[themaclad]

Australia 1/3 on yesterday, easy money punting on them to win the game.

[theo_luddite]

I see England have put their eye liner on. Yup, it's a St. Valentine's Day mascara.

[themaclad]

Don't give up your day job, Theo

[spireitematt]

Can't see England getting past the Quarter Finals especially after that display against Australia it was dreadful. I think Australia or India will win it. Scotland will struggle against New Zealand and Ireland will struggle against the West Indies. I was reading comments on Twitter and Americans are not happy because they feel ESPN is forcing cricket on them, now they know how we feel when C4 push American Football on Britain.

[WakeyTerrier]

Did I hear right on the news this morning.....Ireland beat the West Indies

[theo_luddite]

Yup. They wobbled a little with victory in site but did them comfortably in the end. Watched the last hour or so after waking up a bit earlier than I expected.

[themaclad]

Windies bowled some dross, gone are the days of Hall, Griffiths, Sobers and the fearsome side of the 70's and 80's very sad decline

[spireitematt]

WOW I was wrong I thought Ireland would have struggled against the Windies but my word they played well. It looked good for Ireland when it was 88/5 but the Simmons and Sammy built up a really good partnership for the Windies. When Ireland came into bat I thought they wouldn't do very well but when it got to 100-1 I thought they could do this and they did. Ed Joyce what a player he is for Ireland.

[Lord Snooty]

Feb 20 England v New Zealand, Wellington (Westpac Stadium) (d/n) (01:00 GMT)

Apologies for not having the time to put my usual efforts in to the cricket threads, but here's the Scorecard for tonight's match.

[Lord Snooty]

All over before breakfast.

NZ win by 8 wickets