capybara Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 (edited) don't know if anyone's been watching, but scotland are having an absolute shocker in south africa at the qualifiers today. 47/5 with a pathetic amount of dot balls considering they're miles behind the required run rate. canada made 252/7. they're going to be lucky to qualify now cos they'll have beat one of kenya and the netherlands and they don't seem to be capable of getting a decent total at all. Hadn't noticed this.They have run up the odd decent total but the are fond of the odd collapse. They do not seem to be making a lot of progress. Still along way behind an average county team. Edited April 8, 2009 by capybara 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleGreySky Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I think they are making progress relative to the county standard. It's a matter of making enough money from sponsorship/qualifying for world cups to pay for more central contracts for the players. if we quality for this world cup, 3 more proffesional players will come of it. that can only help. The problem right now is i think the other associate member countries playing in this tournament have made more progress than us. canada, the netherlands, kenya and ireland all seem to be better than us and have better results. We need to come ahead of one of these teams to qualify and it doesn't seem likely if we can muster up a decent total in the next round. beating afghanistan and the UAE(if we manage it!) is all very well, but completely useless if we can defeat the sides who are challenging for the qualification places. It'll be a big setback to not qualify. On the other hand, at least if we come top 6 we'll have one day status. It's funny this, considering Ireland are absolutely flying these days and are rapidly catching up with the poorer test nations. They're already ranked 11th in the ODI rankings and will probably catch zimbabwe soon. scotland havent even won enough games v test nations to be included in the rankings! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endieinreekie Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I don't know if i'd pull them off, willing to try as I have the confidence to do so, what exactly can go wrong? I would concentrate on getting the basics right because that will stand you in good stead to start with. Once you improve and your confidence builds up you can then start to play those kind of shots. It's not quite as easy as it looks on telly, so concentrate on your basic technique first which will help you avoid being pummelled by a rock-hard ball hurled at a rapid pace at you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Woolshed Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I would concentrate on getting the basics right because that will stand you in good stead to start with. Once you improve and your confidence builds up you can then start to play those kind of shots. It's not quite as easy as it looks on telly, so concentrate on your basic technique first which will help you avoid being pummelled by a rock-hard ball hurled at a rapid pace at you. Still, at least its lookin likely that we'll get the player of the tournament for macca. Shame the rest arent up to his current form/standard 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleGreySky Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 a reverse sweep is worth the same amount of runs as any other shot. it's not worth concentrating on them, just play the basics well and get your best score you can. thinking of joining a team in south edinburgh myself. used to play for west of scotland in the youth system and for dundee uni. anyone know much about the edinburgh area? i was thinking boroughmuir, watsonians or carlton but there's plenty of choice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kullibino Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I'd go for Carlton if i were going to play in Edin I reckon. I guess it depends what sort of level you were going to play at though, but if you were in their 1's or 2's you'd be playing your home games on a decent ground. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minijc Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Nets start next week unfortunatly I have to work 2-10 all next week therefore missing out, can i ask though what are the chances of of playing against top players that have maybe played at higher levels? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kullibino Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Depands what level you play and what you mean by higher levels. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minijc Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Depands what level you play and what you mean by higher levels. SOrry it was a poorly put question, like in the league you play in are there any class players in it (apart from yourself ofcourse)? I imagine there will be a few students from abroad that are decent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kullibino Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 SOrry it was a poorly put question, like in the league you play in are there any class players in it (apart from yourself ofcourse)? I imagine there will be a few students from abroad that are decent. I'm playing 2nd team stuff now, but in the games I've played for the 1's I've played against a fair few first class players and the odd test one. My never likely to be bettered career highlight is castling Matt Horne when he was Pro-ing for Ayr. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Scotland relying on another Stander miracle after the get out of jail act against the dutch. We're 122/6 chasing 179 with 15 overs to go. Lose this and we're all but out I'd think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Actually, having looked at the points table we'd still be in with a shout if we lost although we'd have to win both our remaining games -preferably heavily in order to improve our net run rate which is miles behind that of Kenya and Canada- and hope other results go our way. Much easier if we win though, c'mon Scotland! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 152/9, 27 needed off the last 4 overs, 1 wicket left. Call me a pessimist, but.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 (edited) All over, 154 . Table...............W...............Pts.............NRR Canada............4................8.............+1.393 Ireland............4.................8............+0.903 Kenya..............3................6.............+0.916 Netherlands......3................6..............+0.103 _________________________________________ Scotland..........2.................4...............-0.513 UAE................2.................4..............-1.389 _________________________________________ Afghanistan......1.................2..............-0.549 Namibia...........1..................2..............-0.847 All teams have played 5 games Top 4 qualify for 2011 World Cup, top 6 retain / attain (delete as applicable) ODI status. Remaining fixtures Wednesday Afghanistan vs Scotland Ireland vs Netherlands Canada vs UAE Namibia vs Kenya Friday Scotland vs UAE Ireland vs Kenya Afghanistan vs Namibia Netherlands vs Canada We have to win our two games and hope the Irish / Canadians can do us a favour. Not qualifying would be pretty poor and losing ODI status a disgrace. Edited April 13, 2009 by Fuctifano 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Woolshed Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 wud it go down to net run rate or head to head we finished level with the dutch? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 wud it go down to net run rate or head to head we finished level with the dutch? Net run rate- which means if the Dutch win one of their two we'll have to win both of ours pretty handily. The annoying thing about that method of calculation is you never know exactly how much you have to win by if the games are taking place at the same time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Maybe we should stick to Curling. All in all disappointed we have not made the progress i think we should have. Down to money,or the lack of it i guess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloobell Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 We just lost to Afghanistan so it's all over Can't say I'm too bothered as I wouldn't have gone if it was in the sub-continent and wouldn't have been a patch on the St Kitts trip 2 years ago. Hopefully now we'll clear out some of the prima donna pish and start again Linky 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endieinreekie Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 a reverse sweep is worth the same amount of runs as any other shot. it's not worth concentrating on them, just play the basics well and get your best score you can. thinking of joining a team in south edinburgh myself. used to play for west of scotland in the youth system and for dundee uni. anyone know much about the edinburgh area? i was thinking boroughmuir, watsonians or carlton but there's plenty of choice. Loads of clubs in Edinburgh, most with several teams that cover a wide range of abilities. Not based in the south but Murrayfield DAFS are a go-getting, forward thinking club with 4 teams who play their home games at Roseburn Park (right next to Murrayfield Stadium). If you are interested check the website at www.murrayfield-dafscc.co.uk, contact details are on their too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I guess Afghanistan will be the Bertie moment for cricket in Scotland. Still according to Radio Scotland ,if team A wins against team C and we beat team L we may go through on the away goals rule,or something like that.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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