Cricket World Cup thread

chillers · Post by **chillers** » March 21st, 2007, 8:03 pm

Do you even read these threads or just post your own thoughts?!

As above, 30 March in Guyana (unless England lose to Kenya in which case England are out). You can jet over there and get back to London in time for the Wasps match.

Leinster Zulu · Post by **Leinster Zulu** » March 21st, 2007, 8:06 pm

chillers wrote: 30 March in Guyana (unless England lose to Kenya in which case England are out). You can jet over there and get back to London in time for the Wasps match.

Nope, busy on the day of the Wasps match, i think it's have to be a March 29th - March 31st trip for me!

Cheers for the info. guys, i've got to check the old piggy bank and sort it out with the woman of my life...

chillers · Post by **chillers** » March 21st, 2007, 8:21 pm

Leinster Zulu wrote:
chillers wrote: 30 March in Guyana (unless England lose to Kenya in which case England are out). You can jet over there and get back to London in time for the Wasps match.
Nope, busy on the day of the Wasps match, i think it's have to be a March 29th - March 31st trip for me!

Cheers for the info. guys, i've got to check the old piggy bank and sort it out with the woman of my life...

I'll keep a lookout for a Leinster jersey in the stand in Guyana so!

Leinster Zulu · Post by **Leinster Zulu** » March 21st, 2007, 8:23 pm

chillers wrote:
Leinster Zulu wrote:
chillers wrote: 30 March in Guyana (unless England lose to Kenya in which case England are out). You can jet over there and get back to London in time for the Wasps match.
Nope, busy on the day of the Wasps match, i think it's have to be a March 29th - March 31st trip for me!

Cheers for the info. guys, i've got to check the old piggy bank and sort it out with the woman of my life...
I'll keep a lookout for a Leinster jersey in the stand in Guyana so!

Yep, although i thought people didn't like Ireland supporters showing there provincial colours at an Ireland match...

chillers · Post by **chillers** » March 21st, 2007, 8:28 pm

Leinster Zulu wrote:
chillers wrote:
Leinster Zulu wrote: Nope, busy on the day of the Wasps match, i think it's have to be a March 29th - March 31st trip for me!

Cheers for the info. guys, i've got to check the old piggy bank and sort it out with the woman of my life...
I'll keep a lookout for a Leinster jersey in the stand in Guyana so!
Yep, although i thought people didn't like Ireland supporters showing there provincial colours at an Ireland match...

Well so far, at the cricket matches I've seen Irish rugby tops, Connacht rugby tops, ROI soccer tops, even a Shamrock Rovers top (!) along with both tri-colours and Ulster flags. And of course Irish cricket tops, though they seem to be sold out everywhere at the moment and bare, pink, torsos! So you'll fit right in with a Leinster rugby top!

Leinster Zulu · Post by **Leinster Zulu** » March 21st, 2007, 8:32 pm

chillers wrote:
Leinster Zulu wrote:
chillers wrote: I'll keep a lookout for a Leinster jersey in the stand in Guyana so!
Yep, although i thought people didn't like Ireland supporters showing there provincial colours at an Ireland match...
Well so far, at the cricket matches I've seen Irish rugby tops, Connacht rugby tops, ROI soccer tops, even a Shamrock Rovers top (!) along with both tri-colours and Ulster flags. And of course Irish cricket tops, though they seem to be sold out everywhere at the moment and bare, pink, torsos! So you'll fit right in with a Leinster rugby top!

The people with the Ulster flags were dissapointed to find that they had a mix-up with the dates...

I've just thought, it' too bloody hot to wear a t-shirt in Jamaica, i'll make myself know with a Leinster flag and trying to get the crowd to sing a rendition of Molly Malone!

harryp · Post by **harryp** » March 21st, 2007, 10:15 pm

This is hilareous, bad enough that Zimbabwe need 3 runs a ball to win, but now 1 player has managed to get himself out twice in consecutive balls.

Flash Gordon · Post by **Flash Gordon** » March 21st, 2007, 11:03 pm

Pakistan wins. Ireland through.

StuF · Post by **StuF** » March 22nd, 2007, 12:06 am

Flash Gordon wrote:Pakistan wins. Ireland through.

Well done Ireland!!!!

