Ireland Summer ODI Series

riffmongous

I didn't know this was on tomorrow until I saw a few articles on RTE today. It's been hard to be enthusiastic about Irish cricket recently, a win would be great tomorrow to get a bit of spark back but I honestly think we'll be hammered. England are at least missing a few guys thanks to the IPL but they usually don't select a full squad anyway.

Game starts at 11am, and you can watch it on Sky Sports 2 HD

Preview here on cricinfo for anyone who would like to read it. Forecast looks good, should be no rain

Probable teams

England: (probable) 1 Jason Roy, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Sam Billings, 7 Moeen Ali/Adil Rashid, 8 David Willey, 9 Liam Plunkett, 10 Jake Ball, 11 Mark Wood

Ireland: (probable) 1 William Porterfield (capt), 2 Paul Stirling, 3 Ed Joyce, 4 Gary Wilson, 5 Niall O'Brien (wk), 6 Kevin O'Brien, 7 Stuart Thompson, 8 George Dockrell, 9 Tim Murtagh, 10 Barry McCarthy, 11 Craig Young

Hanwellian

England have a great batting line -up, they bat all the way down to no.8 based on this selection.

Ireland have a team that has been together for awhile now, Tim Murtagh is a good bowler, had some good years in County cricket, e.g. Middlesex, Paul Stirling is in and out of the Middlesex team, when he gets going, he is a fine hitter.
Never thought much of Porterfield as a batsman or captain, Ed Joyce would have been my preference, again know him from Middlesex days.

Middlesex are my team, coming from Ealing and all.

Derco

Ireland batting first. Peter Chase gets the nod over Craig Young, other than that the team is as expected

Tom Mann Centuria

Started very well, but both openers gone have slowed Ireland right down.

minitrue

Balbirnie got the board moving again but fell for 30, after Joyce got 23 and Stirling 20 so starts but nobody going on yet 84/3 off 19 with Porterfield still in but not got going yet, 7 off 32 ... Niall just in (2 from 2) with Kevin and Wilson to come before we get to Thompson, Dockrell, Murtagh and Chase so good luck predicting what we might end up with! Rashid just on to start the middle overs of spin.

TrueDub

Need a partnership to develop - plenty of overs left, but with 5 down we're struggling already.

minitrue

Weak end from Porterfield chipping it off the toe to mid on and Wilson out LBW sweeping seemed convinced he'd hit it but nothing on snicko and nothing clear (I'd have loved to see hot-spot on the gloves). The O'Brien brothers are probably going to have to put on 100 partnership to give us any hope of putting any sort of total on the board having come together at 93/5 ... 100 just up for 5 now off 25.2

Tom Mann Centuria

K O'Brien gone, wheels falling off.

Edit: now Thompson gone too. Dire straits.

Derco

That familiar collapse... in to the tail now with just over 100 on the board

y0ssar1an22

108/7 now

minitrue

And Thompson goes dot, four, bowled ... 3 for Rashid, seems that name is all it takes to ruin us

y0ssar1an22

the team has been on the decline for the last 3 years so no surprise here really. Afghanistan well better than us now.

Tom Mann Centuria

8 down

Tom Mann Centuria

126 all out. Capitulation unfortunately and gives the bowlers nothing to bowl at.

Derco

All out for 126. This match won't even last 50 overs

NinetyForNone

Derco wrote: »

All out for 126. This match won't even last 50 overs

Maybe go back to the old days?

When Test nations dropped by for friendlies, there was no need for a toss: the visitors would always bat first, to ensure play lasted the whole day.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/england-vs-ireland-70-year-ban-verge-becoming-test-nation-a-history-irish-cricket-a7718221.html

minitrue

Dang it Murtagh couldn't hang onto a caught and bowled or they'd be 2 down for 1 Was 1/1 when I started typing this with the only run from a no-ball first ball of the innings but Hales just got off the mark with a 4, 3 balls after the drop :-/

Royale with Cheese

I have a ticket for the NZ game next Sunday. Could be a short day out.

Derco

NinetyForNone wrote: »

Maybe go back to the old days?




http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/england-vs-ireland-70-year-ban-verge-becoming-test-nation-a-history-irish-cricket-a7718221.html

I wouldn't go that drastic but do think we should stop deluding ourselves thinking we can do ourselves justice against the Full Members anymore. We should go back to playing in the World Cricket League and rebuild because the thrashings that are almost expected now can't be good for morale, especially for young players coming through.

riffmongous

Even worse than I imagined tbh

Tom Mann Centuria

Messy in the field, and a bit unluckily on a couple of occasions. Thought the bowlers did OK in a lost cause but the batting was woeful.

Royale with Cheese

Doesn't help when Ireland's best player is captaining the other team either.

Richard Hillman

Absolute rubbish folks.

Out of respect for the patrons and the fans that show up to Lords on Sunday, if Ireland win the Toss they should allow England to bat first. Let them put up their 400+ and give the fans something to enjoy.

This mini series was folly from the start

Tom Mann Centuria

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Absolute rubbish folks.

Out of respect for the patrons and the fans that show up to Lords on Sunday, if Ireland win the Toss they should allow England to bat first. Let them put up their 400+ and give the fans something to enjoy.

This mini series was folly from the start

I think it's great, sell out Lords and very good crowd today. Irish cricket can't just hide because it's going through a lean period.

