ireland v Zimbabwe(cwc)

county

i have been waiting for this moment for so long and this coming from an englishman.i feel ireland have a cracking chance in this game for an upset.i`m a bit pissed i will not get to see it live as i have to work:(
http://home.skysports.com/cwc/article.aspx?hlid=453196&CPID=491&clid=3114&lid=&title=Irish+aim+to+spring+surprise&channel=cricket_world_cup&




for all of you not working sky sports 1pm

mikeruurds

C'mon Ireland!

This resident SA fan is hoping that you can derail Zim!

Mike

KevIRL

Huge game. Will have it on in work, until the horsey brigade and Cheltenham takes over.

Roar

really looking forward to it. worked the early shift this morning so i had the afternoon off for it.

Really hoping ireland can do it, fingers crossed.

So if ireland win the toss, bat or field?

DMC

Mostly Cloudy with showers at 27 degrees in Kingston is the forecast... here comes Sky Sports build-up

KevIRL

Roar wrote:

really looking forward to it. worked the early shift this morning so i had the afternoon off for it.

Really hoping ireland can do it, fingers crossed.

So if ireland win the toss, bat or field?

Field I reckon.

DMC

Zimbabwe have won the toss and have opted to bat.

RuggieBear

C'Mon ireland

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DMC wrote:

Zimbabwe have won the toss and have opted to bat.

Is this right?

Guardian Over By Over have this

On that note, I should reveal that Zimbabwe have won the toss and instructed Ireland to bat first.

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricket/overbyover/story/0,,2034605,00.html

DMC

You are right, Cricinfo have corrected themselves.

Zimbabwe to bowl.

DMC

Here we go. C'mon Ireland!!

DMC

oh no.....

v-deniso

I see the BBC are only offering this game over the net to UK users!

Anyone know of any other internet radio stations offering FREE coverage???

Cheers

DadaKopf

Should Ireland not boycott this because of Mugabe's craziness? C'mon. Have a conscience.

DMC

v-deniso wrote:

I see the BBC are only offering this game over the net to UK users!

Anyone know of any other internet radio stations offering FREE coverage???

Cheers

Best bet is to tune to 198kHz LW.

DMC

DadaKopf wrote:

Should Ireland not boycott this because of Mugabe's craziness? C'mon. Have a conscience.

There is another thread about this, the match has started, we'll follow the game on this thread.

DMC

Porterfield c Sibanda b Mpofu 0 (FOW 0/1 0.6 overs)

Ireland 3/1 after 2 overs.

DMC

Ireland 6/1 after 4

Morgan bottom-edged a wide... he loses a life.... its that sort of a morning!

Peter B

Bray gaining confidence. A 4 followed by a 6.

17-1 after 5 overs

DMC

33/1 after 7... almost 5 an over run rate...

KevIRL

42/1

Mossy Monk

they have just turned it on at work

Mossy Monk

43/2

Peter B

Morgan just caught with an outside edge

Ireland 43 - 2 after 9.5

DMC

Morgan gone, caught at slip for 21. Such a promising start by Eoin...

43/2 in the 10th over

Peter B

Just found this. Live results available here

Mossy Monk

44/3 now

DMC

44/3.... 10.3 overs...

Niall O'Brien caught behind 1

Peter B

Uh oh!

Royale with Cheese

Just turned on the tv in time to see 2 players go for 1 run. Quality.

christophicus

Score?

KevIRL

http://aol.optasportsdata.com/cricket/worldcupeventcentre/30308/liveScoreCard.html

Another good site for updates.

DMC

Not forgetting Cricinfo!

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/247461.html

KevIRL

christophicus wrote:

Score?

48/3

christophicus

Ok cheers, lads. not a good start.:(. Does anyone know if Zim are stronger bowling or batting?

Mossy Monk

the blasted Cheltenham band wagon brigade have changed the channel again

Peter B

Interesting what commentators are saying.
First 5 batsmen for Ireland are lefties.

Probably would be nice to have a right-hander to make things a bit more complicated for the bowlers.

RuggieBear

63/3

DMC

64/4

Botha b Chigumbura 1 missed a straight one.....

Get to 150, and see what they can get...

christophicus

You really think Zim wont be able to reach 150? Are they that bad?

DMC

They are the worst of the test playing countries, and at that, they are not playing test cricket, because of the problems the team (not to mention the country) have had.

I think conditions here might stay the same, and I hope to Christ the toss isn't the deciding factor.

christophicus

I hope you are right cause i would have thought we wouldnt win going at the ratr with the score that was last posted. Whats the score now?

Peter B

74-4
17.3 overs

DMC

81/4 after 20 overs.

Bray 21*
K O'Brien 9*

KevIRL

89/5

K O Brien gone

DMC

94/5 in the 24th

Jeremy Bray 52*

KevIRL

Bray moves to 52 not out

KevIRL

100 up for Ireland

TheBigLebowski

KevIRL wrote:

100 up for Ireland

Excuse my ignorance. I know (most of) the rules and all that, but is this a good, average or terrible score?

pwd

run rate is ok. dropped too many wickets though so it is poor

kaizersoze123

not a great score really....