T20 World Cup Qualifiers

KevIRL

Stirling out, 76 off 43, super knock, pity he couldnt get the ton mind.

Openers really set up this beautifully for us

KevIRL

Sky just switched

KevIRL

Wilson bowled for 2. Ireland 183-4 after 16. Trent on 47 not out

KevIRL

Trent 53 off 27 balls

Dont retire please

KevIRL

Mooney gone for 12. Ireland 212-5 with 11 balls left

KevIRL

225-7 total. Brilliant stuff

pajor

An uncomfortable start I'd say.

pajor

And that's a badly needed wicket by Dockrell.

KevIRL

Good man Dockrell, badly needed that

KevIRL

2nd wicket, Dockrell again

Nonoperational

They'll need a few wickets, but the boundaries should dry up after the power play, hopefully.

KevIRL

Great over this, Cusack on a hat trick

pajor

And another wicket by Cusack. 76-3 now.

pajor

I'll keep quiet now. :pac:

djimi

Catching has been utter muck today. Sorensen and Shannon have both had awful drops, and that first one that Shannon didnt take, although hit hard to him, probably should have done better also.

KevIRL

Getting into tail now. 129-7

axe2grind

KevIRL wrote: »

Trent 53 off 27 balls

Dont retire please

Maybe he'd stay on as a batsman

KevIRL

Ireland win by 68 runs, another trophy in the bag. That puts us in the Zimbabwe group at the final as well

Very well done guys

Lovely Bloke

had to go out, just got back in to see the last wicket fall, lovely yorker from Murtagh

pajor

They really did step up to the mark with the bowling when it was needed.

BarryD

Fair dues to them, consistent results. Knocking on the door a good while now. Will anyone open it?

KevIRL

Ireland group for 1st round of World Cup

Zimbabwe
Ireland
UAE
Holland

If we win the group we'll be in a group with England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and South Africa in the super 10 stage

Lovely Bloke

not to put the mockers on it, but that's entirely winnable.

Rjd2

KevIRL wrote: »

Ireland group for 1st round of World Cup

Zimbabwe
Ireland
UAE
Holland

If we win the group we'll be in a group with England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and South Africa in the super 10 stage

It is, but it will be interesting to see if Tom Cooper and more importantly RTD play for Netherlands, as the latter is a serious game changer.

KevIRL

We'll need to hit the ground running at the finals. Zimbabwe first game. It will be exactly 7 years to day of our famous win over Pakistan in the ODI World Cup, I believe some other celebration happens on the day too :pac:

17 Mar Ireland v Zimbabwe
19 Mar Ireland v UAE
21 Mar Ireland v Netherlands

TrueDub

KevIRL wrote: »

We'll need to hit the ground running at the finals. Zimbabwe first game. It will be exactly 7 years to day of our famous win over Pakistan in the ODI World Cup

It's also 7 years and two days since the tie with Zim in the same World Cup, a match we really should have won - a catch was dropped over the boundary, costing us six runs.

D3PO

TrueDub wrote: »

It's also 7 years and two days since the tie with Zim in the same World Cup, a match we really should have won - a catch was dropped over the boundary, costing us six runs.

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story hey. We were all but out of the game only for insanely good death bowling. Yeah we could have won the game but we could and should have lost it.

HonalD

D3PO wrote: »

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story hey. We were all but out of the game only for insanely good death bowling. Yeah we could have won the game but we could and should have lost it.

But we lost fewer wickets too!