CWC Day 5 - Ireland V Pakistan, Ind V Bang

mikeruurds

Sami is almost totally bowled out...

cooker3

That is a disgrace!

kensutz

What a crap decision that was.

RuggieBear

shocking decision

cgf

One of the worst decisions I have ever seen and that includes LCU

mikeruurds

Brian Jerling is blind.

Bangladesh only need 10 to cause the first upset of the day.

Cerdito

do you think they'll switch over to the Ireland match on normal sky sports after the Bangladesh match? Another frustrated NTL subscriber here

d8player

After what happened earlier in the rugby don't think I take another glorious "nearly was"..

DMC

Ireland 75/4 25.3 overs

Niall O'Brien 50*

mikeruurds

Cerdito wrote:

do you think they'll switch over to the Ireland match on normal sky sports after the Bangladesh match? Another frustrated NTL subscriber here

Yep. They said they would.

DMC

Cerdito wrote:

do you think they'll switch over to the Ireland match on normal sky sports after the Bangladesh match? Another frustrated NTL subscriber here

I think they are....

mikeruurds

2 more and Bangladesh have it!

DMC

75/4 off 26

58 needed, 6 wickets in hand

brian_rbk

its terrible when u pay that kinda money for sky sports on ntl and u cant even get the full digital service!

DMC

Vera Duckworth says par is 68. Ireland are at 75/4... its dropping rain, and the light is bad....

MisterAnarchy

My girlfriend has gone off in a huff with the Sky card ,cant see the bloody match.

mikeruurds

MisterAnarchy wrote:

My girlfriend has gone off in a huff with the Sky card ,cant see the bloody match.

Blasphemy... my wife is sulking next to me. That's the benefit of marriage

RuggieBear

MisterAnarchy wrote:

My girlfriend has gone off in a huff with the Sky card ,cant see the bloody match.

:eek:

DMC

80/4 from 27 overs

mikeruurds

Banglas have won!!!

RuggieBear

good now show the bloody ireland game

cobijones

Long time cricket fan - just saying thanks for the updates as my TV signal has been down since tuesday. Disaster!

Also anyone know where I can buy the Irish top?

cooker3

Come on rain!

MisterAnarchy

RuggieBear wrote:

:eek:

Might be murder tonight if she doesnt come back soon.
She probably thinks its funny.
I have been lording the tv all day though.
Great days sport.

cgf

Come on offer it

DMC

cobijones wrote:

Long time cricket fan - just saying thanks for the updates as my TV signal has been down since tuesday. Disaster!

Also anyone know where I can buy the Irish top?

No worries.
Here ye go! http://www.cricketbatsetc.co.uk/

Taken the light!!! \o/

galwayrush

MisterAnarchy wrote:

Might be murder tonight if she doesnt come back soon.
She probably thinks its funny.
I have been lording the tv all day though.
Great days sport.

My wife says there's no way she'll switch away from "Emma"

brian_rbk

rain gonna stop play?

cgf

Off they go

brian_rbk

not called off yet

cobijones

DMC wrote:

No worries.
Here ye go! http://www.cricketbatsetc.co.uk/

Taken the light!!! \o/

Thanks - do you know of any shops in dulbin that sells the gear? I cant believe we are in with a chance of beating this team!!

DMC

Radio 4 LW is now at the Ireland game, with John Kenny of RTÉ

cooker3

MisterAnarchy wrote:

My girlfriend has gone off in a huff with the Sky card ,cant see the bloody match.

dump her tbh

DMC

cobijones wrote:

Thanks - do you know of any shops in dulbin that sells the gear? I cant believe we are in with a chance of beating this team!!

I dunno of a Dublin shop that sell it, maybe Elverys on Suffolk St, they used to sell gear. Lion Sports, the operators of that website are in Bangor, Co. Down.

brian_rbk

rte guy speaking on 5 live says that a few of the irish players aren't even watching cause they're so nervous! they are behind the stands!

kidu

From Cricinfo

"The umpires consult ... and the batsmen are off faster than Peter Parker when the cakeshop opens. If there is no more play then Ireland will win on D/L. It's dark and it's raining ... and unless something changes, Pakistan are on their way out."

brian_rbk

whats D/L ?

cobijones

brian_rbk wrote:

whats D/L ?

Duckworth - lewis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duckworth-Lewis_method

mikeruurds

brian_rbk wrote:

whats D/L ?

It's a formula that comes into play when a second innings is rain effected. Basically the overs get reduced as does the target.

If the rain stops play then the current score gets compared to the score that the Duckworth-Lewis says would be needed to win. If you exceed the DL score then you win!!

Ireland are ahead so if the game stops tonight they win!!

Edit: According to Cricinfo it's rainning heavily in Jamaica right now

cgf

From Cricinfo....

4.20pm Now it's raining quite hard and the tarpaulins are in place and wet.

4.15pm Because we have completed 20 overs, there will be no coming back tomorrow. The game will have to be finished today, and if there is no more play then Ireland will win the match as they are ahead on D/L. The question has to be, why on earth did Inzamam not turn to his spinners when it became clear that the light was fading and he was behind?

The rain might relent but the light is poor and unless that gets better there will be no more cricket. The Irish crowd are celebrating, but they would celebrate the grass growing, so don't read too much into that.

cobijones

Is there any commentry on the radio?

DMC

Just to wrap up the current situation for newbies

The score is

Pakistan 132 all out off 45.4 overs
Ireland 81/4 27.3 overs

Ireland require another 52 runs with 6 wickets and 22.3 overs remaining

BUT Match delayed by bad light and rain.

To settle matches with rain interference, there is a system called the Duckworth/Lewis system. (or Vera Duckworth, as I refer to it ) Its a means of fairly scoring the game in case of rain. At the moment, Ireland are ahead on the D/L system, the par score for D/L is 69, so Ireland have to be one ahead, so 70. If play does not resume, Ireland will win. If play resumes, there will be probably a reduced target with reduced overs to get the target.

christophicus

So its confirmed the match has been called off due to poor light /weather?

Lennoxschips

Been trying to figure this out from the Sky commentary. It seems the Duckworth Lewis system is some way of deciding who'd win if it the match hadn't been called off. Basically Ireland are scoring runs at a better rate than Pakistan did, and with less wickets lost, so if it continues to rain then Ireland will be given the match.

This can only happen if Ireland go beyond 20 overs, otherwise they come back tomorrow to finish the match. But Ireland are at 25 or so overs, so the match has to be finished today, either by playing it out or by Duckworth Lewis system.

Mad sport, but strangely entertaining nonetheless.

mikeruurds

I would've preferred to have seen them win with the bat, but the bowling effort alone deserves the victory.

O'Brien has also done very well with the bat.

mikeruurds

christophicus wrote:

So its confirmed the match has been called off due to poor light /weather?

The umpires will wait until there is no chance that the game can continue and then they will call it.

Until then let the nail biting commence!

Marshy

Whats the chance of play in the next while? Is the reserve day out of the equation now?

brian_rbk

this is great cricket... learning so much about the game today

mikeruurds

Marshy wrote:

Whats the chance of play in the next while? Is the reserve day out of the equation now?

20 overs have been bowled in the Irish innings so there is no chance that the reserve day will be used.

If umpires decide that conditions are satisfactory for play then they'll be back out.

DMC

I think 10:15 Irish time is the time to look out for.... if they don't play before then......