World Cup Day 10....Ireland v Sri Lanka and England vs India!

Rjd2

Ireland are first up and honestly we will be doing well to avoid a trashing. The Sri Lanka bowling line up is scary and none of the boys will have played Mendis before which is a huge worry knowing how gifted he is. I suppose if we want to be hopeful we can point to Si Lanka's mediocre middle order of Matthews and Silva who are very ordinary. The problem is getting past the likes of Dilshan and Saneth though to make an impact. Hopefully its not to humiliating, its the best we can ask for the boys considering the huge gulf in class between the two teams.
The other game will be closer. Both sides need a win and its hard to call. India have problems,Sharma does not convince me as an opener and Dhoni batting at number three is just not working. They seem to be missing Sehwag massively and seem very reliant on Yuvraj. England were poor the other day, but on the plus side for them, they do have the likes of Wright, Pieterson and Shah who are match winners on their day. It should be interesting watching it unfold. :cool:

WeeBushy

I think we'll be doing well if just don't go all out. Sri Lanka's bowling is so formidable and we haven't shown our batting ability since the victory over bangladesh, but even if(/when!) we do get roundly beaten we can be very proud of our performance in the tourni so far.
Is NOB going to be fit? He can really galvanize this team.

Rjd2

Yeah Naill is expected to play.

Cremated

Sri Lanka won the toss and will bat first,

what is a good target to try and keep these guys,

if we can get them to 150 or less you think there is a shock in us?,

or is there bowling just too strong for us?,

really hope Trent and Big Boyd and McCallan can hit these guys hard,

Big Phil says there is still a shock in these games for us, let's hope ...

d'Oracle

Anything can happen.

Even if they have got those mental hard to pick bowlers.
Nothing to lose etc. etc.

Here's hoping. Sri Lanka have a tough batting line up, but they are not really deep. Plus they all go after it so if we are sharp in the field, you never know.

Come on Ireland!

Dozen Wicked Words

0 for 1 will do nicely as a start!!!

Cremated

Second ball, Boyd has got Dilshan out 0/1 YES!...

Bottleopener

Good start

d'Oracle

Lovely.

Cremated

2 overs gone 6/1, looks good so far...

listowel1

lads,any1 got a good stream

thanks

Dozen Wicked Words

listowel1 wrote: »

lads,any1 got a good stream

thanks

Have you looked on justin.tv? they might have something.

listowel1

not getting any there, just blank screens.

andrewie

http://ecricketscorelive.blogspot.com/2009/06/icc-t20-world-cup-live-streaming-links.html

working perfect.

CrowdedHouse

http://webcric2020.110mb.com/0609/t20-world-cup-live-streaming-3.htm

d'Oracle

I would hesitate to say good but

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/fghfhfgh45454

Dozen Wicked Words

14 for 2 lovely jubbly

d'Oracle

AWESOME!!!!

Cremated

14/2 dont let up now lads! ...

WeeBushy

Great bowling rankin, keep it up!

d'Oracle

Niall rules.
Great catch.

kleefarr

Great start. Lets keep it going.

d'Oracle

Really pinning them back here.

This is great.

WeeBushy

SL are starting to find their rhythm now... We need to break this partnership.

d'Oracle

Good time for the wicket.

Cremated

Jayasuriya gone!...

d'Oracle

But Jayawardene is flying.:(

d'Oracle

wOOt.

Cremated

Silva gone 97/4, in the 14th over...

WeeBushy

I'll take this... If we can keep them below 150 we might just be in with a chance. Come on boys!

snaps

whos doing the commentating on five live extra with alec stewert and tuffers? Is it the RTE commentator who does the irish footy?

d'Oracle

BOWLED HIM.

128/6
Brilliant.

Cremated

17th over, Cusack with two wickets, Jayawardene gone, bowled!...

Cremated

Another gone 132/7...

chrissor

Ha, I just replied on the wrong thread, didn't see this.
Ireland looking pretty decent, batting is going to be hard though, hopefully they can put in a good performance

Cremated

137/8 Cusack with another Bowl, 3rd wicket for him!...

WeeBushy

Another one bites the dust!

AnimalRights

commentators "coo-suck"

and "Londonderry" :rolleyes:

lol

Cremated

145 needed, can it be done?, either way, they have not let anyone down, great fielding by the boys ...

WeeBushy

Cremated wrote: »

145 needed, can it be done?, either way, they have not let anyone down, great fielding by the boys ...

It's not unattainable. If we bat as well as we just fielded this could be a big day for Ireland!

d'Oracle

AnimalRights wrote: »

commentators "coo-suck"

and "Londonderry" :rolleyes:

lol

which one?
More or less all people from the UK call it that.
Technically thats what its called.

AnimalRights

d'Oracle wrote: »

which one?
More or less all people from the UK call it that.
Technically thats what its called.

Ian Bishop the former WI fast bowler.
Technically me arse.

snaps

theres an irish commentator on now with tuffers

but1er

we could do this :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

AnimalRights

Murali strikes.

snaps

Ireland have slowed a little here.

eightyfish

wickets in hand. Opestunity there to take a few risks for boundaries.

mike65

Run rate really starting to get away from Ireland.

snaps

O brien needs a runner, he's letting runs slip. good over here though

amacachi

Good over so far. It ain't over yet.

mike65

10 off the over so far.


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