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Blog Entry #9
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
13:30 PM | Good afternoon once again and welcome to the second day of warm-up matches ahead of the T20 World Championship in England. I'm reporting live from the Kensington Oval, or as it's more commonly known, The Brit Oval.
Today we have four more games from here and at Trent Bridge. I will bring you over-by-over updates on Ireland vs West Indies, our first game of the day, and Australia vs New Zealand. I will also bring you five over updates from Trent Bridge where it's Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka followed by. the hosts. England vs Scotland.
We are moments away from the start here so I'll quickly run through the teams. Notice the unknown absence of Chris Gayle from the top of the West Indian lineup.
Ireland: J Bray, W Porterfield*, N O'Brien?, A Botha, K O'Brien, J Mooney, T Johnston, A Cusack, K McCallan, P Connell, B Rankin.
West Indies: L Simmons, A Fletcher, R Sarwan, S Chanderpaul, D Bravo, K Pollard, D Ramdin*?, D Sammy, J Taylor, S Benn, F Edwards.
Porterfield won the toss and decided to bat first once again. The pitch looks to be favouring the batsmen so we could see some fairly high scores today.
1st OVER: Ireland 6/0
Good opening over from Jerome Taylor as he limits Bray to just 6 runs. Four dot balls, a two through midwicket and a crashing cover drive for four from the final ball. Good pace from Taylor, quick enough to keep the batsmen on their toes.
2nd OVER: Ireland 9/1 ? Wicket: J.Bray c. D.Ramdin b. F.Edwards 6 (7)
Excellent first over from Edwards that produces the first wicket. Porterfield gets off the mark immediately with a single but the very next ball Edwards strikes. A full ball that Bray has a drive at finds the edge and Ramdin makes no mistake behind the stumps. Niall O?Brien takes time to settle and misses out on a free hit, skewing the ball down to third man for one to get off the mark.
3rd OVER: Ireland 22/1
Seems it took O?Brien just a few balls to settle as he smashes 13 runs off Taylor with a couple of bludgeoning blows off the back foot. First Taylor drops short and O?Brien is onto it in a flash, depositing it into the advertising boards on the bounce. Then he backs away as Taylor drops his length again and creams him over point for four. This lad can bat, and he will be certainly the Irish player to watch this tournament.
4th OVER: Ireland 23/1
Fidel keeps it extremely tight again, and he now has figures of two overs, 2 for 1. A few play and misses by O?Brien and Porterfield has the pace-man excited but both survive.
5th OVER: Ireland 36/1
Meanwhile, Taylor is getting the treatment at the other end. O?Brien drives him for four early in the over before Porterfield latches onto a bouncer and sends it over the rope. Taylor?s really struggling with his line and length and I wouldn't be surprised if we didn?t see him bowl again today.
TRENT BRIDGE UPDATE: Bangladesh 43/1
Bangladesh started badly having won the toss and deciding to have a bat. Iqbal edged to second slip from Malinga?s fourth ball as he failed to make an impact for a second day running. Ashraful had no such problems as he hit the final ball of the over through midwicket to get off the mark. Siddique got off the mark with a 3 on the offside and, following an edge that didn?t carry to Sangakkara, Ashraful lofted Kulasekara over mid on for four. After a very tight five balls malinga over stepped the crease giving Siddique a chance to free his arms from the free hit. He obliged to the challenge as Malinga sent down a bouncer only to watch it land the other side of the square leg boundary rope. Kulasekara replied with just a single from the first four balls of his next over but was punished for bowling a full toss as Siddique lifted over the leg side in field for four. Maharoof joined the attack and gifted several leg side runs with a poor line and length but managed to pull out a dot ball on a final ball free hit. Bangladesh will be happy with the start, they just need to keep batting with a bit of calm and not throw their wicket away.
6th OVER: Ireland 40/1
This is exhibition stuff by Edwards as he concedes just four runs from the final power play over. He strays down leg and a wide is given but O?Brien and Porterfield just pick up three singles. They?ll be happy to see the back of Edwards some time soon.