My lot will just have to be content with beating Nederland*

(*Undue optimism may come back to haunt author)

SCG · Post by **SCG** » March 22nd, 2007, 8:39 am

Leinster Zulu wrote:
SCG wrote:
Slipper1 wrote:Excuse my ignorance, but given the name "super 8's" is there only 8 teams left? - and we have made it through.

QF so to speak; is it knock out now, or do the lads now have 7 more games?
Correct (including Friday's match against the WIndies) - starting with England (or possibly Kenya if they beat the Poms on Saturday) on 30th March, SA on 3rd April, NZ on 9th April, Aus on 13th April, India (or B'desh) on 15th April and Sri Lanka on 18th April. We bring our result against WI with us.
Wrong...

Saturday 21 April 2007

Ireland vs. England Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

The last match of the Super 8s...

(Ireland and England will both finish 2nd in there respective groups...so that is the date to mark in your calender (same day as a possible Biarrtiz match too))!

I think I was correct - the Super 8 schedule was based on the original seedings. Pakistan were top seeds in Group D, so we have replaced them in the Super 8 schedule. The remainder of the Super 8 schedule works on the same basis.

SCG · Post by **SCG** » March 22nd, 2007, 10:09 am

Looking ahead we could well have another "minnow" with us in the Super 8. If Sri Lanka beat India tomorrow (quite possible) and Bangladesh beat Bermuda on Sunday (probable) then B'desh are through at the expense of India. Then Kenya are a reasonable outside bet to repeat what they did to WI in the last World Cup by beating England on Saturday.

Leinster Zulu · Post by **Leinster Zulu** » March 22nd, 2007, 5:16 pm

SCG wrote:Looking ahead we could well have another "minnow" with us in the Super 8. If Sri Lanka beat India tomorrow (quite possible) and Bangladesh beat Bermuda on Sunday (probable) then B'desh are through at the expense of India. Then Kenya are a reasonable outside bet to repeat what they did to WI in the last World Cup by beating England on Saturday.

Bangladesh haven't suprised me, or any of the pundits really...

Leinster Zulu · Post by **Leinster Zulu** » March 22nd, 2007, 6:02 pm

Just seen this:

Irish official dies at World Cup

Bob Kerr had served as president of the Irish Cricket Union
An official with the Ireland cricket team has died in Jamaica, just days after the World Cup win over Pakistan.

Bob Kerr, chairman of the North West Cricket Union and former president of the Irish Cricket Union, died suddenly on the island resort of Ocho Rios.

The retired school principal, who was an opening batsman for North Fermanagh and Dungannon in the North West league, played into his 50s.

Mr Kerr was also a former president of the Ulster Teachers Union.

Ireland coach Adrian Birrell described the North West chairman as "a great ambassador for Irish cricket".

"This is tragic news, and on behalf of the entire squad and management, I'd like to pass on our sympathy and condolences to his wife Hope, and his family circle," said the Ireland coach.

Mr Kerr served as ICU Chairman from 2000-2002, and was President of the Union in 2004.

Former ICU Chairman Joe Doherty said he was "stunned" after hearing the news.

"Bob has given outstanding service to Irish cricket at club, provincial, and national level, holding almost every senior position in the land with distinction," said Mr Doherty.

sarah_lennon · Post by **sarah_lennon** » March 23rd, 2007, 9:30 am

StuF wrote:
Flash Gordon wrote:Pakistan wins. Ireland through.
Well done Ireland!!!!

My lot will just have to be content with beating Nederland*

(*Undue optimism may come back to haunt author)

whoopsie

Slipper1 · Post by **Slipper1** » March 23rd, 2007, 10:25 am

For those of us who know little but like to support, todays Irish Times brought us the "Bluffers Guide to Cricket"

Irish Times wrote: Bluffer's guide to cricket ...
compiled by James Helm

It's a strange new Irish sporting phenomenon, one in which enthusiasm happily makes up for any lack of technical knowledge. It involves buying a drink, setting aside any previously held prejudices, and cheering for a successful Irish team. It's called Pub Cricket Watching.

