11:40 PM - Tenth over on and WI are 23 for none. How the mighty have fallen. I'm staying up to watch this game not just because there's a buzz about Ireland now, but also to get a look at Darren Bravo, who is apparently the next great batsman out of Trinidad.
So far, Chanderpaul is keeping Irish bowlers out, and Smith is flashing outside off regularly, and has already been dropped once. Key players out for both teams - Johnston for Ireland and more crucially, Gayle for WI.
11:45 PM - 10.1 overs now, and Chanderpaul has taken guard in his inimitable way, hammering the bail into the crease, for I believe the third time.
12:10 AM - Smith still survives. And on the first ball of the 17th over, hits the first positive shot I've seen him hit all day. Nice boundary to a quick half-volley, driven through mid-on, just past the diving Kevin O'Brien. I'm not a Smith fan. If this is the best West Indies have to offer, I feel sad for the state of Cricket in the Caribbean.
Tony Cozier claims on TV that West Indies have limped their way to 58 off 17 overs. Cozier, like a majority of West Indian commentators, knows exactly what is wrong with everything, and is relentlessly resentful about it. Ian Bishop is such a breath of fresh air after the unpleasantness of the likes of Cozier and Holding. Drinks.
12:17 AM - The Irish have 6 fielders in the circle for Shiv Chanderpaul. They are fielding like tigers - so many boundaries have been stopped. Against India, with the same shots, the West Indies would have been around 120 for no loss at the same point in the match.
12:19 AM - Smith just hit a 6 off Kevin O'Brien, as if to celebrate Cozier leaving the commentary box.
I wonder who does marketing for Willow TV in the States. They must have sold a crapload of subscriptions at roughly $130-140 a pop, but from an advertising perspective, this is a huge wasted opportunity. The Indian community in the US, not to mention the Paki, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan communities, along with the odd Aussie ex-pats - are treated to an onslaught of bad advertising which suggests that the watchers of Willow in the US are 1. exclusively Indian, and 2. are always either buying Car Insurance for their precious Toyotas, or Life Insurance to pass on their precious legacy, or buying medical Insurance for their parents to visit the US, or sending money home to their parents and obsessed with exchange rates. Seriously? I wonder what kind of pricing model Willow has from their feed providers. At a conservative estimate I think they would have sold at least 100,000 of these 140$ subscriptions. That is 14 Millions $. I think if they marketed this event correctly, they could triple their take or even more, through big sponsors.
12: 45 AM - finally Chanderpaul goes. Thank heavens. He was looking to match Gavaskar's slow innings or something, Bravo in. This should get interesting.
12:47 AM - Or not!!! KJ O'Brien has clean bowled Bravo. So much for staying up late to catch the next great West Indian batsman. Cleaned up bya Yorker clocked at 119.6 km/h. Bhangra roars on the PA system as the Irish celebrate and Bravo walks out.
Next in, Sarwan. He will now resume the task begun by Chanderpaul, of trying to bore the Irish to death. I'm going to sleep right now. Hope the f'ing West Indies lose. They do not deserve to carry on in the competition. Wonder how the Bongs lost to these clowns - oh sorry, forgot, only the Deshis out do the West Indies when it comes to reliable incompetence.
So far, Chanderpaul is keeping Irish bowlers out, and Smith is flashing outside off regularly, and has already been dropped once. Key players out for both teams - Johnston for Ireland and more crucially, Gayle for WI.
11:45 PM - 10.1 overs now, and Chanderpaul has taken guard in his inimitable way, hammering the bail into the crease, for I believe the third time.
12:10 AM - Smith still survives. And on the first ball of the 17th over, hits the first positive shot I've seen him hit all day. Nice boundary to a quick half-volley, driven through mid-on, just past the diving Kevin O'Brien. I'm not a Smith fan. If this is the best West Indies have to offer, I feel sad for the state of Cricket in the Caribbean.
Tony Cozier claims on TV that West Indies have limped their way to 58 off 17 overs. Cozier, like a majority of West Indian commentators, knows exactly what is wrong with everything, and is relentlessly resentful about it. Ian Bishop is such a breath of fresh air after the unpleasantness of the likes of Cozier and Holding. Drinks.
12:17 AM - The Irish have 6 fielders in the circle for Shiv Chanderpaul. They are fielding like tigers - so many boundaries have been stopped. Against India, with the same shots, the West Indies would have been around 120 for no loss at the same point in the match.
12:19 AM - Smith just hit a 6 off Kevin O'Brien, as if to celebrate Cozier leaving the commentary box.
I wonder who does marketing for Willow TV in the States. They must have sold a crapload of subscriptions at roughly $130-140 a pop, but from an advertising perspective, this is a huge wasted opportunity. The Indian community in the US, not to mention the Paki, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan communities, along with the odd Aussie ex-pats - are treated to an onslaught of bad advertising which suggests that the watchers of Willow in the US are 1. exclusively Indian, and 2. are always either buying Car Insurance for their precious Toyotas, or Life Insurance to pass on their precious legacy, or buying medical Insurance for their parents to visit the US, or sending money home to their parents and obsessed with exchange rates. Seriously? I wonder what kind of pricing model Willow has from their feed providers. At a conservative estimate I think they would have sold at least 100,000 of these 140$ subscriptions. That is 14 Millions $. I think if they marketed this event correctly, they could triple their take or even more, through big sponsors.
12: 45 AM - finally Chanderpaul goes. Thank heavens. He was looking to match Gavaskar's slow innings or something, Bravo in. This should get interesting.
12:47 AM - Or not!!! KJ O'Brien has clean bowled Bravo. So much for staying up late to catch the next great West Indian batsman. Cleaned up bya Yorker clocked at 119.6 km/h. Bhangra roars on the PA system as the Irish celebrate and Bravo walks out.
Next in, Sarwan. He will now resume the task begun by Chanderpaul, of trying to bore the Irish to death. I'm going to sleep right now. Hope the f'ing West Indies lose. They do not deserve to carry on in the competition. Wonder how the Bongs lost to these clowns - oh sorry, forgot, only the Deshis out do the West Indies when it comes to reliable incompetence.
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