ICC Trophy.... how will Ireland do?

DMC

The qualification tournament for the next Cricket World Cup starts in Belfast in a weeks time.... moving to Dublin for the semis and finals a week later.

How will Ireland do? Will they qualify for their first World Cup? Can they win the Trophy?

cgf

They should do. A very sharp operation these days. However, we do tend to slip up whenever we are posted with the favourites tag

Hopefully get to see a couple of the knock-out matches when they move down South.

Harry2001

I'd tip them to top Group A and after that it can be a bit of a lottery. Is Ed Joyce gonna be playing?

KevIRL

DMC wrote:

How will Ireland do? Will they qualify for their first World Cup? Can they win the Trophy?

Winning the trophy is very much a secondary issue. They simply MUST qualify for this world cup, and I can see them doing it. Hope the weather stays dry for it, a lot of rainy days could turn the whole thing into a lottery.

Orion

Ed's playing afaik. But Niall O'Brien isn't.

Orion

Here's the full squad list:

Jason Molins (capt), Brondesbury
Andre Botha, North County
Jeremy Bray, Clontarf
Gordon Cooke, Brigade
Peter Gillespie, Strabane
Trent Johnston, Clontarf
Ed Joyce, Middlesex CCC
Dominick Joyce, Trinity/Merrion
Kyle McCallan, Waringstown
Adrian McCoubrey, Cliftonville
Paul Mooney, North County
Eoin Morgan, North County/Middlesex CCC
Naseer Shoukat, Rush
Andrew White, Northamptonshire CCC

With that squad there's no reason why we shouldn't qualify

It's good to see so many from the LCU on the squad too

RuggieBear

i thought ed joyce was trying to qualify for England which excluded him playing for Ireland....?

Harry2001

RuggieBear wrote:

i thought ed joyce was trying to qualify for England which excluded him playing for Ireland....?

He is staying on to help Ireland qualify first, this article says he qualifies to play for England next Friday

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/general/story.jsp?story=649305

KevIRL

Preview of the competiton in The Irish Times today.

arbeitsscheuer

Ireland have a pretty good chance - They've certainly improved a helluva lot in the last 2 or 3 years, and hey, with Ed Joyce in the team anythin's possible

Gonna need a bit of luck and good weather though.
Fingers crossed.

mike2084

Yes I think weather will be the key, as the fine spell has ended in the thundery breakdown and the long range forecast is rather unsettled as a result.

andyman

I can see Jeremy Bray playing well

DMC

They lost to Namibia in a warm-up yesterday.... a close finish tonight with Scotland....

DMC

And they got there with 3 balls to spare. Sets them up nicely.

As long now was the week up north goes well and quailfy for the World Cup, I hope they can then concentrate on the trophy in Dublin.

Scotland 253/8 (50.0 overs)
Ireland 255/8 (49.3 overs)