Scaly piscine
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Another friggin no-ball from pedalo boy. Sounds like some interesting decisions in this over.
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LA ICE-E
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man...those 5 overs in the england innings made all the difference if they could have contain a bit better in that period this game would have been much much better...but a good and competive game in all...Ireland proved they should be there and if haters still hate well all i can say is go to hell...
Now next game...Bangladesh vs Australia...i would just be happy if they can contain them to under 300 or if batting 1st get to 200...right now australia really looks unbeatable...
Now next game...Bangladesh vs Australia...i would just be happy if they can contain them to under 300 or if batting 1st get to 200...right now australia really looks unbeatable...
Fiery
Banned
They're definitely not "unbeatable". There are 3 sides that are more than capable, hell even England beat them twice in 2 games not long ago
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
England didn't have KP either, obviously England beat them three times in a row but only two of them mattered to Australia.
LA ICE-E
State Captain
england didn't have kp but australia were like half strength plus did you not see how they dismissed england in the warm up and how the dismissed every team in his tournament so far? i just hope they dont score win to toss to be able to bat to 300...but also hope they dont bowl 'em out less than 200
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
That's complete sloblock. They were missing Symonds and only Symonds from their full strength XI. Even now they're missing Lee.
England in comparison were missing Vaughan, KP, Anderson and Simon Jones.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Jon Lewis was out as well, not that it matters when Mahmood has something incriminating on Fletcher. Mahmood is fast becoming England's Mohammed Sami
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Ireland were pretty good again last night, I thought. Definitely the most well-rounded and impressive minnow team I've seen in a WC outside of Kenya, and not too far off them either. Rankin's the best seamer outside of the test nations and could be a handy domestic cricketer in most nations, and they've got at least 3 or 4 pretty decent batsmen and a good spinner. I like Johnston's batting too, though his bowling isn't that good.
The main thing they lack is the experience and polish that your average test nation takes for granted. They just had no idea how to milk the spinners for 4 or 5 singles an over in the 20-40 over period, and that ended any chance of a successful chase. Some of that goes down to some good work from Panesar and Vaughan and good field placings, but a lot of it was just inexperience IMO. Same applies to fielding and other things like that. Given the sorts of players they'd produced recently, they should be better next WC.
The main thing they lack is the experience and polish that your average test nation takes for granted. They just had no idea how to milk the spinners for 4 or 5 singles an over in the 20-40 over period, and that ended any chance of a successful chase. Some of that goes down to some good work from Panesar and Vaughan and good field placings, but a lot of it was just inexperience IMO. Same applies to fielding and other things like that. Given the sorts of players they'd produced recently, they should be better next WC.
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
LA ICE-E
State Captain
that's why the minnows need to play the test nations more...that's why the minnows do gain something from playing in this tournament and outside of the tournament- experience that is need in the big games...and thats big... Ireland did good though...
Rankin's crapping up and not being able to bowl in the last overs could have been the thing that let england free...otherwise it could have been something very close...they are definitely going to be better in the next wc even if they dont make it to the second round...because they got the infrastructure
Rankin's crapping up and not being able to bowl in the last overs could have been the thing that let england free...otherwise it could have been something very close...they are definitely going to be better in the next wc even if they dont make it to the second round...because they got the infrastructure
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
As shown by the form batsman being neither of the ones you've mentioned.
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
Who exactly is there though?
Bizarrely the most successful opening partnership of recent times is Strauss and Bell, but I'd suggest neither should be opening.
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
Because his results are better when everything the rankings take into account are considered?
age_master
Hall of Fame Member
They have a young team as well i think, so the experience from the super 8's willc ertainly help them against the other 'minnows' when they play them between now and the next WC too.
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
3 times in 3 actually.