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Strumms

Dockrell out now… again a terrifyingly awful shot as opposed to great bowling…. McBrine almost gone but dropped… the fûck they trying to do ? 😒 Adair now gone, Jesus

Lost 5 wickets for 10 runs

actually McBrine gone now….. collapse dot com.

wicorthered

Ever by irish standards this is pretty spectacular. They were cruising 30 mins.

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121883013#Comment_121883013

Looks kinda like it!

Strumms

They might as well risk it for a biscuit…actually, another defensive prod and 9 down…

no tactical nouse whatsoever….

just poking and prodding and playing half arsed defensive prods…. Dumb cricket, they needed runs and to take the game back to the Afghans… ahhh no, lose a load of wickets pushing and prodding and go down to what will probably be a 100+ run defeat…117 run defeat it is… dreadfully shît and naive performance….

wicorthered

Emphatic. But I'm sure they'll go away work hard and play better cricket next time.

Can't remember a worse collapse. 100% of the blame is on the captain. They were cruising and then he does that.

Strumms

Of the 11 batsmen to take the field, 9 scored single digit scores. outrageously pathetic. No amount of sugar coating can be done to put any shine on that performance….

6 of the 10 wickets were either bowled or lbw… seemed mega vulnerable to anything straight, some really really soft, dismissals.

MFPM

Only managed to dip in and out of this today but that's depressing. From 50/1 to 119 all out is terrible. Too many of these performances against teams of a 'similiar' standing and level.

Strumms

After our test victory and the Zimbabwe T20 & ODI series wins the Afghan side have certainly brought us rather swiftly back to ground….

What was the craic with the attendance ? Ok a neutral venue but you would think a couple of thousand neutrals might have made an effort in a city that size…. Give away a few tickets to school kids even….

Strumms

Ireland going nicely having lost the toss….37/0 from 4

nice aggression from what I’m seeing… anything loose the lads are going after.

Edit : Balbernie gone to a rubbish shot, completely avoidable.

MFPM

He has a habit of doing that!!

wicorthered

Anyone got any suggestions as to why Tucker is still number 3. 15 ings since this 71 against Aus, and bar 94 V mighty Austria a best of 21, with 9 single figure scores.

Paul Stirling is a horrendous captain. How many times now has he thrown his wicket away at crucial times. Brutal shot, absolutely brain-dead stuff

Hahaha Campher that's not even an amateurs level shot

Furze99

So Stirling and Campher toss their wickets to the crowd.

Rock was miles off even hitting that first ball!

wicorthered

Lets be honest if Khan was fit we would've lost that test. Despite playing him more than any other country they still have no idea how to play him. The batting is so poor against spin.

Rock now. This is humiliating stuff. But they'll go away again and have a think.

Two games running, the captain plays a tail end slog and the rest just collapse

Royale with Cheese

Haha, Neil Rock nickname Pebbles. I played against him once in Leinster division 14 or so when he must have been around 13. Looked a seriously good player back then, not at all surprised he's made this level. Think he might have hit 50 that day.

wicorthered

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121897896#Comment_121897896

He's completely out of his depth at this level. A number 11 wouldn't play that shot

Royale with Cheese

Didn't realise he'd played nearly 20 matches already, eh yeah his numbers aren't great. Probably a bit of a gulf between internationals and Leinster division 14 alright.

wicorthered

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121897949#Comment_121897949

A small bit. I think Rashid Khan would be hard to pick in Leinster 14

wicorthered

Really poor running here to. No pressure on fielders, they're happy with singles. The batsmen look terrified to be on strike. It's poor man's Bazball. All frantic, false aggression.

The coaching staff are not at this level, nothing has improved under Malan nothing.

You won't see many more dominant 3fors than that

wicorthered

Tector bailing the rest out again. Good hitting. The rest very average

Furze99

Harry Tector sure saving our blushes in this, a fine 50+. Delany was a bit unlucky, it was a good strike.

KevIRL

Great finish by Tector

KevIRL

Adair gets Gurbaz first ball

edit and Josh Little gets another in the second over

edit edit and another. On a hat trick!

wicorthered

Wow bowlers showing the batters how it's done.

They need to see this through now, bowl Adair through. Go for wickets

wicorthered

The difference in running already, they're alive to every single run.

Strumms

Ishaq well set, 22 from 10, be nice to get him out now. Let this partnership develop and we could be in trouble… early wickets great but we can’t let them dominate.

KevIRL

Good bowling so far from Ireland

Strumms

We have to be strongish favourites from here…..

just nothing stupid lads and it would be nice if we can be composed and just see this through.

A very unlikeable Afghan side, running when the ball ricocheted off one of them as it was being thrown back….

wicket off a no ball. The spinner White ffs..

ohh man, getting controversial, Ireland will be in trouble for this, the umpires are appalling though, disgraceful.

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121898330#Comment_121898330

Or was it?? Very dubious call.

KevIRL

That's another awful call in this series against Ireland

Furze99

Justice at last - feck them, the chancers