CWC Day 5 - Ireland V Pakistan, Ind V Bang

cgf

Local time 4.31, sunset @ 6.17 so a while to go yet before it gets called off.

mikeruurds

Please no repeat of the SA '22 runs off 1 ball' affair!

mike65

BBC LW has buggered off to something musical, has play ended?

Mike.

brian_rbk

its still on 5 live

cgf

Covers coming off

mikeruurds

Covers coming off?

Edit: They will have a reduced target.

Nightrain

I know what the duckworth lewis method is and what it does which is to work out the winner of a game affected by rain.But i'm sure there is I should know this as ive been watching cricket since 1999(the world cup was in england that year yes ?)Just checking as i remember watching it.

cgf

Play in 13 mins.

No news on recalculation.

pwd

http://www.duckworth-lewis.com/Calculator/tabid/72/Default.aspx

ireland's score 81 on the d/l method

GetOffMyPatch

Covers coming off and umpires are inspecting now
Irelands task will become easier now under the D/L ruling

mike65

FiveLive Extra "connecting to server...." Bah!

Mike.

galwayrush

Play ends there at 7:15 average, but it being raining ,obviously it will be too dark to continue very soon.:cool:

brian_rbk

for anyone who has ntl digital without sky sports, they can get five live on channel 928

cobijones

IS it 5Live or 5live extra? And is there anyway of listening to it online? When I connected to5 live extra it said it was only for people in the uk?

mikeruurds

Poor Pakistan are going to get lynched when they get home in a couple of weeks :eek:

If India don't get through to the Super 8s I can see burning effigies in their future. Their fans are pretty militant as cricket is like a religion in the subcontinent.

DMC

The covers might be coming off, but has the light improved since they left the middle? The umpires have to consider that fact...

brian_rbk

five live extra

galwayrush

cobijones wrote:

IS it 5Live or 5live extra? And is there anyway of listening to it online? When I connected to5 live extra it said it was only for people in the uk?

There may be some way of typing in a UK postal code. works for Planet Rock.

mike65

I had no problem with the online feed yesterday.

Mike.

thebaz

God this is nearly more exciting than the rugby , Ireland to qualify for the quater finals of the World Cup !
Hang your head in shame Steve Stauntan , with the performance of the Irish rugby and cricket teams today, they show up the soccer team as the shambles it is !
Well done Irish rugby and cricket.

DMC

Some BBC online stuff such as 5 Live Sports Extra are IP restricted to the UK. Some ISP's over here have UK IP addresses

brian_rbk

works by ip address asfaik

copacetic

i'm back, match will resume at 4.50pm local.

128 target from 47 overs.

zuutroy

Ireland 1.11 on betfair, surely worth heaping it on now? What do the experts reckon?

cobijones

No joy for me! Cant get the streams to work

copacetic

and skysports 2 are putting in on main channel now for you ntl guys.

DMC

Back on the pitch.

Target is 128, so 47 required from 19.3 overs

cgf

here we go - don't blow it lads

MySelf56

45 runs for victory..

DMC

84/4 off 29 overs

44 needed off 18 overs

A belated Powerplay, 4 overs.

D/L par is 72

brian_rbk

what happens if we run out of light and we dont have enough runs?

cgf

Fook - that went straight thru him

MySelf56

85/4

43 to win from 17.3 overs.

copacetic

brian_rbk wrote:

what happens if we run out of light and we dont have enough runs?

we win as long as we stay ahead of the D/L par.

mikeruurds

brian_rbk wrote:

what happens if we run out of light and we dont have enough runs?

Back to DL.

If we lose wickets then the DL figure rises. So we need to keep going at 3 an over and not lose any wickets.

Mike

DMC

86/4 from 30 overs

42 from 17 overs required.

Mike is right, the par score will jump if we lose a wicket. If two wickets were to fall right now, and no play occured, par would be 89, and Ireland would be behind. That 4 helps though! SHOT!

brian_rbk

geat 4:)

cgf

Cracking shot by NoB

mikeruurds

Great 4 by Niall!!!

cooker3

This is so tension filled
But so far since restart, batsman have looked in control so still looking decent.

As I speak a great boundary, come on!

MySelf56

Neil O B... class innings, a calm head.. 4 runs tp our tally.. 91-4

galwayrush

mikeruurds wrote:

Great 4 by Niall!!!

That calmed my nerves,

galwayrush

if we lost 2 wickets now, par needed is 89, that 4 was magic.

mikeruurds

The reason that the DL par score rises when wickets fall is to stop the batting side from sacrificing players to dramatically increase the score just prior to a rain/light suspension.

I hope that makes sense.

The one thing that DL doesn't take account of is the fact that we bowled Pakistan out in less than 50 overs. Perhaps if they ever adopt a new system it'll factor that in too. They've tried to change DL for many years but have never found a suitable replacement.

Lesson over

DMC

91/4 off 31

cgf

Stupid bowling a bouncer in dodgy light.

We're 14-1 on with PP

make that 50-1 on

mikeruurds

Nice to see a short ball backfiring on the bowler!

Justuce would've been a miss by the keeper and 5 wides!

Nice edge for 4!!!

Pakistani heads are starting to drop in the field.

DMC

Jeez, you'd think the conditions would suit the Pakistan players....

On Paddy Power, Ireland are 14/1 ON

EDGY 4 there!

galwayrush

is Cricket always this nail biting?

MySelf56

4 more , Kevin..