World Cup 2015

And still no place for Zulu

he might scrape into the 5 others

skully wrote:332 target for SAf v Sheep. No Stain though.

Saffies 171/6 (39.0)

Other games

Zimbots 281/3 (H Masakadza 117*) bt SL 279/8

Aus 210/3 (Clarke 64) (38.1) vs UAE

Eng 143/4 (30.5) vs Pak

Aust finish with 304/8 which i would rate as barely a pass against UAE. Notably Marsh, Maxwell & Haddin all failed.

England struggling against the Paksters. Root is holding them together. 240/6 with two overs to go.

The likes of Ali, Morgan, Bopara and consistently shite. Can hardly buy a run together. Bring back Ronald Knicks' crabbery.

I've been meaning to ask, what is the point of Bops?

Looks a good effort all round by the Sheep.

Some interesting results.

JGK wrote:I've been meaning to ask, what is the point of Bops?

We've been trying to work that one out since 2008... we need someone to focus our negativity on though, now Cook, Giles and Dernbach are out of the JAMODI picture.

furriner wrote:Some interesting results.

No real surprises.

furriner wrote:Some interesting results.

No cricket match with more than 11 players per side is interesting or meaningful in any sense. Either play these warm-ups under official ODI conditions or not at all.

beamer wrote:

JGK wrote:I've been meaning to ask, what is the point of Bops?

We've been trying to work that one out since 2008... we need someone to focus our negativity on though, now Cook, Giles and Dernbach are out of the JAMODI picture.

Is he seen as a bit of a Ronnie Irani - bats a bit, bowls a bit, fields a bit?

Yeah I guess so... he was pigeonholed as an all-rounder early in his career, then insisted he was a top order batsman but never convinced in that role, but his apparent ability to play a variety of roles has kept him in the one-day picture. The current plan for him seems to be as a "finisher" who rarely seems to do much bowling though.

He's had personal issues and never really had the chance to establish himself doing one job, but the suspicion is he was never quite good enough anyway.

Cheers beams.

It appears the ECB NSP "has a suspicion" that he might come good at the right moment i.e. now.

Crikey, the Zimbots shit in v SL!!

Looks a decent hit out for Pup. Yeah, it was only UAE, but he top-scored, ran freely between wickets, & bowled a couple of overs. Boof correctly pointed out that his fielding is the big test. We'll see how that goes.

I hope these warmup results bode well for a few upsets in the actual competition.

Agree, Nath. It'd be nice to see the Bangers and the Bots (do the Windies count as minnows these days?) pull off something worthwhile when it counts (*cough* - just not against Aus).

taipan wrote:

furriner wrote:Some interesting results.

No real surprises.

aside from choking practice from the saffies

Scotland looking comfortable against West Indies... A fair idea of the two shittest teams in the build up then with India and the West Indies.

Grand opening ceremony of the WC tonight

Please don't give us indigenous people riding on kangaroos and kiwis.

Imparja Cup?

The Scots seemed to be doing okay to this juncture.