Ireland vs India

dpryor

Ah, disappointing end to a close match. Considering we were 122/2 at one stage, we should have managed to reach at least 250.

The bowlers have been impressive though. This is the best batting lineup in the world and to keep the match so competitive defending just 207 runs and with our most experienced bowler injured is a good achievement.

Our chances of advancing in this tournament now rest entirely on the match against West Indies. A similar bowling performance with a more disciplined and spirited batting effort would be welcome.

Pauleta

Good performance against the best team in the world. No complaints, the lads couldnt of done any better.

Aidric

No shame in that defeat, a very credible performance. The Bangladesh result was the real killer.

Judgement Day

Ahh..the dream is shattered but it was some Irish performance. Just a little bit more luck (Ed Joyce's early departure) and Trent Johnston coming off early and India wouldn't have made it. Good to watch except for the poor streams. I think I can hear the sound of bandwagons hitting the road home.

spiralism

We really should have got 250 there, giving the best batting lineup in the world 207 to chase was too much to ask. 250 to chase and it would have been a much different story... group standings anybody?

Harps

Great performance in the field, India were in a bit of trouble and if it wasnt for that expensive over to Pathan it would have been an interesting finish. Giving probably the best team in the world a real fight is excellent and far above what I was expecting for this match so great credit to the team again

Turtwig

Judgement Day wrote: »

I think I can hear the sound of bandwagons hitting the road home.

I don't think so, beating England in any sport is regarded as HUGEE!!

Marshy

As others have mentioned, we would've set the cat amongst the pigeons scoring around 250 which was well attainable if we'd kept wickets in hand.

Was a really impressive bowling and fielding effort. Dockrell was excellent again, getting their two star players out.

Looking quite unlikely we'll get through now I think, even with a win against WI, but if our batting fires more as a unit for remaining games it bodes well.

ASTRACLUB

Well done IRELAND
proud of fighting spirit!

NO complaint!, We were not expeting to win but gave agreat fight to worlds best team.
can't complaint anymore,
Kevin for President :_):D:)

Well done guys and good luck for next matches.

PS: The amount of support Irish team got in last two days, if this was at the airport before departure or in first few matches, than we would have beaten Bangladesh and in next round already,
No worries, bring on West Indies!

positron

Indian team played text book innings - their experience has taught them to not to dismiss any opposition - They played carefully against Irish bowling and went for it when it looked safe. This is what Ireland didn't do against Bangladesh.

Anyhoo, well done to Ireland for putting up such a resistance. Fingers crossed WI match goes well - if not that's the end of it, and if yes, super eight would be fantastic fun!!

Trivia: Irish cicket team has been more successfull than Irish football team(s) and there are more Ireland born Irish players in the Irish cricket team that in the Irish Rugby team!

g5fd6ow0hseima

positron wrote: »

Trivia: Irish cicket team has been more successfull than Irish football team(s) and there are more Ireland born Irish players in the Irish cricket team than in the Irish Rugby team!

I have to correct you there.

Botha, Cusack & Johnson are foreign born.

The only foreign born player on the rugby team is the substitute Tom Court. And if you want you can count Jamie Heaslip who happened to have been born in Israel - but lived all his life here.

positron

[QUOTE=Gabrielle Vast Eve;71022081The only foreign born player on the rugby team is the substitute Tom Court. And if you want you can count Jamie Heaslip who happened to have been born in Israel - but lived all his life here.[/QUOTE]

I could be wrong - I heard that mentioned by George Hook on newstalk, may be he said something else and I got it wrong.

SD7792

I think the fact that we even considered an Irish victory today against arguably the best team in the world shows just how much Irish cricket has come on in recent years.

Also I can't believe that after the England game people were sure we were going to get through yet after today it is now unlikely that were going to get through. This match was always pencilled down as a loss in my opinion and any sort of performance was a bonus.

The equation is quite simple. Ireland beat the dutch and the windies with west indies losing to England, South Africa and India and were through. No messing about with net run rate or anything just as simple as that. And in my opinion it is very possible considering our performances to date.

G'wan Ireland!

Corsendonk

positron wrote: »

I could be wrong - I heard that mentioned by George Hook on newstalk, may be he said something else and I got it wrong.

Thats where you made the mistake, Groutch Hook is a great man for soundbites that ignore facts.

Hayte

Ireland has a pretty good team that works well as a unit but lacks for individual performances. Honestly, its a better problem than some teams have which is to have alot of solid individuals that don't work as a unit very well.

