Best of luck to the Irish bhoys today.
Bring it home lads.
hi5
big shock on the cards pakistan are 72/6 with 19 overs gone.
ireland are now less than even money to win. i had them at 10/3 but pakistan still have a lot of life in them yet.
pakistan are upping the pace big time. over ten off last over 92/6
what a great win for ireland. really exciting game of cricket and it has helped to ease my financial troubles. they thoroughly deserved it. biggest upset ever in world cup history according to charles on bskyb sports. it was a fantastic inninngs by niall o’brien. he looked solid throughout. gave his wicket away cheaply but it was understandable why he went for the big shot with his adrenalin pumping after just hitting a boundary. well done to the blarney army also. i thought they created a super atmosphere and there appeared to be support from across the 32 counties. here’s hoping they make the super 8.
What more can I say?
A stupendous knock by Niall O’Brien.
That result today is the equivalent of us beating Brazil (comfortably) in the football World Cup.
Shame is the fact that ignorant pricks try to belittle it and laugh. Stupid cunts. What an unbelievable team performance. Fook the begrudgers. It’s just a shame so many Irish people need the English media to give them the all clear before they get behind something.
Was that passionate enough for you? Well, was it?
Some proud of those lads.
Awesome.
Oh what a night.
Late March. 2007.
From the BBC:
Ireland shock sends Pakistan home
World Cup Group D, Jamaica
Ireland 133-7 beat Pakistan 132 by three wickets
Match scorecard
By Oliver Brett
Boyd Rankin celebrates the wicket of Younis Khan for a duck
Ireland produced one of the greatest victories in cricket’s rich history by beating Pakistan on St Patrick’s Day amid unbelievable tension in Jamaica.
Led by their brilliant wicket-keeper batsman Niall O’Brien, they reached a rain-adjusted target of 128 with three wickets remaining in near darkness.
Ireland’s fans, who had been there to witness the tie against Zimbabwe, could barely contain themselves afterwards.
The result means Pakistan, ranked fourth in the world, are already out.
Wicket-keeper O’Brien, axed by Kent in 2006 because they rate Geraint Jones above him, hit a brilliant 72, easily the best effort by any of the batsmen on a green wicket which Ireland’s seamer loved.
But when he tried to hit off-spinner Shoaib Malik for six with 21 needed and six wickets still in hand, he was stumped.
Panic set in as Andrew White was caught at short leg and Kyle McCallan edged to slip in the next over, off Rao Iftikhar.
But O’Brien’s brother Kevin stayed to the end as he and skipper Trent Johnston scrambled the remaining runs needed.
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Ireland could now lose to West Indies and still qualify for the Super Eight stage, but they are not definitely there yet.
Pakistan, on the other hand, rated fourth in the world in one-day internationals, go home.
Ireland held every catch going, produced some inspired stops in the field and even shrugged off some dubious umpiring decisions.
Their only failing was a generous offering of 23 wides, but still Pakistan came up short.
The first opportunity for Irish celebration came when Dave Langford-Smith bowled a peach of a delivery at Mohammad Hafeez in the first over, which the batsman edged behind.
When Boyd Rankin then had Younis Khan caught in the slips for a duck, the Test nation had to rebuild from 15-2.
Imran Nazir (24) and Mohammad Yousuf (15) added 41, but when Rankin and Langford-Smith were replaced by Johnston and Andre Botha, the two big wickets fell.
Yousuf drove a wide ball from Johnston straight to point before Inzamam edged his third ball to the solitary slip.
Given obvious confidence by that strike, Botha (2-5 from eight overs) began to extract huge inswing and made life intolerable for Nazir.
Eventually, the opener departed for 24, Eoin Morgan taking his second catch in the slips.
Wickets continued to tumble, despite the best efforts of Kamran Akmal (27), and Johnston’s captaincy was spot on as he brought back Boyd for some extra pace.
The bowler dug a couple in, and both Akmal and Azhar Mahmood spooned catches to Johnston at mid-wicket.
After Mohammad Sami and Iftikhar had added a gutsy 25 for the ninth wicket, spinner McCallan took the last two wickets as wild slogs were held in the deep.
Pakistan had been bowled out for 132 in the 46th over.
The wicket was still providing assistance for the bowlers when Ireland batted.
Jeremy Bray, the hero against Zimbabwe, was ajudged lbw to Sami, who also trapped Morgan the same way to make it 15-2.
O’Brien, who moved from Kent to Northants in January, and William Porterfield added a vital 37 for the Irish.
