Dipak
ICC Board Member
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- Mumbai, India
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3. Stirling
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Story Calypso vs. Collapso - A West Indies story (WI/Aus posted!)
- Thread starter qpeedore
- Start date
Prithvi
10 years at Planetcricket
1. What score will Ireland make? (5 points for getting within 10 runs of their score, 10 points for getting within 2 runs over or under, 20 points for nailing the exact score)
145
2. Who takes the most wickets for the West Indies (5 points)
Dave Mohammad.
3. Who top scores for Ireland? (5 points)
Niall O'Brien.
4. What score will the top scorer for Ireland make? (as above, 5 points for within 10 runs, 10 points for within 2 runs, 20 for the exact score)
46.
145
2. Who takes the most wickets for the West Indies (5 points)
Dave Mohammad.
3. Who top scores for Ireland? (5 points)
Niall O'Brien.
4. What score will the top scorer for Ireland make? (as above, 5 points for within 10 runs, 10 points for within 2 runs, 20 for the exact score)
46.
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
Aiming to get the first half of the match up on Saturday. One and a half days left for prediction, folks! Get them in early!
You can edit your predictions up until I post the match writeup. Not saying a word until then, but I have decided that the winner of this first prediction contest will make a special presentation at the post-match ceremony.
You can edit your predictions up until I post the match writeup. Not saying a word until then, but I have decided that the winner of this first prediction contest will make a special presentation at the post-match ceremony.
joejoe018
Associate Cricketer
1. What score will Ireland make? (5 points for getting within 10 runs of their score, 10 points for getting within 2 runs over or under, 20 points for nailing the exact score)
158
2. Who takes the most wickets for the West Indies (5 points)
Dave Mohammad.
3. Who top scores for Ireland? (5 points)
Porterfield
4. What score will the top scorer for Ireland make? (as above, 5 points for within 10 runs, 10 points for within 2 runs, 20 for the exact score)
67.
158
2. Who takes the most wickets for the West Indies (5 points)
Dave Mohammad.
3. Who top scores for Ireland? (5 points)
Porterfield
4. What score will the top scorer for Ireland make? (as above, 5 points for within 10 runs, 10 points for within 2 runs, 20 for the exact score)
67.
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
Play ? West Indies vs. Ireland
Banks leads his team out onto the field and they get into a huddle. In the middle of everyone, he can be seen acting in an animated manner, no doubt trying to motivate his team to play and play well. The Irish batsmen walked past them on the way to the middle as the commentary team wondered about the match at hand. Opinions have been flying, but at the end of it all there is a game of cricket to be played.
McClean stood at the top of his mark, still stretching. Banks had the new ball in hand and gave it to his bowler, ensuring that the fielding positions are set according to plan. The West Indies chose to attack, at least first up, with two slips and men in close to the bat.
McClean kissed the ball and ran in. His first delivery in international cricket was not ideal, a full toss on leg stump that the batsman should have done much more with. But O'Brien did get bat to ball at least, and it went to fine leg for a single. Porterfield also got a single off of the first delivery he faced, a good shot that short midwicket did well to get a hand to in order to prevent the boundary.
McClean took a few balls to find his length on this pitch, but when he did, he produced a beauty to O'Brien. The ball was pitched on a good length, a little away swing to the left hander from over the wicket. It touched down on off stump and went away with the angle. O'Brien could do nothing but limply hang his bat out to dry. The ball kissed the outside edge and went to Hyatt at first slip, who made no mistake with the hip-high chance. West Indies with something in the wickets column, and O'Brien found himself walking back at the end of the first over. 6 for 1.
At the other end, Stoute shared the new ball. And after watching intently from third man as McClean had bowled the first six deliveries of the match, he was right on target first up, keeping the batsmen from having the room to swing their arms to balls pitched just on the full side of a good length. His line was well-controlled too. Bowling over the wicket to two left handers, he got the white ball to straighten in the air and then come back in just a touch off of the pitch. The commentators commended him for his control early up, in what was actually his first Twenty20 match of any sort.
With that control came a trick or two up his sleeve, and after setting things up with inswinging deliveries all the time, his fifth was the outswinger, pitched shorter by about a metre. Botha played across the line and the ball took the splice of the bat. It popped up into the air but was dying quickly. Perkins at second slip, a relatively decent wicketkeeper in his own right, ran and dived forward full stretch, snatching the ball almost from the turf and claiming the catch.
Botha began to walk but was asked by the standing umpire to stay put as he went for a conference with his square leg colleague. They discussed for some time before going upstairs. The West Indies seemed confident, and Perkins most of all kept nodding.
Replays showed the ball falling to the ground before Perkins appeared from out of frame, legs splayed as he dived forward. But despite whatever was going on elsewhere, his hands remained perfectly still as he cupped them and then closed his fingers over the ball almost an inch from the ground. A clean catch, and one for the highlights package and the news reports. It did not take very long before the third umpire radioed back to the on-field officials and the finger was raised. Ireland had lost their second wicket now, 9 for 2 in the second over.
Stoute had been bowling superbly, and the fall of the wicket only got his confidence soaring. With the right-handed White out in the middle, however, he had to adjust his line. That seemingly came as second nature. White got a good ball first up, surprising him for pace and he played a drive to mid off that bounced just in front of the fielder. Mid on ran across to clean up as Stoute clapped at the effort from his teammate.
McClean did not find it as easy as his bowling partner to adjust his line, and his first ball to White was sprayed down the leg side. If the batsman had left it, a wide would definitely have resulted, but he managed a tickle that went down to fine leg for one.
Porterfield came back onto strike and he had seen the demise of two batting partners within the space of a few balls. If the pressure was not on him before, it would have been at that time. McClean kept that pressure on and even increased it, with a great yorker that would not have been out of place in the final over of a close chase. The commentary team stated that too often bowlers in the modern game keep such deliveries for the end of an innings, when in fact if used sparingly and with good judgement, it could be quite an addition to a bowler's armoury early on in the innings. The fact that Porterfield could only manage to jam the toe of his bat down in time was proof of that.
