41st Match - United Arab Emirates v West Indies (15th March)

[Zinzan]

p.s. how ****ing funny would it be if the windies needed 10 to win and then they took that 45 minute lunch break only for the cyclone to arrive?

Would be, although Pam isn't forecast to come through until late in the evening, if not early tomorrow morning. If this game was scheduled 24 hours later the Windies would have been well & truly screwed.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Sammy having a cry or something?

 

[Flem274*]

Would be, although Pam isn't forecast to come through until late in the evening, if not early tomorrow morning. If this game was scheduled 24 hours later the Windies would have been well & truly screwed.

i just saw a headline which said gisbourne will be hit very shortly. got my hopes up.

 

[Flem274*]

this is awesome from the UAE

 

[Gnske]

West Indies are such a meme team it's ridiculous.

 

[Stace]

Didn't see this coming at 46/6. Has a side ever lost the top 6 for single figure scores and no.7 and no.8 go on to make half centuries in a world cup game before?

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Any small amount of anxiety I had about facing West Indies in the knockouts is pretty much gone.

 

[Zinzan]

So according to my calculations;

If UAE can get to 200 & the Windies knock them off in the 35th over, that will push the Windies overall NRR to -0.137 which would move them ahead Pakistan's -0.194, meaning Pakistan will be definitely be out if they lose to Ireland.

 

[Flem274*]

i want the cyclone to hit because pak and ireland > windies

 

[Flem274*]

p.s. go away russell

naveed agrees with me

 

[Zinzan]

Any small amount of anxiety I had about facing West Indies in the knockouts is pretty much gone.

Wish I could say the same. I rate us to beat them 7-8 out of 10 times....but wouldn't put it past the Windies to play a gem against us, especially if we're really tense and nervous & they're nice and relaxed knowing there's no real expectations on them. At least a team like Pakistan still do have quite a bit of expectation ( fairly or not) on them from their fans, but one feels the Windies have few backing them.

Very dangerous side in a one-off.

 

[Contra]

I feel Holder could have taken a little bit of rest before bowling himself out, 10 overs on the trot probably meant that he might have lost a bit of intensity in the final few overs. Possibly making him not as threatening as he could have been.

Anyways 2 more wickets to get then. Should get taylor on now to finish the tail off.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I dunno, they have internal problems and the slightest bit of pressure causes them to crumble. We should be confident of smashing them like England and I reckon McCullum will instil this in the team as well.

 

[Zinzan]

Agree, but don't forget the English game wasn't a knock-out & also England rarely play in a relaxed manner themselves.

Like you I hope the McHesson gang stress to the players that they should just enjoy the occasion and just concentrate on what they've been doing...but as we know, knockouts do funny things to the mind and body, even when you get all the best psychology advice in the world.

 

[Flem274*]

this would be a great game for naveed to bowl the 10 overs of his life

 

[smash84]

a decent recovery from the uae given they lost 6 early wickets

 

[Zinzan]

this would be a great game for naveed to bowl the 10 overs of his life

Flem still holding out hope of a UAE victory here? Surely not?

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I see what you mean, but if we lose to the Windies it will be because we played atrocious cricket, because there's no way can they beat us if we're playing at even 80%. If we choke against a scrub team in the quarters we don't deserve to win the tournament anyway.

 

[Zinzan]

I see what you mean, but if we lose to the Windies it will be because we played atrocious cricket, because there's no way can they beat us if we're playing at even 80%. If we choke against a scrub team in the quarters we don't deserve to win the tournament anyway.

Not necessarily, they have enough potential match-winners to play out of their skins on a really good day without us playing atrociously imo.

I do tend to agree with your earlier point though that if we get them under pressure early on, I could see the capitulating, but on the flip-side if Gayle gets some luck early on and they start to believe - watch out. I don't think it will be in between though, I can see them either being absolutely brilliant or collapsing into a heap.

 

[Athlai]

Gisborne/Hawke's Bay - Radar Area - Weather Radar Imagery, Rain Forecasts and more from MetService.com

This will be tight. I think the rain will be there in an hour or two with no chance of resuming play.