After the first proper game of the World Cup so far, we are only a day away from the Proteas kicking off their campaign. Yesterday we saw minnows the Netherlands give the English a good scare. Can Kenya, who are playing in their second game today, give Pakistan a similar run.
I will not be predicting a short game today as I got it horribly wrong yesterday, so let’s all just hope for a good game.
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Go Kenya .. Know that is wishful thinking. But what the heck, would be great to see them beat Paki.. 😛
@Puma (Comment 1) :
They are our African cousins at the end of the day!
Go KENYA! Also, Paki has internal diffidence with politics and indiscipline sadly… I can’t see them going far in this tourney… (Not that cricket matters)…
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 2) : They sure are Rich. Would like them to do a Holland on Paki..hahaha. Wont happen though.
Pity the Dutch never had some decent bowlers yesterday. They might have won.
Pakistan have won the toss and have elected to bat first
Kenya team:
SR Waters, MA Ouma†, CO Obuya, SO Tikolo, T Mishra, RR Patel, JK Kamande*, TM Odoyo, NN Odhiambo, SO Ngoche, E Otieno
Pakistan team:
Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal†, Younis Khan, Umar Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi*, Abdul Razzaq, Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar, Abdur Rehman
And we have bowl-off..
Pakistan to score 250-350 and then Kenia will manage no more than 150. Another huge margin 🙄
Paki lose their first wicket
Pak 11/1 after 5.3 overs
Paki’s lose their second wicket
Do I smell a bookie?
Pak 12/2 after 7 overs
cant help thinking of Bob Woolmer when i see the Stani`s play in the WC… 🙁
ok, so netherlands made us eat our predictions yesterday, what can kenya dish up 2day. my pick is pakies by 69.
Fixed.
Pak 58/2 after 14 overs
slow going; but anything over 180 i think PAK wil defend. Teams only start to care about Net run rate later in the competition it seems.
Score?
134-3
29 overs
150/3 after 32 overs
If Kenya get to 250 I’ll be happy.
Make that 246.
@McLovin (Comment 20) :
I have Pakistan by 127 so 188 would be the perfect score for me.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 22) : I think you might be get close.
what about 248, how does a team bowl 37 wides, that is evectivly 74 runs more on the total. madness i tell u. was the lines on the pitch at the right place…. have not seen the game 2day
@franshark (Comment 24) :
Okay they didn’t bowl 37 wides, that is the score achieved from the Wides.
Here is a list wides and No Balls
TM Odoyo 7 Overs(5w)
E Otieno 9 Overs (2nb)
NN Odhiambo 7 Overs(3nb, 3w)
SO Ngoche 10 Overs (1w)
JK Kamande 7 Overs (4w)
SO Tikolo 9 Overs (1nb)
CO Obuya 1 Over
13 Wides and 6 no balls in total
I have to say that I do appreciate the way you guys are making an effort to give the rest of us updates. Keep up the great work 😉 Or don’t.
62-2
Need 256 from 30 overs.
73-3
Probably wont get 150.
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 26) : don’t encourage …
Another wicket gone down.
79-4
85-5
87-6
101-7
112-8
112-9
112 all out.
Boy but Kenya are crap. 👿
That was fast 😆 Margin?
What is the margin range for Cricket anyways? 😳
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 38) : 208 runs or so.
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 39) :
Within 10 runs: 0.7 pts
Within 11 – 20 runs: 0.5 pts
Within 21 – 30 runs: 0.3 pts
@McLovin (Comment 40) : @McLovin (Comment 41) : No wonder I suck 😈
Darn I had pakistan by 100 runs
My goodness but Graeme Smith is a chop!