Cricket Discussion - Part 1

[mic59]

Looks like D/L could come into this match and Ian Healy has just pointed out that at 17 overs Victoria are 47 runs behind as they have lost two wickets. They won't claw back any runs by QLD losing wickets till the 27th over so they'd want to get a move on.

 

[philreich]

As if nothing else could go wrong for SA, now the heavens have opened in Sydney: rain clearing by tonight.

 

[mic59]

As if nothing else could go wrong for SA, now the heavens have opened in Sydney: rain clearing by tonight.

Probably was the best thing that could happen as SA now have some points.

 

[Greasyrhys]

Don't ya just hate Sydney's weather? At least SA didn't lose...

 

[philreich]

Is this the biggest partnership in the history of one day cricket? This is truly a remarkable achievement by a couple of South Africans - the fact that the openers batted for the whole 50 overs makes it even better:

http://www.espncricinfo.com/momentum-one-day-cup-2014-15/engine/match/736201.html

 

[raptalia]

I have not heard of a bigger one. The Knights almost got there as well, 7/342 would win 99.99% of games.

 

[philreich]

Must be the day for big scores: Tassie has just smashed an incredible 1 for 398 off 50 overs against Queensland (just days after being bowled out for 62). Ben Dunk rewrote all sorts of records, remaining unbeaten on 229.

 

[Greasyrhys]

Poor George (scored a century as a bowler without a wicket), not...

 

[philreich]

The Bulls are giving this a real shake: 0 for 198 after 25 overs!!!

 

[Greasyrhys]

They've done it, wow. 3/402 with 16 balls to spare.

 

[mic59]

MOTM lost.

 

[Jim Dixon]

The Bulls are giving this a real shake: 0 for 198 after 25 overs!!!

Yeah but then I looked and it was at North Sydney Oval- that's a ground the size of a postage stamp.

 

[mic59]

Since his duck against us Dunk has scored 271 runs at an average of 271.00.

 

[Garibaldi Red]

Since his duck against us Dunk has scored 271 runs at an average of 271.00.

He is our bunny

 

[philreich]

He is our bunny

We'll see: we play Tassie again tomorrow....

 

[Greasyrhys]

Well the Deadbacks are 5/224 after 37.3 overs, our bogeyman D'oh!erty has taken 3 of the wickets.

 

[mic59]

Redbacks 7 down and have screwed up another game. While they were 3 down and going at 6 an over my main worry was that on this ground they could make 340 and that would not be enough. Doesn't really matter now. Ian Chappell really gets pissed off at teams in batting power plays thinking they have to do something special and throwing their wickets away. Tom Cooper had already scored a 6 and a 4 off the over before he slogged a ball to mid-off and got himself caught.

Queensland 1 run better and have faced 2 more overs but they have only lost three wickets and are at Bankstown oval where 250-270 is a passable score.

 

[Greasyrhys]

Have the Deadbacks ever gone a One Day comp without a win?

 

[mic59]

Even though the required run rate for Tassie had gone over 10, I wasn't confident of a win but now that Dunk has gone I will state SA will have their first win. And they have dropped yet another player.

 

[Seanybruz]

Hafeez has probably broke his toe, what was he thinking reviewing it? Lol.

 

[mic59]

The definition of optimism :
Tasmania require 80 runs off 20 balls and the commentator says "they have to clear the fence a couple of times to have any chance to win."

Other interesting comments made with 3 overs to go were "the Redbacks should win their first game now" and they'd have to bowl pretty badly to lose".

 

[Seanybruz]

Redbacks are a different side with Richo in it, we'll need to unearth another gem quick because Kane will see his fair share of international action this summer.

 

[mic59]

Got to admit that Tassie made a complete dogs' breakfast of that chase. Dunk, Paine, Cowan and Silk were all much too slow and Wells was going along at a snails' pace for most of his innings. Towards the end when the required rate was 16, it became more obvious that Tassie should have put the foot down only slightly 20 overs earlier than they did. An extra 20-40 runs off their run chase would have left them in with a chance. It was a joke that I wasn't even all that bothered by the catches that went down as the rate was taking care of the game anyway.

 

[Garibaldi Red]

Since his duck against us Dunk has scored 271 runs at an average of 271.00.

told you he was our bunny, only made 92 (where is that stir the pot emoticon)

 

[Hellgood]

Redbacks are a different side with Richo in it, we'll need to unearth another gem quick because Kane will see his fair share of international action this summer.

Nah you'll have him. There's a fair few quicks that should be ahead of him in the pecking order.