Sri Lanka v Ireland | World T20 | Lords | 14/6/09

[Lethal]

Good improvisation from Porterfield.

3 more runs.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

4444444444444444444444444444444444 good shot by o brian 19 off 3

 

[Afridi_Fan]

19/0 in 3 overs.

 

[Lethal]

Shot by O'Brien.

4 more to Ireland.

 

[hasanb]

follows that up with a good looking shot for 4, good start...spinners lurking though

 

[Lethal]

19-0 after 3 overs.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

s/ l defending now

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

would be interesting to see how they take on the spinners

 

[Afridi_Fan]

saved a four there

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

xcellent fielding by mathew saved 44444 certainly

 

[Lethal]

Good fielding from Matthews otherwise it was a 4.

 

[hasanb]

well fielded...saved a definite 4...things like that will hurt ireland they need every run they can get!

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

4444444444444444444444444444 by portaaaaaaaaaaaaa lovely shotttttttttttttttt

 

[Lethal]

4 to Porterfield.

Top shot. Cut hard.

 

[hasanb]

crunching shot from porterfield!! 4 somehow got that through a packed out offside field

 

[CricVet]

another

 

[Lethal]

Another 4 to Porterfield.

Sweep off Kulasekara.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

haaaaaa what improvision 4444444444444444444444444 more by portafield

 

[CricVet]

Well, well, well, don't lose wkts Irish. you may surprise us all.

 

[Lethal]

29-0 after 4 overs.

Ireland going well.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

lankans under pressure

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

mendis to bowl now

 

[Lethal]

Mendis coming on. A real threat for Ireland.

 

[hasanb]

29/0 off 4 but uh oh heres mendis...nows the crucial part

 

[Oxy]

What if Ireland win? Bad for Pakistan?

 

[hasanb]

umpire says not out! pheww

 

[Oxy]

That looked out - poss glove to keeper

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

unlucky for mendis he was out

 

[Lethal]

Big appeal/shout.

All Sri Lankans were appealing.

Umpire doesn't move. Not out.

I think he was out.

 

[Lethal]

Wide

 

[hasanb]

What if Ireland win? Bad for Pakistan?

nah mate as mentioned earlier in the thread its actually a good thing...since if we then manage to beat them on the oval pitch tomorrow we'll be through, no need for NRR's. Lots of ifs and buts though lets see what happens here first!

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

good over for irish kept out mendis...they have a batting plan it seems

 

[Lethal]

3 from the over.

32-0 after 5 overs

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

slinger in now

 

[FAM]

Actually good for Pakistan, because then PAK don't have to worry about NRR. They just have to beat them by whatever margin to qualify to semi.

 

[Lethal]

Lasith Malinga coming on now.

 

[CricVet]

If Irish went on to make 70-80 w/o losing a wkt 10-12 overs, then there is a mighty chance of an upset.

 

[hasanb]

heres the thing though...even if the 3 M's dont pick up too many wickets the irish will find it too hard to score of them, and the pressure will build up a lot.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

haaaa o brian slipped hope he is not injured

 

[Oxy]

O'Brien looks like he has been shot!

 

[hasanb]

niall seems genuinely injured here! slipped as he turned going for a quick single...comes about due to pressure of not scoring.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

SHITTS thats look very painful

 

[Lethal]

Niall O'Brien injured again.

Slipped again. He is in serious pain.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

irish fighting here good attitude

 

[CricVet]

Is Ind/Eng match on the same pitch?

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

ohhh that is soo unfortunate he is a good batsman

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

Is Ind/Eng match on the same pitch?

yes it is thats y i spell doom for india

 

[hasanb]

a bit off topic but how come england keep taking irelands best players...arent they two completely seperate countries??

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

he seems ok now thank god for that

 

[CricVet]

Man, Eng bowling may just dismantle Ind today. This wkt got something in it.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

a bit off topic but how come england keep taking irelands best players...arent they two completely seperate countries??

nothing wrong with that

 

[Lethal]

Wide from Malinga

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

wideeeeeeeeeeeeee by slinger malingaaaaa

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

beautiful flick off his toes for 444444444444444444444444444444444444444

 

[Lethal]

Nice shot from Porterfield.

Clipped for 4.

 

[CricVet]

Anderson and Broad might get 5-6 wkts together, if not more!

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

bad ball by slinger deserved 44444444444444444

 

[FAM]

He should get a runner.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

good ball 37/0 off 6 advantage irishmen

 

[Lethal]

37-0 after 6 o.vers.

Solid start for the Irish

 

[iZeeshan]

Wth is going on here!?

Ireland!?

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

Anderson and Broad might get 5-6 wkts together, if not more!

dont worry india have already booked their tickets home

 

[Lethal]

Mendis to continue

 

[hashman]

im not watching, but any idea why he still hasnt asked for a runner. He must be in pain if he has rolled his ankle.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

4444444444444444444444444 lovely reverse sweep

 

[hasanb]

whoa!! a switch hit off mendis from niall!! hes injured was he...?

 

[Lethal]

Shot by O'Brien.

Switch hit for 4

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

44 /0 off 7

 

[Lethal]

44-0 after 7 overs.

 

[FAM]

Porterfield is playing really well.

 

[MIG]

score pls

 

[Lethal]

Murali coming on now.

 

[FAM]

Murali into the attack.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

mura in.......but no wickets lost by the irish very good for them

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

45/0

 

[Lethal]

score pls

44-0 after 7 overs.

101 needed off 13 overs

 

[hasanb]

niall limping the guy needs a runner not sure why hes just carrying on like that...they couldve got 2 runs easy there with a runner.

 

[FAM]

45/0

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

good approach by the irish

 

[FAM]

niall limping the guy needs a runner not sure why hes just carrying on like that.

Yeah, they just missed out on 2.