Ireland Vs Australia

mcnallg

Howdy

Looking for a bit of info on the match in Clontarf on Thursday, its mainly about the bar arrangements!

Anybody know how strict the club will be in bringin in some cans to watch the match during the day?

billymitchell

Sorry, I dont know about the beer arrangements. But is this match sold out?

mcnallg

There doesnt seem to be any ticks left on Ticketmaster, so it must be?

kensutz

Limited amount of tickets left. I wouldn't say cans of alcohol will be allowed to be brought into the ground.

TrueDub

mcnallg wrote: »

Howdy

Looking for a bit of info on the match in Clontarf on Thursday, its mainly about the bar arrangements!

Anybody know how strict the club will be in bringin in some cans to watch the match during the day?

Normal ODI ground regulations say that no alcohol can be brought into the ground at all. My previous experience has been that sometimes a small amount can be - I've brought in a bottle of wine, for instance. Arriving with a slab of tinnies would probably not work!

mcnallg

Ha yeah I thought so, the idea of watching a good day of cricket appeals to me once I dont have to spend €6 on a pint,

As its a day long event, is possible to leave for an hour and come back do you know?

threein99

Anyone know the best place to park near the ground ?

votelawrence

Anyone know if you can by tickets on the day? I'm thinkin' about developing a sudden and utterly tragic bout of food poisoning

TrueDub

mcnallg wrote: »

Ha yeah I thought so, the idea of watching a good day of cricket appeals to me once I dont have to spend €6 on a pint,

As its a day long event, is possible to leave for an hour and come back do you know?

Prices in Tarf are normally considerably cheaper than that, although I don't know what arrangements have been made for Thursday in that area.

You should be ok to pop in & out occasionally.

threein99 wrote: »

Anyone know the best place to park near the ground ?

There's nowhere specific, but up along the Howth Rd or down by the seafront might be the best. Parking on the side-streets will probably be restricted. If you can at all, public transport would be best.

Bobo148

threein99 wrote: »

Anyone know the best place to park near the ground ?

Stiles Road and then down the lane to the club. Don't block any driveways though.

SwdDub

Bought my tickets online ages ago. Got a mail with all the extra rules and regulations there a while back.

No alcohol can be brought in and there will be no re-admission.

I'll be interested to see what the arrangements with beer tents are. Usually when you have a captive audience its the cue for vastly over pricing everything.

TrueDub

Bobo148 wrote: »

Stiles Road and then down the lane to the club. Don't block any driveways though.

Good man Bobo, give away all the secrets, why don't you!!! Next you'll be mentioning the special gate at the far end for those of us in the know... oh damn...

kensutz

TrueDub wrote: »

Good man Bobo, give away all the secrets, why don't you!!! Next you'll be mentioning the special gate at the far end for those of us in the know... oh damn...

Luckily I'll be there extra early because I'm photographing the game. These people need to keep their secrets to themselves :P Shots from Croke Park yesterday are up on my site and tomorrows training sessions will be there too. Obviously Thursdays game will be up on it as it happens.

Gyalist

kensutz wrote: »

Luckily I'll be there extra early because I'm photographing the game. These people need to keep their secrets to themselves :P Shots from Croke Park yesterday are up on my site and tomorrows training sessions will be there too. Obviously Thursdays game will be up on it as it happens.

Some photos are up here.

schemingbohemia

SwdDub wrote: »

Bought my tickets online ages ago. Got a mail with all the extra rules and regulations there a while back.

No alcohol can be brought in and there will be no re-admission.

I'll be interested to see what the arrangements with beer tents are. Usually when you have a captive audience its the cue for vastly over pricing everything.

Prices up at Stormont were fine, don't think they'll go mad with the prices.

d'Oracle

kensutz wrote: »

These people need to keep their secrets to themselves .

Gyalist wrote: »

Some photos are up here.

:eek:

Too late, the world now knows that Merv still has a moustache.

schemingbohemia

Apparently the only booze you can bring in is.........a box of wine, not a case mind you but the boxes with the polybags inside. Not sure how they'd treat Plastic Bottles of, for example, Havana Club 3 year old mixed with Coke but we'll see. Must put Electric Picnic booze sneaking hat on....

Lauder

Headed down for a pint earlier and to have a look.

The place is looking great, reminds me of 1999 World Cup.

Here a few photos of the preparations

scooters

Anybody know if there will be any tickets for sale at the gate tomorrow??

Did'nt have the cash to buy them when they where on general sale and now I do have cash there gone!!

scooters

Lauder wrote: »

Headed down for a pint earlier and to have a look.

