Cricket World Cup- Ireland Vs. South Africa. See Mod Warning in post 18

Peadar06

OUT! Another run out! Big fish departs to a huge cheer from crowd! Drops it short on middle and off, Duminy goes back and punches it towards covers and calls for a run. Kallis responds to the call, scampers to the striker's end. In the meantime, Porterfield dives and throws it in one go to the keeper who dislodges the bails in a flash. Third Umpire is consulted and "Out" flashes on the screen as Kallis was just short. Inspirational stuff in the field! Second time in a row the right-hander has been dismissed in the similar fashion!

Marshy

Brilliant run out of Kallis.

Exploit this frail middle order lads!

positron

That's a huge wicket alright. Well done. If they continue to field that good, they should get SA packed for under 250, which would give them a decent fighting chance today.

Winning today is absolutely critical for staying in the world cup. No win today = out of the world cup for Ireland.

loosecannon

Truly Fantastic piece of work from our captain - what a brilliant brilliant fielder...

Keep going lads! Come on the Irish

actwithoutwords

Come on!

Mushy

117-5

positron

They haven't done enough to take it easy though - it's SA playing and they are very good. They could still get to 300 from here. Need couple of more wickets and then we are half way there.

PS: and as I was typing....

Peadar06

OUT! Caught in the slips! Another one bites the dust! Tosses it up outside off and shaping back gently into the batsman, Faf leans forward, pushes inside the line and gets a thick outside edge to Johnston at first slip. South Africa in trouble!

Pudsy33

Fair play to the lads, looking good.

keano_afc

Thats a big wicket, great stuff.

Marshy

That really was top class cricket. Lovely delivery, superb catch and great captaincy to have slip in first instance.

basillarkin

117 for 5, lovely bowling from Stirling and good catch from Johnson, have to restrict them to 250.

Speak Now

Whats the pitch like lads? Bowler friendly?

positron

basillarkin wrote: »

117 for 5, lovely bowling from Stirling and good catch from Johnson, have to restrict them to 250.

May be 200? If it's raining there, that's going to make scoring even harder later. Also if they had to use the D/L method, I wonder how all this will add up later.

Fingers crossed weather plays in favour, not against us.

TheRevolution

looking good so far

Speak Now

Run rate down to 4.4 from 6 earlier on.

Speak Now

First boundary in 14 overs :eek:

positron

Two more wickets to break their collective backs.

actwithoutwords

It's great to see us in amongst it and competing again. It should be borne in mind we got tonked several times in 2007 in amongst the heroic performances. If we can sneak Duminy out, then we've a great chance of restricting them to a decent score. I do fear our batsmen against Steyn and Morkel though.

d'Oracle

Duminy and Ingram look to be playing a smart innings here.
Sharp running and punishing when something is offered.

positron

11 runs of the 32nd over. Seems to have gained their confidence back. This partnership has to be broken, pronto..!

TheRevolution

streams gone down, keep me updated people!

TrueDub

TheRevolution wrote: »

streams gone down, keep me updated people!

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/engine/current/match/433591.html

or

http://www.cricketeurope2.net/LIVE/CHANNELS/2/commentary.shtml

basillarkin

158 for 5, change of ball and drinks on the field now

positron

It might be hard to chase over 200 - 220 there, especially against SA. Fingers crossed ball change brings some wickets.

basillarkin

S.A are not hitting boundaries,

mike65

South Africa are 160-5 after 34.3 overs.
Current run rate is 4.64

actwithoutwords

Need a wicket here to keep this below 250. We've lost control of the run rate a bit.

Speak Now

basillarkin wrote: »

S.A are not hitting boundaries,

They are now :mad:

TheRevolution

Why do Ireland always seem to fall apart around the 35 over mark