Re: Cricket thread

**Boxtyeater** Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:54 pm

Jayo Cluxton wrote:Pakistan lost four early wickets as they slumped to 192 all out.

They managed to hold onto the chain of corner shops though I hope.....

**hurlingguru** Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:22 pm

Jayo Cluxton wrote:Aye HG! Assuming we will beat Netherlands then we will need to beat either Sth Africa or the Windies to make the Top 4 in the group. I think we have a better chance of beating the Windies but will need a massive performance!

Ya getting up early to watch it? 4.30AM Cricket thread - Page 3 654413

**Jayo Cluxton** Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:24 pm

hurlingguru wrote:
Jayo Cluxton wrote:Aye HG! Assuming we will beat Netherlands then we will need to beat either Sth Africa or the Windies to make the Top 4 in the group. I think we have a better chance of beating the Windies but will need a massive performance!

Ya getting up early to watch it? 4.30AM

Will get up around 4.15am ... for a leak ...

**bocerty** Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:59 pm

guys are any of you seriously watching this ?????

**Jayo Cluxton** Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:06 pm

Eh ...yeah ..

**Boxtyeater** Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:25 pm

"Snorts"...No....

**hurlingguru** Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:20 pm

bocerty wrote:guys are any of you seriously watching this ?????

Nah I would for a hurling match though.

**Real Kerry Fan** Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:04 pm

bocerty wrote:guys are any of you seriously watching this ?????

Did a poll today of about 20 from work. All supporters of various sports, even rugby, but none have watched or will watch the crickets. The slogan ' Lifting the nation' seems to be slightly exaggerated : Surprised

**Jayo Cluxton** Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:15 am

Got Windies all out for 275 but are struggling along at 197 for 5 after 41 overs. Kevin O'Brien scored 5 off 9 balls! Evil or Very Mad

Bit of an uphill struggle needing 79 off 54 balls!

**OMAR** Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:46 am

59 needed from 24 - last wicket

Morgans 60 odd for Englad would have come in handy

**Jayo Cluxton** Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:51 pm

Poor show I'm afraid ....

**Boxtyeater** Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:39 pm

All not lost yet. A sh1t or bust performance against Papua New Guinea (currently short a few) could save us on Wednesday......

**hurlingguru** Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:57 pm

The dream is over Im afraid. Terrible the way we collapse after losing 3 or 4 wickets (the England game an exception).

**Boxtyeater** Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:01 pm

FAO hurling guru.....

It's Friday afternoon and school is probably over, so now's your chance to shoot up to Closutton and ferret out a bit of news from the Mullins yard.....
Any info you glean that offers a solid pointer to the week you can relay to me via PM....No point in the whole forum being in the know.

Thanks in advance. Wink

**hurlingguru** Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:15 pm

Boxtyeater wrote:FAO hurling guru.....

It's Friday afternoon and school is probably over, so now's your chance to shoot up to Closutton and ferret out a bit of news from the Mullins yard.....
Any info you glean that offers a solid pointer to the week you can relay to me via PM....No point in the whole forum being in the know.

Thanks in advance.

Ha will do my best Boxty. Shur I'll head over to Shark Hanlons aswel while I'm at it and find out Star Neuvilles chances.

On the cricket great to see Kevin O'Brien get a four wicket haul.

**RMDrive** Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:42 am

Just watching the highlights of Irelands win today. Great batting performance.

**Jayo Cluxton** Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:48 am

Yeah - I think we have now got the highest (v England) and 3rd highest run chase totals in WC history! It was the batting that let us down in this tournament though in vital matches (Bangladesh and Windies esp).

**OMAR** Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:52 am

Jayo Cluxton wrote:Yeah - I think we have now got the highest (v England) and 3rd highest run chase totals in WC history! It was the batting that let us down in this tournament though in vital matches (Bangladesh and Windies esp).

Somewhat of an Contradiction in terms or whatever the F%%k you call it.
If two of the games we win need two of the three greatest batting perfomances of all time when having to make up for a bowling peformance - chicken egg etc

**Thomas Clarke** Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:13 pm

I'm told that today's semi-final will be among the top 2-3 watched sporting events in the world this year - estimated audience of a billion people.

India struggling at the minute....

**Jayo Cluxton** Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:16 pm

Dunno - up around 250+ may not be a bad score given the pressure etc!

**Thomas Clarke** Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:48 pm

True, and Pakistan can collapse against the worst of them! Still though, I can't see them betting on anyone other than themselves in a world cup semi final against India, in India.

**Real Kerry Fan** Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:14 pm

[quote="Thomas Clarke"]I'm told that today's semi-final will be among the top 2-3 watched sporting events in the world this year - estimated audience of a billion people. Shocked

I see it is watched in both countries. Very Happy

**Thomas Clarke** Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:20 pm

[quote="Real Kerry Fan"]

Thomas Clarke wrote:I'm told that today's semi-final will be among the top 2-3 watched sporting events in the world this year - estimated audience of a billion people.

I see it is watched in both countries.

Ah now RKF, none of that. Quite a few people in work beside me have the live updates open on BBC/SKY websites.

**OMAR** Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:12 pm

Where are all the great bowlers gone ? - I know in every sport its easy to wax lyrical about golden ages etc etc.
but it does seem to me that other than Murilitharan (who has one game left) there are very few bowlers on show who could hold their head up amongst the greats

I started watching cricket when we managed to get a pirated BEEB signal sometime around 1985 so every summer it was England versus "somebody" - Somebody always seemed to have 2-3 world class bowlers that on occasion managed to turn a postive English position into chaos during an hour on a mid saturday afteroon.

Names like Kapil Dev,Kumble, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Alan Donald, Shaun Polack, Richard Hadlee, Malcolm Marshall, Curtley Ambrose, Courtney Walsh, Glen McGrath, Shane Warne.

Lee and Akhtar and probably the two leading pace bowlers on show but hardly in the same league.

On the batting side - I think it has been reasonably impressive - Dilhsahn for Sri Lanka and the other top order batsmen - Sehwag and of Course tendulkar for India - Gayle for the west Indies - and even a closing cameo from an off form Ricky Ponting.

**Thomas Clarke** Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:02 pm

It's an interesting point Omar, but it should be noted that the bowlers you named spanned roughly 30 years, so maybe a tad unfair to group them all together and compare them to the best of 2011. There are a few excellent bowlers around today but, I'd agree, not as many big names as in the past.

I wonder, in the one day game certainly, have increased fielding restrictions got anything to do with it? If a captain can't place his men exactly where he would want to, that is bound to make it tougher for bowlers. Or perhaps video analysis has made it easier for batsmen to get a read on what the bowler is about to deliver to him.

Perhaps JC or Patrique may be able to offer more on this subject.

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