McClean asked Banks to bring third man up and push square leg deep for the next ball. With that sort of field, fine leg and square leg deep, it was a mind game. Would the bowler follow the yorker with a short one, or would he pitch it up yet again? That question was answered in perhaps the best possibly way, as McClean did neither. The ball was in fact on a good length and leaving Porterfield. He initially went onto the back foot but then had to adjust and in the end all he managed to do was play and miss as the ball went into the gloves of the wicketkeeper.
The two opening West Indies bowlers were giving the Irish more than one problem. And to compound matters even further, Porterfield then lost his wicket, trying an ugly swipe to McClean's next ball and only succeeding in giving Hyatt his second catch of the game, edged to him at first slip. Ireland were in a spot of bother before, now they were in outright trouble at 11 for 3.
As O'Brien, this time of the Kevin species, walked to the middle, the ever-fickle West Indian crowd in the stands had seemingly forgotten all about their much loved players of the week before, and in fact the camera zoomed in on a handwritten sign held by a youth of East Indian descent, which read, ?YEH VIV TALK NAH?. The commentators stated that Sir Vivian Richards had been one of the most vocal oppressors to the standoff and he had practically almost stated that he was ashamed of the squad that was named.
Then the cameras cut to a shot of the great man himself, an expressionless face as he sat in the VIP box. Gravy, that ever so audacious diehard West Indian fan in his now-famous wedding dress, was seen playing an imaginary ball against an imaginary bowler before celebrating the imaginary catch.
But the focus went back to the action. With two right handers in the middle, the bowlers had things a little bit easier than with the right/left combination. McClean kept the field as he had it for the last delivery, albeit mirrored to match the right-handed O'Brien brother. He made his intention clear with the first ball he bowled to the new batsman, pitching it short and aimed at the chest. O'Brien started a pull shot, then tried to pull out of it. The ball took the bottom edge and hit his knee roll. The bowler ran all the way up to the batsman in his follow through and fielded himself, a smile on his face as he turned to walk back. The next ball was similarly short, but O'Brien expected it and went onto the back foot early, angling his bat down to play back up the pitch to the bowler.
West Indies, after just three overs, were well and truly on top, and they kept the field tight. The two slips remained. The only men back were third man and a man on the mid off to cover boundary. Stoute happily obliged by bowling to this field, getting three dot balls in succession with deliveries starting on off but swinging away to pitch just outside and forcing the batsman to come onto the front foot and play.
It took until the fourth ball of his next over for the next runs to be scored, a streaky cover drive that took the outer half of the bat and beat a diving backward point to be collected by the man in the deep. He could not prevent a couple of runs from being scored.
With the pressure on Ireland, White decided to swing and swing hard. The next ball was cracked through the covers for four. Ireland could at least take a breath, while West Indies knew that it was a shot out of sheer frustration.
Banks had a decision to make in the next over. Would he give McClean a third over on the trot, or save him for later on in the innings? As he and Hyatt and McClean himself consulted, a lot of nodding and pointing was taking place. Eventually Banks entrusted his strike bowler with the ball once more.
That decision would prove to be the right one immediately. McClean had White flashing at one outside the off stump but doing nothing except giving Hyatt his third regulation catch of the evening at first slip. Now Ireland had slipped even further into trouble. 18 for 4.
Stirling, the last of the real recognised batsmen, met O'Brien in the middle. He got a good ball first up, but he played just as good a shot to it, cutting a shorter one that backward point did well to palm before deep cover cleaned up. McClean finished the over tidily, only two further runs being scored.
Banks finally decided to change the bowler, giving Emrit the ball. Emrit continued the good work that had been done by the strike bowlers, even if his slower pace seemed untroubling to the batsmen.
With the Powerplay being up, Banks did not relax the field as McClean continued at the next end to complete his four over spell. Stirling took him on first up, stepping to leg and swinging his arms to hit the ball through the covers for four. But he was a bit too cheeky and tried to do the same off of the next ball. McClean followed him and the batsman missed, the ball clattering into the leg stump. Ireland had lost half their side for just 30.
He then had Johnston playing and missing a couple of times before the all rounder finally got bat on ball with a vicious square cut that beat a diving deep cover into the boundary for four. But was it past saving for Ireland? At least they would have been happy that McClean was done with bowling for the match. He finished with figures of 4-19, with 8 runs coming in his final over, and any bowler in international cricket would give a lot to have that in a regular match, far less for their debut.
Banks still held his trump card in hand, however, and he decided to play it then and there. As Mohammed handed his cap to the umpire and dusted his hands on the pitch, the sunlight glinting off of the several layers of gold chains he wore, many held their breaths in anticipation.
His first ball to O'Brien was the googly. The batsman was surprised by it, expecting the stock ball. He got a bit of a top edge, but the ball harmlessly dropped well short of the midwicket fielder. The second ball was the more orthodox yet still unorthodox chinaman. O'Brien played it late, squeezing it out to cover. He took a step out of his crease, but could not score. It took until the fourth ball for a run to be scored, one turned off the legs to short fine leg, who had a slight fumble that allowed the single. That would be the only run scored in the over.
Banks had another major decision to make. With McClean bowled out, who would take over? He decided to give the ball to Kelly, who repaid that favour with his second ball, the thinnest of edges going to Browne behind the stumps.
The going was tough for Ireland, and it was almost all they could do to get bat on ball as the field slowly started relaxing and allowing the singles. West Indies kept bowling well, and Mohammed struck in his third over. The ball was once again the googly, and Jones was simply deceived by it, trying to play to the leg side but getting a thick edge that was gleefully taken by the wicketkeeper.
Cue the celebrations. Mohammed ran right up to Browne and started to rock his arms, the ball still in it, as if it were a baby. He then put his finger to his lips for all to be quiet before he lay on the grass and seemed to fall asleep himself. It was not until the next batsman had reached the middle that he apparently woke up and, shaking off the effects of his nap, prepared to bowl again.
West Indies continued to dominate the Irish, Emrit trapping Johnston LBW in the next over for 11, thus far actually the highest score of the innings. He had been the only batsman to get into double figures but he had to go with the score at an embarrassing 55 for 8.
