CWC ; Opening Day West Indies V Pakistan

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181-5

KevIRL

Ramhdin gone
183-6

KevIRL

Dawyne Smith is smoking. Could be a game in this yet!

226-6 (12 balls left)

mikeruurds

At last some accelleration

KevIRL

KevIRL wrote:

Dawyne Smith is smoking. Could be a game in this yet!

226-6 (12 balls left)

lol gave him the kss of death. Out!

kensutz

38 runs from 3 overs. Nothing wrong with that.

KevIRL

228-8

KevIRL

232-9 Bravo gone.

Just 3 balls remaining

DMC

232/9... couple of balls left...

Now, what WI side will appear after the interval? One that will show pride or one that will be dragged out to the middle?

50 overs to tell us how this host's World Cup will go....

KevIRL

What a way to finish the innings. Collymore with a 6.

241-9 (50ovs)

mikeruurds

Nice flourish at the end there... a respectable score

Marshy

No collapse but not enough I fancy.

KevIRL

Marshy wrote:

No collapse but not enough I fancy.

I tend to agree, will be close though I reckon.

mikeruurds

KevIRL wrote:

I tend to agree, will be close though I reckon.

Makes for a great WC opener

KevIRL

Great start by Pakistan......or maybe not

dot ball, 6, wicket...lol

mikeruurds

KevIRL wrote:

Great start by Pakistan......or maybe not

dot ball, 6, wicket...lol

No-one ever accused them of being boring!

DMC

mikeruurds wrote:

No-one ever accused them of being boring!

Ask a bookie

DMC

17/2.... interesting.... very interesting....

Very rash shot by Younis Khan..

KevIRL

Younis Kahn gone

17-2

digitally-yours

things dont look very condusive there

mikeruurds

I don't want to cry wolf... I'm just hoping that the state of the pitches and who wins the toss doesn't decide this World Cup.

DMC

Too early to say, mike.

64/3 after 19 overs, WI lost their 3rd wicket at 77 runs and in the 24th over.

digitally-yours

Inzi and mohamad yousuf are the smoking guns

They have the ability to turn this on its head

And they seem to be getting into the rythum

i am waiting to see spinners


these 2 are really good at dealing with spinners

mikeruurds

DMC wrote:

Too early to say, mike.

64/3 after 19 overs, WI lost their 3rd wicket at 77 runs and in the 24th over.

Yeah, I know it's too early. I'm making a blanket generalisation about my concerns over some of the pitches in carribbean.

Sabina park has its share of history for crappy pitch conditions. Do you remember the England tour where the match was abandoned 3 or 4 overs in after 2/3 of the English batsmen had been injured courtesy of a few rib ticklers?

South Africa almost didn't play the warm up game against Pakistan last week due to unsatisfactory pitch conditions.

Please Lord let the pitches not have too much effect on the tournament.

mikeruurds

digitally-yours wrote:

Inzi and mohamad yousuf are the smoking guns

They have the ability to turn this on its head

And they seem to be getting into the rythum

i am waiting to see spinners


these 2 are really good at dealing with spinners

Mohammad Yousuf (previously Yousuf Youhana) is a batting god.

Edit: Inzi not half bad either

Just my opinion - And I support South Africa.

digitally-yours

one thing is for sure if Pakistan plays all the overs and stays on the pitch
till last ball they will win

Only possibility to loose is to get all out before 50 overs

mikeruurds

digitally-yours wrote:

one thing is for sure if Pakistan plays all the overs and stays on the pitch
till last ball they will win

Only possibility to loose is to get all out before 50 overs

I agree. If Pakistan can avoid a middle-order collapse they should win.

In saying that, their middle order can be very brittle.

Mike

digitally-yours

mikeruurds wrote:

Mohammad Yousuf (previously Yousuf Youhana) is a batting god.

Edit: Inzi not half bad either

Just my opinion - And I support South Africa.

south africa is a decent team too

well i support Pakistan but currently i think they are going through a bad patch

I would like to have wasim Akram there he is the man !

He won games just coz of his planning. This pakistani team seems to be in dis array in opening batting order

mikeruurds

digitally-yours wrote:

one thing is for sure if Pakistan plays all the overs and stays on the pitch
till last ball they will win

Only possibility to loose is to get all out before 50 overs

Who do you support digitally-yours?

Edit: You beat me to it.

I'd be a massive Wasim and Waqar fan. Bring back Imraan Khan I say

digitally-yours

just on a different note i am thinking how the hell will Irish team
handle the 37 Degrees for a full day