CWC Day 5 - Ireland V Pakistan, Ind V Bang

DMC

Sides cannot be seperated at the bookies! 6/5 on!

Marshy

This is extraordinary!!!!! Keep it going lads!

mikeruurds

I had a feeling Pakistan were there for the taking. We obliterated them in the recent series and exposed their amazing collapsing batting lineup on a few occasions.

Keep it up boys!

Edit: Don't forget that Pakistan don't have their first choice bowlers in this tournament.

mikeruurds

Botha is bowling the performance of a lifetime.

DMC

74/6 off 23

Kevin O'brien bowling real well too.

Botha 6.0 ov 4 mdn 2 wkt 2 runs 0.33 ECR

christophicus

Wow this is looking good for an Irish win?

arbeitsscheuer

Fantastic performance thus far from Botha. Just got a text from a mate of mine; "seriously why isn't Andre Botha in the South Africa squad? he's class."
Says it all.

Here he comes again...

Marshy

What is the pitch like? Is it falling apart?

DMC

christophicus wrote:

Wow this is looking good for an Irish win?

I'll withhold judgement until I see a) what total Pakistan get and b) what Pakistan bowl like.

DMC

Marshy wrote:

What is the pitch like? Is it falling apart?

Still loads of movement off the seam. Its a green top, this pitch will not fall apart for a month!

DMC

In the other game... India have a really low total too.

India 158/5 off 43

mikeruurds

My original wishlist is still on track

Bangladesh and Ireland have their more fancied opponents on the rails

arbeitsscheuer

If the Zimbabwe match taught us anything, it's that anything can happen right up until the final ball of the final over is bowled...and even then something amazing might happen. ODIs are nigh-on impossible to predict when they're as tight as these.

mikeruurds

DMC wrote:

In the other game... India have a really low total too.

India 158/5 off 43

158/6 :eek:

159/7 :eek: :eek:

cgf

India 159-7

arbeitsscheuer

That's quite amusing... Is my memory playing tricks, or were most experts predicting that this would be a World Cup of crazily massive totals of 300+ in practically every game?:rolleyes:

And even funnier, the team on 159/7 is the one with the greatest batsman in the world...

DMC

14 runs from this over... Pakistan have found the boundary again after a good few overs on the rack...

92/6 off 27

mikeruurds

cgf wrote:

India 159-7

Should be 159/8 - plumb LBW appeal turned down

JUSTICE!!!!! 159/8

cgf

159-8

DMC

Enter spin. Kyle McCallan comes on, he was expensive the other day, but he did pick up wickets...

DMC

One single

93/6 off 28

Boyd Rankin comes back on.

mikeruurds

DMC wrote:

Enter spin. Kyle McCallan comes on, he was expensive the other day, but he did pick up wickets...

Akmal is a handy little batsman... he needs to go soon.

India 159/9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cgf

Paul Robinson just scored for Spurs with a free kick from his own half.

India 159-9

DMC

McCallan expensive... 8 off the over...

102/6

cgf

Gotta get him quick


Edit - Wrong one but I'll take it 103-7

DMC

21 extras... in 31 overs... I can't help think that if this match is a close finish.... Mr. Extra will be the key player.

WICKET!

Mahmood c Johnston b Rankin 2

103/7

The hutch is open!

mikeruurds

DMC wrote:

21 extras... in 31 overs... I can't help think that if this match is a close finish.... Mr. Extra will be the key player.

WICKET!

Mahmood c Johnston b Rankin 2

103/7

The hutch is open!

Excellent... my live score ticker was a little behind.

DMC

ARGGH!!! 20 wides!

DMC

A skyer!!

WICKET!!

Kamran Akmal c Johnston b Rankin 27

105/8!!!

mikeruurds

DMC wrote:

ARGGH!!! 20 wides!

The only black mark

Too many bloody extras.

arbeitsscheuer

mikeruurds wrote:

The only black mark

Concur. Otherwise immaculate. What a performance, regardless of result.

Speaking of which, let's not get carried away completely - Akmal still looks dangerous.

EDIT: now we can get carried away! YEAAAARGH!!!!

cgf

Got im

mikeruurds

DMC wrote:

A skyer!!

WICKET!!

Kamran Akmal c Johnston b Rankin 27

105/8!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very much in the tail now!!

DMC

106/8 off 31 overs... my oh my....

mikeruurds

So much for the minnows not being welcome.

This is EXACTLY what irish cricket needs. My boss just texted me with the score... he knows nothing about cricket

Edit: India 191 all out... possibly could end up the biggest day of upsets in WC history

delta_bravo

This could be heroic. Just keep at them and we can do it

Revelation Joe

I've always preferred soccer to cricket. I played and watched both for years (I'm English BTW)...I love them both but soccer is my no.1

But I would gladly forego The Premiership on RTE tonight if they replaced it with the cricket highlights! Why oh why are they not showing *any* highlights? :mad:

mike65

Fantastic yet until Pakistan have bowled this could all be an illusion. 20 wides is shocking.

Mike.

Marshy

Quite amazing, finish em off lads, less than 120. India out for 191.

christophicus

Lol nice one. whats the score now?

DMC

109/8 , 32.2 overs

I try to update when a wicket falls or every 2 overs.

Its raining.... I think.... the sun is blazing down too! *boggle*

mikeruurds

This is the collapse we were hoping for yesterday. Now we need to finish em off and then bat responsibly.

DMC

112/8 off 34

DMC

115/8 off 35 overs

27 extras... I think we need Botha back on now...
Kevin O'Brien replaces Langford-Smith

cgf

Not sure about bringing O'Brien back on but hopefully will stand corrected.

delta_bravo

So many wides! Reminds me of Kevin Hurdle from Bermuda

DMC

120/8 off 36

Run rate is falling... 3.33 runs per over

DMC

Bob Woolmer, Pakistan coach, in praise of Ireland
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/285683.html

Worthy of a read if you are relying on me to update you!

DMC

120/8 off 37

arbeitsscheuer

28 extras is pretty shocking, even by minnows standards... Could seriously rue them, as DMC has been sayin