2nd ODI: Zimbabwe vs Ireland

Happy to take the 5 points after the poor bowling this morning. We definitely gave them way too many runs on that pitch.

Think our boys will be much happier with the abandonment than the Irish will be. Although I actually think a 160 chase off 20 overs would have been very achievable with our batting lineup tbh.

It's a shame that Monday looks like it will be similar weather-wise. I suppose 20 points from 30 will be a decent result though.

secretzimbo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 4:29 pm

Happy to take the 5 points after the poor bowling this morning. We definitely gave them way too many runs on that pitch.

Think our boys will be much happier with the abandonment than the Irish will be. Although I actually think a 160 chase off 20 overs would have been very achievable with our batting lineup tbh.

It's a shame that Monday looks like it will be similar weather-wise. I suppose 20 points from 30 will be a decent result though.

I'm telling you man, these are 275 par pitches. Not 240 par. No one listens to me :? Ireland threw it away in the first game. Even 282 would be chaseable if you bat sensibly.

I thought this was going to be a 2-1 series to either team. Looks like that would have been the case had we had all 300 overs on offer.

Kriterion_BD wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:13 pm

secretzimbo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 4:29 pm

Happy to take the 5 points after the poor bowling this morning. We definitely gave them way too many runs on that pitch.

Think our boys will be much happier with the abandonment than the Irish will be. Although I actually think a 160 chase off 20 overs would have been very achievable with our batting lineup tbh.

It's a shame that Monday looks like it will be similar weather-wise. I suppose 20 points from 30 will be a decent result though.

I'm telling you man, these are 275 par pitches. Not 240 par. No one listens to me :? Ireland threw it away in the first game. Even 282 would be chaseable if you bat sensibly.

I thought this was going to be a 2-1 series to either team. Looks like that would have been the case had we had all 300 overs on offer.

Again, I actually watched the match. The local Irish commentators were saying from the start today that 220-230 would be an excellent target score. Pitch was even slower and more turgid today, and even Wellington was getting turn! Wes spun a few that turned sideways....

We bowled some absolute rubbish at times though, gave away a lot of free runs and bowled far too many overs of seam. No way we should have conceded anywhere near that much.

secretzimbo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:08 pm

The local Irish commentators were saying from the start today that 220-230 would be an excellent target score.

Again, you are confusing routine statements for actual facts. Ervine said "we knew 250 would be tough to get" and Irish comms said "230 is a par score here".

Ervine said that, because thats what all cricketers say in a post-match interview. Everyone says "we were 20-30 runs short" when they lose the game, and "we felt[our total - minus 10-15 runs] was a tough target for them to chase" when they win. When was the last time you heard a player go, "Yeah we scored 300, but we felt anything more than 180 would be tough for them to chase." Answer: never. These are merely copy + paste statements, mate.

Similarly, when a team batting first is going at 4 an over, no commentator is going to say "Looks like 300 is a par score here" or "150 is going to be a competitive total on this track".

I've watched a good bit of the matches too. This pitch had some turn, yes. The previous pitch didn't even have that. The pitches are a little slow...but its mitigated by the small size of the ground/boundaries. 5-6 sixes were hit by the Irish batters and they weren't even trying to hit all that big.

I said earlier they were 300 pitches, perhaps I was wrong. They are 275 ish wickets. Not 300, but not 240 either.

And so far the first innings totals of 266 and 282 indicate that to be closer to the truth.

HSC needs floodlights and DRS capabilities to become international standard. Even the Irish grounds have DRS and while Stormont didn't seem to have floodlights, I think Malahide does (? not sure though).

We have floodlights at HSC....they're just upside down

sloandog wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 7:13 am

We have floodlights at HSC....they're just upside down

I think we have the towers but no lights on them. Didn’t someone claim they were ‘stuck at customs’ about 5 years ago and we’ve never seen them since haha? That’s very Zimbabwean.

Something to do with the towers have been installed incorrectly