Aussie squad

TheDrog

Australia ODI Squad for England and Ireland tour

• Ricky Ponting (c) TAS
• Michael Clarke (vc) NSW
• Doug Bollinger NSW
• Brad Haddin NSW
• Nathan Hauritz NSW
• Ryan Harris QLD
• James Hopes QLD
• Mike Hussey WA
• Mitchell Johnson WA
• Shaun Marsh WA
• Clint McKay VIC
• Steve Smith NSW
• Shane Watson NSW
• Cameron White VIC

kensutz

Looking forward to the game in a few weeks.

d'Oracle

Thats all?
So we will actually be playing a proper team then?:eek:

Awesome.

kryogen

anyone else heading to this? a meet up might be an idea

Dasbo

Ireland have named their squad for the match...

http://munstercricket.com/2010/06/ireland-name-squad-for-rsa-challenge-odi-against-australia/

William Porterfield (capt) (Gloucestershire),
Trent Johnston (Railway Union),
Andre Botha (North County),
Peter Connell (North Down),
Alex Cusack (Clontarf),
Gary Kidd (Waringstown),
John Mooney North County),
Kevin O’Brien (Railway Union),
Niall O’Brien (Northants),
Boyd Rankin (Warwickshire),
Paul Stirling (Middlesex),
Andrew White (Instonians),
Gary Wilson (Surrey)

No Dockrell (exams) or Jones

Bill2673

I've never been to a cricket match but thinking of going to this one.....is this likely to be a good game? or a mismatch? (not meaning to offend anyone, but Aus is after all the World Champions)....Also, if I brought my two year old son, would that be a stupid thing to do? Particulary (and sorry for being very stupid here), is there much of risk that a ball could come flying over the boundary and whack him one.....

schemingbohemia

On paper, it's a mismatch, thankfully the game is played on grass so who knows. The Aussies may think they'll stroll it but playing on wickets here is very very different to playing in Australia or the Caribbean where they were recently for the 20/20 world cup. Home advantage could help a lot for Ireland.

There's virtually no chance of your child being hit by the ball, I've been to lots of Test matches and International games and have yet to see anyone injured or even hit by the ball (unless they were trying to catch it themselves in which case they're more likely to spill their pint on themselves!).

Do come along, it's a great opportunity to see a great team in Dublin, the weather forecast is looking good for once. Parking is at a premium so use public transport if at all possible.

TrueDub

Bill2673 wrote: »

I've never been to a cricket match but thinking of going to this one.....is this likely to be a good game? or a mismatch? (not meaning to offend anyone, but Aus is after all the World Champions)....Also, if I brought my two year old son, would that be a stupid thing to do? Particulary (and sorry for being very stupid here), is there much of risk that a ball could come flying over the boundary and whack him one.....

I agree with what SchemingBohemia said - you'd be more than welcome. My only concern would be that the young fella might not be interested in an entire day's cricket? The game starts at 10:45 and won't be over much before 6pm.

Renno

Wouldn't take a two year old to the game myself (and in fact I'm not!). It's a long day, even for a six/seven year old. I presume there would be plenty of room around the back of the clubhouse for them to run around, but then you won't get to see the match!