Kelly then had Rankin plumb for just 2 before Connell decided that it was hit out or get out, and he was going to hit out. With a slip in place he tried a ramp shot that flew over Hyatt's head before beating third man into the boundary for four. The very next ball he swung hard at a fuller one. The ball went miles into the air. Mid on ran hard and settled under it, jumping back in an attempt to palm it back into play from over the boundary. All he could do, however, was palm the ball back into his own body as he landed on the rope.
The third umpire was called in once again. The question was, did Emrit's foot touch the ground first, thus making it four, or did he fall onto the rope on the full, making it six? It took many angles, all of which were inconclusive. Eventually a six was signalled, much to the relief of the Irish.
Connell continued to press his luck, taking that same man Emrit for consecutive boundaries in the next over and giving the Irish fans something to cheer about. But Stoute would finally complete proceedings by taking an easy return catch to finally end the Irish innings within 20 overs.
A brilliant bowling performance from the West Indies, and one that nobody had seen coming.
End of Ireland innings ? 93/10(18.1): Connell 28(22), McClean 4-19(4)
West Indies need 94 runs to win at 4.7 per over
NB - Scorecard attached. Will post prediction winners in a few minutes, as soon as the forum limits allow me to not have it tacked onto the end of this one.
I apologise to anyone who sees the issue. PM me for details if you do.
Banks leads his team out onto the field and they get into a huddle. In the middle of everyone, he can be seen acting in an animated manner, no doubt trying to motivate his team to play and play well. The Irish batsmen walked past them on the way to the middle as the commentary team wondered about the match at hand. Opinions have been flying, but at the end of it all there is a game of cricket to be played.
McClean stood at the top of his mark, still stretching. Banks had the new ball in hand and gave it to his bowler, ensuring that the fielding positions are set according to plan. The West Indies chose to attack, at least first up, with two slips and men in close to the bat.
McClean kissed the ball and ran in. His first delivery in international cricket was not ideal, a full toss on leg stump that the batsman should have done much more with. But O'Brien did get bat to ball at least, and it went to fine leg for a single. Porterfield also got a single off of the first delivery he faced, a good shot that short midwicket did well to get a hand to in order to prevent the boundary.
McClean took a few balls to find his length on this pitch, but when he did, he produced a beauty to O'Brien. The ball was pitched on a good length, a little away swing to the left hander from over the wicket. It touched down on off stump and went away with the angle. O'Brien could do nothing but limply hang his bat out to dry. The ball kissed the outside edge and went to Hyatt at first slip, who made no mistake with the hip-high chance. West Indies with something in the wickets column, and O'Brien found himself walking back at the end of the first over. 6 for 1.
At the other end, Stoute shared the new ball. And after watching intently from third man as McClean had bowled the first six deliveries of the match, he was right on target first up, keeping the batsmen from having the room to swing their arms to balls pitched just on the full side of a good length. His line was well-controlled too. Bowling over the wicket to two left handers, he got the white ball to straighten in the air and then come back in just a touch off of the pitch. The commentators commended him for his control early up, in what was actually his first Twenty20 match of any sort.
With that control came a trick or two up his sleeve, and after setting things up with inswinging deliveries all the time, his fifth was the outswinger, pitched shorter by about a metre. Botha played across the line and the ball took the splice of the bat. It popped up into the air but was dying quickly. Perkins at second slip, a relatively decent wicketkeeper in his own right, ran and dived forward full stretch, snatching the ball almost from the turf and claiming the catch.
Botha began to walk but was asked by the standing umpire to stay put as he went for a conference with his square leg colleague. They discussed for some time before going upstairs. The West Indies seemed confident, and Perkins most of all kept nodding.
Replays showed the ball falling to the ground before Perkins appeared from out of frame, legs splayed as he dived forward. But despite whatever was going on elsewhere, his hands remained perfectly still as he cupped them and then closed his fingers over the ball almost an inch from the ground. A clean catch, and one for the highlights package and the news reports. It did not take very long before the third umpire radioed back to the on-field officials and the finger was raised. Ireland had lost their second wicket now, 9 for 2 in the second over.
Stoute had been bowling superbly, and the fall of the wicket only got his confidence soaring. With the right-handed White out in the middle, however, he had to adjust his line. That seemingly came as second nature. White got a good ball first up, surprising him for pace and he played a drive to mid off that bounced just in front of the fielder. Mid on ran across to clean up as Stoute clapped at the effort from his teammate.
McClean did not find it as easy as his bowling partner to adjust his line, and his first ball to White was sprayed down the leg side. If the batsman had left it, a wide would definitely have resulted, but he managed a tickle that went down to fine leg for one.
Porterfield came back onto strike and he had seen the demise of two batting partners within the space of a few balls. If the pressure was not on him before, it would have been at that time. McClean kept that pressure on and even increased it, with a great yorker that would not have been out of place in the final over of a close chase. The commentary team stated that too often bowlers in the modern game keep such deliveries for the end of an innings, when in fact if used sparingly and with good judgement, it could be quite an addition to a bowler's armoury early on in the innings. The fact that Porterfield could only manage to jam the toe of his bat down in time was proof of that.
McClean asked Banks to bring third man up and push square leg deep for the next ball. With that sort of field, fine leg and square leg deep, it was a mind game. Would the bowler follow the yorker with a short one, or would he pitch it up yet again? That question was answered in perhaps the best possibly way, as McClean did neither. The ball was in fact on a good length and leaving Porterfield. He initially went onto the back foot but then had to adjust and in the end all he managed to do was play and miss as the ball went into the gloves of the wicketkeeper.
The two opening West Indies bowlers were giving the Irish more than one problem. And to compound matters even further, Porterfield then lost his wicket, trying an ugly swipe to McClean's next ball and only succeeding in giving Hyatt his second catch of the game, edged to him at first slip. Ireland were in a spot of bother before, now they were in outright trouble at 11 for 3.
