Ireland Cricket Team got the chance to qualify for the next round of ICC world cup

Stage is all set for the Ireland cricket team to make a mark in the world cricket. The team made a perfect start of the world cup by beating West Indies cricket team by 4 wickets. So far Ireland is the only team in world cup 2015 to chase a 300+ target successfully. Now they are playing against UAE and are in control of the game as they have already got 4 wicket bowling first. Current scorebard as you can see above says United Arab Emirates 106 for loss of 4 wickets in 28 overs. Now if they can restrict the UAE team to somewhere around 250 to 280, then the Ireland team has a chance to earn 2 more points and this means they will move to the top of points table below the defending champions India.

If Ireland wins today they can dream of qualifying for the quarter finals for the first time. After today's game Ireland will left with another 4 matches to play in the world cup and they need to win a minimum of 2 matches to qualify for the quarter finals.  Here is the details of world cup matches for Ireland:

• Ireland v West Indies at Nelson - Feb 16, 2015 - Ireland won by 4 wickets
• Ireland v United Arab Emirates at Brisbane - Feb 25, 2015 - Match being played today - Current score at the live scoreboard widget at top of the blog
• Ireland v South Africa at Canberra - Mar 3, 2015
• Ireland v Zimbabwe at Hobart - Mar 7, 2015
• India v Ireland at Hamilton - Mar 10, 2015
• Ireland v Pakistan at Adelaide - Mar 15, 2015

If Ireland manage to beat Zimbabwe, then the last match for the team which is also the last match of the group stage can be a virtual knock out game for them. The match against Pakistan if they manage to win it, definitely the team will qualify for the quarter finals. 

Lets first hope that Ireland win the world cup match today. Good luck to the team for today and remaining of the world cup matches. 

2015 Cricket World Cup Match Schedule

My last post was about teams and pools in ICC cricket world cup 2015. In this post I'm going to share the list of match dates and venues for all the matches of world cup to be played across various venues in Australia and New Zealand. The opening match will be played between New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch  on 14th Feb, 2015. Australia will play their first match same day at Melbourne against England. Where India and Paskitan teams will have the most pressure filled opening match in the world cup history when both the teams will play against each other on 15th Feb.

Here is the full details of the matches:

• 1st Match, Pool A - New Zealand v Sri Lanka AT Hagley Oval, Christchurch  on Feb 14
• 2nd Match, Pool A - Australia v England at Melbourne Cricket Groundon Feb 14
• 3rd Match, Pool B - South Aonca v Zimbabwe at Sedd Park, Hamilt  on Feb 15
• 4th Match, Pool B - India v Pakistan at Adelaide Oval  on Feb 15
• 5th Match, Pool B - Ireland v West Indies at Saxt Oval, Nels  M Feb 16
• 6th Match, Pool A - New Zealand v Scotland at University Oval, Dunedin  on Feb 17
• 7th Match, Pool A - Afghanistan v Bangladesh at Manuka Oval, Canberra on Feb 18
• 8th Match, Pool B - United Arab Emirates v Zimbabwe at Saxt Oval, Nels  on Feb 19
• 9th Match, Pool A - New Zealand v England at Westpac Stadium, Wellingt  on Feb 20
• 10th Match, Pool B - Pakistan v West Indies at Hagley Oval, Christchurch  on Feb 21
• 11th Match, Pool A - Australia v Bangladesh at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woollogabba, Brisbane on Feb 21
• 12th Match, Pool A - Afghanistan v Sri Lanka at University Oval, Dunedin on Feb 22
• 13th Match, Pool B - India v South Aonca at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Feb 22
• 14th Match, Pool A - England v Scotland at Hagley Oval, Christchurch M Feb 23 
• 15th Match, Pool B - West Indies v Zimbabwe at Manuka Oval, Canberra on Feb 24
• 16th Match, Pool B - Ireland v United Arab Emirates at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woollogabba, Brisbane on Feb 25
• 17th Match, Pool A - Afghanistan v Scotland at University Oval, Dunedin on Feb 26
• 18th Match, Pool A - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Feb 26
• 19th Match, Pool B - South Aonca v West Indies at Sydney Cricket Ground on Feb 27
• 21st Match, Pool A - New Zealand v Australia at Eden Park, Auckland on Feb 28  
• 20th Match, Pool B - India v United Arab Emirates at Western Australia Cricket Associati Ground, Perth on Feb 28
• 22nd Match, Pool A - England v Sri Lanka at Westpac Stadium, Wellingt on Mar 1
• 23rd Match, Pool B - Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woollogabba, Brisbane on Mar 1   
• 24th Match, Pool B - Ireland v South Aonca at Manuka Oval, Canberra on Mar 3
• 25th Match, Pool B - Pakistan v United Arab Emirates at McLean Park, Napier on Mar 4
• 26th Match, Pool A - Australia v Afghanistan at Western Australia Cricket Associati Ground, Perth on Mar 4
• 27th Match, Pool A - Bangladesh v Scotland at Saxt Oval, Nels on Mar 5 
• 28th Match, Pool B - India v West Indiesat Western Australia Cricket Associati Ground, Perth on Mar 6
• 29th Match, Pool B - Pakistan v South Aonca atEden Park, Auckland on Mar 7
• 30th Match, Pool B - Ireland v Zimbabwe at Bellerive Oval, Hobart on Mar 7
• 31st Match, Pool A - New Zealand v Afghanistan at McLean Park, Napier on Mar 8
• 32nd Match, Pool A - Australia v Sri Lanka at Sydney Cricket Ground on Mar 8
• 33rd Match, Pool A - England v Bangladesh at Adelaide Oval M Mar 9
• 34th Match, Pool B - India v Ireland on Mar 10  at Sedd Park, Hamilt
• 35th Match, Pool A - Scotland v Sri Lanka at Bellerive Oval, Hobart on Mar 11
• 36th Match, Pool B - South Aonca v United Arab Emirates at Westpac Stadium, Wellingt on Mar 12
• 37th Match, Pool A - New Zealand v Bangladesh at Sedd Park, Hamilt on Mar 13
• 38th Match, Pool A - Afghanistan v England at Sydney Cricket Ground on Mar 13
• 39th Match, Pool B - India v Zimbabwe at Eden Park, Auckland on Mar 14
• 40th Match, Pool A - Australia v Scotland atBellerive Oval, Hobart on Mar 14
• 41st Match, Pool B - United Arab Emirates v West Indies at McLean Park, Napier on Mar 15 
• 42nd Match, Pool B - Ireland v Pakistan at Adelaide Oval on Mar 15