Richard Hillman

The biggest problem is that the team that played today will probably be playing on Sunday. I think one of the commentators said today that 7 of the 11 played against England in Bangalore. If Boyd Rankin wasn't injured it would have been 8.

The players missing are Trent Johnston (retired), John Mooney (retired) and Alex Cusack (who wasn't great).

So basically in the last 6 years, 1 player has played his way in/out the team through performance. That's shocking on any level.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Why are Ireland being given test status when clearly they don't deserve it.

I'm only a casual follower of the game but when the same players have been there for the last 7 or 8 years and no youngsters are replacing them surely it's a sign the game has completely stalled and we don't actual deserve the chance to play test match cricket.Have the world cup of 2007 and 2011 not had any effect on increasing participation and helping bring through better players

Surely playing 5 days test matches and getting pasted will actually have a negative affect on the sports popularity in Ireland and not a positive effect.

Richard Hillman

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Surely playing 5 days test matches and getting pasted will actually have a negative affect on the sports popularity in Ireland and not a positive effect.

Not just the popularity in Ireland but the global interest. Nobody wants to watch one sided tests and test venues or tv companies don't want 2-3 day test matches. It will be a disaster all round. And this isn't just talking about against the likes of England, South Africa, India and Australia. They will be taking smashings off Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the West Indies too.

y0ssar1an22

they are going through a lean patch, but the support from icc is also pretty bad. from the article 90/0 posted above:

'When Ireland reached the Super Eights in 2007, knocking out Zimbabwe along the way, they received $56,000 in prize money for their performance in the Caribbean; Zimbabwe received $11 million, simply by dint of being a Full Member.'

thats petty ****ing disgraceful, and makes it much harder for cricket ireland to develop the game at all levels.

on a broader note, it would be interesting how sport in ireland would be (think soccer, rugby, cricket, hockey, etc) if there was no GAA. similar population to NZ. could we be challenging for international honors?

KevIRL

Ireland won toss and are bowling

KevIRL

First wicket. Hales gone. England 49-1

Tom Mann Centuria

Both England openers gone. 60 - 2

blackcard

Roy gone. 2 down

kksaints

73-2 after 15 overs. Playing well enough so far.

KevIRL

Morgan and root doing some damage here

AnimalRights

I just feel mischievous....

"Alan Lewis
Ex-Ireland batsman and chairman of selectors on BBC Test Match Special
There is a bit more energy about Ireland in the field today, which is pleasing to see. There have been some clean stops. But these two English batsmen seem set now"

y0ssar1an22

morgan gone for 76. 231/4 after 38. not a bad position

KevIRL

Billings gone. 229/5

KevIRL

So difficult at the closing overs for Ireland

Itssoeasy

Ireland 68-1

Mysterypunter

68-1, good stand, pity

minitrue

Becomes 77-2 with Joyce falling to the 4th ball of spin (and from Root not Rashid). Balbirnie and Porterfield out there now to try and rebuild

Tom Mann Centuria

Thought thats one might have been missing. Do Ireland have an appeal left?

Edit: ooh, quite hard done by even though it was technically right not to review.

KevIRL

Fine innings porter field. Pity he couldnt get the ton

Conchir

Ah that's incredibly frustrating, seemed to be kicking himself on his way off. Well played, he was really going for it.

minitrue

Yep KOB first and then Porterfield were both still looking to win it, not just settling for getting onto the honours board or trying to get to a "respectable" score. I'm fine with them going down swinging and today's performance overall, the result will look a bit bad but we just let them sneak too many, a very marginal decision (Balbirnie) and perhaps a sensible batsman short (sorry NOB)

Royale with Cheese

Pity they couldn't break 250, it always seems the point to me at which a score starts to approach something respectable (although not particularly competitive). Better than last time out anyway, looking forward to the next few games a little more now.

minitrue

They could have broken 250 but doing so would have meant giving up on the outside chance of a win (which wasn't completely outlandish until Porterfield fell, they'd just taken 8,15,13 off the prior 3 overs to leave themselves needing 108 off the last 10) but as I said KOB and then Porterfield dared to dream and backed themselves instead of settling for just trying to make it appear a little better to those who just looked at the score afterwards.

Royale with Cheese

Or they could have just squeezed another 7 runs out of the last wicket...

reason vs religion

Just saw the highlights. Was surprised to see the stands so full. Am I wrong in thinking that implies a very sizeable Irish contingent - travelling and London-based? I know Lord's is a nice place simply to be (!) so tickets sell whatever the opposition, but would a non-test side opposition normally have so high an attendance?

Fratton Fred

reason vs religion wrote: »

Just saw the highlights. Was surprised to see the stands so full. Am I wrong in thinking that implies a very sizeable Irish contingent - travelling and London-based? I know Lord's is a nice place simply to be (!) so tickets sell whatever the opposition, but would a non-test side opposition normally have so high an attendance?

A big Irish contingent apparently, but England matches at Lord's are hard to come by, so a lot of people would go regardless of the opposition.

It was a great excuse for any England fans to drag Irish mates to Lords and to prove that cricket isn't actually boring after all .

reason vs religion

Fratton Fred wrote: »

A big Irish contingent apparently, but England matches at Lord's are hard to come by, so a lot of people would go regardless of the opposition.

It was a great excuse for any England fans to drag Irish mates to Lords and to prove that cricket isn't actually boring after all .

Thanks. I sure wish I had such English mates.