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    #842
    s3rtvdbwfj81ch
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    Porterfield with serious questions to answer imo.


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    #843
    BarryD2
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    Kendra Substantial Thermostat wrote: »
    Porterfield with serious questions to answer imo.

    Well he scored 17 today - that's an improvement on the 42 total scored in 4 ODIs against Afg recently, average 10.5 - with tailenders outscoring him easily out there :)

    I know nothing of the internal politics of Cricket Ireland but I guess there's some reason why he's still opening bat and captain.


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    #844
    KevIRL
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    Windies 31/0 after 8


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    #845
    BarryD2
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    Very expensive first over from Barry McCarthy! Some good tight bowling before that had them tied down a bit.


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    #846
    BarryD2
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    We'd want a wicket soon enough, otherwise the Windies heading for a big score followed by big pressure. Maybe winning the toss and putting them in wasn't the best idea, justified if you can get early inroads and/or keep the scoring down.


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    #847
    KevIRL
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    Getting hammered here


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    #848
    KevIRL
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    142/0 after 25. Have to fancy 350+ possibly even 400 from here


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    #849
    BarryD2
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    Ah lads, this is a real hammering, an embarrassment. Had to go out for a while to return and see two centuries for their openers. Can Porters not come up with a single strategy to get a wicket after putting them in? Could be looking at a huge loss here.


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    #850
    Squatter
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    BarryD2 wrote: »
    Ah lads, this is a real hammering, an embarrassment. Had to go out for a while to return and see two centuries for their openers. Can Porters not come up with a single strategy to get a wicket after putting them in? Could be looking at a huge loss here.

    Indeed we could. Although the Clontarf track is almost always a batsman friendly one, so maybe we'll be able to get a decent score.

    That said, the last 10 overs of the WIndies innings may well be carnage. :(

    EDIT: I'm a bit surprised that the two openers haven't been asked to retire to give some of the others a chance to bat.


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    #851
    BarryD2
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    Squatter wrote: »
    Indeed we could. Although the Clontarf track is almost always a batsman friendly one, so maybe we'll be able to get a decent score.

    In that case, if we can't keep the score down, why not bat first. As it is, we're going to be under scoring pressure from the first ball and we all know where that leads..


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    #852
    Squatter
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    BarryD2 wrote: »
    In that case, if we can't keep the score down, why not bat first. As it is, we're going to be under scoring pressure from the first ball and we all know where that leads..


    Possibly on the basis that if there was any moisture in the wicket it would have been at 10.45 this morning, allied to the fact that the WIndies batsmen mightn't have been used to Irish conditions.

    That said, while putting them in in Malahide would have been a reasonable option, in Clontarf it was a big gamble.

    EDIT 73 runs scored in the last 5 overs! :eek:


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    #853
    riffmongous
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    Shocking stuff!


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    #854
    Squatter
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    Shocking stuff!

    New world record!

    http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/records/283609.html


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    #855
    BarryD2
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    Remarkable consistent scoring between Windies openers. Four overs left, would they dream of double centuries each and set the record to end all records!


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    #856
    Squatter
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    World record ODI opening partnership of 365, but the collapse has now started!

    365/0

    365/1

    369/1

    369/2


    13 balls left - can we bowl them out?


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    #857
    Mysterypunter
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    West Indies have crumbled. Seriously though, 170 & 179 for Hope and Campbell, can you declare in an ODI?


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    #858
    BarryD2
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    Squatter wrote: »
    13 balls left - can we bowl them out?

    Can we keep them under 400 might be a better question ;)


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    #859
    BarryD2
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    So our lads after chasing their tails for the last four hours, now have to face four nicely rested quickies, whilst chasing 8 runs an over. Hmm.


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    #860
    jaysisjames
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    An embarrassment.
    Overweight,over the hill pub team against a mediocre cricket side.
    Irish cricket needs a serious cull, with the likes of O'Brien, porterfield and others ditched for the young up and coming talent. There has to be an alternative to this out of date bunch.


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    #861
    coldfire1x
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    This has been a proper hammering.....


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    #862
    riffmongous
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    Porterfield and Stirling gone already, will we make a hundred?


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    #863
    KevIRL
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    3 down


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    #864
    riffmongous
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    jaysisjames wrote: »
    An embarrassment.
    Overweight,over the hill pub team against a mediocre cricket side.
    Irish cricket needs a serious cull, with the likes of O'Brien, porterfield and others ditched for the young up and coming talent. There has to be an alternative to this out of date bunch.

    It's not so easy when the young guys fails too though, Tucker now with an duck to go with his 7 from the last game


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    #865
    BarryD2
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    It's not so easy when the young guys fails too though, Tucker now with an duck to go with his 7 from the last game

    Might be better to go backwards for a while in order to go forwards? You get the sense there's too much loyalty at play. Should be no room for sentimentality in international sport.


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    #866
    riffmongous
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    BarryD2 wrote: »
    Might be better to go backwards for a while in order to go forwards? You get the sense there's too much loyalty at play. Should be no room for sentimentality in international sport.

    Yeah, I guess you could even make the argument we wont be going much further backwards than we are at the moment.. might as well be some new young guy averaging 10 as Porterfield anyway


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    #867
    Squatter
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    Balbirnie hit on the helmet by a Gabriel thunderbolt, so sensibly retires hurt on 28*.


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    #868
    BarryD2
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    Middle order is showing a bit of application and saving our blushes, well done to K'OB.


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    #869
    riffmongous
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    So 130 from 180 comes from one partnership, 15 overs unused and a few if those dismissals sound pretty shocking


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    #870
    BarryD2
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    Porters reported on ESPN as saying after the game "Credit to the two lads. Once they got the partnership going, this can become a very quick-scoring ground. It's going to be a learning curve for the bowlers. You're playing against really good players. As long as you learn from that, that's all you can ask for."

    So basically blaming our bowlers... sounds like a cheap shot to me and deflecting from his own responsibility. Maybe he said more?


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    #871
    riffmongous
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    Good win for Bangladesh today after losing the warm up to our b-team. 8 wicket win and restricted Windies to around 60 runs off the last 10 overs.

    I wonder can Simi be brought back already since he made 91 and took a few wickets in the warm-up game?


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