ireland v south africa

dereko1969

well, well, well, we're giving the south africans a bit of a whupping at the moment 64/5 off 16 overs!:D could the dark days of kenya be behind us and ireland beat a test nation? keep looking here for updates
http://www.cricketeurope4.net/LIVE/2/live.shtml

Bluetonic

Doing well alright...

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/engine/match/247447.html

dereko1969

now 66/6, pollock out for 1, trent johnston got him and 2 others, langford-smith got the other 3, and big boyd rankin has started well, no wickets but only going for 4 an over. pity the stats from this game won't count as teams can use 13 players (though only 11 at a time).

Worrytahs

7-68 now

Good goin' fellas!

county

not bad going alright but ireland batting worries me

randomer

Irelands batting has been brilliant all winter. The problems have been with the bowling. Today the bowling appears to have been awesome.

I just hope they approach the innings in a positive way and try to knock off the majority of the runs during the power plays.

Will there be highlights of the game on TV anywhere today?

dereko1969

i think our batting should be okay, need to get the last 3 wickets soon though, if hall stays in for much longer we could have a decent total to chase which with ntini bowling in some quick ones could be tricky. like these quotes from a south african website:
"Determined to live up to their new status as the world's top-ranked team, South Africa will be aiming to put World Cup debutants Ireland firmly in their place when the warm-up matches get under way on Monday" and
"Although Kemp and Gibbs could miss the match against Ireland in Trinidad, it would have done little to ease the daunting task that lies ahead for Ireland"
come on lads, lets finish them off!

whatawaster

Absolutely tremendous performance against the number one ranked team in the world. And they are fairly full strength I think. lets just hope we can knock over the last two wickets and then keep our heads with the bat.

dereko1969

south africa all out for 192, botha ended up with 2 wickets, johnston 4, langford-smith 3 and j mooney got the other one. ntini isn't bowling so that's a bonus, hopefully we'll take it slowly and sensibly and pick the runs off, only need 4 an over.

mikeruurds

Not damage control or anything... I'm just wondering if this pitch isn't possibly a little bowler-friendly while the ball is still new.

I can't wait to see the final result of this game... I know it's only a warmup game, but an Irish victory would be good to give the game some exposure here.

I'm an S.A. fan

Endurance Man

What bloody channels is it on?!?!?!?!

county

ireland 79-3

22 overs played

county

steady progress from ireland

107-4 with 32 overs played

Endurance Man

county wrote:

steady progress from ireland

107-4 with 32 overs played

Where are you watching it?

county

Endurance Man wrote:

Where are you watching it?

just using the link bluetonic posted


134-4 off 38 overs

KevIRL

148/6 (41ovs)

county

KevIRL wrote:

148/6 (41ovs)

what link are you using?
mines well behind

KevIRL

http://www.cricketeurope4.net/LIVE/2/live.shtml

KevIRL

152/8 (42.2 ovs)

Collapseville

county

152-8

42.4 overs

county

159-9:(

strassenwolf

KevIRL wrote:

Collapseville

Hopefully they can rescue it.

That site states that it's a 13-a-side game. Will this be the format for the CWC itself, or is that just being used for the warm-up matches?

KevIRL

157 all out. A great chance missed

county

all out for 157,bit of a shame really

Endurance Man

Sigh, i can breath again .

Snickers Man

I see the Irish team appears to contain a trio called Johnston, Mooney and O'Brien.

Toasty!

mikeruurds

Endurance Man wrote:

Sigh, i can breath again .

Seconded.

Mike