Sri Lanka vs Bermuda; Ireland vs Zimbabwe

I am really fed up of these stupid matches. As it is in India we have to watch the match past midnight, and there is no way I am going to watch Zim beat who?aha Ireland. Looking forward to some cricket.

I am complaining for the allocation of teams in the groups. I would like a FIFa like system of random grouping in the cricket world cup. Actualyy that was practised earlier.

I think it is sensible as well. The reality is we don’t have 32 somewhat competitive nations such as the soccer world. We can’t totally compare to them in terms of scheduling and pool matchup’s.

I’m liking the look of Bray here. He’s playing a real gem. I’m in fact choosing to watch Ireland v Zimbabwe over Sri Lanka v Bermuda because I believe it will be a better game. And Bray is keeping my faith alive.

Yeah, and your wish for good, competitive games is a great one. It will come in the 2nd round. If we *did* have random pools, you might find the Super Eight made up up a number of minnows. That would have ruined the entire 2nd stage in my opinion.

We still have the following Round 1 games to savour:

Australia v South Africa
India v Sri Lanka
England v New Zealand

I honestly can’t pick a winner out of each of those games right now. Any of them could win.

Michael, your description of Bermuda actually made me click on the scorecard for SriLanka as well :O .
On your comment, yeah it is an open cup at the moment. Which team are you supporting by the way? I am for India all the way, more than that I want the Australians to lose.

Doesn’t my score on the left give me away? I’m currently 115*, I must be Australian.

Jokes aside, I am a one-eyed Australian fanatic who has his favourite players from other teams but generally wishes to see everyone lose to us.

I have/had a soft spot for Brian Lara, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Sachin Tendulkar, Alan Donald, Shane Bond, Andy Flower and Heath Streak.

I detest Graeme Smith, Sourav Ganguly, Arjuna Ranatunga and Kevin Petersen.

Once upon a time I was a very keen follower of Zimbabwe as well. The days of the Flower brothers, Heath Streak, Alistair Campbell and Paul Strang are sadly long gone.

I do wish you luck in the World Cup, not too much of it though.

Hey Will & Scott,

Where is the cool new TV technology we have come to expect in a World Cup? Presently Hawkeye is being used to show LBW and I believe I have seen a couple occurrences of Ball Tracking and Delivery speed.

But where is traditional Snicko? The heat snick-o-meter? Super slo-mo? Spin Vision? Something new to admire?

Do you guys have any inside info?

First WC wicket? How about first WC century?

Enjoyed your description of Cricket Tai Chi mate!

It’s turning out to be a great game – unlike the SL v Bermuda carnage. Oops, have to do some more Tai Chi, the bloody French opera channel is breaking through.

Ah, grasshoppa, attaining pose of the nervous armadillo got rid of the warbling French woman. This is getting exciting!

I’m on it.

I went to bed at the rain break… glad Bray got his 100 but gee Ireland’s fielding errors are going to cost them this game.

Nerves are showing all round here. Ireland started to lose bottle a few overs ago. Shame really. BBC radio just “announce” Bray as MoM though.

Gee, another wicket! 213 for 8, 11 balls left!

OMG another run out… 213 for 9! 9 needed off 7 balls.

Pretty good highlights site.
http://www.crickethighlights.info

Looking for audio, as I am actually testing the umpteen sites I have found advertising live audio but full of crap.

2 off the first ball! 2 off the 2nd!

Heads down, coach furious! That looked catchable!

Dropped! Scores are level!

Its a tie!!!

Sorry Wraye, I drank the house dry last night…

A tie! Only the third in WC history. Wicket with the last ball. Well played! That was a great game, ups and downs and thrills and spills. If Ireland had held those catches, it might have been different but this nail-biting stuff is what the game is all about. Dontcha just love it. Glad I stayed up for this now. St Pat’s Night down at the James Joyce is going to be wicked.

I can now down my last slug of wine and sleep well. Night, night mates. Thanks for your company

Goodnight Wraye!

Fancy Zimbabwe and Ireland playing out one of the best ODI games ever – a tie is worthy of greatness.

I listened to this game pan out in the second period this morning, with my Irish Politics teacher stopping class for 15 minutes to finish out the game.

One of the better Politics classes in a while I’d say.

School (Currently in my final year)

I had my laptop open, with a stream off the internet linked up through my earphones. In previous days I’d been talking to my Politics teacher, who emigrated to Australia fifteen years, about the match. He’s a follower of the Australian cricket team, but of course has a vested interest in the Irish. When Brent was caught in front, I told him of the situation, and he requested the earphones to be pulled out so everyone could listen.

15 people crowded around a tinny laptop speaker, listening to Ireland and Zimbabwe – quite incredible.

Can someone explain to a simple Welshman what the final wicket was about? The non-striker was given run-out because the stumps were broken at the strikers end? Was I even more drunk than I thought? A strong possibility as I was in a bar full of Paddies at the time.
I demand enlightenment.