In O'Reilly's of Sandymount in Dublin, where star batsman/wicketkeeper Niall O'Brien used to work, a group of local fanatics and cricket virgins gathered in front of the TV. I tried to explain proceedings to an enthralled GAA man who had never watched cricket before, while shouting the score down the phone to mates who'd been at the rugby in Rome. As the noise grew, so did the barrage of questions coming my way about the finer points of a sport which seems to revel in jargon and statistics.

So here's a brief Bluffer's Guide to Cricket:

The World Cup consists of one-day games, as opposed to the five-day matches of Test cricket. Each batting side receives 50 overs in which to score as many runs as possible. Each over consists of six balls, with each bowler limited to 10 overs.

One-day cricket is about batsmen trying to score runs quickly in their allotted time - and the fielding team trying to limit them. Extravagant shots for four and six excite the crowds, but the one-day game is as much about nudging the ball around to keep the scoreboard ticking over.

The batsman can be dismissed in several ways, such as bowled, when the bowler demolishes his stumps, or caught. Others include: leg before wicket or lbw (when the umpire decides if the ball hadn't hit the batsman's pads it would have hit the stumps); and run out, when the batsman sets off for a run to the far end but is beaten by a fielder's throw. Once 10 batsmen are out the innings is over.

Bowlers vary in their style. A spin bowler relies on flight, guile, and making the ball spin when it hits the pitch to defeat the batsmen. Medium pacers try to make the ball swing in the air and move off its seam, as do fast bowlers, some of whom rely on their sheer speed. A wide is where the ball is too wide for the batsmen to easily reach, and results in two runs for the batting side plus an extra ball in the over.

Silly mid off and short square leg are fielding positions, though ones not often seen in the one-day game. Each fielding position has a name. The wicketkeeper, with the big gloves, is a specialist position behind the stumps. For a right-handed batsman, everything to the right is the offside, everything to the left the legside. James Helm is a BBC correspondent based in Dublin

Terms to impress your friends with

Yorker : a full-length delivery arrowed in at the batsman's toes, which is hard to hit.

Edge : as the name suggests, is when the batsman miscues his shot and the ball squirms away from the edge of his bat.

No ball : is when the bowler oversteps the line from where he bowls.

Duck : when a batsman is out without scoring a run (it happens to the best of them).

Maiden : is not a romantic reference from days gone by, but an over in which no runs are scored.

Powerplay : a new one for the lexicon, occurs when the bowling side is restricted in where it can place fielders.

Run rate : the number of runs per over the team batting second needs to win. If it creeps up, they're in trouble.

Super Eights: the name given for the second phase of the World Cup, when each side plays six matches and semi-final places are at stake.

The Duckworth-Lewis method: How targets are recalculated when rain intervenes. It would take a PhD in maths and several pages of this newspaper to fully explain.

claire_m · Post by **claire_m** » March 23rd, 2007, 10:26 am

Not really related to the world cup, but today is the 5th anniversary of the death of Ben Hollioake.

I was painting the spare room in my old house when I heard the news (at about midnight), and it took me hearing it 4 times, on 4 different radio stations for me to actually believe it.

He should have been in the West Indies now, being Ben, and I'll always remember the 2001 cup final, which he was instrumental in helping Surrey win, and was also the day I met him.

Gnevin · Post by **Gnevin** » March 23rd, 2007, 12:09 pm

Super Eights: the name given for the second phase of the World Cup, when each side plays six matches and semi-final places are at stake.

Why do they play 6 other teams and not the 7th?

Duke Raoul · Post by **Duke Raoul** » March 23rd, 2007, 12:21 pm

They will have already met the 'other' team at the initial group stage. The points won in that game are then carried through to the Super 8 phase.

SCG · Post by **SCG** » March 23rd, 2007, 2:02 pm

claire_m wrote:Not really related to the world cup, but today is the 5th anniversary of the death of Ben Hollioake.

I was painting the spare room in my old house when I heard the news (at about midnight), and it took me hearing it 4 times, on 4 different radio stations for me to actually believe it.

He should have been in the West Indies now, being Ben, and I'll always remember the 2001 cup final, which he was instrumental in helping Surrey win, and was also the day I met him.

Thnks, Claire - well noted

thecoolfreak · Post by **thecoolfreak** » March 23rd, 2007, 2:05 pm

Johnston is out for the match today. McCallan will captain the side!