T20 World Cup Day 6 21/10. Ireland v West Indies 1430hrs, Scotland v Zimbabwe 1930hrs @ Bellerive Oval

[Plugger35]

The Windies may as well start packing their bags and heading for the airport, their tournament is over barring an awful choke from Ireland.

 

[danstar]

this is truly pathetic by WI

 

[NYRB]

Hate to say this if Ireland batted first they would have cleared 200+

 

[NYRB]

Windies has so much goodwill from cricket fans worldwide, yet they just throw it away with disinterested performances & shambolic preparation. Cant just turn up expecting it all to fall into shape. Self self self....you wont be missed anymore...

 

[NYRB]

Windies arrogantly turned up expecting to roll over less historical nations - but discovering that history means jack when you are only interested in yourself....world doesnt owe you a free ride anymore...

 

[NYRB]

Would be a huge thing if all the British and Irish nations made the Super 12 stages. (Scotland, England and Ireland)

 

[Rocco sifreddi]

Windies arrogantly turned up expecting to roll over less historical nations - but discovering that history means jack when you are only interested in yourself....world doesnt owe you a free ride anymore...

They barely beat Zimbabwe, they deserve to go home, for this putrid effort

 

[danstar]

not to often you only need 5 an over to win coming into the final 10 overs and only 4.5 with 7 overs left

 

[010203]

This is the only form of the game the West Indies have been any good at and they're not good enough to qualify for the main part of this tournament. Sad but damning.

 

[Plugger35]

What a meek way for the West Indies to bow out, they are going down with barely a yelp against Ireland.

A real fall from grace for a team that has won this tournament twice.

 

[jackster83]

 

[magpiemaniac44]

Plenty of Irish fans in the house to watch a famous win

Embarrassing from the Windies, at least Sri Lanka found a way to fight back into the tournament, the Windies have barely fired a shot

 

[010203]

I'll miss listening to "Rally Round the West Indies" before a match at this tournament.

 

[NYRB]

Credit to Eire. But nothing short of crap from windies.

Now 3 upsets from Ireland in the past 16 years. Pakistan, England and Bangladesh in 2007. Now windies in 2022.

No excuses for windies. Pooran should stand down

 

[NSWCROW]

It ain't " ya dads " windies anymore

 

[Bedi]

Absolute shellacking.

 

[010203]

Well done to Ireland but the West Indies have been meek and weak.

The sadness of Phil Simmons' face said it all.

 

[Jamurp]

Incredible by Ireland! showed how much this tournament means to them.

 

[NYRB]

Live standings. A Scotland win in the next game , in all likelihood means they finish 1st in the Group . So still a fair bit to play for .

 

[NYRB]

Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Craig Ervine(c), Regis Chakabva(w), Wesley Madhevere, Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Milton Shumba, Ryan Burl, Luke Jongwe, Richard Ngarava, Tendai Chatara, Blessing Muzarabani

Scotland (Playing XI): George Munsey, Michael Jones, Matthew Cross(w), Richie Berrington(c), Michael Leask, Calum MacLeod, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Josh Davey, Safyaan Sharif, Brad Wheal

Scotland won the toss and elected to bat 1st

Have we got another humdinger to end the round robin series tonight?

 

[NYRB]

People might wonder why I keep using the word 'humdinger' all the time.

Must say Ravi Shastri lives rent free in my head.

 

[PhatBoy]

I’m gutted. Not because we lost to Ireland. They’re improving all the time and I love the Irish.

I’m gutted because we never even gave ourselves a chance and did absolutely nothing to maximise the strengths we have and minimise our weaknesses and went out with barely a whimper

 

[NYRB]

Reminder that Windies will highly likely have to play the qualifiers for next years 50 over World Cup - anyone betting they will actually get through those qualifiers...?

 

[Plugger35]

Hopefully this match is a better contest than the last one.

People might wonder why I keep using the word 'humdinger' all the time.

Must say Ravi Shastri lives rent free in my head.

Ravi might need to bring his umbrella for that humdinger, there's a good chance there will be some rain there,

 

[Rich]

Screamer!