ICC ODI World Cup 2011

[Cosimo]

All over now, well done Ireland.

 

[TheCenturion]

It's over

 

[sunny007]

Wicked result for Ireland !!!

 

[elmuzzy66.]

lol england

 

[Weebull]

Well done Ireland.

 

[hood1971]

wow just wow. How the hell did england lose that?

 

[elmuzzy66.]

And then they want to ban the non test nations. Hopefully 1 day gibraltar can be there sticking it to the man

 

[Cob]

**** me pink!

 

[Sankari]

THEY'VE DONE IT! OH MY DAYS, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GAME! This has been a triumph of historic Irish resistance against centuries of oppressive English imperialism!

Several RUC officers now advancing upon Strauss with cricket bats and a purposeful look in their eyes...

 

[Alpherah]

1) the pitches are so flat, batting second is a good idea.. you'r not going to lose wickets if you dont want to and you can plan the innings.
2) Our bowlers are terrible in these conditions

 

[hood1971]

Great news for the associates - we need them in the world cup. Just play 2 games a day.

 

[elmuzzy66.]

THEY'VE DONE IT! OH MY DAYS, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GAME!

This has been a triumph of historic Irish resistance against centuries of oppressive English imperialism!

British at least get your history right.

 

[hood1971]

1) the pitches are so flat, batting second is a good idea.. you'r not going to lose wickets if you dont want to and you can plan the innings.
2) Our bowlers are terrible in these conditions

And you forgot they cant catch

 

[Cosimo]

What a performance, just unbelievable, from 111-5:

Porterfield b Anderson 0
Stirling c Pietersen b Bresnan 32
Joyce st Prior b Swann 32
N O'Brien b Swann 29
Wilson lbw b Swann 3
K O'Brien run out Bresnan 113
Cusack run out Collingwood 47
Mooney not out 34
Johnston not out 7
Extras 32

329-7 (49.1 overs)

Well done again.

 

[TheCenturion]

1) the pitches are so flat, batting second is a good idea.. you'r not going to lose wickets if you dont want to and you can plan the innings.
2) Our bowlers are terrible in these conditions

Yet England batted first

I don't think that you can ever blame a loss on the pitch, especially when England won the toss.

 

[Alpherah]

Yet England batted first

I don't think that you can ever blame a loss on the pitch, especially when England won the toss.

Not blaming, just an observation.
Every team who bats second are either coasting ('better' nations) or dramatically over performing.

 

[Alpherah]

In other news, personal claim to fame:

Had no idea Steven Davies (yeah, the guy in the headlines ) was born in my home town, went to school with .. in the same class with .. and grew up like 3 doors down.

Crazy, he never rung any bells at all .. amazing.

 

[TheCenturion]

He was in your class?

 

[Alpherah]

Apparently so, its in our local paper today with some history.
Considering hes the same age, and went to my first school which only had 1 class per year..

 

[Yas786]

PMSL England...what a lolworthy performance after their game against India the other day....Ireland just beat them which is quite funny really because at 5 wickets down you would have thought England would have finished them but O'Brien was monstrous in his innings....what an awesome century and just took apart Swann.

Dont think England need to panic yet but they have to look to beat the Saffa's next which is going to be a hard task i think...still expect England to get to the next round though....Ireland as well as they played had one of those games where everything clicked....much like they did 4 yrs ago when they beat Pak.

But brilliant absolutely brilliant run chase by the Irish...perhaps England could learn a few things from them...Morgan must be sat thinking ****!!!!111!!!! im playing for the wrong team lol lol...yeh yeh i know hes not playing in case some smart arse tries to correct me.