Irish Cricket 2024

dohboy

Good (and pretty deflating) piece by Nathan Johns here in the aftermath of that Test win

https://theparttimer.substack.com/p/ireland-savour-maiden-victory-but

VillaMad

No play today. Match abandoned due to rain which is very rare in the UAE.

KevIRL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121870019#Comment_121870019

We bring the rain with us wherever we go

wicorthered

Ireland and Scotland are the only two teams that could be washed out in a desert

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121875499#Comment_121875499

See we're on again today, more or less the same team doesn't vary much by format. Won toss and chose to chase again. At least we have consistency there I guess.

Still can't help but feel a few of our lads could shed a bit of weight. Hume there now is fairly rotund and working hard in the heat.

Gurbaz now is lean & mean, saved himself being run out by a stretchy dive. No way Stirling would have been near that.

Furze99

Hume taken to the cleaners now.

Pitch looks pretty dry and cracked - will we be baffled by spin later?

KevIRL

Badly needed breakthrough that

KevIRL

Gurbaz gone now. Afghanistan 85/3. Much better from the Irish bowlers

Strumms

A lot fewer loose deliveries.. Better from the Irish bowlers. A lot fewer erroneous deliveries and they’ve been pretty tight with their fielding too.

only 13 boundaries so far in the 30 overs we’ve bowled.

Hopefully we can limit them to around 260-270.

Furze99

Tector's run out throw was excellent, quick & accurate. Pity McBrine missed the stumps later, that was a good chance. Suppose you win some and lose some, he took a good catch earlier.

KevIRL

Tector getting a few overs today

Strumms

Could do with breaking this partnership, both batsmen very well set in the 40’s.

Furze99

Make or break of us now for the moment - Adair bowling short again a bit too much? Can he vary with a few good tight yorkers?

Nabi gone which is no harm at all.

Strumms

Wickets tumbling, nice one, can’t see them getting more than 240 now, crucial period of the game and we are coming good.

KevIRL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121883777#Comment_121883777

well played

KevIRL

Nice to see Tector get a wicket too

KevIRL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121883945#Comment_121883945

live forecast right now on cricinfo is 244

KevIRL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121883910#Comment_121883910

Yuge wicket from Adair

KevIRL

Afghanistan finish on 236/9. Getting a six with the last ball

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121884092#Comment_121884092

What sort of final ball was that! More like a beamer.

Strumms

4.72 the RRR.

hopefully we are positive in the chase as opposed to careless and too gung-ho. Especially when we don’t need to be….

Purposeful from the off and we grand. Allow the required rate to climb, lose a few wickets we are back to square one.

KevIRL

Balbirnie out for 1

Furze99

Balbirnie wafts at the ball and is gone.

Strumms

Balbernie gone….😖 Didn’t look like he hit it. Host broadcaster not able to provide any tech to show either way.

feet anchored, a poor shot either way.

KevIRL

50 up for Ireland. Good controlled stuff from Stirling and Campher

Strumms

Given the match situation and the fielder at long off, a pretty poor choice of shot. Just don’t open the door for them…

Strumms

Ffs how did Tector miss that, played all around it…. Door being opened after an excellent start. Coasting as is said on commentary…Wickets 2&3 seriously avoidable.

Tucker gone, just scooping it in the air mid wicket…. Self destructing.

Campher gone, looks like he got nowhere near hitting that either ffs…

umpires are piss useless, adjudicating on the reactions of fielders as opposed to what’s happening out on the field.

KevIRL

Well that looks like another shocker of a decision to give campher out there. Echoes of Stirling in game 1

wicorthered

Coasting to victory and the captain does that......

All they had to do was see off Nabi. How are they still so clueless against spin. They play in the UAE more than they do in Ireland

wicorthered

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121884593#Comment_121884593

Ireland have much much bigger problems than umpires when they try to bat