Irish Cricket 2023

KevIRL

Nepal put up a good total v Zim

KevIRL

Ireland lose the toss and will bat v Oman

KevIRL

Stirling out on 23. Ireland 51/1 after 9

KevIRL

Followed next ball by mcbrine for 20

KevIRL

Balbirnie only gets 7. 70/3 now in the 17th over and need Tucker and Tector to get a good partnership here

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120732979#Comment_120732979

Yep, back to the current reliables! They've picked up the run rate anyway a bit.

KevIRL

Tucker out 26. Ireland 107/4

KevIRL

Tector 50 and Ireland 180/4 after 36

Xander10

Good stuff from Tector again. What would be a decent score for the Innings?

Lionel Fusco

Tector gone for 52

KevIRL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120733350#Comment_120733350

Par is probably about 275-280

Furze99

Going to be hard to approach 300 here you'd think - we'd need near 10 an over for the remaining........ Tector did well but fell just when he was needed to start picking it up.

KevIRL

Delaney gets out on 20. 220/6 now with Adair and Dockrell at the wicket.

KevIRL

281/7 in the end, Dockrell with a best ODI score of 91 not out

Furze99

Good enough recovery - where would be without Tector, Tucker and Dockrell. All batsmen into double figures except captain.

Oman seem to be a bit like us with the bat, good one day and naff the next. Let's hope it's the latter today!

Lionel Fusco

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120733674#Comment_120733674

Absolutely brilliant from Dockrell gutted he hadn't the time for a ton but a heroic innings that gives the bowlers something to defend.

KevIRL

Going to need to take wickets (obviously) but importantly no room for errors in the field. This is going to be very difficult

KevIRL

Early wicket! Adair gets one in the fourth over

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120733837#Comment_120733837

And need a bit of luck with catches going to hand.

KevIRL

53/1 after 10, need to break this partnership

wicorthered

This is not going well at all, for all his hype has Josh Little ever actually won a game for Ireland? Today would be a good time to change that!

Peter File

Oman are now favourites to win this game on the game tracker on the world cup website 😞

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120734138#Comment_120734138

They're keeping well on top of the required run rate. Need to break this partnership and hope for a bit of a collapse. Otherwise, we're out the door.

KevIRL

Dockrell gets one. Oman 103/2 after 18 overs

wicorthered

The most frustrating thing about Irish cricket is, if Oman win today, and they are crusiing to it, nothing, absolutely nothing will change about the team. Balbirnie could go 50 innings without crossing double figures and he'd still play. Ireland have regressed massively under his watch. Little could go wicketless until 2030 and still play every game he wants to play. If Ireland bomb out of this qualifier 9/10 of the team will play the the next ODI. They'll fiddle around with a spinner here or there, but the spine stays the same regardless of form.

Look at the way the sport is run. I keep saying it but cricket is the worst run sport in Ireland. Look at the selectors and coaching staff, all ex Irish players. Jobs for the boys, where's the fresh faces. They bring in Hauritz as a spin coach and don't bring him on any tours. You hire Ford, Malan etc as coaches but don't let them bring in their own coaching staff how does that work? There's never any innovation. Eagleson and Jones must have had 8/9 different positions between them at this stage. Any chance they can change that up a bit, maybe a few fresh faces. Once Stirling retires he'll be the batting coach a week later.

This team are not used to winning. They don't know how to. Where's the innovation there? When was the last tri series in Ireland against an associate? Probably five years ago. It doesn't matter who you beat winning is habit. Get Scotland and Holland over every summer for a tri series. They're desperate for games to. Win some games, the interpros are pointless, the reason the likes of Ben White get smashed in games is because no one knows how good they are and they get found out on the big stage. There's no breeding ground for young players, they're constantly thrown in at the dee end to sink or swim. Unfortunately most will sink. Will Holdsworth change and invest here, no not a chance he will. He'll chnage nothing and just blindly hope a miracle happens and we magically get good.

Ireland are a full member acting like an associate. They're being outclassed by Oman, this isn't luck Oman are better than them. Based on today I think there's a very good chance they lose every game in this qualifier. Will anything change if they do?

Peter File

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120734599#Comment_120734599

We got to play a test at Lord's though!!

Fully agree with you except for Mr Little. He is an excellent bowler as he has proven in franchise cricket.

Forget about red ball and concentrate on white ball.

Furze99

Little has one and their well set opener taken out.

Oman still well in control though, 5 an over needed.

We need a collapse.

wicorthered

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120734638#Comment_120734638

Little was just an example there really, I do think he's brilliant and has a great career ahead, but he needs to start spearheading this attack better. He should be much too hot for associates

wicorthered

Massive mistake picking Ben White, and it proves my earlier point. They don't know how good he is because CI haven't organised enough games to see him play. Now on his ODI debut he's being picked apart! He had to sink or swim today and under pressure he has sunk unfortunately.

wicorthered

And to think some thought that attack could contain Bazball :)