At Port of Spain the Bangladesh - Bermuda match, the last one of the Group Stage, was interrupted by rain several times . This triggered (and re-triggered) the Duckworth - Lewis method, whose calculations progressively reduced the game to a maximum 21 overs a side, which, as Cricinfo's Jamie Alter reports, Bangladesh eventually won by 7 wickets ( Jim Maxwell on ABC RN Breakfast this morning incorrectly stated that they lost 4 wickets), and will proceed to the Super Eight Series.
Scorecard.
As a consequence of this result (not to mention their own shortcomings) India have been eliminated from the tournament. The excuses and other explanations, eg this, have begun and will no doubt continue for some time.
On to the Super Eights
Despite some uncertainty reported by the ABC (Jim Maxwell seems to have got it right this time), the Super Eight schedule has now been confirmed. In the first match tomorrow Caribbean time ( late Tuesday/ early Wednesday here) Australia will be playing the West Indies, not Ireland. No doubt Australia wil start favourites, but the West Indies have lifted their limited overs game over the last few months and they do have a great player in the autumn of his career who will be keen to leave yet another reminder of his greatness...
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Showing posts with label Bermuda. Show all posts
Monday, March 26, 2007
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
India win easily, West Indies comfortably: World Cup Day 7
In a Group B match at Port of Spain, India, sent in by Bermuda, faltered for the briefest instant at the beginning of their innings when opener Robin Uthappa was brilliantly caught at slip by Dwayne Leverock, the burly Bermudan police officer, for 3. After that India powered on to 5/413 (Virender Sehwag 114/87b, Sourav Ganguly 89/114b, Yuvraj Singh 83/46b, Sachin Tendulkar 57 no/29b), to which Bermuda replied with 156 in 43.1 overs (David Hemp 76 no /105b, Ajit Agakar and Anil Kumble each 3/38, Zaheer Khan 2/32). India's 257 run victory was the highest ever in the World Cup.
Scorecard.
At Kingston in their Group D match West Indies won the toss and sent Zimbabwe in. They lost early wickets: 1/0, 2/2, 3/31, then 4/59, but Brendan Taylor 50/121b and Sean Williams 70 no/88b helped their team to play out the 50 overs and post a handy, if below par, 5/202.
West Indies started comfortably but without much sense of urgency and reached 73 before the first wicket, that of Shiv Chanderpaul 21/60b, fell. Chris Gayle 40/48b followed without addition to the total and further wickets fell at 106 and 129, at which point Dwayne Bravo joined Brian Lara: the pair gradually took control of the match without taking too many risks and steered the home side home with 5 wickets in hand and 13 balls to spare. Lara's 44 no/ 68b and Bravo's 37/ 46b says a lot about their cautious determination against some steady but hardly penetrative bowling.
Scorecard.
With one match each to play Bermuda definitely and Zimbabwe almost certainly will not progress to the Super Eight stage. This will surprise few cricket followers, including probably many of the teams' own supporters.
Scorecard.
At Kingston in their Group D match West Indies won the toss and sent Zimbabwe in. They lost early wickets: 1/0, 2/2, 3/31, then 4/59, but Brendan Taylor 50/121b and Sean Williams 70 no/88b helped their team to play out the 50 overs and post a handy, if below par, 5/202.
West Indies started comfortably but without much sense of urgency and reached 73 before the first wicket, that of Shiv Chanderpaul 21/60b, fell. Chris Gayle 40/48b followed without addition to the total and further wickets fell at 106 and 129, at which point Dwayne Bravo joined Brian Lara: the pair gradually took control of the match without taking too many risks and steered the home side home with 5 wickets in hand and 13 balls to spare. Lara's 44 no/ 68b and Bravo's 37/ 46b says a lot about their cautious determination against some steady but hardly penetrative bowling.
Scorecard.
With one match each to play Bermuda definitely and Zimbabwe almost certainly will not progress to the Super Eight stage. This will surprise few cricket followers, including probably many of the teams' own supporters.
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