he's gone, pushing forward to a full delivery that may have left him a touch, he gets a thin edge through to the keeper and Umpire Hair raises the finger
Scotland vs Netherlands, 4th Match at Belfast, Jul 13 2007 - Ball by Ball Commentary
3.40pm
As expected, the match has been called off. Many thanks to Chris Busby's tireless work in scoring - and do join him, and me, for Ireland's match against West Indies on Saturday at Clontarf in Dublin. It'll be a cracker.
2.45pm
There'll be an inspection at 3.30pm apparently. That's if it stops raining which, at the moment, looks very unlikely.
2.20pm
There's about as much chance of play as me sprouting wings and flying to the moon, I'm afraid. It's Will Luke here, in case you weren't aware, just providing an update while Chris Busby has a deserved lunch. Puddles have been spotted on the outfield, and it continues to teem down out there. It's quite horrific. If we hear anything from the umpires, you'll be the first to know, but in the meantime I'd go and boil the kettle.
Match State: Delay - Rain stops play And here comes the rain, on come the covers. It is perishingly cold - we're struggling to feel our fingers as the press tent is outside, and not particularly watertight. And as I write, the rain comes down harder - in the words of Paul McCartney, I think, it's driving rain. And that'll be it for the day I reckon. We'll keep you updated though
The rain hasn't really got any heavier but the Umpires have a chat and decide to come off in persistant mizzle. It looks although its pretty set in but I'll keep you updated
12.40pm Bad news here I'm afraid, the rain has got heavier and more covers have just come on. There's no chance of play in the immediate future, I'll let you know if anything changes
1.30pm No change here, the rain is still falling, although it may have eased a little. Lunch has been taken, there's still no chance of play anytime soon. As always, we'll let you know if anything changes...
It's starting to rain here
pushed wide of point
left alone outside off
another edge, this time it falls short of the slips and down to third man
nice placement, full ball steered wide of point
lucky to get away with that, attempted drive edged in the air wide of gully and down to third man
good ball forcing the batsmen back
driven wide of mid off
another eellent drive through the covers. It was a full toss but well put away
driven in the air and just to the left of mid off. It plugs in the damp outfield
tries to run it down to third man an but he finds the fielder
left outside off
super shot, full ball outside off and he square drives wide of point
driven down to third man, it wasn't intentional but he'll pick up a couple