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Re: Ireland v South Africa at Canberra - ramesh - 03-03-2015
[quote author=dillinger10 link=topic=96211.msg622880#msg622880 date=1425376361]
South Africa giving everyone a chance to bowl today! 8 bowlers used so far with only de Kock, Amla and Miller not getting a chance to turn their arm over. Ireland staring defeat in the face at 155/7 from 31 overs.
[/quote] The reason being that the Saffies wanted the Irish to build up their net run rate to the detriment of Pakistan and the west indies . Residual apartheid mindset
Re: Ireland v South Africa at Canberra - ketchim - 03-03-2015
[quote author=Gina145 link=topic=96211.msg622860#msg622860 date=1425355221]
Amla dropped on 10. How much will that cost Ireland?
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A Lot : it was not even a difficult catch
5.1
KJ O'Brien to Amla, no run, dropped first ball. This one has luck-of-the-Irish written all over it until Ed Joyce has spilled it.
A length ball, on the pads, Amla whips it, but straight to short midwicket.
Bursts through Joyce's hands, and hits him on the thigh
Re: Ireland v South Africa at Canberra - dillinger10 - 03-03-2015
[quote author=cricketguy link=topic=96211.msg622923#msg622923 date=1425396822]
Now that Ireland have finally been defeated we now have the 'associate bashing' back again with a vengeance. I recognize that criticisms of the associates have been non -existent when Ireland were whipping the Windies and the other associates were competing well. The fact is that it is a wonder that associates can compete whatsoever taking into consideration deficiency of matches. Ireland played only 9 ODIs versus test teams ever since the last world cup- THATS ONLY ABOU T2 Annually. The others get much less. There have been a number of one- sided matches between test teams already( England, Windies, Pakistan) but I don't hear people hinting that they ought to be dumped from the next World Cup. The cruel thing about this is the fact that Ireland could win 3 matches and still not qualify. I really hope Ireland can gatecrash the QF now. COME ON IRELAND.
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I have been seriously impressed with the associate teams in this World Cup. The Ireland/UAE match and the Scotland/Afghanistan were two of the best matches so far with both matches coming down to the last over with exciting run chases. I didn't like the decision to reduce the number of teams competing in the 2019 World Cup and this World Cup has done nothing to make me think otherwise. These teams belong here and have shown better fight than a number of the Test playing teams as you mentioned. I am not sure how anyone can argue that reducing the number of teams in the World Cup is good for the global game.
Re: Ireland v South Africa at Canberra - Gina145 - 03-03-2015
[quote author=ramesh link=topic=96211.msg622940#msg622940 date=1425405360]
The reason being that the Saffies wanted the Irish to build up their net run rate to the detriment of Pakistan and the west indies . Residual apartheid mindset
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That's not true. As we're only playing with four specialist bowlers, AB has to get the extra ten overs somewhere and he was trying out the options to see who can do the job when the going gets tougher. Once Duminy is fit, hopefully things will be a bit more straightforward. Aside from that, the most important thing is to take care of our own net run rate.
Re: Ireland v South Africa at Canberra - Calypso - 03-04-2015
[quote author=ketchim link=topic=96211.msg622941#msg622941 date=1425405640]
A Lot : it was not even a difficult catch
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Hashim Amla broke Virat Kohli's record to become the fastest to reach 20 hundreds.
After that drop by Ed Joyce off the bowling of Kevin O'Brien on 10, Amla motored along to his 20th hundred in a mere 108 innings. Kohli had taken 133 innings to get to the landmark. The Brat, five years younger than the 31-year-old Amla, has played 153 ODIs, while the Proteas opener has now played 111 ODIs.