As O'Brien, this time of the Kevin species, walked to the middle, the ever-fickle West Indian crowd in the stands had seemingly forgotten all about their much loved players of the week before, and in fact the camera zoomed in on a handwritten sign held by a youth of East Indian descent, which read, ?YEH VIV TALK NAH?. The commentators stated that Sir Vivian Richards had been one of the most vocal oppressors to the standoff and he had practically almost stated that he was ashamed of the squad that was named.
Then the cameras cut to a shot of the great man himself, an expressionless face as he sat in the VIP box. Gravy, that ever so audacious diehard West Indian fan in his now-famous wedding dress, was seen playing an imaginary ball against an imaginary bowler before celebrating the imaginary catch.
But the focus went back to the action. With two right handers in the middle, the bowlers had things a little bit easier than with the right/left combination. McClean kept the field as he had it for the last delivery, albeit mirrored to match the right-handed O'Brien brother. He made his intention clear with the first ball he bowled to the new batsman, pitching it short and aimed at the chest. O'Brien started a pull shot, then tried to pull out of it. The ball took the bottom edge and hit his knee roll. The bowler ran all the way up to the batsman in his follow through and fielded himself, a smile on his face as he turned to walk back. The next ball was similarly short, but O'Brien expected it and went onto the back foot early, angling his bat down to play back up the pitch to the bowler.
West Indies, after just three overs, were well and truly on top, and they kept the field tight. The two slips remained. The only men back were third man and a man on the mid off to cover boundary. Stoute happily obliged by bowling to this field, getting three dot balls in succession with deliveries starting on off but swinging away to pitch just outside and forcing the batsman to come onto the front foot and play.
It took until the fourth ball of his next over for the next runs to be scored, a streaky cover drive that took the outer half of the bat and beat a diving backward point to be collected by the man in the deep. He could not prevent a couple of runs from being scored.
With the pressure on Ireland, White decided to swing and swing hard. The next ball was cracked through the covers for four. Ireland could at least take a breath, while West Indies knew that it was a shot out of sheer frustration.
Banks had a decision to make in the next over. Would he give McClean a third over on the trot, or save him for later on in the innings? As he and Hyatt and McClean himself consulted, a lot of nodding and pointing was taking place. Eventually Banks entrusted his strike bowler with the ball once more.
That decision would prove to be the right one immediately. McClean had White flashing at one outside the off stump but doing nothing except giving Hyatt his third regulation catch of the evening at first slip. Now Ireland had slipped even further into trouble. 18 for 4.
Stirling, the last of the real recognised batsmen, met O'Brien in the middle. He got a good ball first up, but he played just as good a shot to it, cutting a shorter one that backward point did well to palm before deep cover cleaned up. McClean finished the over tidily, only two further runs being scored.
Banks finally decided to change the bowler, giving Emrit the ball. Emrit continued the good work that had been done by the strike bowlers, even if his slower pace seemed untroubling to the batsmen.
With the Powerplay being up, Banks did not relax the field as McClean continued at the next end to complete his four over spell. Stirling took him on first up, stepping to leg and swinging his arms to hit the ball through the covers for four. But he was a bit too cheeky and tried to do the same off of the next ball. McClean followed him and the batsman missed, the ball clattering into the leg stump. Ireland had lost half their side for just 30.
He then had Johnston playing and missing a couple of times before the all rounder finally got bat on ball with a vicious square cut that beat a diving deep cover into the boundary for four. But was it past saving for Ireland? At least they would have been happy that McClean was done with bowling for the match. He finished with figures of 4-19, with 8 runs coming in his final over, and any bowler in international cricket would give a lot to have that in a regular match, far less for their debut.
Banks still held his trump card in hand, however, and he decided to play it then and there. As Mohammed handed his cap to the umpire and dusted his hands on the pitch, the sunlight glinting off of the several layers of gold chains he wore, many held their breaths in anticipation.
His first ball to O'Brien was the googly. The batsman was surprised by it, expecting the stock ball. He got a bit of a top edge, but the ball harmlessly dropped well short of the midwicket fielder. The second ball was the more orthodox yet still unorthodox chinaman. O'Brien played it late, squeezing it out to cover. He took a step out of his crease, but could not score. It took until the fourth ball for a run to be scored, one turned off the legs to short fine leg, who had a slight fumble that allowed the single. That would be the only run scored in the over.
Banks had another major decision to make. With McClean bowled out, who would take over? He decided to give the ball to Kelly, who repaid that favour with his second ball, the thinnest of edges going to Browne behind the stumps.
The going was tough for Ireland, and it was almost all they could do to get bat on ball as the field slowly started relaxing and allowing the singles. West Indies kept bowling well, and Mohammed struck in his third over. The ball was once again the googly, and Jones was simply deceived by it, trying to play to the leg side but getting a thick edge that was gleefully taken by the wicketkeeper.
Cue the celebrations. Mohammed ran right up to Browne and started to rock his arms, the ball still in it, as if it were a baby. He then put his finger to his lips for all to be quiet before he lay on the grass and seemed to fall asleep himself. It was not until the next batsman had reached the middle that he apparently woke up and, shaking off the effects of his nap, prepared to bowl again.
West Indies continued to dominate the Irish, Emrit trapping Johnston LBW in the next over for 11, thus far actually the highest score of the innings. He had been the only batsman to get into double figures but he had to go with the score at an embarrassing 55 for 8.
Kelly then had Rankin plumb for just 2 before Connell decided that it was hit out or get out, and he was going to hit out. With a slip in place he tried a ramp shot that flew over Hyatt's head before beating third man into the boundary for four. The very next ball he swung hard at a fuller one. The ball went miles into the air. Mid on ran hard and settled under it, jumping back in an attempt to palm it back into play from over the boundary. All he could do, however, was palm the ball back into his own body as he landed on the rope.
The third umpire was called in once again. The question was, did Emrit's foot touch the ground first, thus making it four, or did he fall onto the rope on the full, making it six? It took many angles, all of which were inconclusive. Eventually a six was signalled, much to the relief of the Irish.
Connell continued to press his luck, taking that same man Emrit for consecutive boundaries in the next over and giving the Irish fans something to cheer about. But Stoute would finally complete proceedings by taking an easy return catch to finally end the Irish innings within 20 overs.
