwe to win?

More likely than Ireland on paper.

I knew that Pakistan were there for the taking if Ireland played well. The Pakistani team don't have great morale at the moment and we (South Africa) recently crushed them in a series.

timmywex

tis is like d best thing eva for irish cricket!!!!!! and on paddys day!!!!!

before the wc, i knew nothing bout cricket but now follow it

mikeruurds

timmywex wrote:

tis is like d best thing eva for irish cricket!!!!!! and on paddys day!!!!!

before the wc, i knew nothing bout cricket but now follow it

Great news!

copacetic

mikeruurds wrote:

Nope. Can't be sure yet. Zim can still get through.

yep, seems obvious, but can't understand why the sky guys think we are there!

DMC

mikeruurds wrote:

I knew that Pakistan were there for the taking if Ireland played well. The Pakistani team don't have great morale at the moment and we (South Africa) recently crushed them in a series.

They've not been themselves since Darryl Hair looked at a ball all funny.

mikeruurds

copacetic wrote:

yep, seems obvious, but can't understand why the sky guys think we are there!

Riding the wave of euphoria I suppose.

Wouldn't it be great if England didn't make it to the Super 8's and Ireland did.

Check out the headline: Drunken Freddies 4am sea Rescue!!!!!

Andrew Flintoff went for a pedalo ride pi$$ed as a fart and had to be rescued... not great a day before a big game, especially after losing to NZ!!!!

mike65

Sky Sports know more Irish are watching than Zimbies.

Mike.

copacetic

I wonder will the irish guys need a sea rescue tonight like Freddie!!!

christophicus

DMC wrote:

Ireland's next group match is on against the West Indies, next Friday.

cheers man.

loosecannon

sllightly selfish brag post here

i had a fairly substantial sum of money on ireland to qualify from their group at 33/1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and i've also had another 100 quid on ireland to win their group at 250/1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so when we beat the windies come friday i'll hopefully be sitting with well over 30k in the bank!!

i would also like to add that i was substantially mocked by all whom i told of these bets ;-)

DMC

OMFG!

News of the Screws tomorrow

Freddie Flintoff fell off a pedelo and had to be rescued at 4am!

mike65

I'd love to know how many are viewing this thread, Bring back "Whos on line"!

The England management would not confirm the identities of the players, but one unconfirmed report said that Andrew Flintoff had to be pulled out of the sea at 4am after a prank with a pedalo went wrong. Another report named James Anderson, Jon Lewis, Liam Plunkett and Ian Bell as having been seen on a late-night drinking session at a nightclub on St Lucia. It is alleged many of the squad were involved in the breach of discipline.

Still some late night recreational hi-jinks did'nt hurt Liverpool before the Barca game!

Mike.

DMC

timmywex wrote:

tis is like d best thing eva for irish cricket!!!!!! and on paddys day!!!!!

before the wc, i knew nothing bout cricket but now follow it

Thats what I hoped for before the tournament started. More people getting interested in the sport. Welcome along

county

loosecannon wrote:

sllightly selfish brag post here

i had a fairly substantial sum of money on ireland to qualify from their group at 33/1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and i've also had another 100 quid on ireland to win their group at 250/1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so when we beat the windies come friday i'll hopefully be sitting with well over 30k in the bank!!

i would also like to add that i was substantially mocked by all whom i told of these bets ;-)

best of luck with that you dog;)

mikeruurds

loosecannon wrote:

sllightly selfish brag post here

i had a fairly substantial sum of money on ireland to qualify from their group at 33/1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and i've also had another 100 quid on ireland to win their group at 250/1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so when we beat the windies come friday i'll hopefully be sitting with well over 30k in the bank!!

i would also like to add that i was substantially mocked by all whom i told of these bets ;-)

Great news for you mate.

christophicus

loosecannon wrote:

sllightly selfish brag post here

i had a fairly substantial sum of money on ireland to qualify from their group at 33/1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and i've also had another 100 quid on ireland to win their group at 250/1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so when we beat the windies come friday i'll hopefully be sitting with well over 30k in the bank!!

i would also like to add that i was substantially mocked by all whom i told of these bets ;-)

You really think we can beat the windies?

county

DMC wrote:

OMFG!

News of the Screws tomorrow

Freddie Flintoff fell off a pedelo and had to be rescued at 4am!

lol:D

mikeruurds

christophicus wrote:

You really think we can beat the windies?

They're also known for blowing hot and cold. Ireland could take them, but they are defo on form at the moment and they are playing at home.



Surprisingly this thread hasn't surpassed the thread for day 3 and Ireland's tied game with Zim. Probably due to the fact that I posted less crap in this one