So I went to bed with Ireland 5 for 42. (42 for 5, if you must.) Did I miss anything?
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Nope. I tuned in at 7/60, watched the rest. You missed nuthin'
Posted by: SaggyGreen | 14 April 2007 at 18:17
Damn. I hate missing nothing.
Posted by: Tony.T | 14 April 2007 at 18:20
The south africans are missing everything!
Posted by: Nick | 15 April 2007 at 00:17
I watched all of it and you went to bed at exactly the right time. The oirish limped through the next 10 overs or so. Then a quick surge to the line with the only highlight being Shameless making double figures and 3 boundaries in a row by Gilly. It was all nicely wrapped up by 3AM and the scheduled lunch break.
Posted by: Bruce | 15 April 2007 at 12:04
Good. You don't want these things to drag out.
All in all, a satisfactory disminnowing.
Posted by: Tony.T | 15 April 2007 at 14:46
"Instead of looking where you traditionally look for the ball - over the top - they may be able to adjust slightly quicker than other teams. Tait has added a little bit of spark to the Australian side, but if there's one nation used to unusual actions, it is Sri Lanka."
Tom Moody, tellin' it like it is....
Posted by: nick | 16 April 2007 at 16:24
Robert Key, currently growing a beard and wailing periodically, puts in his bid to be the new captain of Pakistan.
Sandpaper Key's performance indicator
As ball-tampering aids go, sandpaper is not the most subtle option. But that's what Kent's Robert Key used to rough up one side of the ball in a pre-season friendly against Nottinghamshire. He justified his actions by saying it was only a practice match and he would never do the same thing in a first-class fixture. "The way the game is moving forward for bowlers nowadays is through reverse swing, so what we've tried to do throughout our pre-season nets was to get brand new balls, sandpaper one side, and let the boys practise bowling," Key said. "It actually goes really well." Key wanted to see what his bowlers were capable of but presumably Nottinghamshire also wanted to see what their batsmen could do - without the odds being stacked against them. The two local umpires and Mick Newell, Nottinghamshire's coach, said they saw nothing but would have asked questions of Key if they had.
Posted by: nick | 16 April 2007 at 16:28
Usual tripe being spouted by the usual suspects.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/cricket/ranatunga-again-aiming-to-upset-australia/2007/04/15/1176575680311.html
Apparentely Murali has the wood on the Aussies. That would explain his bowling average being 7 runs higher vs The Aussies and his strike and economy rates both being significantly worse. Who can forget his second to last appearance where he nearly racked up the ton with the ball.
We shall see.
Oh yeah. GO CATS! Least convincing 50 point win in the history of the game.
Posted by: Bruce | 16 April 2007 at 17:55
The World Cup is still on?
Posted by: Adam 1.0 | 16 April 2007 at 20:09
Another low key run of the mill drubbing, albeit against a depleted attack.
They still had their full strength batting line-up and it was exposed by the pace again.
Posted by: Bruce | 17 April 2007 at 12:16