2015 World Cup Result : South Africa beat Ireland by 201 runs

[Justcrazy]

169 / 1

27 overs

 

[Point Black]

500 on the cards here.

 

[sachin-10dulkar]

what will be chances for pakistan if ireland somehow win this one ? [emoji3]

 

[Enforcer]

De Kock is a concern but only a matter of time before he fires, IMO.

Tough time ahead for your team though. It Seems every south-African Batsman is in blazing form. They would like to continue it against

pakistan. Meanwhile we are glad that we faced them so early in the tournament.

 

[hamzie]

what will be chances for pakistan if ireland somehow win this one ? [emoji3]

ireland wont win so dw kid

 

[Bilal7]

Tough time ahead for your team though. It Seems every south-African Batsman is in blazing form. They would like to continue it against

pakistan. Meanwhile we are glad that we faced them so early in the tournament.

That is true. However, if Irfan has a good game and gets some early wickets, we might make a close game out of it. Or even win.

 

[Point Black]

Miracles can happen.

 

[manick badsha]

bhai feasting on mediocre bowling from irish trundlers on flat tracka

 

[Enforcer]

South Africa should start playing ultra-aggressively now. I dont think ireland have the bowlers to stop them.

 

[adnan yasin]

Lets hope Steyn and Morkel can get the Irish out quickly. Pakistan needs South Africa to hammer these Irish and then get hammered by the Pakistanis. :ahmed

Too much optimism

 

[Abdullah]

Alhumdullilah hi rahil aalimeen.
(Praise of thanks to the Lord!!)
If nothing happens here Ireland will at least lose by 80, need it to be quite a few more though which can easily happen. How much do they need to lose by for NRR to go below pak by end of the day

 

[soso_killer]

De Kock is a concern but only a matter of time before he fires, IMO.

He is coming back from injury, personally I hope they allow him to play at the very least all the group games before making any haste decisions.

 

[Bilal7]

South Africa should start playing ultra-aggressively now. I dont think ireland have the bowlers to stop them.

Shouldn't give away their wickets before the PP.

 

[Bilal7]

He is coming back from injury, personally I hope they allow him to play at the very least all the group games before making any haste decisions.

Me too. A very talented player, full of potential.

 

[Electron]

Any pitch suits him.

Yes, we know.

 

[Point Black]

bhai feasting on mediocre bowling from irish trundlers on flat tracka

What do you mean? What does bhai mean?

 

[jattafridi]

Need 200 more runs in the last 20 overs
381 possible

 

[Bilal7]

If Shehzad had half the strike rotation ability of Amla, he would become a very good opener in all formats.

 

[Enforcer]

That is true. However, if Irfan has a good game and gets some early wickets, we might make a close game out of it. Or even win.

yeah True, But need your top order to fire too. you cant Always rely on bowlers to win you matches. Need your batsman to take more

responsibility

 

[Justcrazy]

181 / 1

30 overs

 

[adnan yasin]

Last 10 overs 66 runs scored without any wicket

 

[NZcricketfan]

That was a bit awkward in the commentary box

 

[Saurav]

He is coming back from injury, personally I hope they allow him to play at the very least all the group games before making any haste decisions.

Maybe down the order with Russow opening will be better

 

[adnan yasin]

SA need to accelerate here bit more to achieve the benchmark they have set i.e. 400 runs

 

[Bilal7]

2nd wicket partnership record for South Africa created, in World Cups by these two.

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Ominous signs for Ireland. I wonder when De Villiers comes in.

 

[adnan yasin]

 

[Zeshan547]

Why the hell they have slowed down last 5 instead of accelerating.

 

[Point Black]

Wow.

 

[Bilal7]

yeah True, But need your top order to fire too. you cant Always rely on bowlers to win you matches. Need your batsman to take more

responsibility

That will be difficult. I don't think we have terrible batsmen in the lineup but its a bit too much to ask them to get back in form against South Africa.

Need to smash the UAE, do decently against the Saffers and then build on that against Ireland.

 

[Point Black]

Dead track, the deadest I have seen, more like a track on the Sub Continent.

 

[sachin-10dulkar]

ireland will be lucky if they dont get a wicket here , ABD is a last thing they want here

 

[Electron]

Amla is slowing down. Lets hope h starts scoring faster after the hundred.

Well played

 

[soso_killer]

Amla fatest to 20 ODI hundreds

 

[adnan yasin]

Amla the fastest to score 20 hundreds

 

[Anchorman]

Not worried about Amla. He's Irfan's bunny.

 

[Bilal7]

MashAllah, good performance from #. Fastest to 20 ODI centuries, beating Virat Kohli.

Needs to build on this though and give similar performances against the bigger teams (starting after the Pakistan game though).

 

[Suleiman]

Amla Bhai on a roll putting the minnows in their place.

Btw, is Duminy injured? How on earth can a cricketer as terrible as Behardien keep getting selected again and again. Is he in the team as a specialist fielder? He's giving Younis some serious competition for worst world cup selection.

 

[adnan yasin]

off spinner and mid off up Wow

 

[Enforcer]

Great performance from Need to look for a real big score. A double Hundred may be.

