ireland v Zimbabwe(cwc)

DMC

Hit wicket? Lovely stuff!

128/4

Paddy Power 7/4 Ireland win now...

mikeruurds

DMC wrote:

Hit wicket?

Yep... that's really rare in International cricket. He stood on his own wicket.

mikeruurds

We've got them rattled now boys!!!

super_furry

Beautiful, that's just unforgivable really. Ireland are in a really good position now.

pwd

betfair giving 7.0 for ireland. I register my card. Betfair now offering 3.2. bah

digitally-yours

i think Ireland should mount the pressure now and restrict singles

christophicus

LOl Id love to see that on youtube or something:P

Revelation Joe

mikeruurds wrote:

Irish fans doing a conga line behind a guy in a Leprechaun suit.

Class!

From the BBC website text commentary:
"The leprechauns et al are, not to put too fine a point on it, tanked up but they keep going with some pretty nifty footwork whenever the DJ spins away. This is impressive stuff. I thought the Barmy Army were good - but this lot are world-beaters."

mikeruurds

Ruggie's given the temporary all clear.

If you join www.cricket4ever.com you have the option of purchasing streaming for the whole world cup or individual matches.

They also post highlights after each match for download via rapidshare and megaupload.

Ruggie, feel free to delete if it turns out to be a problem. I'm watching on NTL myself

Mike

DMC

I see Vera Duckworth has been mentioned.... catch!

133/5!

super_furry

And another falls, this is shaping up really nicely

mikeruurds

Jeremy Bray is oooooooooooonnnnnnnnn fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrreeeee!

Great catch!

digitally-yours

fans can be seen here

Whats should we call this Army heheh

Revelation Joe

C'mon Ireland! Rattle through the tail and hopefully there'll be some decent highlights at the end of the 9 o'clock news!

DMC

Get these two out, and the rest of hutch's averages are all less than 10....

Raskolnikov

I'll happily chuck €20 away to see Ireland take this

mikeruurds

They were calling them the Blarney Army on Sky News

christophicus

Raskolnikov wrote:

I'll happily chuck €20 away to see Ireland take this

lol do it .... you know you want to , nah just messing man.

zuutroy

Jees the punters are cagey....Ireland are favs for my money now, but they're 2.3 vs 1.7 on BF

mikeruurds

The game is literally balanced on a knife edge now. Two more wickets and Zim are toast.

Rankin is getting blasted by Matsikenyeri... he has to go soon.

DMC

Got to get them first. I remember the 2004 Champions Trophy final where England had West Indies on a skewer, yet...

Raskolnikov

I have the price movements on the lappy while watching this. The market is most definitely keen on Zimbabwe.

digitally-yours

its turning to be a competition of the nerves

the team who holds its nerves will take the game.

Ireland need to contain the line and length and try to contain the boundaries and restrict them to singles

i think bowling a tidy line from wicket to wicket should be the idea and now to give them any width to swing arms

mikeruurds

I hope that there are at least two Irish bowlers that still have overs in hand and that can consistently bowl yorkers preferably with a little late reverse swing.

Is that too much to expect?

Revelation Joe

mikeruurds wrote:

They were calling them the Blarney Army on Sky News

Fair do's to RTE - they had that three days ago:
http://www.rte.ie/sport/cricket/features/johnkennyblog1.html

digitally-yours

mikeruurds wrote:

I hope that there are at least two Irish bowlers that still have overs in hand and that can consistently bowl yorkers preferably with a little late reverse swing.

Is that too much to expect?

i think yes thats whats required

yorkers are the ones which can be the cause of the distruction of the tail end.But u know wrong length yorker can be hooked to 6 as a full toss

I dont know how good their ability to ball yorkers is but its definately not a bad idea provided that they can do it

zuutroy

Tippin away from us now......

mikeruurds

Big crowd catch there

DMC

digitally-yours wrote:

I dont know how good their ability to ball yorkers is but its definately not a bad idea provided that they can do it

I would say going on previous results, if this goes to the last 5 overs, they won't be able to contain. A yorker is more often than not a lucky full toss.

mikeruurds

I wonder if Lance Klusener could qualify to play for Ireland... j/k.

That man can bowl quick in-swinging yorkers at will with a deceptive change of pace. He's not a bad batsman either.