Knock out stages match schedule:

• 1st Quarter-Final at Sydney Cricket Ground     on Mar 18     
• 2nd Quarter-Final at Melbourne Cricket Ground     on Mar 19     
• 3rd Quarter-Final at Adelaide Oval on Mar 20         
• 4th Quarter-Final at Westpac Stadium, Wellingt on Mar 21          
• 1st Semi-Final at Eden Park, Auckland on Mar 24         
• 2nd Semi-Final at Sydney Cricket Ground     on Mar 26     
• Final at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Mar 29         

So what are you waiting for, book your tickets accordingly. 

 

Two important series that can decide Indian cricket team for World Cup 2015

There is still around a year and half left for the ICC cricket world cup 2015 to start, however the cricket tournaments that would be played in these 18 months period would be crucial for every players from every participating nation.  Players form and fitness in these tournaments can be the deciding factor if the player will get selected for the world cup team or not. In this post I am posting about two important cricket series for the Indian cricket team .

Before the ICC cricket world cup 2015 Indian cricket team has two play two important series. One is a home series against Australia and second in the Indian cricket team tour to South Africa. The home series against Australia will consist of one twenty twenty match and seven ODI matches.  Since this series is being played at home grounds many of the blog readers might thing that its an insignificant game, but I've two valid points one that the oppostion team is Australia, which is co-host for the 2015 cricket wold cup and secondly the players form in this series can get them selected for the South African tour thus indirectly the series against Australia will decide a players inclusion in the list of probables for the world cup 2015.

The tour of South Africa is a long one which will include 2 T20 games, 7 ODI and 3 test matches. Apart from these matches there would be practice matches against domestic teams of South Africa. So tour of South Africa will give a nice exposure to Indian players of bouncy, fast pitches and nay players who performs here would get the ticket for the world cup where pitch conditions are almost the same.

Match details of Australia vs India (Australia team tour of India)

• Thu Oct 10         
  19:00 IST     Only T20I - India v Australia
  Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot   
   
• Sun Oct 13         
  14:30 IST     1st ODI - India v Australia
  Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune    
   
• Wed Oct 16        
  14:30 IST     2nd ODI - India v Australia
  Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   
  
• Sat Oct 19        
  14:30 IST     3rd ODI - India v Australia
  Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh   
     
• Wed Oct 23        
  14:30 IST     4th ODI - India v Australia
  JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi    
  
  
• Sat Oct 26        
  14:30 IST     5th ODI - India v Australia
  Barabati Stadium, Cuttack   
     
• Wed Oct 30        
  14:30 IST     6th ODI - India v Australia
  Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur   
  
     
• Sat Nov 2        
  14:30 IST     7th ODI - India v Australia
  M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore    

   

I'll post match details on India Vs South Africa (India tour of South Africa) later as that series starts November. Till then enjoy the current matches and book your match tickets in advance for the India Vs Australia series.