Ireland v Australia June 23rd Stormont

booth70

Anyone going?

HonalD

Waiting for tickets to come from CI - Looking to go to Afgan matches as well.

TheDrog

might go to the afghanistan games but the price was just too steep for the australia match

booth70

HonalD wrote: »

Waiting for tickets to come from CI

Me too.....a group of about 7 - 8 of us going so it should be a great day:)

MacBoogerBalls

Is there going to be any TV coverage of this?

kensutz

Sky Sports

Cremated

The weather is shocking for Friday with 24mm of rain predicted, however it's meant to be dry from midnight till 1pm tomorrow. So the first innings should go through, although from 1pm-6pm they're predicting light showers.

Can they play with several light showers?, hopefully we can get the game going ahead fully...

MacBoogerBalls

Maybe They'll show Ireland V England WC 2011 if there is a rain break!

TrueDub

Cremated wrote: »

The weather is shocking for Friday with 24mm of rain predicted, however it's meant to be dry from midnight till 1pm tomorrow. So the first innings should go through, although from 1pm-6pm they're predicting light showers.

Can they play with several light showers?, hopefully we can get the game going ahead fully...

If conditions permit a start of some sort, Duckworth-Lewis will kick in and allow the game to be shortened.

HonalD

MacBoogerBalls wrote: »

Maybe They'll show Ireland V England WC 2011 if there is a rain break!

At Stormont? (Ok I jest!)

KevIRL

Cricket Ireland status update on FB as of bout an hour ago

"Weather is not looking fantastic here unfortunately but we still hold out hope of play. Ticket refund policy - full refund if less than 10 overs bowled as well. Pitch and square fully covered and with the significant investment in equipment and drainage that has been made in recent years we could still see cricket tomorrow."

TrueDub

KevIRL wrote: »

Cricket Ireland status update on FB as of bout an hour ago

"Weather is not looking fantastic here unfortunately but we still hold out hope of play. Ticket refund policy - full refund if less than 10 overs bowled as well. Pitch and square fully covered and with the significant investment in equipment and drainage that has been made in recent years we could still see cricket tomorrow."

Photos on Facebook do not look good - pools on the outfield you could swim in.

HonalD

http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/match-latest

Fingers Crossed......................

KevIRL

Pitch passes 6.30am inspection

Following a comprehensive pitch inspection this morning of the full playing fields at Stormont, the ground has drained well overnight and the ground authorities are still hopeful of play.

The pitch has taken an extreme amount of water over the past 48 hours however and further rain would mean the match organising committee would have to re-visit the current position.

Hope all in attendance today get to see some good cricket. Sky Sports 1 for the rest of us

booth70

Clear at present:)..rain expected from 2 pm onwards:(

manafana

yeah looks like we will see a near full 1st session, and then its question of whether we see a bloody chase, pity in cricket that when rain is forecast like this we cant shortern the 1st session in advance, giving more chance of a chase and no need for DWL.

KevIRL

So the Aussies turned up late this morning after assuming play wouldnt start till the early afternoon.

Pudsy33

KevIRL wrote: »

So the Aussies turned up late this morning after assuming play wouldnt start till the early afternoon.

When is it supposed to start? Sitting in the stands atm. Terrible organisation

KevIRL

Pudsy33 wrote: »

When is it supposed to start? Sitting in the stands atm. Terrible organisation

11.30 is the new scheduled start.

Aussies win the toss and will bowl

KevIRL

Disaster start.

KevIRL

Crikey, just gets worse.

KevIRL

Great catch, just as Stirling was getting going too. Might not get to 100 now.

KevIRL

First rain stoppage, heavy shower too.

Pudsy33

what are they saying on tv about the rain?

KevIRL

Pudsy33 wrote: »

what are they saying on tv about the rain?

Saying that the concern is outer area of the field moreso than the pitch, players slipping etc. Also saying a lot of it will be down to how much Michael Clarke wants the Aussies out there.

Pudsy33

KevIRL wrote: »

Saying that the concern is outer area of the field moreso than the pitch, players slipping etc. Also saying a lot of it will be down to how much Michael Clarke wants the Aussies out there.

Yeah I'm not hopeful, considering just packing it in and heading back to Dublin! Not looking good really judging by whats being said on sky

Pudsy33

KevIRL wrote: »

Saying that the concern is outer area of the field moreso than the pitch, players slipping etc. Also saying a lot of it will be down to how much Michael Clarke wants the Aussies out there.

Yeah I'm not hopeful, considering just packing it in and heading back to Dublin! Not looking good really judging by whats being said on sky

KevIRL

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Yeah I'm not hopeful, considering just packing it in and heading back to Dublin! Not looking good really judging by whats being said on sky

Sky coverage gone to showing IRL v ZIM from 2007 World Cup, they didnt sound too hopeful at all unfortunately

Pudsy33

its getting heavier, fcuk sake

Pudsy33

KevIRL wrote: »

Saying that the concern is outer area of the field moreso than the pitch, players slipping etc. Also saying a lot of it will be down to how much Michael Clarke wants the Aussies out there.

