Irish Cricket 2023

Furze99

Little strikes again, is there a twist? 60 still needed, will Oman panic?

Two interesting matches in progress.

wicorthered

McBrine having a mare with the ball, surely that has to do with him opening the batting now as well.

Furze99

Slipping away - but not done & dusted. Oman's to lose for sure.

Meanwhile England 8 down and the quicks hunting the tail.

Furze99

And Oman get our scalp - on merit too in terms of consistency over their innings. The odd wicket but good partnerships in between. They must be delighted - an associate getting one over on a test playing team.

Our chances of qualifying very severely dented you'd think.

wicorthered

I really can't see how Balbirnie recovers from this, this is as humiliating a performance as Ireland have ever put in. Whatever about getting beaten by Oman in a low scorer, on a slow dusty middle east track, they've just cruised past a a 280 total without any trouble. Ireland have been completely outplayed in every aspect of the game.

Go read cricinfo and see how many Irish wickets were soft shots caught in the deep, look at how often these shots were at crucial times. What the hell does the batting coach do?

That bowling attack wouldn't defend 600. Bowling coach obviously earns his money.........

As for the captaincy......... Why did Delaney play? White and McBrine were getting smashed and he doesn't bowl a single delivery. There's no innovation in the field, no leadership, he's the worst captain I've ever seen at international level. Maybe if he gives up the captaincy he can work more on his batting which has fallen off a cliff. Wait for his customary, 'we're a bit disappointed but we've plenty to learn and work on' interview after the this.

If he doesn't go after this debacle CI have no interest in being a competitive team. But I fully expect him to be captaining from no in Sept against England. In fact nine of todays team will play.

Lionel Fusco

Beaten with 11 balls to go too many bowlers nowhere near international standard.

wicorthered

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120735264#Comment_120735264

Test playing by default not ability

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120735299#Comment_120735299

Tongue firmly in cheek ;)

Mysterypunter

Bad defeat, same players carrying others, no change no surprise

iffandonlyif

Damnit, that’s disappointing. Ireland really need Scotland to do us a favour and beat Oman but lose to us. If that result carries through to the ‘Super Six’ Ireland have no chance.

Royale with Cheese

Not sure what's worse, being comfortably beaten by Oman or being unable to score against Gibraltar.

Strumms

https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/mens/team-rankings/odi

Ireland ranked 12 out of 20 ICC One Day international teams in the world.

Oman ranked 18 out of 20.

what has to be taken into account was this defeat wasn’t just losing but that we lost by 5 wickets and with 11 deliveries left.

Recently we were whitewashed in the ODI series vs Bangladesh.

Beaten by the Netherlands with over 12 overs remaining.

vs Oman highlights :

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/video/3544563

I can only see one wicket I’d put down to great or good bowling, every other wicket falling was as the result of a poor shot.

let’s be honest we’ll do SFA at the tournament if we qualify. Form and ability as regards some in the ditch…..No real intelligence in our batting, hitting it skywards and down the throats of fielders…

Lionel Fusco

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120737629#Comment_120737629

We never once looked like being able to defend 281 against Oman that is absolutely criminal

Peter File

Ireland will bat first after losing the toss. Let's hope that they put on a respectable score this morning.

KevIRL

Balbirnie and Stirling out first over v Scotland.

KevIRL

Tector gone too

selwyn froggitt

Woeful start 🙄

KevIRL

Tucker gone too and surely our world cup hopes are done

Peter File

34/4 :(

Peter File

5 down

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120742812#Comment_120742812

A shocker - what a poor start and got us in a heap of trouble. We'll do well to pass 150 now and looks like a substantial defeat on the cards.

Against a team that we used to handle comfortably, even if closely matched. God be with the days when an Irish ODI side could take out the West Indies or England.

I suppose hope springs eternal but not expecting too much today!!

KevIRL

Dockrell and Campher putting together something of a decent partnership. 156/5 in the 36th over.

Peter File

179/5 after 40

Peter File

206/6 Dockrell giving the bowler a free hit at his stumps

selwyn froggitt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120742851#Comment_120742851

And a fantastic recovery considering how bad they started, could make 280/290 now.

Royale with Cheese

Letting your opponent recover from 70/5 to 250/6 is a very Irish thing to do.

Peter File

255/6 Campher century!!!

KevIRL

Magnificent hundred from Campher

Peter File

256/7. Delaney out for 19. Score is starting to look respectable

Lionel Fusco

What a knock from Campher truly heroic stuff from him and Dockrell we were up **** creek when they came in.

Campher has in last over has gone dot, 6,4,4 out! What an effort!!

286/8 after 50 overs some achievement considering where we were Little with a boundary off his only delivery faced.