 

[Bilal7]

PP incoming. Ireland fans better look away.

 

[adnan yasin]

They just slowed down a bit to score the 4th 50 of this innings it took them 55 balls

 

[Saffer_XIII]

This sucks. Just as the exciting part of the innings is about to start I have to go to work.

 

[Bilal7]

Great performance from Need to look for a real big score. A double Hundred may be.

Won't get it now, needed to be quicker at the start in order for that to happen.

 

[Enforcer]

Won't get it now, needed to be quicker at the start in order for that to happen.

Anything can possible. just need to switch on to ultra-aggressive mode. I think a batsman of his calibre can.

 

[Electron]

Amla's SR slowing down progressively.

He seems determined to get as many as he can here, rightly so. Run will be harder to come by in upcoming matches.

Needs to change gears now.

 

[Bilal7]

Faf is a terrible runner.

 

[Scorpion]

Sagar: "Bad decision to bat by SA. They will score another 400+ score feeling invincible batting first and in a crunch match when they have to chase and they lose early wickets, they will get under a lot of pressure and choke. "

From cricinfo.

 

[Electron]

Where is AB ?

 

[Bilal7]

Even though they should get 180 off the last 90 deliveries if there are no collapses, I feel that the Saffers shouldn't have too high a score in mind since it can backfire.

 

[desi_launda]

Amla should get out.can't destroy sides like AB and Miller

 

[bill_123]

faf is one of the few batsmen in world cricket today who tries atleast twice to run out his partner/partners every match

 

[Bilal7]

faf is one of the few batsmen in world cricket today who tries atleast twice to run out his partner/partners every match

Haha! Its true, isn't it?

 

[Enforcer]

Oh common . Bat aggressively or gift your wickets yaar... We want AB

 

[hur rizvi]

Slog mode: On please

 

[bill_123]

Haha! Its true, isn't it?

lol yep....have noticed it so many times...and lets not forget he is one of the fastest runners between the wickets...he aint bad at it but makes horrible judgements at times

 

[Point Black]

Destruction

 

[OZGOD]

Masterclass from Amla to score at a run a ball without playing silly shots. I did a quick analysis of his shot selection: nearly half his runs scored in singles, only 11% in boundaries, most of them on the ground.

Du Plessis actually has blocked 45% of deliveries but has scored 41% in singles and 6% in 2s and 3s and 10% in boundaries.

They are perfectly positioned for a huge push in the last 10 with at least 7+ wickets in hand and hitters like ABDV, Miller and Roussouw to come. I reckon they will threaten 450.

Obviously the ball isn't moving and the Ireland bowlers are pretty ordinary but Amla wasn't sucked into playing T30. That's what the last 10 overs are for I guess.

 

[Enforcer]

Ireland doing it sensibly. No need to look for wickets if the next batsman is AB. After all a target of 350 is better than 450.

 

[adnan yasin]

13 of the over..... this is slow batting by SA ... bring in ABCD now

 

[soso_killer]

Maybe down the order with Russow opening will be better

No Rossouw is not an opening bat and should never open again.
He is vulnerable against the new ball.

 

[Point Black]

Shot.

 

[Justcrazy]

Huge total in progress here.

 

[bill_123]

Masterclass from Amla to score at a run a ball without playing silly shots. I did a quick analysis of his shot selection: nearly half his runs scored in singles, only 11% in boundaries, most of them on the ground.

Du Plessis actually has blocked 45% of deliveries but has scored 41% in singles and 6% in 2s and 3s and 10% in boundaries.

They are perfectly positioned for a huge push in the last 10 with at least 7+ wickets in hand and hitters like ABDV, Miller and Roussouw to come. I reckon they will threaten 450.

Obviously the ball isn't moving and the Ireland bowlers are pretty ordinary but Amla wasn't sucked into playing T30. That's what the last 10 overs are for I guess.

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Nice analysis mate

 

[adnan yasin]

Just 17 runs so far of 2 PP overs

 

[Enforcer]

Will be disappointed if SA didn't reach 400 today. Should look for 15+ runs every over from here on.

 

[Justcrazy]

Amla continues to find gaps

 

[adnan yasin]

AMLA middled the ball 94%

 

[adnan yasin]

Will be disappointed if SA didn't reach 400 today. Should look for 15+ runs every over from here on.

Come on this is not Xbox

 

[adnan yasin]

What the hell was that

high full toss.... smashed over covers by amla

 

[Bilal7]

Nice shot. Like this shot he plays, by crouching down and then whacking it.

 

[adnan yasin]

towards square leg

 

[LeoRahi]

Damn I don't have Amla and Faf in my fantasy team

 

[Bilal7]

Amla is going to make Mooney very moody today.

 

[ForeverIndian]

It was a no ball

 

[Enforcer]

Amla going berserk now. Duplessis should simply gift his wicket, we want ABD.

 

[adnan yasin]

 

[ForeverIndian]

I hope we play Ireland and Zim on this ground

 

[Bilal7]

Actually... 200 might be on the cards here [MENTION=137564]Enforcer[/MENTION].

 

[LeoRahi]

Amla can get a double may be