A brilliant bowling performance from the West Indies, and one that nobody had seen coming.
End of Ireland innings ? 93/10(18.1): Connell 28(22), McClean 4-19(4)
West Indies need 94 runs to win at 4.7 per over
NB - Scorecard attached. Will post prediction winners in a few minutes, as soon as the forum limits allow me to not have it tacked onto the end of this one.
I apologise to anyone who sees the issue. PM me for details if you do.
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
Prediction contest breakdown...
First, the answers:
What score will Ireland make?
93
Who takes the most wickets for the West Indies?
Kevin McClean
Who top scores for Ireland?
Peter Connell
What score will the top scorer for Ireland make?
28
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User2010:
1. 164
Zero.
2. Dave Mohammad
Zero.
3. William Porterfield
Zero.
4. 57
Zero.
5 bonus points for being the first to predict!
Total score: 5.
Dipak:
1. 148
Zero.
2. Emrit
Zero.
3. Stirling
Zero.
4. 61
Zero.
Three points for Dipak for being the second to predict!
Total score: 3.
Privithi
1. 145
Zero.
2. Dave Mohammad.
Zero.
3. Niall O'Brien.
Zero.
4. 46.
Zero.
One point to Privithi for being the third to predict!
Total score: 1.
joejoe18
1. 158
Zero.
2. Dave Mohammad.
Zero.
3. Porterfield
Zero.
4. 67.
Zero.
No bonus for joejoe, but don't fret!
Total score: 0
The prediction contest continues. All predictors carry their points into the next round...the West Indies chase may see new people on top. User2010 currently leads the standings...not that hard to dethrone him, now is it?
Winner gets a special mention in the post-match ceremony by being a presenter for the Man of the match! Also gives a short interview! New predictors, please get your replies in early.
West Indies chase update in 5 days. You are free to edit your new predictions until then.
Also...anyone who PMs me about one thing in particular gets 25 extra points. Not saying what it is. Get your Sherlock Holmes caps on. Astute readers will notice it before long.
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New contest:
1. Who wins the match? (5 points for the correct team)
2. In which over will the match be complete? (5 points for giving me within 12 balls, ie 2 overs, 10 points for giving me within 6 balls, ie one over, 20 points for nailing the exact point the match is complete...you are allowed to state at 19.5 overs or 10.2 overs for example)
3. Who top scores for the West Indies? (5 points)
4. What score will they make? (as per before, 5 points for within 10 runs, 10 points for within 2 runs, 20 points for the exact score)
5. First to predict gets 5 points, second gets 3 points, third gets 1 point.
6. The first person to call me on my crap gets 25 points. Detective hats on.
NB: I am keeping a tally of prediction scores throughout the tournament. Whoever has the highest score at the end of any series, whether the West Indies win or lose, will be featured in the story in some way, either at the end of the series or at the start of the next series.
First, the answers:
What score will Ireland make?
93
Who takes the most wickets for the West Indies?
Kevin McClean
Who top scores for Ireland?
Peter Connell
What score will the top scorer for Ireland make?
28
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User2010:
1. 164
Zero.
2. Dave Mohammad
Zero.
3. William Porterfield
Zero.
4. 57
Zero.
5 bonus points for being the first to predict!
Total score: 5.
Dipak:
1. 148
Zero.
2. Emrit
Zero.
3. Stirling
Zero.
4. 61
Zero.
Three points for Dipak for being the second to predict!
Total score: 3.
Privithi
1. 145
Zero.
2. Dave Mohammad.
Zero.
3. Niall O'Brien.
Zero.
4. 46.
Zero.
One point to Privithi for being the third to predict!
Total score: 1.
joejoe18
1. 158
Zero.
2. Dave Mohammad.
Zero.
3. Porterfield
Zero.
4. 67.
Zero.
No bonus for joejoe, but don't fret!
Total score: 0
The prediction contest continues. All predictors carry their points into the next round...the West Indies chase may see new people on top. User2010 currently leads the standings...not that hard to dethrone him, now is it?
Winner gets a special mention in the post-match ceremony by being a presenter for the Man of the match! Also gives a short interview! New predictors, please get your replies in early.
West Indies chase update in 5 days. You are free to edit your new predictions until then.
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New contest:
1. Who wins the match? (5 points for the correct team)
2. In which over will the match be complete? (5 points for giving me within 12 balls, ie 2 overs, 10 points for giving me within 6 balls, ie one over, 20 points for nailing the exact point the match is complete...you are allowed to state at 19.5 overs or 10.2 overs for example)
3. Who top scores for the West Indies? (5 points)
4. What score will they make? (as per before, 5 points for within 10 runs, 10 points for within 2 runs, 20 points for the exact score)
5. First to predict gets 5 points, second gets 3 points, third gets 1 point.
6. The first person to call me on my crap gets 25 points. Detective hats on.
NB: I am keeping a tally of prediction scores throughout the tournament. Whoever has the highest score at the end of any series, whether the West Indies win or lose, will be featured in the story in some way, either at the end of the series or at the start of the next series.
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ParkedTheBus
International Coach
Good story..
West Indies
13.3
Chattergoon
42
West Indies
13.3
Chattergoon
42
Dipak
ICC Board Member
- Joined
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- Mumbai, India
That's horrible performance from Ireland. Maybe the pitch is playing tricks? on't be surprised if they pull off a win anyway.