Ireland were constantly moving the field around to set traps and the lack of boundaries in the second innings was partly because the batsman can only play the ball to fielders. They have to keep the ball down on the ground and get runs in singles (which is what they did). Ireland don't have particularly good bowlers so I thought this was quite remarkable. Johnston of course was the standout (and its pretty obvious hes in a class of his own and top 20 at ODI) but the pick of the rest for me was Rankin in this match. Hes been expensive as hell before and I don't think hes taken a wicket in the entire tournament but after he bowled that maiden over, he was tight. He wasn't leaking runs like Stirling and there was palpable pressure being built up.

If you have a couple of bowlers that can bowl economically, get a few maidens then you can build unbelievable pressure, even if you aren't taking wickets. Eventually, the batsman needs to think about getting his run rate up so he starts playing stupid or risky shots or playing off balls that you should leave.

booth70

Corsendonk wrote: »

Thats where you made the mistake, Groutch Hook is a great man for soundbites that ignore facts.

What Hookie said the other evening on Newstalk after Ireland's win against England was something along the lines of....."There were more Irish born players in the Irish team that day in Bangalore than English born players in the England team"

That aside I thought Ireland played well today:)

India still don't look convincing enough to me though:(....Chawla looks way out of his depth and their ploy of playing only 4 specialist bowlers is bound to come unstuck sometime.....I am hoping it dosent!

spiralism

booth70 wrote: »

What Hookie said the other evening on Newstalk after Ireland's win against England was something along the lines of....."There were more Irish born players in the Irish team that day in Bangalore than English born players in the England team"

That aside I thought Ireland played well today:)

India still don't look convincing enough to me though:(....Chawla looks way out of his depth and their ploy of playing only 4 specialist bowlers is bound to come unstuck sometime.....I am hoping it dosent!

Tbh i hope they win it. Sachin deserves a world cup, the man is incredible

KevIRL

Well done lads. A very good effort for sure. It was always gonna be a tough ask, made even harder when you consider the mental fatigue that had to have kicked in after the England game. Make no mistake a lot of naysayers back home (not to mention the ICC) were hoping for a wipeout today.

The team dug very deep and with a little bit of luck and a bit more cuteness at times it could have gone right down to the wire. A great achievement giving India such a game in front of their home crowd. The team have everything to be proud of and once again it was great to see them playing as a team all the way, that character will stand to them through the rest of the tournament

omg a kitty

Being Indian and having grown up in Ireland, I don't know how to feel

Judgement Day

Gabrielle Vast Eve wrote: »

I have to correct you there.

Botha, Cusack & Johnson are foreign born.

The only foreign born player on the rugby team is the substitute Tom Court. And if you want you can count Jamie Heaslip who happened to have been born in Israel - but lived all his life here.

And ROG who was born in San Diego.

d'Oracle

booth70 wrote: »

India still don't look convincing enough to me though:(....Chawla looks way out of his depth and their ploy of playing only 4 specialist bowlers is bound to come unstuck sometime.....I am hoping it dosent!

If it does it will against SA, Yuvraj is at his arrogant belligerent best I reckon, but we all know how much he hates fast bouncers.

And we all know how much Dale Steyn likes bouncers.

Corsendonk

Has Canada got any Canadians in its team?

d'Oracle

Corsendonk wrote: »

Has Canada got any Canadians in its team?

Quick scan of Cricinfo says two.

Washout

d'Oracle wrote: »

If it does it will against SA, Yuvraj is at his arrogant belligerent best I reckon, but we all know how much he hates fast bouncers.

And we all know how much Dale Steyn likes bouncers.

there is no bounce in indian wickets

d'Oracle

Washout wrote: »

there is no bounce in indian wickets

Well "short pitched ball" then.

reb73

Washout wrote: »

there is no bounce in indian wickets

Not the conventional kind anyway, more of the spitting kind that Harbhajan at his best would exploit readily..

Btw, this game (Ind v SA) is at Nagpur, happy hunting ground for Steyn the last time he played a test against India here IIRC..

Giggsy11

spiralism wrote: »

Tbh i hope they win it. Sachin deserves a world cup, the man is incredible

Just read this.. Absolutely spot on. Sad we have bunch of Jokers plus Sachin and Zaheer.

d'Oracle

Giggsy11 wrote: »

Just read this.. Absolutely spot on. Sad we have bunch of Jokers plus Sachin and Zaheer.

I'm curious as to why you consider Harbhajan to be a joker and yet not Zaheer.

Giggsy11

d'Oracle wrote: »

I'm curious as to why you consider Harbhajan to be a joker and yet not Zaheer.

Dont take everything literally. Zak is way way important to us than Harbhajan. He is our best bowler.

d'Oracle

Giggsy11 wrote: »

Dont take everything literally. Zak is way way important to us than Harbhajan. He is our best bowler.

Should I take that literally?