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Cricket World Cup 2011

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  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,771
    As Chirpy said, a great advert for the game.

    Didn't the locals go quiet after that final ball !
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,100
    [cite]Posted By: nth london addick[/cite]seeing as you lot wouldnt say i checked sky and it was a draw, if we got them all out for the same score as we got with a wicket in hand why didnt we win,

    Presumably because you have different rules in different competitions & in this World Cup wickets lost don't matter if scores are equal :-(
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,686
    Are we not in a group stage rather than knockout at present?

    If yes then that will explain why the game counts as a draw.
  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,779
    It's a tie in the groupstage, in knockouts would have been a decider over
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    Our bowlers are getting mullerd again!
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,453
    Jesus H Christ this is pathetic
  • supaclive
    supaclive Posts: 6,520
    Oh dear me .....
  • supaclive
    supaclive Posts: 6,520
    Oh dear me .....
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    They need 3 to win off last over.........
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    England lose.

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  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,533
    Lucky I put £10 on Ireland at 40's.
  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    shameful,pieterson is becoming a pain
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,686
    That's the cricketing equivalent of Barnet winning at Old Trafford!

    Credit to Ireland who must be cockahoop but abysmal by England.
  • dmjn
    dmjn Posts: 226
    to all england fans id just like to say: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA we dont even care about cricket
  • siblers
    siblers Posts: 2,035
    Gutted I miss this but absolutley delighted with the victory, just all the more of a shame we didn't beat Bangladesh.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Scotland said they were "world champions" after beating England in 1967:
    Does this make Ireland "world champions" after we beat the aussies in Aus ?
  • AshTray
    AshTray Posts: 1,036
    Damn it! Went to bed at 111 for 5. That'll teach me!
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    [cite]Posted By: Miserableold-ishgit[/cite]Scotland said they were "world champions" after beating England in 1967:
    Does this make Ireland "world champions" after we beat the aussies in Aus ?

    No.
  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    no as were not even top two in test match cricket
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    Nor were Oz.

    But then again all that matters in cricket is Eng v Aus at Test Cricket. Nothing else has any significance at all............apart from my beloved Blackheath CC.

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  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,817
    Bloody Hell, that's incredible. How many runs do England need to score to win a game?

    If they can't defend 330 against Ireland then how many would they need against a proper team like South Africa?

    Great win for the Irish though, although the warning signs were there for England when the Dutch also scored 320 odd against them.
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    Big well done the Paddies.
    It dosnt matter how kak we were to chase that down is still some task.
  • AshTray
    AshTray Posts: 1,036
    [cite]Posted By: Goonerhater[/cite]Big well done the Paddies.
    It dosnt matter how kak we were to chase that down is still some task.

    Yep, top effort. Interesting that they may not get to the next one due to the limitation to associates. Hope they do.
  • AshTray
    AshTray Posts: 1,036
    Pakistanis in a bit of trouble at 53 for 3. You'd think they have the bowling though to limit Canada to under 200.
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,513
    Pakistan have got Afridi to bowl and he's better than anything that England have got. England's lack of a 2nd proper spinner is a big problem for them.
  • AshTray
    AshTray Posts: 1,036
    [cite]Posted By: Simonsen[/cite]Pakistan have got Afridi to bowl and he's better than anything that England have got. England's lack of a 2nd proper spinner is a big problem for them.

    Tredwell's there isn't he? Personally, I think Monty should be, having had a good domestic season. Either way, Yardy is the best containment bowler in English cricket at the moment and he can bat, so he's not a bad option.

    Either way, I don't think England's bowling is the problem right now; more their fielding.
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,513
    Panesar should be playing. Yardy doesn't turn it and on these pitches he can be picked off quite easily. His batting doesn't register at this level either, where he's a bits and pieces player.

    Afridi 5-22 today when his team were up against it. Canadians had no answer to googlies (which they couldn't read) and pace changes (which they couldn't live with).
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,100
    [cite]Posted By: Simonsen[/cite]Panesar should be playing. Yardy doesn't turn it and on these pitches he can be picked off quite easily. His batting doesn't register at this level either, where he's a bits and pieces player.

    Afridi 5-22 today when his team were up against it. Canadians had no answer to googlies (which they couldn't read) and pace changes (which they couldn't live with).

    Panesar doesn't turn it much either & certainly doesn't bowl googlies. He can't field and can't bat.
    Apart from that I'm in complete agreement.
  • siblers
    siblers Posts: 2,035
    I'm not totally fimilar with cricket but when watching the end of the Canadian innings when they had lost their 8th batsman I noticed there was a 3rd candaina batsman in the outfield (if that's the right term) standing around, what was the purpose of that?
  • AshTray
    AshTray Posts: 1,036
    Didn't see it, but sounds like a 'runner'. He would do an injured batsman's running for him.


    [cite]Posted By: Covered End[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Simonsen[/cite]Panesar should be playing. Yardy doesn't turn it and on these pitches he can be picked off quite easily. His batting doesn't register at this level either, where he's a bits and pieces player.

    Afridi 5-22 today when his team were up against it. Canadians had no answer to googlies (which they couldn't read) and pace changes (which they couldn't live with).

    Panesar doesn't turn it much either & certainly doesn't bowl googlies. He can't field and can't bat.
    Apart from that I'm in complete agreement.

    My gut feeling tells me Yardy could come good with the bat and he's always going to give you something with the ball. OK he won't take wickets like Swann will, but later stages of the tournament (if England get there) restricting teams to 4 an over for spells could be important. None of the bowlers have been particularly economical as yet.

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