Qualifiers for World T20

HonalD

With Zim withdrawing from the competition, I reckon this means that 3 teams will qualify from the Belfast matches - Is this correct?

cgf

Not confirmed yet but it would seem the most logical thing to do but then again this is the ICC we are dealing with......

At the moment there is no 3rd/4th place match scheduled - perhaps the toss of a coin :eek: or a bowl out at the break during the final :eek::eek::eek:

KevIRL

cgf wrote: »

Not confirmed yet but it would seem the most logical thing to do but then again this is the ICC we are dealing with......

At the moment there is no 3rd/4th place match scheduled - perhaps the toss of a coin :eek: or a bowl out at the break during the final :eek::eek::eek:

According to todays Irish Times it is confirmed that there is now a 3rd place for Associate nations in the 20/20 World Cup. Its not decided exactly how the last place will be decided, but its thought perhaps the qualifying tournament will be extended by a day to accomadate the playoff

HonalD

T20 extended to 4 days with playoffs on Monday evening and Tuesday morning with Final on Tuesday afternoon!

simonrooneyzaga

3/4th place off added to the itinery. The winner of this could potentially be in the 2020 world cup.

Cremated

New to these parts, so dont shoot me for asking this please ,

but with this news, would Ireland would have a good chance of getting in?,

does this entitle Ireland to get their stronger players back?,

maybe see Trent back ...

DMC

Final is now on Tuesday 5th August.

Bang goes that idea of seeing the final on the Bank Holiday Monday

ICC Press Release.
http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2/articles/000039/003948.shtml

Ireland have a good chance of qualifying, Trent and the English County players are back for this.

Squad is

* William Porterfield (captain) Gloucestershire
* Niall O'Brien (Northamptonshire)
* Eoin Morgan (Middlesex)
* Kevin O'Brien (Railway Union)
* Andre Botha (North County)
* Andrew White (Instonians)
* Kyle McCallan (Waringstown)
* Alex Cusack (Clontarf)
* Gary Wilson (Surrey)
* Trent Johnston (Railway Union)
* Thinus Fourie (Railway Union)
* Peter Connell (North Down)
* Phil Eaglestone (Strabane)
* Gary Kidd (Waringstown)

simonrooneyzaga

good stuff - now all we need is to pursuade jeremey bray and lanky to come back! Jezza scored 101 for the hills last week so must be in good form!

Cremated

I see Porty is Captain, but with Trent back will he still be Captain?,

and can i ask who is Lanky?, also Langford Smith is he inured?, again ,

and all the games are in Belfast? ...

simonrooneyzaga

Cremated wrote: »

I see Porty is Captain, but with Trent back will he still be Captain?,

and can i ask who is Lanky?, also Langford Smith is he inured?, again ,

and all the games are in Belfast? ...

The bolded names are the same person ;-) - And he's retired from international cricket. Still plays for phoenix though.

Trent would certainly regain the captaincy if he came back.

TrueDub

simonrooneyzaga wrote: »

Trent would certainly regain the captaincy if he came back.

I'm not sure about this at all - AFAIK Porterfield's the captain in all forms of cricket.

Cremated

simonrooneyzaga wrote: »

The bolded names are the same person ;-) - And he's retired from international cricket. Still plays for phoenix though.

Trent would certainly regain the captaincy if he came back.

Ah thanks ,

i just had searched Lanky on Google, Wiki says he is still active for Ireland, pfft bloody wiki ,

how come Belfast get all the games?, just seems bit lopsided :O...

simonrooneyzaga

Thats just for the 2020's - Most of the European championships (including two ODIs involving Ireland) is being played in dublin. The two big ones against the Dutch and the scottish are being played in clontarf.

dereko1969

Stormont has a bigger capacity, that's why it's got the 20/20's, hopefully a lot of people will go to this -it's great value especially if you have kids as it's free in for them.

with 20/20 anything can happen but we should qualify - morgan, porterfield and niall o'brien have some decent scores in the format behind them and kevin o'brien's style is suited to the game too.

i'm nearly hoping we finish second so that we're in with england and pakistan and opening the finals v england in lords! it's also a pity the final's got moved as i would think attendance will suffer dramatically (i'm up for the first three days but can't stay until the tuesday) which is a shame.