Ireland Cricket Season 2022

Scoundrel

Yahooo great to win a tight one for once well deserved.

Scoundrel

On the positives a massive innings for Balbirnie he really needed that Tector and Tucker immense again and the right move to move Dockrell up the order crucial runs at the end. On the negatives Adair bowling at the death again he is not a death bowler and Dockrell only bowling 2 overs when his figures were 7/2 is criminal.

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119450379#Comment_119450379

Definition of stupidity is to keep doing the same thing and expect things will change. Over this summer's matches, we seem to leak runs like a gushing hosepipe in the last over or two. Can the lads not come up with some strategies/ variations to keep the batsmen guessing a bit. We seem to be too predictable..

Strumms

I’m terms of the broadcast, I hope to fûck that the TV people put more of an effort into the main camera angle so the umpire is not obscuring the stumps again … really amateur hour stuff that…. BT sport not exactly inexperienced as regards broadcasting cricket at the top level….even if it’s a contractor setting up the camera platforms they need to have some oversight especially as it’s a subscription channel that some of us pay to watch.

Paying basically to look at a fellas back, poor.

Strumms

Weather is set very fair for Stormont later, 26 degrees and not a cloud in the sky.

Just seeing that Ireland slipped to 14 in the world T20 rankings behind Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal and the UAE…

great to have the ability to play the likes of England, West Indies, South Africa and be competitive and earn a few bob but winning is a habit too so to have the chance to get playing against slightly lesser although capable opponents life Afghanistan is fantastic.

[Deleted User]

Afgh 122/8 from 20 overs. 🤔

So then, are Afghanistan gone to the dogs, or is the wicket dreadful or are Ireland actually bowling pretty well in these first two T20 games?

And, as I write this Stirling falls for 4 ..... from 12 balls! Maybe 122 is a decent score after all.

Strumms

Thought in the main we bowled well and caught very well.

problem in that innings was the number of extras we conceded… 19 runs. New Zealand vs West Indies yesterday there were 19 extras in the whole of the game.

TV feed has now been lost altogether …great, absolutely amateur hour.

BT now confirming that the coverage won’t return…

[Deleted User]

Have to confess that I found that Afghan innings so disappointing that I switched to the Hundred to watch Adam Lyth hitting sixes before - joy of joys! - seeing Jason Roy failing yet again!

Strumms

We kept taking wickets and they just couldn’t get going…

Ireland have only lost the one wicket and just need 6 an over from here on in.. should be a formality.

[Deleted User]

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119460152#Comment_119460152

Any idea who their coach is? He's not doing much of a job so far. Plan A seems to be exactly the same as Plan B - scratch around, then obsessively hit the ball in the air and sooner or later (normally sooner) you'll find a grateful fielder.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119460166#Comment_119460166

Lance Klusener apparently… certainly man of great experience and pedigree..

Balbernie gone.

Strumms

Run a ball needed but another wicket falling, need 37 off 37… never do it the easy way.

Speak Now

Easy enough win in the end.

wicorthered

Two good wins in a row. It's a bit early to say they've turned a corner, but a definite improvement. I'll whisper this......Tucker is starting to look more reliable in T20 at least. Delaney's bowling is a nice surprise.

They need to close out the series now. As said earlier, winning is a great habit to get into. If they win the next game surely a couple of new faces will be seen in the last 2 games. Imagine Stirling got injured and Dohenys debut was in a world cup. They need to think about these things

Scoundrel

Yeah a very pleasing performance especially with the ball a definite improvement there it looks like playing the higher standard teams NZ and SA is standing to us now playing the Afghans.

No_Hope_Club

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119462261#Comment_119462261

Definitely coming close to beating them gives confidence a lift. Being competitive is an improvement rather than cannon fodder.

Strumms

Hopefully we close out the series.

wonder what the deal is with Paul Stirling. He’s had some starts this summer, some failures too but not making anything approaching big scores or being reliable or consistent with the bat.

Don’t like saying this but even for Paul he’s carrying quite a bit of timber this particular summer.. we’ve seen a few misfields, a couple of drops and untidy stuff too…

he is only 31 so it’s not like he’s past his peak, either talent wise or the ability to attain and maintain a level of athleticism with which to deliver performances for his country and teammates…

VillaMad

2 new debutants today in Graham Hume (who did play one of the ODI's against New Zealand) and Fionn Hand who is a bit of a bowling all-rounder and they replace McBrine and McCarty.

Hopefully Stephen Doheny can get a go in one of the last two games.

Game on Premier Sport today after the BT debacle yesterday.

[Deleted User]

Here we go again! Afghanistan inserted - I hope it's a new wicket today!

crossman47

What happened in the first over? Six wides!!

Speak Now

Adairs first ball was so wide it went to the boundary so that was 5 of them, his second ball was also wide. He must have thought it was the last over lol.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119464310#Comment_119464310

No idea, supposed to be live on BT Sport, but instead I’m watching four fellas drinking beer in a pub talking about baseball… no information being presented as to what’s happening or what’s happened to / with the cricket coverage…

nothing on BT’s twitter or seemingly anywhere…. Yet another broadcast gone tits up, yet again no information… it’s a subscription service not good enough.

edit : ok just see it’s on premier… a tweet wouldn’t have killed em.

Scoundrel

lovely first over from Hume 1 off it.

Strumms

Dreadful over by Campher, 14 from it but he was wided for a delivery that the batsman could have reached out and caught with his hand it was that close to him. Dreadful, umpiring.

29 from the last 14 deliveries and the good start undone.

VillaMad

Looks like a big score coming for Afghanistan. Finally a wicket for Ireland with Gurbaz departing.

That wicket came out of nowhere as Ireland were offering very little threat.

Strumms

A half tracker to finish off what was an otherwise good over, grrrr

WASP says 183… 34 runs in 3 overs, doubtful.

[Deleted User]

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119464648#Comment_119464648

Never in doubt with our always reliable death bowling..

62/3 off the last 5 overs. I know the afghans had wickets in hand but another game potentially lost at the back end of the bowling.

[Deleted User]

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119464648#Comment_119464648

Although, courtesy of Adair, they passed it! 190 to win.

Strumms

Well our death bowlers well and truly shït the bed again…last 4 overs 51 runs ffs… from being hot favourites to second favourites in 4 overs… credit to the Afghanistan batsmen but it was more diligently dispatching dross bowling, half trackers, short deliveries and wides then anything of a brilliance factor.. no wow, more ahhh jesus, this again..

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Strumms

Ffs Stirling.. Devon Malcolm would have been embarrassed to lose their wicket to that shot… just take the wide..jeeez.

Balbernie goes cheaply, not a dissimilar shot, a poor shot…ffs

Tector jeeez, chasing another wide one, nicks it.

fielder standing at backward short leg… bowler delivers a wide..does batsman..

A…leave it take the wide

b… clip it to backward short leg where there is never a run,

?? Yep… b