Ireland v Canada, Malahide Aug 7-10, 2008

Bluetonic

No play yet because of rain, which is strange as it's not raining 10 miles down the road.

Ireland squad
AC Botha, P Connell, AR Cusack, MJ Fourie, DT Johnston, wicketkeeperFP McAllister, captainWK McCallan, KJ O'Brien, AD Poynter, PR Stirling, R Strydom, GJ Thompson, AR White, GC Wilson

Canada squad
HS Baidwan, GEF Barnett, wicketkeeperRA Bhatti, S Dhaniram, AS Faridi, R Gunasekera, K Jethi, AL Kandappah, E Katchay, Mohammad Iqbal, Qaiser Ali, Saad Bin Zafar, ZE Surkari, captainS Thuraisingam, SR Welsh

cgf

Not really given the amount of rain we have had over the past few days and the preceding couple of weeks. I wouldn't be surprised if the rains yesterday managed to get under the covers.

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/engine/current/match/325562.html

cgf

Not too sure as to the logic behind this but ...

"Toss Details Ireland have won the toss and rather surprisingly have elected to bat

5.35 pm Finally we have some play, starting at 6.00pm with a minimum of 16 overs to be bowled tonight"

cgf

I might have been a bit ahead of myself ...

"Match Notes Play is due start at 6pm, but it has just started drizzling again. The tarpaulins are going back on!
Latest update at 5:52 PM Local Time"

Bluetonic

Tomorrow is forecast to be a good day, hopefully eveyone is happy with the state of the pitch tomorrow.

Think I'll head for the day tomorrow, with rain predicted on Sat and Sun this has draw written all over it.

Bluetonic

A few pics from Friday.

Bluetonic

Unsurprisingly it ended in the predicted draw.

http://www.cricketeurope4.net/PHOTOS/2008/ALBUMS/IRELAND/33662/33680.shtml

JanusGeminius

It really annoys me that a rain affected draw only receives 3 points while an abandonment gets 10 points.

NY152

Thats International cricket for ya, makes as much sense as a homophobe in the george :P