1. Ireland
2. 16
3. Banks
4. 32
1. Ireland
2. 16
3. Banks
4. 32
Prithvi
10 years at Planetcricket
1. Who wins the match? (5 points for the correct team)
West Indies
2. In which over will the match be complete?
15.4
3. Who top scores for the West Indies? (5 points)
William Perkins
4. What score will they make?
29
West Indies
2. In which over will the match be complete?
15.4
3. Who top scores for the West Indies? (5 points)
William Perkins
4. What score will they make?
29
Aditya
ICC Board Member
1. Who wins the match? (5 points for the correct team)
West Indies
2. In which over will the match be complete?
18.5
3. Who top scores for the West Indies? (5 points)
Sewnarine Chattergoon
4. What score will they make?
51
West Indies
2. In which over will the match be complete?
18.5
3. Who top scores for the West Indies? (5 points)
Sewnarine Chattergoon
4. What score will they make?
51
joejoe018
Associate Cricketer
1. Who wins the match? (5 points for the correct team)
West Indies
2. In which over will the match be complete?
17.5
3. Who top scores for the West Indies? (5 points)
Chattergoon
4. What score will they make?
42
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West Indies
2. In which over will the match be complete?
17.5
3. Who top scores for the West Indies? (5 points)
Chattergoon
4. What score will they make?
42
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Till Valhalla
BCCI President
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1.West Indies
2.18-19 over(19.1)
3.William Perkins
4.40-45
2.18-19 over(19.1)
3.William Perkins
4.40-45
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
The total was average at best. But this was a new and unproven batting lineup. Given that, it would have been difficult for Ireland to know how to approach the first portion of the West Indies chase. Ordinarily most teams would have gone on the attack first up, looking to bowl the batting team out as restricting the runs would not be effective. However, ordinarily most opposing teams did not internationally debut half their team in a major tournament.
Chattergoon and Perkins walked to the middle, the latter taking first strike. The Irish decided to attack. Two slips, a backward point, short cover, mid off, mid on, short midwicket, short fine leg. The two men out were deep point and deep square leg.
Perkins, the only man in the squad to have actually played a T20 International before, got a shorter ball first up. Not the tallest of players, he calmly ducked under it. One thing that the West Indies had on their side was a manageable asking rate. The openers could take their time and settle before playing their shots.
West Indies got off the mark from the next ball, a cover drive from Perkins that he perhaps did not time as well as he would have liked. The ball slowed considerably before being picked up by mid off a few metres inside the ropes. The batsmen had by that time completed two. Only one further run came off of the opening over, more due to West Indies' caution than to the bowler's discipline.
Botha was entrusted with the ball at the next end. With a wealth of experience behind him, he knew exactly where to put the ball from his first delivery. It was pitched on a good length, the newer ball not turning but rather skidding on a bit and surprising the batsman. Every single delivery was simply some variant of this, save for the final ball of the over, when he surprised Perkins with the arm ball. Perkins tried to get his bat down in time but missed totally. The appeal went up from all those around the bat. Not out was the call. The replay showed that Perkins was saved by being hit marginally outside the off stump.
It was still a maiden over for Ireland, though.
Chattergoon seemed unfazed by this. He easily steered the first ball of the next over past backward point for an easy single to the man out in the deep. Perkins, after facing a maiden last over, then decided to hit out. But he mistimed it badly and the ball skied into the air. Mid on called the catch early and settled under it, only needing to take a step to his left as the wind took it a little in that direction. West Indies were one down. Ireland needed nine more.
Ireland needed eight more in a short time. Two balls later, in fact. Rankin got one to come back to the right-handed Hyatt in the air, and he was caught on the crease with no foot movement. An easy decision from the umpire and he had to walk back after an extremely short stay. West Indies were 4 for 2.
That brought the unproven Lewis to the wicket. The other players at least had regional experience to their names. Lewis had, thus far, only played two List A matches and had one innings where he had scored 53. That was the total of his first class experience. The commentary team stated that he had come highly recommended by many coaches in his native Trinidad and Tobago.
He showed just why he was rated as highly as he was, with his second ball flying off of the face of the bat to crash into the ropes at mid on for four. It was still just one shot though, and after three overs Ireland found themselves in a similar position as that of their own batting effort.
But the unflappable Chattergoon seemed to be channelling the ability of another, more famous, Guyanese batsman as he guided Botha past midwicket for an easy single. That brought Lewis back onto strike and he did not fail to disappoint. Botha saw his next delivery being hit straight back at him at high velocity and at that point in time it became a matter of self-preservation rather than trying to take the catch. He just about veered out of the way in time and had barely turned his head to look before the ball hit the sightscreen, a one-bounce four.
The bowler put a bit more into his next ball, bowling it faster and flatter. Lewis got down on one knee and played the ever-risky scoop shot to excellent effect, the ball easily passing over short fine leg on its way for another four. He followed this with one of the shots of the match thus far, an off drive that neither mid off nor deep cover could get near.
Rankin ended his enterprising innings in the next over, switching to around the wicket and beating the batsman for pace to knock the off stump back. West Indies had lost their third wicket now, and the score was just 22 in the fifth over.
Out came the team captain, who only a week or so ago would have been prepared to watch this particular match from the sidelines. His last match for the West Indies had been way back in 2007, but he and Chattergoon were the two with the most international experience in the team. He showed absolutely no signs of rustiness as his first ball on return to international cricket found its way to the point boundary with ease.
Chattergoon, once again, calmly nudged the first ball of Botha's third over to fine leg for a single. Banks had some difficulty in playing Botha, but at the end of the over the bowler let his control slip up a bit and he gave the batsman a short one at no pace that just sat up. Banks did the only thing any batsman should have done with that delivery, and dispatched it behind square with an excellent pull shot.
At the end of the Powerplay, West Indies were 31 for 3. Not the best of run rates by any means, but then again the total was slow. Ireland, at that same stage, had been a few runs behind and had lost a further wicket. In isolation it was a poor performance from the West Indies but on comparison, they were actually ahead in terms of both runs and wickets.
Chattergoon continued to look like he was the one the other batsmen would build around, playing Kidd's first ball into the off side before another little nudge got him his fourth run. But that run would be the only run in the over as Banks continued to seem a bit unconfident against the slower bowlers.
Against pace, however, he was extremely effective, taking Johnston for a big six in the next over. He slashed hard at a shorter one and got it high over the deep point's head for a superb catch by a West Indian fan. The fan unfortunately spilled his drink all over the woman next to him. The commentators had themselves a good laugh in the booth as the lady turned to face him with a glare that would turn any man to stone.
