CWC Day 23 Thread - Ireland against South Africa

Kingp35

SA starting to score a bit better now

DMC

mikeruurds wrote:

Damn... the guy that designed the WC mascot shoud be shot... "Mello" is just lame.

Of all the mascots in world games tournaments, I think Mello is one of the best, tbh. There have been loads of lame mascots in years gone by....

county

running away from them a bit

DMC

Paul Mooney going for a few here...

13 runs..

43/1 from 8 overs.

mikeruurds

DMC wrote:

Of all the mascots in world games tournaments, I think Mello is one of the best, tbh. There have been loads of lame mascots in years gone by....

Wadja talkin bout Lewis...

zuutroy

Looks like we're Scrooge McDucked

DMC

mikeruurds wrote:

Wadja talkin bout Lewis...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1990_ciao.jpg

zuutroy

I think the Italia 90 was a cool one, but maybe thats just nostalgia

mikeruurds

DMC wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1990_ciao.jpg

Take it from where it comes. I would've expected more from the Windies. The Italia '90 mascot was quite an achievement for my Italian cousins (Just kidding)

Edit: Mooney is playing fetch with Smithy... only problem is that it's his team mates doing the fetchin.

zuutroy

Shocking by Mooney....

DMC

Loads of disasters here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_mascot

64/1 from 10 overs....

Mooney gone for 23 in 2 overs...

mikeruurds

DMC wrote:

Loads of disasters here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_mascot

64/1 from 10 overs....

Mooney gone for 23 in 2 overs...

Feck... Naranito from Spain '82 takes the biscuit.

DMC

68/1 from 11

zuutroy

Do ye think there'll be any reception for them in Dublin when they get home?

county

what a bloody catch:eek:

zuutroy

What A Catch!

DMC

YES! SMITH OUT!!!

c & b Johnston

71/2

/me can die happy now...

mikeruurds

Amazing catch by Johnston!

mikeruurds

DMC wrote:

YES! SMITH OUT!!!

c & b Johnston

71/2

/me can die happy now...

I take it you're happy that Graeme's out

DMC

mikeruurds wrote:

I take it you're happy that Graeme's out

Just a smidge

0.47sec reaction time for the c&b.... wow... world class catch.

mikeruurds

Twas a brilliant catch... and a top 4 by Hersch to open his account

KevIRL

from cricinfo


That sums up Ireland's pluck this tournament. Even when they're down and out, they refuse to give up. And his Irish jig to celebrate the wicket sums up a captain just happy to be leading his troops. Maybe other teams could learn from Ireland.
12.1 Johnston to Smith, OUT, what a catch! That is a quite brilliant, reflex snaffle from Johnston. A full toss which Smith hammered back to him, no more than four or five inches above the ground, and Johnston plucked it out of the air

zuutroy

Botha and TJ could give them a bit to think about over the next few

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76-2(14 overs)

DMC

KevIRL wrote:

from cricinfo
That sums up Ireland's pluck this tournament. Even when they're down and out, they refuse to give up. And his Irish jig to celebrate the wicket sums up a captain just happy to be leading his troops. Maybe other teams could learn from Ireland.

Its so true. Fantastic that its our own country still performing. Still trying. Lesser sides would've caved in. They truely have put the fun back into this World Cup.

KevIRL wrote:

12.1 Johnston to Smith, OUT, what a catch! That is a quite brilliant, reflex snaffle from Johnston. A full toss which Smith hammered back to him, no more than four or five inches above the ground, and Johnston plucked it out of the air

You get what you give... Smith got out White to a full toss... what goes around etc.

zuutroy

Drinks time...perfectly timed for me to go and get me washing!

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84-2(16 overs)

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wicket

85-3(16.3 overs)

zuutroy

Gone!...Damn I knew it was gonna happen coz I checked betfair 2 secs before the bowl!

DMC

The fielding and catching has been fantastic.

Only 3 ahead on D/L

Out comes the piece of paper.

darkman2

SA in a spot of Botha here;)

DMC

darkman2 wrote:

SA in a spot of Botha here;)

Ba-dum. Tish!

zuutroy

was just gonna say the required rate was creeping up slowly before that 4

darkman2

Next SA batsman is an 'extra' brought in for the game - good, bad, indifferent?:rolleyes:


(I know very little about cricket)

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put down:(

94-3(19 overs)

DMC

Unlucky Boyd.

Ends his spell
Overs 7 Mdn 1 Runs 26 Wkt 2 Econ 3.80

All we need now is McCallan to do a Malinga

zuutroy

My first thought was out there....didn't make much of a play of it though

DMC

Mike... looks like it won't be the win and massive improvement in net run rate South Africa would've looked for at the start of this?

DMC

darkman2 wrote:

Next SA batsman is an 'extra' brought in for the game - good, bad, indifferent?:rolleyes:


(I know very little about cricket)

He'll have to play himself in... get used to the light etc... This is not the romp to victory that SA were clearly looking for.

zuutroy

Sickener there

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101-3(21 overs)

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dropped:(

DMC

DMC wrote:

The fielding and catching has been fantastic.

I kinda put the mockers on that... since then Rankin and Johnston had decent chances....

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DMC wrote:

I kinda put the mockers on that... since then Rankin and Johnston had decent chances....

well i was thinking the same but didn`t want to sat anything;)

Chucky the tree

The irish lads must be on Overs for Kallis.

DMC

Just to compound that... I see the Scouse gits blasted PSV...

zuutroy

A totally silly question I'm sure, but does anything happen if you hit the stumps opposite you?

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45 runs needed from 66 balls

zuutroy

I think that hump in the SA run rate is down to Mooney alone...He put us in a hole

DMC

zuutroy wrote:

A totally silly question I'm sure, but does anything happen if you hit the stumps opposite you?

Always a teaser this one. If the batsman hits the ball and then it hits the stumps at the other end, nothing happens. No one is out. If a member of the fielding team gets in the way and deflects the ball onto the stumps, and the non-striking batsman is out of the ground, he will be run out.