7th OVER: Ireland 50/1
Well I was wrong as Taylor was told to bowl out. A better over but he still gives away ten runs. The final ball of the over ruins it as O?Brien beats the off side sweeper protecting the point boundary. Taylor ends with expensive figures of 42 for 0.
8th OVER: Ireland 55/1
And now Edwards has been bowled out. Interesting tactics by Ramdin the stand-in skipper. He allows just five runs, recovering well from a first ball boundary by Porterfield to bowl four straight dots before a final ball single wraps up his day. Contrasting figures to those of his partner as he ends with 13 for 1.
9th OVER: Ireland 65/1
We have spin, and Porterfield seems to enjoy it as he slog sweeps Benn to the fence. Ten from the over as this partnership continues to grow.
10th OVER: Ireland 85/1
Bish bosh bash! Bravo meet O?Brien, ball meet bat. Bravo is brought on and is immediately met with a pair of sixes from the Irish keeper. First Bravo drops just a fraction short and O?Brien swats it over midwicket for a flat six. Then Bravo gets his length right but O?Brien is down the track and lofts the ball into the stands down at long on. This has the West Indies rattled as they concede three byes and a wide to take the total for the over up to twenty. O?Brien just three short of fifty and Ireland looking good at the halfway stage.
TRENT BRIDGE UPDATE: Bangladesh 95/2
Surprisingly Mahela Jayawardene was given the ball in the final power play over and was met with a flurry of leg side hoiks by Ashraful resulting in a four and six, but he departed for 30 as a mix up with Siddique caused him to be run out. Maharoof backed it up with a five run over as Bangladeshi?s momentum started to slip. That momentum was regained thanks to another over of Jayawardene as Shakib Al Hasan and Siddique picked up 14 easy runs. Mendis replaced Maharoof and after a nervy start Al Hasan worked the right arm mystery spinner for a couple of leg side boundaries. Jayawardene continued and continued to allow Al Hasan and Siddique pick up easy runs. Bangladesh are in an excellent position to make a testing score at Trent Bridge, and please, someone, tell Sangakkara to take off the former skipper!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
13:30 PM | Good afternoon once again and welcome to the second day of warm-up matches ahead of the T20 World Championship in England. I'm reporting live from the Kensington Oval, or as it's more commonly known, The Brit Oval.
Today we have four more games from here and at Trent Bridge. I will bring you over-by-over updates on Ireland vs West Indies, our first game of the day, and Australia vs New Zealand. I will also bring you five over updates from Trent Bridge where it's Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka followed by. the hosts. England vs Scotland.
We are moments away from the start here so I'll quickly run through the teams. Notice the unknown absence of Chris Gayle from the top of the West Indian lineup.
Ireland: J Bray, W Porterfield*, N O'Brien?, A Botha, K O'Brien, J Mooney, T Johnston, A Cusack, K McCallan, P Connell, B Rankin.
West Indies: L Simmons, A Fletcher, R Sarwan, S Chanderpaul, D Bravo, K Pollard, D Ramdin*?, D Sammy, J Taylor, S Benn, F Edwards.
Porterfield won the toss and decided to bat first once again. The pitch looks to be favouring the batsmen so we could see some fairly high scores today.
1st OVER: Ireland 6/0
Good opening over from Jerome Taylor as he limits Bray to just 6 runs. Four dot balls, a two through midwicket and a crashing cover drive for four from the final ball. Good pace from Taylor, quick enough to keep the batsmen on their toes.
2nd OVER: Ireland 9/1 ? Wicket: J.Bray c. D.Ramdin b. F.Edwards 6 (7)
Excellent first over from Edwards that produces the first wicket. Porterfield gets off the mark immediately with a single but the very next ball Edwards strikes. A full ball that Bray has a drive at finds the edge and Ramdin makes no mistake behind the stumps. Niall O?Brien takes time to settle and misses out on a free hit, skewing the ball down to third man for one to get off the mark.