The place is looking great, reminds me of 1999 World Cup.

Here a few photos of the preparations





I remember being at the last Aus-Ire game in Clontarf and it's a big diffrence. We had to bring our own deck chairs

Shzm

I wonder how many windows are gonna get broken tomorrow

scooters

Shzm wrote: »

I wonder how many windows are gonna get broken tomorrow

Yep I remember Alan Border hit 5 sixes and broke 2 winscreens in the car park:D

kensutz

scooters wrote: »

Anybody know if there will be any tickets for sale at the gate tomorrow??

Did'nt have the cash to buy them when they where on general sale and now I do have cash there gone!!

It's a complete sell out

d'Oracle

Gutted I couldn't make it.

d'Oracle

In addition, given Ponto's comments on the ICC, the quality side the brought and the fact that they are taking this quite seriously, I take back everything negative I have said about the Aussies.

d'Oracle

Watson out.

PeteEd

Bye Bye Mr Ponting!:D

coldfire1x

Doing well, 3rd wicket gone as well.

Clarke is really out of form for quite some time now.

Cremated

coldfire1x wrote: »

Doing well, 3rd wicket gone as well.

Clarke is really out of form for quite some time now.

Well to be fair there that Stumping was a bit harsh, he could have been back,

I won't complain anyways ...

Washout

is the match on tv?? on some wierd tv channel maybe?

totoal

Washout wrote: »

is the match on tv?? on some wierd tv channel maybe?

Think it's on Setanta Ireland but you would probably need to have UPC cable for that

D3PO

trying to stay calm here 22-0 after 2. come on boys !!

Washout

on setanta ireland

d'Oracle

totoal wrote: »

Think it's on Setanta Ireland but you would probably need to have UPC cable for that

It is on there.
I am not sure why I have it....

Washout

its free on upc/magnet i think but u have to pay for it on sky.

i have it on the old upc/ntl analog system for free funnily enough.

d'Oracle

That was great just then.:D

D3PO

wicket down 3.9 runs per over needed.

please lads see this through !!!

D3PO

and another. come on leave the batting collapses to England !!

coldfire1x

3 down now, not looking good

They need to stay calm, asking rate is not much.

D3PO

not the first time we have put ourselves into a great position only to throw it away :(

91-3 from 14 overs now. Niall O'Brien and Alex Cusack batting now. We really need to steady the ship for the next few overs

bob11

Has anyone found an online stream showing the game ?

D3PO

we have settled down nicely. bookies have it pretty even but we have to be ahead 7 wickets left chasing 3.6 rpo

massive rankings boost if we pull this off. hell id settle for a rained out DL win.

**starts a rain dance**

bluejay14

bob11 wrote: »

Has anyone found an online stream showing the game ?

it's free on eircom.net if you're in the Republic

150-7 now looks like we've caved in. Hard to see the last few doing enough to get us home.

171-9 seems like only a matter of time until it ends.

All over a 40 run defeat. Good effort but another one thats slipped away

d'Oracle

I think thats a bit cruel.
It was a great chance, but the Aussies picked up their bowling big time around 3:30.

Fair enough I wasn't at the match but at 76-0 after 10 overs you'd expect us to at least bring it down to the wire. Obviously they are in a different class to us but we put ourselves in with a great chance yet were taken apart when it really mattered. The Aussies were always going to up a gear when they sensed danger but the fact that no-one in the middle order could stem the tide is very dissapointing. Only a late flurry from John Mooney prevented it from being a very comprehensive beating.
Its just dissapointing following on from the England game in Belfast last year where we had it in our grasp.

catiny

I think the team did very well, it was just unfortunate that the batting didn't follow up the great work in the 1st innings! They were playing the best (ODI) team in the world! :cool:

djimi

I really thought that we were going to pull that off, even at the end the way Mooney was batting and doing a great job of protecting Rankin I had a sliver of hope! Shame really. The wickets that fell once Sterling went were the real killer, coupled with Hopes and Hauritz turning the screw in the middle overs. I would have liked to see us being a bit more positive against Hauritz, but I believe he was getting a lot more turn than I had realised from where I was sitting.

I thought we bowled and fielded very well. Australia were pretty lame with the bat but I thought we made life very hard for them, and gave them nothing in the field. Wilsons stumping was excellent as well.

I have to say tho, those opening ten overs where Porterfield and Sterling were laying into them was one of the best experiences I have ever had at any live game! To see our boys destroying the Aussies like that was awesome beyond words!