Yeah I'm not hopeful, considering just packing it in and heading back to Dublin! Not looking good really judging by whats being said on sky

Pudsy33

any update for me?

KevIRL

Pudsy33 wrote: »

any update for me?

Ireland and Zimbabwae finished in a tie

Just said on the TV that if there's no play by 5.15 then its completely done for the day

TrueDub

Sky just said play has to start by 1715 or it's curtains. They've started reducing overs already. I wouldn't be too hopeful of seeing a result, although you might get to see some more play.

Pudsy33

debating wether to go home, have they mentioned anything about play in the next while?

TrueDub

Pudsy33 wrote: »

debating wether to go home, have they mentioned anything about play in the next while?

Inspection at 1440, they'll see then. They're concerned about more rain and the ground conditions under the covers. They'll try to cut the interval to maximise playing time, assuming they actually get back on.

I'd be dubious about more play.

KevIRL

Umpire on the TV - Another inspection at 14.40. Concern is the old wicket ends which took a right lashing of rain and the state of them cant be determined until the covers come off.

Players have taken lunch and they are looking to minimise the break between innings, if its 30 overs a side then they'll have 15-20mins of its 20 overs then its 10 mins.

TrueDub

Got there first!

KevIRL

Great interview with Kyle there, came across extremely well

TrueDub

KevIRL wrote: »

Great interview with Kyle there, came across extremely well

Agreed - he dealt very well with some hand-grenade questions from Mr Subtle himself, Charles Colville.

Pudsy33

Any word on the pitch? Thanks for all the updates lads.

KevIRL

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Any word on the pitch? Thanks for all the updates lads.

Capt's just met with the umpires, seems like play will restart shortly, however nothing confirmed yet

KevIRL

Just confirmed - another inspection 3.15

EDIT - Atherton also just said that on the radar it looks pretty grim rainwise from 3.30.

TrueDub

Another inspection at 1515.

TrueDub

Damn!!! too slow this time!

I'm off to Wexford, enjoy the weekend lads.

delta_bravo

TrueDub wrote: »

Agreed - he dealt very well with some hand-grenade questions from Mr Subtle himself, Charles Colville.

Yeah there were some mad questions in there about uniting both soccer associations and gaelic games. I don't know Colville but he really came across as a bumbling englishman looking to learn more about those lads across the water. Although I suppose he was trying to fill time

KevIRL

Game is abandoned

holidaysong

Only 5 balls over getting a refund too, so worst case scenario for the paying fans.

KevIRL

holidaysong wrote: »

Only 5 balls over getting a refund too, so worst case scenario for the paying fans.

Fair play Cricket Ireland though, nice gesture this...

Cricket Ireland will offer all ticket holders from today's game a complimentary ticket to any 1 of the Ireland games in July against either Afghanistan in Dublin or Bangladesh in Belfast - More details to follow

holidaysong

Yeah fair play to them. They didn't have to do that. Today should have been my first Ireland cricket match but unfortunately the weather ruined that. Hopefully will get up to Belfast on Saturday 21st July for the T20 vs. Bangladesh.

Skid

A few more details on that refund offer ...

Cricket Ireland has decided to offer ticket holders the opportunity to see the Irish team in action again over the next month on a day of their choice free of charge.

Ticket holders from today’s match are being offered a free ticket for any ticket purchased to any of the upcoming five home internationals in July. This includes those who decided not to travel due to adverse weather conditions. The matches are:
July 3 - 1st ICC WCLC ODI, Ireland v Afghanistan, Clontarf, Dublin, 10.45am
July 5 - 2nd ICC WCLC ODI, Ireland v Afghanistan, Clontarf, Dublin, 10.45am
July 18 - 1st T20 International v Bangladesh, Stormont, Belfast , 5.00pm
July 20 - 2nd T20 International v Bangladesh, Stormont, Belfast , 5.00pm
July 21 - 3rd T20 International v Bangladesh, Stormont, Belfast , 4.00pm

Proof of purchase will be required either by post or email to ticketsales@irishcricket.org. This may include booking confirmation number, ticket or some other form of proof.
For all detail of upcoming fixtures see http://www.cricketireland.ie

http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/match-cancelled

Nesta99

I debated heading up this morning...After the third ball I was nearly heading home! The ship was steadied and Stirling may have had the first six bar an amazing fingertip snatch then drizzle/rain/sun/drizzle...covers off, covers back on grrrr:mad: so annoying.

C.I. made a damn good effort and the surface looked pretty good considering Friday nights rain. The outfield wasnt as slow as it may have been.

Other Irish sporting associations *cough* i would have felt that boundaries (no pun intended) of refund policies were pushed to get to10 overs. I dont think C.I. would do that and ye know i wouldnt care if they had in a way! The place looked superb on tv too (sky coverage).

Anyhow it was a pity as it was shaping up to be an interesting match. Irish had a bit of momentum even if run rates were dropping before the rain. A slow outfield if the Aussies had got in to bat and with the hard working Irish fielders could have made it a tough chase...ah well!

As for the train home and hearing the rugby score, it could have been a better day out:P