England getting a right beating in this match. ;D ;D ;D
If England lose this (highly likely) and lose to the West Indies at the weekend (possibility) our respective records against test teams will be as follows:
Ireland P9 W2 D1
England P7 W1 D0
That also assumes we lose to Sri Lanka. Either way we look like ending this tournament with a better record against test teams than England.
Whatâs the point in having England in these tournaments?
Iâm going to rob that and send it to the Guardian if you havenât done so already.
Good post rock. This will be over very soon by the looks of it. 70/0 after 7.4 overs chasing 155.
Made the OBO for the second time in the tournament following on from my Ashes successes too.
So good it seems it was stolen.
>:( >:( >:(
Shocked to read it contributed elsewhere.
South Africa were 71/0 in the 8th over.
England were 9/0 at the same stage!!!
144/1 after 19 overs chasing 155!!!
Smith 80 not out from 53 balls!!!
This is absolute carnage!!!
Just need another few exclamation marks!!!
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Paul Allott told Sky Sports that the ICC need to rethink the format of the World Cup after Australia overwhelmed Ireland by nine wickets in their Super Eights âmis-matchâ at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.
Ricky Pontingâs men were at their ruthless best after winning the toss and electing to field, skittling the minnows out for just 91 off 30 overs.
Glenn McGrath, 3-17, and Shaun Tait, 3-39, did the damage early on, taking two wickets apiece inside the first five overs to leave Ireland floundering on 12-4.
Skipper Trent Johnston (17), John Mooney (23), and Kevin OâBrien (16) then provided token resistance without ever threatening to escape the world championsâ iron grip.
The tournament favourites knocked off the runs before lunch reaching the target in 12.2 overs with Mike Hussey (30 not out) and Andrew Symonds (15 not out) gaining valuable time at the crease, after Johnston picked up the sole wicket of Adam Gilchrist for 34.
And Paul Allott told Sky Sports there was little Ireland could do in the face of the Australian juggernaut.
âIreland were completely out of their depth today,â Allott said.
"It may have been an Eights match but it wasnât a super match, far from it.
"The ICC tried to engineer these Super Eights so that all the big teams are in.
"It should have been Australia versus Pakistan today, but Ireland beat Pakistan.
"It was great of them to do that but I think the ICC have to look at the earlier stages of the competition to try and ensure that the bigger teams get through, and that a fluke result doesnât cause somebody like Ireland to come into this level of the competition.
âYou canât take anything away from Ireland but they just shouldnât be there at this stage of the competition.â