Fuctifano Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) Decent enough performance from Scotland, the worry today was if any of SLs big stars got going we could have been looking at chasing 400+, when Sanga and Dilshan were going I thought it could have got really messy but we've done well in the games vs NZ, England and SL to take a few wickets in the middle order and not let anyone totally flay us at the end. Outside malinga (who is on the wane) and herath (injured) the SL attack is pretty popgun compared to the top test attacks, so I was confident we wouldn't get skittled unless malinga ran through us at the start, and after coetzer getting a second baller we did ok. If results go as expected SL will meet the saffers in the quarters and unless Sanga makes it 5 in a row I think that will be the end of them. Shame as they've been the best fans over here by a mile, the SCG was rammed with them the other day and they made far more noise than the home crowd, even in defeat. Bit worried about what Australia could do to us on Saturday, despite the defeat vs NZ they're still the clear favourites for me, any rematch with the kiwis will now be in the final in Melbourne (unless Scotland somehow win vs Aus), and with SA struggling to find the right balance of their team and India's bowling being weak I think that will be the final. Would like to see the Irish go through as much like England, the West indies deserve to go out, but I think Pakistan will be too strong and Gayle will no doubt score 280 against the uae before getting none against a decent team in the quarters. Edited as my tablet hates paragraphs. Edited March 11, 2015 by Fuctifano 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 If results go as expected (NZ beating Bangladesh and all test nations beating non test nations) then the quarters are NZ vs West indies SA vs Sri Lanka Australia vs Pakistan (or Ireland if they do win) India vs Bangladesh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 If results go as expected (NZ beating Bangladesh and all test nations beating non test nations) then the quarters are NZ vs West indies SA vs Sri Lanka Australia vs Pakistan (or Ireland if they do win) India vs Bangladesh England 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Haq sent home for race related tweet. http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/31835198 He tweeted something along the lines of it being harder to get picked when you are a minority. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyBear Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Haq sent home for race related tweet. http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/31835198 ImageUploadedByPie & Bovril1426077977.269612.jpg He tweeted something along the lines of it being harder to get picked when you are a minority. Maybe he got dropped because he bowled like me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Haq sent home for race related tweet. http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/31835198 ImageUploadedByPie & Bovril1426077977.269612.jpg He tweeted something along the lines of it being harder to get picked when you are a minority. What a tube. I read in the BBC report he is Scotland's record cap holder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Wondered why Leask played this morning. What a tit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Always tougher when you're in the minority! #colour #race Pathetic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Wondered why Leask played this morning. What a tit. They had already decided to play Leask, and it was after the team was announced that Haq sent his tweet, which he deleted but not quickly enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Sangakkarra has now scored as many 100's in this world cup as Bell has in his ODI career. So? I wasn't comparing him to Sangakkara. Like I previously said, England need to pick the best that they have, and Bell shouldn't be dropped. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Majid hasn't turned a corner, nevermind a ball. Idiot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Looked like Berrington copped a really sore one this morning when he went over on his ankle while bowling. Can't understand why after he had taken the wickets of Dilshan, Sangakarra and Jayawardene that Davey didn't bowl out all of his overs. Strange one imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I might have ben seeing things, but I'm sure they flashed up graphic saying Davey was currently the leading wicket taker in the competition? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) I might have ben seeing things, but I'm sure they flashed up graphic saying Davey was currently the leading wicket taker in the competition?He certainly is.Of course the reason for that is that he's our main bowler and batters are taking risks and playing shots against him that they wouldn't normally play in more competitive matches. Edited March 11, 2015 by Lex 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Jazz Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Davey's decent though, he's highly thought of at Somerset. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I read somewhere that Aberdeenshire has the highest participation in cricket per capita of any area of the world bar one in India. No idea if it's true or not, but growing up in Aberdeenshire it did feel like a lot of people played cricket. I think the stat is highest participation per capita of any UK county other than Yorkshire. I also remember reading that there are more cricketers than rugby players in Scotland. Given many rugby players play cricket in summer and you can carry on until you are 70 it seems reasonable. If I think about my part of the world in Perthshire and Angus there are far more cricket clubs than rugby and its probably only second (by a an absolutely huge margin) to football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Darren Lehmann's son Jake played his first Sheffield Shield game for South Australia v Victoria in the last round. His dad presented him with his State cap. He made a reasonable 54 in the 1st innings then 39 but SA lost by an innings and 1 run. SA bottom and with 1 the last round starting today need to win away to Queensland and hope Tasmania don't beat Victoria. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 (edited) I think the stat is highest participation per capita of any UK county other than Yorkshire. I also remember reading that there are more cricketers than rugby players in Scotland. Given many rugby players play cricket in summer and you can carry on until you are 70 it seems reasonable. If I think about my part of the world in Perthshire and Angus there are far more cricket clubs than rugby and its probably only second (by a an absolutely huge margin) to football. In perth there is 1 rugby club with 3 adult teams, a cricket club with 3 adult teams (plus a midweek t20 team), about 25 Saturday football teams and 10 Sunday football teams. There are cricket clubs in a few of the outlying villages as well, but no other rugby clubs. So you're pretty much spot on. Edited March 12, 2015 by die hard doonhamer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 New Zealand vs Bangladesh could be a good game. NZ are 91/2 chasing 280 odd. They've lost seven in a row to Bangladesh, oddly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 NZ sneak through with a couple of big hits from Southee and Vettori. Currently looking like Scotland will be the only team to lose to England, since their game against Afghanistan is still off due to rain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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