Following the six there was a period where the West Indies found it hard to score. Porterfield had spread his field, but kept the men on the edge of the circle and attacking the ball. After 10 overs West Indies were just 48 for 3, but in the context of the match they were right on track.
With the runs drying up, however, West Indies needed to make sure that they did not let the asking rate get out of hand. Singles were scrambled. Fielders were taken on. There was an almost-run out that almost led to the end of Banks had he not frantically dived back into the crease a moment before the bowler whipped off the bails.
Chattergoon too, seemed to be trying to up his own scoring rate after soaking up much of the strike with very little to show for it. But he lost his wicket that way, pulling one right into the lap of midwicket. He went for 12 off of 27 deliveries. Slow going, and perhaps too slow, even with the small total to chase. West Indies at that point were 57 for 4 in the 13th over.
Stoute came out to join his captain. He had done a good job with the ball earlier on, and now with some 30-odd runs to go at 5 an over, he needed to ensure that he took his team to victory. Connell gave him a couple of unplayable deliveries first up, however. The first one was one just outside off that just went away ever so slightly, while the second was a well-disguised slower ball honing in on leg stump. Stoute could do nothing with either except play both back up the pitch.
Another good over from Kidd followed, with only 3 runs being scored. Ireland were slowly putting the pressure back onto the West Indies. Stoute eased the pressure significantly when he got his revenge on Connell, playing him through wide mid on for a four. But he would lose his wicket off of the next ball, another slower delivery. Stoute was through his shot way too early and the ball took the toe of the bat to be well caught by the diving wicketkeeper. West Indies were 65 for 5.
Browne was the last real batsman, and also one of the few with international experience. He played and missed a good delivery that was leaving him before getting one down to deep square leg to get off the mark. But despite the boundary in the over, Ireland were in with more than a chance. They would have felt as if one more wicket would potentially seal the match for them, and they would have wanted the wicket of Banks, who so far had batted well for his 26 runs.
Johnston was brought back for his third over, the 16th of the innings. Browne was on strike. His first delivery was speared right at the stumps, yorker length. The batsman could do nothing but get his bat onto the ball and watch the bowler field it himself.
But Johnston committed a horrible crime with his next ball. In an effort to bowl another accurate yorker, he overstepped the popping crease. What was worse, that caused him to bowl a low full toss. What was disastrous was that Browne swung hard to take it high over long on and about twelve rows into the stands. Six runs plus the no ball, and a free hit to come.
The free hit delivery was the slower bouncer, which Browne hit hard but perhaps too well as the ball went straight to deep square leg for only a single. Banks, however, made no mistake with a wider one the next ball, when he cut it hard out to deep point. The fielder ran across and put in the slide, trying desperately to rein it in before the ropes. But the momentum of the ball was too much, and it hit his hand, bumped over, and continued along its merry way for four.
With one over, the tide of the match had turned. The asking rate had been touching a run a ball prior, something that, with good bowling and an unproven batting lineup and half the team back inside, could probably have been very close. At the end of the Johnston over, 11 runs were needed from 24 balls.
The West Indies batsmen decided to ensure that they were both there at the end. The big shots went back into the realm of imagination. They picked off the singles. Even as Porterfield tried to put men on the edge of the circle to cut off those runs, the batsmen took those fielders on and succeeded with alarming frequency.
When Browne hit the winning run in the penultimate over, the entire West Indian team ran onto the field as if they had won the entire competition. They might as well have. A landmark victory with what were clearly not the best players in the region. But those players would not have wanted to hear that at the moment.
End of West Indies innings ? 94/5(18.3): Banks 37*(40), Rankin 3-15(3.3)
West Indies win by 5 wickets
NB - Scorecard attached. I'm going to calculate prediction contest points and winners now.
Chattergoon and Perkins walked to the middle, the latter taking first strike. The Irish decided to attack. Two slips, a backward point, short cover, mid off, mid on, short midwicket, short fine leg. The two men out were deep point and deep square leg.
Perkins, the only man in the squad to have actually played a T20 International before, got a shorter ball first up. Not the tallest of players, he calmly ducked under it. One thing that the West Indies had on their side was a manageable asking rate. The openers could take their time and settle before playing their shots.
West Indies got off the mark from the next ball, a cover drive from Perkins that he perhaps did not time as well as he would have liked. The ball slowed considerably before being picked up by mid off a few metres inside the ropes. The batsmen had by that time completed two. Only one further run came off of the opening over, more due to West Indies' caution than to the bowler's discipline.
Botha was entrusted with the ball at the next end. With a wealth of experience behind him, he knew exactly where to put the ball from his first delivery. It was pitched on a good length, the newer ball not turning but rather skidding on a bit and surprising the batsman. Every single delivery was simply some variant of this, save for the final ball of the over, when he surprised Perkins with the arm ball. Perkins tried to get his bat down in time but missed totally. The appeal went up from all those around the bat. Not out was the call. The replay showed that Perkins was saved by being hit marginally outside the off stump.
It was still a maiden over for Ireland, though.
Chattergoon seemed unfazed by this. He easily steered the first ball of the next over past backward point for an easy single to the man out in the deep. Perkins, after facing a maiden last over, then decided to hit out. But he mistimed it badly and the ball skied into the air. Mid on called the catch early and settled under it, only needing to take a step to his left as the wind took it a little in that direction. West Indies were one down. Ireland needed nine more.
Ireland needed eight more in a short time. Two balls later, in fact. Rankin got one to come back to the right-handed Hyatt in the air, and he was caught on the crease with no foot movement. An easy decision from the umpire and he had to walk back after an extremely short stay. West Indies were 4 for 2.
That brought the unproven Lewis to the wicket. The other players at least had regional experience to their names. Lewis had, thus far, only played two List A matches and had one innings where he had scored 53. That was the total of his first class experience. The commentary team stated that he had come highly recommended by many coaches in his native Trinidad and Tobago.
He showed just why he was rated as highly as he was, with his second ball flying off of the face of the bat to crash into the ropes at mid on for four. It was still just one shot though, and after three overs Ireland found themselves in a similar position as that of their own batting effort.