3rd OVER: Ireland 22/1
Seems it took O?Brien just a few balls to settle as he smashes 13 runs off Taylor with a couple of bludgeoning blows off the back foot. First Taylor drops short and O?Brien is onto it in a flash, depositing it into the advertising boards on the bounce. Then he backs away as Taylor drops his length again and creams him over point for four. This lad can bat, and he will be certainly the Irish player to watch this tournament.
4th OVER: Ireland 23/1
Fidel keeps it extremely tight again, and he now has figures of two overs, 2 for 1. A few play and misses by O?Brien and Porterfield has the pace-man excited but both survive.
5th OVER: Ireland 36/1
Meanwhile, Taylor is getting the treatment at the other end. O?Brien drives him for four early in the over before Porterfield latches onto a bouncer and sends it over the rope. Taylor?s really struggling with his line and length and I wouldn't be surprised if we didn?t see him bowl again today.
TRENT BRIDGE UPDATE: Bangladesh 43/1
Bangladesh started badly having won the toss and deciding to have a bat. Iqbal edged to second slip from Malinga?s fourth ball as he failed to make an impact for a second day running. Ashraful had no such problems as he hit the final ball of the over through midwicket to get off the mark. Siddique got off the mark with a 3 on the offside and, following an edge that didn?t carry to Sangakkara, Ashraful lofted Kulasekara over mid on for four. After a very tight five balls malinga over stepped the crease giving Siddique a chance to free his arms from the free hit. He obliged to the challenge as Malinga sent down a bouncer only to watch it land the other side of the square leg boundary rope. Kulasekara replied with just a single from the first four balls of his next over but was punished for bowling a full toss as Siddique lifted over the leg side in field for four. Maharoof joined the attack and gifted several leg side runs with a poor line and length but managed to pull out a dot ball on a final ball free hit. Bangladesh will be happy with the start, they just need to keep batting with a bit of calm and not throw their wicket away.
6th OVER: Ireland 40/1
This is exhibition stuff by Edwards as he concedes just four runs from the final power play over. He strays down leg and a wide is given but O?Brien and Porterfield just pick up three singles. They?ll be happy to see the back of Edwards some time soon.
7th OVER: Ireland 50/1
Well I was wrong as Taylor was told to bowl out. A better over but he still gives away ten runs. The final ball of the over ruins it as O?Brien beats the off side sweeper protecting the point boundary. Taylor ends with expensive figures of 42 for 0.
8th OVER: Ireland 55/1
And now Edwards has been bowled out. Interesting tactics by Ramdin the stand-in skipper. He allows just five runs, recovering well from a first ball boundary by Porterfield to bowl four straight dots before a final ball single wraps up his day. Contrasting figures to those of his partner as he ends with 13 for 1.
9th OVER: Ireland 65/1
We have spin, and Porterfield seems to enjoy it as he slog sweeps Benn to the fence. Ten from the over as this partnership continues to grow.
10th OVER: Ireland 85/1
Bish bosh bash! Bravo meet O?Brien, ball meet bat. Bravo is brought on and is immediately met with a pair of sixes from the Irish keeper. First Bravo drops just a fraction short and O?Brien swats it over midwicket for a flat six. Then Bravo gets his length right but O?Brien is down the track and lofts the ball into the stands down at long on. This has the West Indies rattled as they concede three byes and a wide to take the total for the over up to twenty. O?Brien just three short of fifty and Ireland looking good at the halfway stage.
TRENT BRIDGE UPDATE: Bangladesh 95/2
Surprisingly Mahela Jayawardene was given the ball in the final power play over and was met with a flurry of leg side hoiks by Ashraful resulting in a four and six, but he departed for 30 as a mix up with Siddique caused him to be run out. Maharoof backed it up with a five run over as Bangladeshi?s momentum started to slip. That momentum was regained thanks to another over of Jayawardene as Shakib Al Hasan and Siddique picked up 14 easy runs. Mendis replaced Maharoof and after a nervy start Al Hasan worked the right arm mystery spinner for a couple of leg side boundaries. Jayawardene continued and continued to allow Al Hasan and Siddique pick up easy runs. Bangladesh are in an excellent position to make a testing score at Trent Bridge, and please, someone, tell Sangakkara to take off the former skipper!
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