Ireland v Pakistan. 2 ODIs in May

KevIRL

Bit of good fortune with Ed Joyce dropped on 61. Make em pay now Ed

Lovely Bloke

KevIRL wrote: »

Bit of good fortune with Ed Joyce dropped on 61. Make em pay now Ed

5x4 for LoB last 3 overs, he's motoring.

Conchir

He's definitely making them pay in the last few balls, just what we needed.

KevIRL

What 20/20 playing experience has really thought these lads is that they dont need to panic with early wickets or low run rate, a few good overs with the bat or ball can really change things.

Lovely Bloke

Woo, both lads hitting big ones now.

Lovely Bloke

Nice

37.5
Asad Ali to KJ O'Brien, no run, brilliant yorker that is very well defended

KevIRL

Gotta love 9 ball overs. Great powerplay that.

KevIRL

$hitballs, Kev out

riffmongous

I hope Joyce can get some big runs in the last 3 overs now, maybe get up above 220 anyway

Borders no.2

229-9. After a disastrous start its a respectable score, unlikely to be near enough but it gives Ireland something to defend anyway.

Lovely Bloke

Bat friendly pitch, low target - Pakistan won't need more than 40 overs imo.

KevIRL

Amazing to think that is Ed Joyce's first ever ODI ton for Ireland

Lovely Bloke

KevIRL wrote: »

Amazing to think that is Ed Joyce's first ever ODI ton for Ireland

Second man to score ODI centuries for two nations. Wonder who the other one is.

KevIRL

Nice start, low run rate early on and an early wicket

riffmongous

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Second man to score ODI centuries for two nations. Wonder who the other one is.

Keppler Wessels, he was a south african playing who had to play for Australia in the 80s

Edit: great start for Ireland!

Rascasse

No, Keppler Wessels was the first (and only?) guy to get a century for two nations in tests. Eoin Morgan was the first guy to get an ODI century for two nations.

riffmongous

Rascasse wrote: »

No, Keppler Wessels was the first (and only?) guy to get a century for two nations in tests. Eoin Morgan was the first guy to get an ODI century for two nations.

Oops I forgot about the obvious one :pac:

Wessels was the first guy to play ODIs for two countries according to wiki

Edit: 2 down now!

riffmongous

3 gone! is there any way to watch this live?

KevIRL

riffmongous wrote: »

3 gone! is there any way to watch this live?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr5f7hJLuTo

Rascasse

3 down. Come on Pakistan, make a game of it.

riffmongous wrote: »

3 gone! is there any way to watch this live?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gr5f7hJLuTo

Lovely Bloke

Four gone! Awesome stuff

KevIRL

Its a skittlin!

Lovely Bloke

Jaysis Kev, get the ball under control!

KevIRL

Ireland 58 ahead on D/L at this stage

kensutz

Another wicket! C&B Cusack

Ul Haq out

Speak Now

Great comments lads but whats the score?

KevIRL

Pakistan 5 down:cool:

Lovely Bloke

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Great comments lads but whats the score?

61/5 21.3

Lovely Bloke

KevIRL wrote: »

Ireland 58 ahead on D/L at this stage

I don't think that is going to matter, lovely day up here.

Conchir

I was away from my laptop for the wicket, who got him?

KevIRL

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

I don't think that is going to matter, lovely day up here.

I didnt mean it in terms of D/L coming into play, its useful as measurement of where Pakistan are relative to our score

Lovely Bloke

Conchir wrote: »

I was away from my laptop for the wicket, who got him?

Cusack c&b for the 5th

kensutz

Partnership broken up, lbw, Shoaib Akmal gone. 112-6 bowler Dockrell

KevIRL

Boom. Keep on getting wickets at key times

riffmongous

big wicket there!

kensutz

Abdur Rehman coming in with a ODI average of 8.

Borders no.2

112-6. This is as good a chance as we're likely to get to claim a major scalp.

Rascasse

Borders no.2 wrote: »

112-6. This is as good a chance as we're likely to get to claim a major scalp.

It won't be as big a scalp as beating England at the World Cup in 2011. While this is Pakistan it is effectively a warm up for their Champions Trophy campaign. Still, a win is a win.

KevIRL

What a catch Kevin O Brien

Lovely Bloke

7 for, brilliant stuff, real tail end now should be easy enough to pick off

KevIRL

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

7 for, brilliant stuff, real tail end now should be easy enough to pick off

Akmal hardly 'real tail end' though

Also I get nervous when you make predictions Baldy :pac:

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Bat friendly pitch, low target - Pakistan won't need more than 40 overs imo.

Lovely Bloke

On my way for a few beers, so more updates in here please

riffmongous

Akmal is looking pretty dangerous..

KevIRL

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

On my way for a few beers, so more updates in here please

12 runs off the 43rd over including a 6 and a 4 for Akmal

Pak 165-7 (43)

KevIRL

Another six for Akmal

KevIRL

8 off the 44th over

Pak 173-7

KevIRL

3 successive boundaries for Riaz! Poor over this for Ireland

KevIRL

16 off the 45th

189-7

KevIRL

9 off the 46th

198-7 all the momentum with Pakistan now

riffmongous

Only 32 from 24 needed now,not looking good with the way these guys are hitting