CWC Day 32 Thread - Ireland V Australia

KevIRL · 12-04-2007 10:35pm #1

Up against the number one ranked team in the world for the second time in this tournament. Can Ireland pull off the biggest shock ever? I doubt it very much

Thoughts?

Updates here tomorrow

DMC · 12-04-2007 10:37pm

This could be carnage. I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, REALLY hope not...

mikeruurds · 12-04-2007 10:37pm

Will be carnage... though it pains me to say it.

county · 12-04-2007 10:40pm

DMC wrote:

This could be carnage. I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, REALLY hope not...

my thoughs aswell,it could rain for a few days and i think ireland would settle for the point:) *

*goes to check the forecast for tomorrow

Marshy · 12-04-2007 10:43pm

If we're put in to bat, we might be bowled out for very few going on yesterdays game.

LuckyLloyd · 13-04-2007 8:25am

This one was always going to be rough. Ah well. We can pretty much gaurantee that Ireland will give it whatever they have got. Hopefully that will be enough to keep things respectable. And you can't ask for anything more.

TrueDub · 13-04-2007 10:42am

UnLuckyLloyd wrote:

This one was always going to be rough. Ah well. We can pretty much gaurantee that Ireland will give it whatever they have got. Hopefully that will be enough to keep things respectable. And you can't ask for anything more.

Well said. I don't think it will be embarrassing, but a hiding is a distinct possibility. Still, we haven't been disgraced yet (even the Kiwi game was no disgrace, just a beating from a better team) so I have confidence in the lads to deliver a performance worthy of themselves.

Might slide to the bookies at lunchtime, just to see what an upset is priced at...

county · 13-04-2007 10:53am

betting odds with PP:australia 1-200,ireland 14-1.

sh1t odds on both sides,i mean only 14-1 on ireland,i should at least 20s.

top scoring batsman should provide some better value

zuutroy · 13-04-2007 1:14pm

38 on betfair....even that isn't good odds IMO!

dereko1969 · 13-04-2007 1:17pm

hopefully we'll win the toss, bat - eke out 130ish and then get a couple of wickets. hopefully we'll see lanky's ferret dance a couple of times and uptown boyd rankin launching a few at pontings nose!

gbh · 13-04-2007 1:46pm

If we can score more than 100 runs and hold them to less than 400, then realistically we would have done well.

zuutroy · 13-04-2007 1:56pm

not really....400 has only been done a handful of times.

dereko1969 · 13-04-2007 2:04pm

they won the toss and put is in, surprised at that but glad all the same. just to put it in context australia's average (when they batted first) in this WC was 350, so glad we're batting!! now where's that live feed.....

dereko1969 · 13-04-2007 2:37pm

G€€, bray gone for 1. This could be ugly

Mothman · 13-04-2007 2:46pm

I hope we can see out McGrath and Tait before being all out....

Batsmen can't cope with pace.

Tait on a hat-trick....

2 runs, 3 wickets down...

pwd · 13-04-2007 2:52pm

test status for ireland! :rolleyes:

Mothman · 13-04-2007 2:54pm

Morgan gone... caught at slip, off Mcgrath. 2 wickets each for Tait and McGrath

12/4

KevIRL · 13-04-2007 2:55pm

4 down.

Just cant handle the class Aussie attack

KevIRL · 13-04-2007 2:57pm

gbh wrote:

Does anyone know the lowest ODI batting score?

36 I think

gbh · 13-04-2007 2:57pm

Does anyone know the lowest ODI batting score?

pwd · 13-04-2007 2:58pm

tell you in ten minutes...

pwd · 13-04-2007 3:00pm

36 all out by Canada against Sri Lanka four years ago according to sky news live scores thing

Placebo · 13-04-2007 3:02pm

gonna be a quick one 15-4

Steibhin · 13-04-2007 3:02pm

gbh wrote:

Does anyone know the lowest ODI batting score?

Ireland once bowled West Indies out for 25!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lpxft-zWts

This is ugly.

