The Cricket thread

[Clov]

Windies final game is against UAE, not Zimbabwe. I reckon the UAE will be about 10/1.

Ireland really need a win in one of their final 2 games as they will almost certainly lose out on run-rate.

[Hardy]

Oops - that explains why I couldn't find odds.

[deiseach]

There really is nothing in world sport as entertaining as an England post mortem.

delusions of grandeur followed by harsh reality. Great stuff!

Indeed. And the solutions are often delightfully barmy, e.g. insist the captain sing the anthem or bring back national service.

[Main Street]

Strange enough though

Ireland 8/1 V India 1/10

Zimbabwe 5/1 V India1/6

[Rossie11]

Windies final game is against UAE, not Zimbabwe. I reckon the UAE will be about 10/1.

Ireland really need a win in one of their final 2 games as they will almost certainly lose out on run-rate.

1 draw will do it as windies can only get to 6pts max.. So rain tonight would be a gift

[Clov]

Windies final game is against UAE, not Zimbabwe. I reckon the UAE will be about 10/1.

Ireland really need a win in one of their final 2 games as they will almost certainly lose out on run-rate.

1 draw will do it as windies can only get to 6pts max.. So rain tonight would be a gift

Ah yes. Seems like there hasn't been too many rained off matches in this world cup? What is the minimum number of overs that need to be completed for a result?

[Hardy]

Windies final game is against UAE, not Zimbabwe. I reckon the UAE will be about 10/1.

Ireland really need a win in one of their final 2 games as they will almost certainly lose out on run-rate.

1 draw will do it as windies can only get to 6pts max.. So rain tonight would be a gift

Unfortunately ...

[Orior]

It is difficult to see Ireland getting anything from the matches against India and Pakistan.

So I propose using our very own dirty tactics.

[dec]

Anybody on twitter, I recommend Pearse (sic) Morgan  @piersmorgan  for a follow over the next couple of hours.

https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/574773837314703360

@piersmorgan
The ONLY England player not singing the national anthem just then was our captain @Eoin16. Ridiculous. #engvbang

[JoG2]

Anybody on twitter, I recommend Pearse (sic) Morgan  @piersmorgan  for a follow over the next couple of hours.

https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/574773837314703360

@piersmorgan
The ONLY England player not singing the national anthem just then was our captain @Eoin16. Ridiculous. #engvbang

he must not watch much cricket: Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Strauss, Nasser Hussain, Allan Lamb etc

[AZOffaly]

The English lads are going a bit mental alright Peter Moores is getting an awful kicking. If he just had no 's' on the end of his name, I'd have said he was another Irish lad

[AZOffaly]

Anybody on twitter, I recommend Pearse (sic) Morgan  @piersmorgan  for a follow over the next couple of hours.

https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/574773837314703360

@piersmorgan
The ONLY England player not singing the national anthem just then was our captain @Eoin16. Ridiculous. #engvbang

he must not watch much cricket: Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Strauss, Nasser Hussain, Allan Lamb etc

He meant at that game. The rest were singing except Morgan. If Piertersen, Strauss, Hussain and Lamb were still playing, England might have been better off

[JoG2]

Anybody on twitter, I recommend Pearse (sic) Morgan  @piersmorgan  for a follow over the next couple of hours.

https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/574773837314703360

@piersmorgan
The ONLY England player not singing the national anthem just then was our captain @Eoin16. Ridiculous. #engvbang

he must not watch much cricket: Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Strauss, Nasser Hussain, Allan Lamb etc

He meant at that game. The rest were singing except Morgan. If Piertersen, Strauss, Hussain and Lamb were still playing, England might have been better off

There are players from Zimbabwe, West Indies on the team. Wonder did they belt gstq out

[AZOffaly]

Apparently they did, but sure facts and morgan are uneasy bedfellows.

[heganboy]

so let me make sure that I have this straight- England (with an Irish captain) are out of the cricket world cup, but Ireland remain in contention to progress?

Lancashire to win Liam in 2027 with a French captain. And Luxembourg for Sam