England vs Ireland: [Super 8s/Match 3] - Updates

[Oxy]

Cauliflower gets his man.

209-8.

 

[Rob H]

Trying the paddle sweep did White. Hitting it straight up in the air and caught by Nixon.

 

[Rob H]

Flintoff doing the job with yorkers. LBW is Langford Smith 2nd ball.

 

[Oxy]

Another one goes.

210-9

57 to win off 23 balls.

 

[Rob H]

England win by 48 runs. as leg stump is uprooted by Freddie.

 

[Bilsher007]

England turning into suicide mode. We just can't bowl well at the end.

197/6

I don't think england have the team to win a world cup, they can do well on their day but sorry to say they don't have a great team. Ireland might end up on the losing side in this match but they have done their country men and women proud with their performances in the cricket world cup so far including today's performance againt the brits.

I might be wrong but based on my observations, knowledge and understanding of the england team's strength and weaknesses i don't believe they will qualify for semi finals. I believe at the end of the super eight stage england will be placed at the bottom of the table in terms of ponts close to ireland and possibly bangladesh. Infact to be very honest i believe bangladesh has better chances of a possible upset semi final place !

 

[Big Daddy]

this worldcup is all about the upsets. Today england proved this again by beating ireland.

 

[jackal786]

Looking at the way England played against Ireland, i am sure England will be beaten black and blue by teams like SA, Australia.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

this worldcup is all about the upsets. Today england proved this again by beating ireland.

btw did you get my message?

 

[Phuzz]

Looking at the way England played against Ireland, i am sure England will be beaten black and blue by teams like SA, Australia.

England need to improve massively to have any chance against them.

 

[Jayed]

were england playing rubbish or were ireland playing good?

 

[James]

Mahmood out, Plunkett in. Yeah.

Another win, thats 3 in a row now. On the surface it sounds good, but the teams we beat have been ultra crap and the performances have been so...uninspiring. It has been awful to watch. There has been nothing in this world cup to suggest we are a good side, or even a good side to watch. We haven't been smashing teams in one-sided games, nor have we been scraping home in exciting games - we have just been playing very average, boring and basic 50 overs cricket.

Bowl line and length, and hit the bad balls to the boundary. That's our gameplan, and it is simply too one-dimensional to bring England the world cup. I was appalled when I read that 250 was the target score yesterday. Where is the ambition? Minnows will lose to England, but the more creative sides like Sri Lanka, South Africa and Australia might annihilate us.

Now the flowery bit. I wouldn't rule out a semi final place. We have beaten Ireland, and should aim to beat Bangladesh and West Indies. And the way England are, we are just as likely to defeat SA, SL and Oz as we are to be embarassed by them. 8 points could be enough for our ticket to the semi finals, which means now beating Bangladesh and two other sides. Do we dare to dream?