Marshy · 13-04-2007 3:17pm

35 is the lowest in an ODI. Zimbabwe have that record.
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ODIS/TEAM/ODI_LOWEST_TEAM_TOTALS.html

Royale with Cheese · 13-04-2007 3:29pm

Just 2 more to go now!! Wait, make that 1. 35 is looking somewhat possible alright.

Marshy · 13-04-2007 3:37pm

Ireland 42-6 after 13

White got done by a McGrath slower ball having been nailed on the helmet a few balls earlier.

O'Brien out now as well, caught clipping off his legs.

RuggieBear · 13-04-2007 3:40pm

jebus...i think i will unsubscribe from the thread so i don't depress myself further at work.:(

Kingp35 · 13-04-2007 3:45pm

Anyone have a live stream?

besty · 13-04-2007 3:51pm

We brought up 50!

dulpit · 13-04-2007 3:51pm

So ireland are screwed, right?

On an unrelated topic, how did this

KevIRL wrote:

36 I think

get posted before this

gbh wrote:

Does anyone know the lowest ODI batting score?

Sorry for going off topic...

RuggieBear · 13-04-2007 3:53pm

just a quirk of the bulliten board and timing

Jonny Arson · 13-04-2007 3:56pm

Will they even get 70?

Marshy · 13-04-2007 3:59pm

Jonny Arson wrote:

Will they even get 70?

Well they certainly wont get many more from where they are now.

59-7 now, 17 overs gone. Johnston played on to Tait. No batsmen left.

DMC · 13-04-2007 4:01pm

Ireland 59/7 after 17 overs

At least my worst nightmare, being bowled out for a world record low, hasn't materialised. Small mercies and all that.

I think its spitting rain on the TV!

pwd · 13-04-2007 4:04pm

trent johnston seems to have scored around 20 in every match of this tournament

pwd · 13-04-2007 4:08pm

Looks unlikely now that Ireland could avoid finishing bottom of the super 8s. I had thought that their run rate might be good enough to get 7th if they beat bangladesh

DMC · 13-04-2007 4:08pm

Ireland 70/7 after 19 overs

Marshy · 13-04-2007 4:15pm

Just to put things in perspective, Bangladesh were 65-6 on this pitch versus England. Their attack is arguably weaker too. So its not all doom and gloom.

21 overs gone, Ireland 72-8

Jonny Arson · 13-04-2007 4:20pm

If they can get 100 out of this innings they'll save some embarrasment. Johnson has got to continue keeping it tight.

Jonny Arson · 13-04-2007 4:23pm

80-9. Langford-Smith out

Chucky the tree · 13-04-2007 4:27pm

they should bring the paki's back.

Placebo · 13-04-2007 4:48pm

Chucky the tree wrote:

they should bring the paki's back.

wha? no one can beat australia right now, i would reckon srlanka would put on a good challange

DMC · 13-04-2007 4:49pm

Ireland 91 all out in the 30th over.

zuutroy · 13-04-2007 4:50pm

Thats puuuuurty nasty.

Ghost Train · 13-04-2007 5:04pm

after being 12/4 & 59/7 to get to 91 is a bit of a relief

DMC · 13-04-2007 5:05pm

The Aussies will fancy knocking off 92 in an hour, before the scheduled lunch break.... Hussey shunted up the order to open with Gilchrist.

Australia 9/0 after 1 over.

thebaz · 13-04-2007 5:07pm

Morgans batting overall has been poor in this tournament -- fielded well -- and whats happened our opener Bray ?

DMC · 13-04-2007 5:15pm

18/0 after 3.

Marshy · 13-04-2007 5:19pm

thebaz wrote:

Morgans batting overall has been poor in this tournament -- fielded well -- and whats happened our opener Bray ?

Yeah Morgan hasnt come to the party at all really, disappointing.

Bray has kinda been sorted out by the other teams. They've seen he's a good off-side player and have bowled straight to him where hes not as strong. Thats why hes struggled I think.

BOHSBOHS · 13-04-2007 5:22pm

another shocker from bray , 2 runs in total from the last 4 games

CWC Day 32 Thread - Ireland V Australia

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