2015 World Cup - Day 18 - South Africa v Ireland

KevIRL

Starts at 03:30 GMT a d/n game in Canberra.

Being realistic the best we can hope for is a respectable showing. The SA batting line up is scarey good and our bowling is weak.

In any event the game against Zimbabwe is far more important

Rjd2

Agreed, a step to far this game. Hopefully we keep the margin of loss down somewhat though.

Fox1978

Yes. Hoping to tune into some BBC Five Radio action in the morning.

Cricket fan

Sorenson to take a 5-fer and destroy his native batting unit.

Kevin to concede less than 3 an over with his death bowling.

Dockrell to bamboozle AB DeVilliers

Easy chase.

*wakes up*

josip

Looks like the rain will stay away.
At least the temperature and humidity will be reasonable.
Canberra, roundabout city. Anyone else ever been there?

Gillespy

Mark Butcher made a good point about how Canberra should bring the teams closer together. I still think it could be ugly but Perth or The Gabba would be a lot worse places for this game.

corny

I know we probably can't do much against their batting but the key to a decent showing (not being thumped) might be whether our batsmen can survive Steyn, Morkel and co.

ninebeanrows

An amazing few weeks for Irish Sport, let's get another amazing win tomorrow morning.

mrkiscool2

The rugby, Harro in the golf. Anything is possible!















But not really, we should just try to not get hammered

Cricket fan

Pitch looks like an absolute belter.

IMO, no matter how well we bowl SA will have a massive score, so I think itd be best if we bat first if possible and look to post 250 plus. If we snag a few early wickets who knows?? One things for sure SA arent comfortable chasers

riffmongous

I didn't realise Adrian Birrell was an SA coach now, that's really not going to help I hope SA do well in the rest of their games now though

Beasty

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

we should just try to not get hammered

This could be incredibly important. There's a fair chance that NRR is going to decide whether Ireland progress or not if they can beat Zimbabwe but lose to Pakistan (and India).

Rikand

South Africa to bat first, they'll be all out with 50 runs on the board. Stirling will play an absolute blinder, bowling 10 overs and take 6 wickets for 20 runs. I dont care who gets the other 4

To reward him for his efforts, he'll be given a rest and Kevin O'Brien who does not get the opportunity to bowl, opens the batting with Porterfield. He hits Dale Steyn for 24 runs in his first over. They rotate the strike nicely for the next 3 overs with Kevin O'Brien hitting a 6 with the final ball of the 4th over to wrap things up, Ireland finishing on 53-0 and winning the match with 276 balls to spare

jonnygiles

Rikand wrote: »

South Africa to bat first, they'll be all out with 50 runs on the board. Stirling will play an absolute blinder, bowling 10 overs and take 6 wickets for 20 runs. I dont care who gets the other 4

To reward him for his efforts, he'll be given a rest and Kevin O'Brien who does not get the opportunity to bowl, opens the batting with Porterfield. He hits Dale Steyn for 24 runs in his first over. They rotate the strike nicely for the next 3 overs with Kevin O'Brien hitting a 6 with the final ball of the 4th over to wrap things up, Ireland finishing on 53-0 and winning the match with 276 balls to spare

Carlsberg don't do dreams.....

Rikand

jonnygiles wrote: »

Carlsberg don't do dreams.....

but if they did......

BarryD

Cricket fan wrote: »

Pitch looks like an absolute belter.

IMO, no matter how well we bowl SA will have a massive score, so I think itd be best if we bat first if possible and look to post 250 plus. If we snag a few early wickets who knows?? One things for sure SA arent comfortable chasers

It's a bit of a toss up? If SA bat first, at least they might start off circumspectly in order not to lose a cheap wicket or two. If we don't make progress, the latter part of their innings could be carnage for our bowlers.

If we bat first, we'll be under pressure straight away... but sure God hates a coward and it might work out respectable

josip

I'll be getting up at 6.30 Irish Time in the morning.
Will there still be something for me to follow at that stage?
If so, what stage should I expect?
I guess it will depend on whether we win toss/bat first

Mint Sauce

5Live Extra when after I wake up. Hopefully game wont be all over.

Pudsy33

josip wrote: »

I'll be getting up at 6.30 Irish Time in the morning.
Will there still be something for me to follow at that stage?
If so, what stage should I expect?
I guess it will depend on whether we win toss/bat first

Should be approaching the end of the first innings

res ipsa

josip wrote: »

Looks like the rain will stay away.
At least the temperature and humidity will be reasonable.
Canberra, roundabout city. Anyone else ever been there?

I live in canberra.

Mysterypunter

Can you declare in one day cricket? Saffas 525/2 Ireland 525/9 tied match. Seriously though think Saf about 380 ireland maybe 200. If they lose by about 100, beat zimbabwe and no heavy loss v pakistan or india they will qualify. Lots of games left though. Just play

Hammer Archer

Don't get to watch a lot of cricket, but was lucky enough to see de Villiers against WI a couple of months back and it was incredible to behold, even for someone who only watches sporadically. He just seemed to telegraph every single ball before it even left the bowlers hand.

A respectable defeat would be a good result. I would hope they will be focusing more on the Zimbabwe game and a heavy defeat wouldn't cause their heads to drop too much.

Mysterypunter

South Africa batting first

KevIRL

Mysterypunter wrote: »

South Africa batting first

Always likely to be the case. Hopefully we can somehow restrict them

KevIRL

Mcbrine back in for Cusack

RobertKK

That rubbish is called our national anthem.

RobertKK

Good start with a maiden over.

KevIRL

Maiden over to start. Don't think we'll see too many of them in this SA innings.

Wp Mooney, sporting his fine headband again

RobertKK

12-0 second over.

I'll be getting some more sleep soon.

KevIRL

Scrappy from Sorenson there. 3 sides, so a nine ball over. 12 from it

Mysterypunter

Horrible second over. No excuse for wides.

KevIRL

Review.... Out methinks....

KevIRL

De Kock out

RobertKK

Good start overall, Sorenson needs to bowl a bit better.

12-1

Strongbow10

KevIRL wrote: »

De Kock out

how immature of me but I did laugh

KevIRL

Only downside of some early wickets is it hastens the arrival of the bould AB

Mysterypunter

Lovely start. need 2 or 3 more now. Faf is a fairly orthodox player. Could slow the rate for a while hopefully.

KevIRL

Maiden and then a wicket maiden to start for Mooney. Classy stuff

RobertKK

Mooney with two maidens and Sorenson undoing it.

Mysterypunter

Like 2 different games.

Guffy

What's with all the wides? I'm guessing that is schoolboy stuff

KevIRL

Another 9 ball over from Sorenson. 9 runs from it this time

KevIRL

25-1 after 5

KevIRL

Dropped! Amla should have gone there really but Joyce puts it down

Mellor

Hi Kev

bestleftfull3

checking in from a sunny melbourne lads !

Guffy

Mooney with a good start keeping it respectable early. Curious though. How many wides dies one expect to see in a game?

KevIRL

Amla making us regret the dropped catch

KevIRL

57-1 after 10

COYVB

KevIRL wrote: »

Amla making us regret the dropped catch

They always do

KevIRL

Another chance missed, not as clear cut as the last one mind.