Well, it was nice to see the Windies bowl themselves into victory at their first WI match.
241 was not a winning total, so although the total was not dismal, Pakistan does have some dangerous batsmen, so it was a bit unnerving - a decent one day total is more round 275 or higher.
And with 37 year old Lara getting 37, and then Gayle getting out in the 1st over, things were looking shaky at first.
But, people like Marlon Samuels and Dwayne Smith added a dimension to the teams depth in batting which was missing in the early 2000's.
How do you like that 6 that ended the innings?
Mikey Holding's pitch analysis said that a lot of runs would have been scored that day, but it appeared to have been a bowler's pitch -
So, to bowl out Pakistan for 18o odd was quite a feat for our bowlers and fielders - and Samuel's sixty odd was a very good knock.
Some matches on today- Bermuda were giving Sri Lanka lots of extra's, one over was 14 balls due to no balls and wide's - and even though they managed to injure Jayasuriya, who is one of Sri Lanka's (and the world's) best cricketers, I am sure Sri Lanka will take care of Bermuda very easily.
Everyone assumes that there are 8 teams that could win this WCC:
West Indies
Australia
Sri Lanka
India
Pakistan
South Africa
New Zealand
Either Zimbabwe or Bangladesh for the 8th spot
But, what if some of these collapse early -
This morning - David Lloyd - the former England coach who is good at making enemies, said that we should watch out for Ireland - so matters will be interesting if any of the test teams are upset by the so called minnows.
Lets see what happens -
Have a great week.
7 comments:
the six at the end of the innings was excellent - the crowd all went mad. It was good start - let's just hope we can keep it up!
I was surprised at the Windies win. But let's not get carried away. This is only the beginning.
seriously now...Bermuda's match was a joke. all out for 70-odd. I'm beginning to wonder if they shouldn't save themselves some hotel money. Competition still young and I'm a "last two hours of the match" person and not a cricket fanatic by any means so my points are sourly short-sighted.
Good win,,pleasantly surprised only 4 extras..I may put up an article later
Well lets see if the WI team fail to disappoint us.
Wrong Scratchie
The Associate members should play more first class cricket - IReland is proof of that. Bermuda has a county cricket player, and a spinner by the name of Leverock - West Indies has been all out for less than that in Jamaica against England
go ireland go! unless they are playing the windies
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