Ireland to play in West Indies Domestic 50 over tournament

KevIRL

4 overs in and both openers still in, thats something anyway

KevIRL

The lads must think they are playing a test the way they are batting here...:pac:

deise300

Porterfield gone, 54-1

djimi

I can see the thinking here; bat conservatively and try and keep wickets in hand for the powerplay. We dont want the run rate to fall too much though; 3 rpo is going to make it hard to kick on.

deise300

109-4 after 31, kev is in

deise300

Cusack gone , 110-5

KevIRL

Grim.

deise300

Kev gone, 2nd last ball before power play

deise300

147-8, collapsed after 100-2

KevIRL

Jamaica wrap it up in 29 overs with the loss of just 4 wickets.

minitrue

Last chance today for us to try and unhumiliate ourselves a little with our game against fellow 2 losses from 2 games Windward Islands. They didn't concede the bonus point in either of their losses though. Can't help feel that: A) resting Joyce no warm-up games (guess these are the warm ups for the WI games) and C) the injury to Stirling have all cost us dearly. Fingers crossed this time round we can put our best foot forward and at least spare ourselves the ignominy of a bottom of the table finish.

Also the last chance for NOB and KOB to try and get themselves bought at the IPL auction. Wonder if they will "go nuts" trying to do this and either fail horribly or show their very best.

D3PO

nice to see young getting a game. not exactly the hardtop that would really best suit him but good for him to get the experience anyway also good for stirlo to get some game time in the middle before the windies games.

hes looking good so far too

D3PO

porterfield just looking awful again today. he just cant get any timing going on these slow t&t surfaces.

KevIRL

Stirling out. Run rate very low again

minitrue

D3PO's big mouth did for Stirling who really needed some time out there before the Internationals.

Porterfield's form has been absolutely shocking now for maybe a year or so. To be honest I think he just has to be dropped, captain or not. And of course he's out here again now already while I was typing this, another horrible lose shot just giving some easy catching practice. Now 25-2 off 8 ... horrible.

The sad thing is these performances have the commentators suggesting we missed our boat for Test cricket back about 2011. I'm not sure I quite agree it's gone, but this series will have decimated our arguments and now we'll have to do something special against the W.Indies and in the T20WC to put this debacle out of the administrators minds.

BarryD

Everything goes in cycles? As long as the progress is generally forward, that's what matters..

KevIRL

Shocking run rate, 2.77 after 13 overs. Terrible stuff

BarryD

No boundaries in last 10 overs?

Suppose they might as well use up the 50!

djimi

61 for 3 @ 3rpo. Im not sure if we are playing it safe or just getting bogged down but either way its not good.

minitrue

I knew I should have said "how long before that sweep claims another victim" as soon as Wilson started playing it. There was a point there in the summer it was virtually "banned" apparently as they were losing far too many wickets to it, but I guess when they are struggling so horribly to buy any runs it's no big surprise some of them just can't resist trying it :-(

HonalD

BarryD wrote: »

Everything goes in cycles? As long as the progress is generally forward, that's what matters..

No matter how well or not we performed in the matches, it is great experience for the team. Aside from the World Cup, who would have thought that Ireland would "tour" the West Indies?

KevIRL

Poynter out

minitrue

And now Nialler finishes his attempt at putting some respectability on things with 44, joining the Poynter club getting stumped wandering down the wicket early and missing the ball. At least he wasn't trying to cut it :-( Commentators ripping them both a new one, and they are right :-(

100/5 from 31.3

minitrue

138/6 from 40. 26/1 from the powerplay, Kevin the one dragging on. Need a Soresen special like he had at the LCU T20 Finals day to just try and have a hope of not giving away another bonus point let alone giving our bowlers any sniff of a prayer to pull off the miracle. Wild optimism but we live in hope.

KevIRL

Early wicket. Good stuff

KevIRL

2nd wicket. Dare to dream

BarryD

39/3 ... a chink of light?

KevIRL

BarryD wrote: »

39/3 ... a chink of light?

Indeed. Could do with getting rid of this Theophile character though.

KevIRL

KevIRL wrote: »

Indeed. Could do with getting rid of this Theophile character though.

Gone now 58/4

Pudsy33

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