Then Hafeez’s arm ball produced the third wicket, Porterfield playing on to his stumps.
But O’Brien took a liking to the off-spinner, cutting and driving for precious boundaries and Pakistan were toiling again.
Suddenly, Inzamam’s men were given a lift when umpire Brian Jerling, who had already made some strange decisions, elected to give Botha out caught at short leg.
Replays showed the ball missed contact with bat or gloves by nearly a foot.
A further 11 runs were added after that before the rain came, and when play resumed the umpires soon began looking at their meters again.
But play continued, and O’Brien continued to bat freely. He hit Malik for one straight six but could not repeat the feat.
When Iftikhar immediately took his two wickets, 16 were still needed and only seven wickets remained.
At this stage, the overs were not an issue, but the ever-decreasing light was.
Kevin O’Brien and skipper Johnston eked out the singles, before a Johnston square cut for four and some Pakistan wides finally eased the tension.
Finally, Johnston freed his arms and slammed Mahmood into the stands at long-on. The party could begin.
What a match that was. Hard to think of a better result by Irish teams in any sport. To deliver that performance and that result on our first crack at a World Cup is a phenomenal achievement.
I take back my implied criticism of our celebrating the tie against Zimbabwe the other day. I didn’t think it would end up being especially meaningful as I presumed we’d fail against Pakistan and the WIndies and would go home without a win. How wrong I was.
Never have been a cricket fan so not going to pretend that I am - but I know that Pakistan are one of the leading cricket nations so for Ireland to beat them well is a tremendous achievement
Apparently the Pakistan manager has to go to the government and explain himself when they get back. Mad stuff
Not a cricket fan but a very good win. Can’t knock beating 4th in the world. Am I right in saying that your points from the group stages carry on to the Super 8s?
He’s passed away. That’s really sad.
Seemed to be a genuinely nice fellah and a super coach.
RIP.
Report from the Guardian below. Was Woolmer coach of Warwickshire during 90’s when they dominated county scene or was there a different coach in charge then? Truely tragic what has happened. RIP
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer - a former England Test batsmcan - has died after being found unconscious in his hotel room in the West Indies.
The 58-year-old was discovered in his room at the Pegasus Hotel in Sabina Park this morning, and was immediately taken to the emergency department of a nearby hospital - but he did not recover.
The team’s media manager Pervez Mir revealed that Woolmer suffered from a medical condition - but said it was too early to say whether it played a part in his death. A team spokesman said: "We saw him last night but having not seen him early today two of our officers went to his room and with the help of hotel st theaff entered. He was found unconscious there.
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“It is too early to say whether he has suffered a heart attack. We are awaiting medical reports.”
A statement is expected to be released by the Pakistan Cricket Board, and Woolmer’s South Africa-based wife has been notified.
Woolmer, who has also coached South Africa and Warwickshire, was contracted to the Pakistan Cricket Board until the end of the tournament. Pakistan’s involvement in the competition ended with a shock three-wicket defeat at the hands of Ireland yesterday.
Woolmer was last in the news when Pakistan toured England last summer. His side became the first in Test history to forfeit a match after they initially refused to take the field following an incident involving Australian umpire Darrell Hair. Hair awarded England five penalty runs after deeming Pakistan guilty of ball tampering during the match at the Oval.
Inzamam-ul-Haq’s side continued the game at first but later refused to carry on. Pakistan did offer to take the field eventually but Hair, along with fellow umpire Billy Doctrove, had decided to award the game to England.
Woolmer admitted that the incident, which eventually saw Hair banned from umpiring by the International Cricket Council after offering to resign in exchange for a pay-off, forced him seriously to consider his future as coach of the national side. Pakistan had a troubled build-up to the World Cup with pace bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif both testing positive for banned substances. Both players won appeals against the bans they received from the PCB but the World Anti-Doping Agency were unhappy with that decision and lodged a case with the Court of Arbitration for Sport before both pacemen were ruled out of the World Cup due to injury.
Yeah, he was coach of that all conquering Warwickshire side and did great work with South Africa too. Pakistan were at a really low ebb in test match cricket when he took over and he’s made them very competitive again in that.
Pagey, in the Super 8s section you play the 6 teams that you haven’t already played but not the other team that came out of your own group. Instead whoever won that match in the group stages carries over the points to the Super 8s. So if us and Windies go through in our group we won’t play them in the Super 8s but whoever wins Friday’s game starts the Super 8s on 2 points.