CWC Day 11 thread - Ireland V West Indies, Sri Lanka V India

KevIRL

HUUUUUUGE Day

Basically its Ireland's first game of the next round as the winner will carry 2 points into the Super 8's. Also of the full members its a game Ireland 'could' possibly win. Interesting to see if TJ and Rankin play.

The other game is massive as well If Sri Lanka win it will all but knock out India.

Thoughts?

Updates here tomorrow

mikeruurds

It's going to be a tough ask, but the West Indies have been known to collapse if put under the right amount of pressure.

If Ireland can bring their 'A' game like they did against Pakistan they could just edge it.

Here's hoping and dreaming

Mike

DMC

I would tend to think let TJ rest. That shoulder injury, if he plays tomorrow, if it gets worse would rule him out of the rest of the tournament. If he rests tomorrow, then he has another week of rest.

Rankin, well... try a Mooney! Its worth cradling injured players at this stage, use the squad.

As for a small game between Sri Lanka and India.... India are going home. If Jayasuriya plays, and Vaas and The Slinger get to bowl first... there is gonna be a whole lot of ad revenue lost from the sub-continent!

county

ireland to win easy,
well i suppose by a couple of wickets will do:)

positron

DMC wrote:

As for a small game between Sri Lanka and India.... India are going home. If Jayasuriya plays, and Vaas and The Slinger get to bowl first... there is gonna be a whole lot of ad revenue lost from the sub-continent!

Indian fan myself, but thats how it looks sadly! Sri Lankan batting line up is fabulous, but on a good day, Indians can match or on a very good day, do ever better. However, the doing 50 overs against the likes of Jayasuriya, is going to give Indian bowlers many sleepless nights, especially the spinners - for instance, Kumble couldn't take a single wicket against SL in last 4 matches, according to cricinfo!

Had Bangladesh played against Sri Lanka half as well as they did against India, I wouldn't have felt too bad if they were to get onto Super8, knocking out India in the process. But not after that abysmal performance - if they are in Super8, so should Canada, for scoring 250 against NZ today!

mike65

Just a thought, will the games be played after the news this evening?

Mike.

Royale with Cheese

mike65 wrote:

Just a thought, will the games be played after the news this evening?

Mike.

Yes, yes they will.

I'd hate to see India go out. You gotta love the underdog but having Ireland is enough for the super 8's. Would be a terrible shame to see both Pakistan and India out before the tournament proper actually begins.

Chucky the tree

I cant see how irish players will be in a fit state to play tomorrow.

county

Chucky the tree wrote:

I cant see how irish players will be in a fit state to play tomorrow.

a good point,i`d say the mood in the irish camp atm is not too good

DMC

It has been a rollercoaster for the Irish team, no doubt, but don't forget, the Windies team are in the same hotel too.

loosecannon

Trent is definitely not playing, i have that on good account from a member of the squad, although no decision had been made yet on Boyd Rankin

spirits are very high within the team (understandably) despite all of the goings in Jamaica and the team are very confident about another win over the West Indies!

If we can beat them i've had a very nice bet on them to win the group @ 250/1 and i'll be drinking the whole way to the west indies!!

come on you boys in green!!!

gerire

DMC wrote:

I would tend to think let TJ rest. That shoulder injury, if he plays tomorrow, if it gets worse would rule him out of the rest of the tournament. If he rests tomorrow, then he has another week of rest.

Its worth cradling injured players at this stage, use the squad.

Fully agree with this, thoughts run back to the last RWC to finish out the group we played a big last game and should have been focusing on the next ame against the aussies;

We are through, celebrate, but rest the injured players and let the rest of the team do the damage

KevIRL

loosecannon wrote:

Trent is definitely not playing, i have that on good account from a member of the squad, although no decision had been made yet on Boyd Rankin

spirits are very high within the team (understandably) despite all of the goings in Jamaica and the team are very confident about another win over the West Indies!

If we can beat them i've had a very nice bet on them to win the group @ 250/1 and i'll be drinking the whole way to the west indies!!

come on you boys in green!!!

Wise decision on TJ. He'll be missed though!

positron

Big match starts off with huge drama, India own the toss and put SL to bat - advantage India!

India starts bowling - well, advantage SL then! 10 runs of the first over (mostly byes).

Sri Lanka 32/0 (6.3 ov)

Oh wait, Sri Lanka 33/1 (7.0 ov) - huge wicket!! Jayasuriya!!

eirebhoy

Ireland win toss and choose to bat.

HashSlinging

Come On Ireland!! :d

Kingp35

Does anywhere on the net do live updates?

pwd

almost live:

http://home.skysports.com/livescores/cricket/index.html?fxid=311899

Peter B

3-0 After first over.

Very quick bowling. Bray struggling to cope with speed. Did get 2 runs second last ball

Peter B

Outside edge, Porterfield out for 0

3-1

redzerdrog

3-1 porterfield gone

pwd

54 for 2 at 12.5 overs in SL/India match

Peter B

Very quick bowling.

Batsmen struggling to get some control on their shots.

7-1 after 2 overs

Kingp35

3-1

This is going to be tough.

darkman2

Were gonna be trashed but, hey, we shouldnt even be here anyway:D

Peter B

16-1 after 4 overs

Peter B

25-1 after 5 overs

Royale with Cheese

Everything's a bit streaky at the minute. Not many runs coming from decent shots.

Kingp35

Thats a decent enough start. Lets hope we can keep it going.

kaizersoze123

31 - 1

respectable so far

larsson7

Great start, game on again.........this really is a decent side.
Potterfield again dissapointin

Peter B

Commentators have found Bray out. He can only cope with balls coming down the off-side. Struggling with anything which comes down middle or leg.

38-1 after 8

Royale with Cheese

West Indies trying to pack the onside field now and bowl straight... wayward ball and Bray hits it for 4.

Mossy Monk

48/1 after 10 overs

satisfying

larsson7

keep up with those bits of commentry, coming in faster then cricketinfo.......some of us have to watch this at work!
Gone from 35s to 6s on betfair, I love cricket betting.......I'm on India at evens

jameshayes

Whats our chances of winning, %'wise

larsson7

35% chance increasing by the over

mike65

Sri Lanka just lost another wicket.

Mike.

Mossy Monk

51/1 after 11 overs

Royale with Cheese

A couple of times now West Indies have appealed like they were convinced it was out when I could even tell from the tv there was no edge even without the replays.

kaizersoze123

56 for 1 (12.5 overs)

Kingp35

Struggling to get runs in the last few overs.

60-1 at the moment

larsson7

Slowing down but no loss of wicket since which will allow us to really go for it later, still going well imo

Peter B

Morgan caught. Fast bowl, caught the edge of his bat as he was trying to play it to the on side. Ball goes very high, wicket keeper sprints back and catches near boundry.

61-2

Royale with Cheese

Morgan never looked comfortable the whole time he was out there. Bray had a few hairy moments but at least he was scoring at a decent rate.

pwd

powell only has 2 overs left

ninja 101

cricinfo is crap only intermitanly working and 4 or 5 hours slow

Peter B

75-2 after 20

Royale with Cheese

Damn

Peter B

O'Brien caught with a thin edge
76-3 off 20.2

Peter B

Botha in