But the unflappable Chattergoon seemed to be channelling the ability of another, more famous, Guyanese batsman as he guided Botha past midwicket for an easy single. That brought Lewis back onto strike and he did not fail to disappoint. Botha saw his next delivery being hit straight back at him at high velocity and at that point in time it became a matter of self-preservation rather than trying to take the catch. He just about veered out of the way in time and had barely turned his head to look before the ball hit the sightscreen, a one-bounce four.
The bowler put a bit more into his next ball, bowling it faster and flatter. Lewis got down on one knee and played the ever-risky scoop shot to excellent effect, the ball easily passing over short fine leg on its way for another four. He followed this with one of the shots of the match thus far, an off drive that neither mid off nor deep cover could get near.
Rankin ended his enterprising innings in the next over, switching to around the wicket and beating the batsman for pace to knock the off stump back. West Indies had lost their third wicket now, and the score was just 22 in the fifth over.
Out came the team captain, who only a week or so ago would have been prepared to watch this particular match from the sidelines. His last match for the West Indies had been way back in 2007, but he and Chattergoon were the two with the most international experience in the team. He showed absolutely no signs of rustiness as his first ball on return to international cricket found its way to the point boundary with ease.
Chattergoon, once again, calmly nudged the first ball of Botha's third over to fine leg for a single. Banks had some difficulty in playing Botha, but at the end of the over the bowler let his control slip up a bit and he gave the batsman a short one at no pace that just sat up. Banks did the only thing any batsman should have done with that delivery, and dispatched it behind square with an excellent pull shot.
At the end of the Powerplay, West Indies were 31 for 3. Not the best of run rates by any means, but then again the total was slow. Ireland, at that same stage, had been a few runs behind and had lost a further wicket. In isolation it was a poor performance from the West Indies but on comparison, they were actually ahead in terms of both runs and wickets.
Chattergoon continued to look like he was the one the other batsmen would build around, playing Kidd's first ball into the off side before another little nudge got him his fourth run. But that run would be the only run in the over as Banks continued to seem a bit unconfident against the slower bowlers.
Against pace, however, he was extremely effective, taking Johnston for a big six in the next over. He slashed hard at a shorter one and got it high over the deep point's head for a superb catch by a West Indian fan. The fan unfortunately spilled his drink all over the woman next to him. The commentators had themselves a good laugh in the booth as the lady turned to face him with a glare that would turn any man to stone.
Following the six there was a period where the West Indies found it hard to score. Porterfield had spread his field, but kept the men on the edge of the circle and attacking the ball. After 10 overs West Indies were just 48 for 3, but in the context of the match they were right on track.
With the runs drying up, however, West Indies needed to make sure that they did not let the asking rate get out of hand. Singles were scrambled. Fielders were taken on. There was an almost-run out that almost led to the end of Banks had he not frantically dived back into the crease a moment before the bowler whipped off the bails.
Chattergoon too, seemed to be trying to up his own scoring rate after soaking up much of the strike with very little to show for it. But he lost his wicket that way, pulling one right into the lap of midwicket. He went for 12 off of 27 deliveries. Slow going, and perhaps too slow, even with the small total to chase. West Indies at that point were 57 for 4 in the 13th over.
Stoute came out to join his captain. He had done a good job with the ball earlier on, and now with some 30-odd runs to go at 5 an over, he needed to ensure that he took his team to victory. Connell gave him a couple of unplayable deliveries first up, however. The first one was one just outside off that just went away ever so slightly, while the second was a well-disguised slower ball honing in on leg stump. Stoute could do nothing with either except play both back up the pitch.
Another good over from Kidd followed, with only 3 runs being scored. Ireland were slowly putting the pressure back onto the West Indies. Stoute eased the pressure significantly when he got his revenge on Connell, playing him through wide mid on for a four. But he would lose his wicket off of the next ball, another slower delivery. Stoute was through his shot way too early and the ball took the toe of the bat to be well caught by the diving wicketkeeper. West Indies were 65 for 5.
Browne was the last real batsman, and also one of the few with international experience. He played and missed a good delivery that was leaving him before getting one down to deep square leg to get off the mark. But despite the boundary in the over, Ireland were in with more than a chance. They would have felt as if one more wicket would potentially seal the match for them, and they would have wanted the wicket of Banks, who so far had batted well for his 26 runs.
Johnston was brought back for his third over, the 16th of the innings. Browne was on strike. His first delivery was speared right at the stumps, yorker length. The batsman could do nothing but get his bat onto the ball and watch the bowler field it himself.
But Johnston committed a horrible crime with his next ball. In an effort to bowl another accurate yorker, he overstepped the popping crease. What was worse, that caused him to bowl a low full toss. What was disastrous was that Browne swung hard to take it high over long on and about twelve rows into the stands. Six runs plus the no ball, and a free hit to come.
The free hit delivery was the slower bouncer, which Browne hit hard but perhaps too well as the ball went straight to deep square leg for only a single. Banks, however, made no mistake with a wider one the next ball, when he cut it hard out to deep point. The fielder ran across and put in the slide, trying desperately to rein it in before the ropes. But the momentum of the ball was too much, and it hit his hand, bumped over, and continued along its merry way for four.
With one over, the tide of the match had turned. The asking rate had been touching a run a ball prior, something that, with good bowling and an unproven batting lineup and half the team back inside, could probably have been very close. At the end of the Johnston over, 11 runs were needed from 24 balls.
The West Indies batsmen decided to ensure that they were both there at the end. The big shots went back into the realm of imagination. They picked off the singles. Even as Porterfield tried to put men on the edge of the circle to cut off those runs, the batsmen took those fielders on and succeeded with alarming frequency.
When Browne hit the winning run in the penultimate over, the entire West Indian team ran onto the field as if they had won the entire competition. They might as well have. A landmark victory with what were clearly not the best players in the region. But those players would not have wanted to hear that at the moment.
End of West Indies innings ? 94/5(18.3): Banks 37*(40), Rankin 3-15(3.3)
West Indies win by 5 wickets
NB - Scorecard attached. I'm going to calculate prediction contest points and winners now.
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