SirFozzie Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Ireland caused a bit of a last minute palpitation, but look to close things out.. and every time an associate team defeats a "Big 10" team, it's a giant fuck you to the ICC, because the next Cricket World Cup 2019 has reduced the field from 14 (this year) to 10.. possibly costing teams like Scotland, Ireland, and Afghanistan places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Kinda a fun stat: 300+ has been chased down five times in the Cricket World Cup. Of those five, three of them have been done by Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I am sorry I missed the era of the West Indies being one of the most dominant teams in all of sport through anything but old highlight videos and many a story. Because pretty much all I've had to rest my hat on with the West Indies is Curtley Ambrose and Brian Lara. And even those are distant memories now. Congrats to the Irish though. Clearly by all accounts a deserved win. Keep pushing Bangladesh, ICC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Yeah, New Zealand are treating Scotland like this is a Road Warriors squash match on WCW Saturday Night. Scotland are 12/4, and unlike the last two teams to be in desperate straits early in their innings when batting first, I don't think New Zealand will let them off the mat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I was able to watch Pakistan/India on a super shitty stream. If anyone would like to PM me a reliable stream for other matches, I would be grateful. Also, judging from the score, Scotland is going to be lucky to break 175. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Low scoring game, Scotland end 142 all out, and New Zealand make a meal of it, losing 7 wickets before they finally surpass the Scotland total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zheroen Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Well, considerably less psyched for the upcoming contest between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, but it should at least be interesting to see how far along Afghanistan have come over the past few years (haven't actually seen them compete in some time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Looks like Afghanistan will keep their target reasonable, at least. Nice to see the associates generally playing respectably, even if it's the last world cup they'll have this many teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 That sound you hear is England's hopes and dreams crumble like their batting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zheroen Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 SOMEBODY STOP THE DAMN MATCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Death, taxes, England fail at the cricket world cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Australia/Bangladesh abandoned due to heavy rain from a nearby cyclone so they each take a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 West Indies bounce back from the Ireland loss by pasting Pakistan. edit: Looking over the game, Pakistan was 1 for 4. Now, in the Aussie nomenclature, that's.. bad but recoverable (4 runs for 1 wicket).. unfortunately, that was 1 run for the loss of four wickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Hey now they recovered to 25/5. But seriously they probably did well to get 150 from there. What a strange game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Looks like Afghanistan are going to be just short against Sri Lanka, but they made Sri Lanka work. India/South Africa the other game on the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 India pummeled South Africa, and England get off the schneid pretty comfortably against Scotland, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 If the weather turns the WI/Zimbabwe game into a No Result (Zimbabwe need to complete 20 overs, they're currently in a rain delay), then the greatest ODI Partnership ever (372 runs) between Chris Gayle and Marion Samuels will mean nothing, as they'll get one point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Good news, the game is now official, with Zimbabwe 142/4, chasing a revised total of 363 from 48 overs after two overs were lost to rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Wow, Ireland and UAE with a nerve wracking game. UAE batted first, and were down to 141/6 but managed to get to 279 thanks to a World Cup record 107 run seventh wicket partnership in just 11.5 runs.. and Ireland got off to a slow start, but chase it down with 2 wickets and 4 balls to spare. Ireland move to 2-0, and are quite possibly one more win away from the Quarterfinals (they have Zimbabwe, Pakistan, India and South Africa left) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Another last over nailbiter between Associate Nations as Afghanistan chase down 210 with one over and one wicket to spare. This is what you're losing out next time, ICC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Holy crap, AB de Villiers. Good night and thanks for coming, West Indies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Yeah, you need to watch these highlights. http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/content/story/839693.html One of the rules of thumb in One Day Cricket is that to get a ball park score for a full 50 overs, you take double the amount scored after 30 overs. (usually, the teams start to score quicker at the end because they have wickets in hand and can take more risks) At the 30 over mark, South Africa was 147/3. Decent, not spectacular. Then it became the 1812 overture as South Africa scored 261 runs in the last 20 overs (yes, 13 an over), to put up 408/5 If you're in the US, watch the highlights, basically in baseball terms it's like someone was hitting batting practice homers and line drives to all parts of the ground, against top level pitching. Just boom! Boom! BOOOM! everywhere. West Indies were disheartened by this (De VIlliers had done this to the in the most recent series, so it was deja vu all over again, has to be at least psychological at this point), and fell to 151 all out in 33.1 overs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Here Lies England's World Cup Hopes 2015-2015 They never really existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Well, at least Pakistan got a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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