2021 T20 World Cup in UAE/Oman

selwyn froggitt · 22-10-2021 02:03PM

Just over a run a ball now for Namibia, our Goose is cooked.

Hammer Archer · 22-10-2021 02:05PM

Didn't we benefit from something similar in the World Cup 5 years ago (i.e. ball hitting the stumps but the bails staying on)?

namloc1980 · 22-10-2021 02:05PM

Very disappointing. Need a miracle.

Hammer Archer · 22-10-2021 02:14PM

That 6 has done it for sure.

Strumms · 22-10-2021 02:15PM

We are done... can’t only take two wickets in an international T20 on the back of an average batting total and expect to get a result.... Namibia 7 places below us on the ICC world T20 rankings but they have outperformed us.

Mysterypunter · 22-10-2021 02:18PM

This turned into a hammering, there are lots of passengers in this Irish team

namloc1980 · 22-10-2021 02:20PM

Awful result for Irish cricket.

Hammer Archer · 22-10-2021 02:20PM

Well done to Namibia. Well deserved as well with a very comfortable chase. Would have been an injustice had we managed to scrape through.

selwyn froggitt · 22-10-2021 02:20PM

Very very disappointing.

Strumms · 22-10-2021 02:22PM

Young brought back after conceding an average of 8 an over, all over the shop and gets smacked around again to finish with a 9.43 economy rate... what sort of captaincy is that ?

What sort of bowling is bowling almost half trackers outside off stump ? Full and straight not in the coaching manual anymore?

Gillespy · 22-10-2021 02:25PM

Namibia fully deserving winners.

Lost it with the bat, last ten overs especially. After a good powerplay they left it meander too long. Intent is a real thing in this format and there was none after Stirling. Bowlers did fine today. No fault on them, it was an impossible task.

Mysterypunter · 22-10-2021 02:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118057823#Comment_118057823

It was a very one sided game in the end, Namibia have been plugging away at associate level for quite a few years, and deserve a change of fortune, their best player at the time, Raymond Van Schoor died in 2015, after collapsing on the field while batting in a really sad incident, that was the last time they made the news in some ways, this is a much happier occasion

wicorthered · 22-10-2021 02:37PM

Shambolic, Irish cricket lurches from one humiliation to another. A massive clean out is needed starting with the coach and captain. Ford's reign has seen some of Ireland's most embarrassing defeats.

Balbirnie has had an awful tournament. Doesn't review a plumb lbw then reviews an edge 12 inches from the bat😲. Bats as if he's playing for close of play.

O Brien and Singh should be put to pasture. There might not be obvious replacements but blood Doheny and White, they couldn't do worse. Use Delaney properly, he's not a number 4, he wouldn't get in Scotland's team never mind top 6. Have him at 8, and bowling some overs. The bowling unit is good, but get David Delaney in for Young. He might be struggle at first but wouldn't do worse than Young. No matter how well Young is bowling you know a half tracker isn't far away. Wieses two 6s off him killed the game.

Saddest part is today isn't a shock. What would Ireland give for an Erasmus coming in at 3/4.

CI have a choice now, accept we'll always be associate level, or go the passport route and invest money in salaries to tempt Aussies and Kiwis over

Strumms · 22-10-2021 02:37PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118057867#Comment_118057867

Campher and Little were ok, but none of the others could hold down the Namibia side..l a rank bad delivery in most overs, meant we were not able to apply pressure.

Strumms · 22-10-2021 02:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118057895#Comment_118057895

You could see how much it meant to players and supporters at the end... reminded me of Ireland making the breakthrough...nice to see but disappointed to be on the wrong side of that in a World Cup.

Richard Hillman · 22-10-2021 02:40PM

They can focus on white ball cricket again for the next 12 months for the goal of getting knocked out in the 1st Round again.

Rjd2 · 22-10-2021 03:26PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118058010#Comment_118058010

I don't disagree with much of this, but tbf Delany had a decent t20 effort in England batting in the top order for Glamorgan? ,,,,had a good knock v the Dutch and smashed the Bangla men at the top of the order. He is very raw, but Ireland don't have a million top order options so we need to invest in him as obviously Stirling can't play forever.

Simi can go, and I think Kevin will also after this although to be fair he did little wrong today.

Gillespy · 22-10-2021 03:26PM

Group 1 has a real group of death look about it. Not convinced by England without Archer. And Malan, Morgan and Livingston not getting runs heaps more pressure Buttler and Bairstow.

Group 2 looks more straightforward. India clear favourites to go through. Pakistan seem more fancied than NZ to join them. Foolish to underestimate them though. This group will be about seeing what Scotland and Namibia do. And Afghanistan too.

No_Hope_Club · 22-10-2021 07:27PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118058038#Comment_118058038

It's fantastic to see Associate teams qualifying as it justifies the expansion of these competitions.... But not at our expense.

It's a memorable win for Namibia and the better team won.

Gillespy · 22-10-2021 07:41PM

The Dutch result put into context by Sri Lanka. They're woefully bad.

MFPM · 22-10-2021 09:13PM

Awful day today, Ireland have regressed so much in recent years, incredibly inconsistent and particularly poor at T20. Balbirnie's response to the defeat was bizarre, 'I can't fault the guys'..who the hell do you fault when you only take two wickets in a run chase having scored a poor total of 125.

MFPM · 22-10-2021 09:22PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118058370#Comment_118058370

Group 1 is hard to call, West Indies are good but ageing, England are light without Stokes and Archer, and as you say a number of batsmen are out of form. Australia are poor at T20 and have been for a while but they might pull it out here.

Group 2 seems more straightforward, India and Pakistan seem certs but I wouldn't write NZ off.

Strumms · 22-10-2021 11:02PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118059919#Comment_118059919

i didn’t see that interview but that isn’t as an Ireland fan the response you want to see and hear from your captain, in a World Cup, after been well beaten by a team 7 places below you in the ICC T20 rankings....UAE, Papa New Guinea, Nepal and Oman are all ranked higher... worryingly bad from Balbernie.. that ain’t leadership... leadership is taking responsibility, owning and identifying your failures and committing to putting them right... ‘ I can’t fault the guys ‘.... really ? They took two wickets against Namibia and three of your batsmen out of eleven got into double figures... yet...

“I CANT FAULT THE GUYS”

if you can’t fault the players why did you fücking loose ? Are a team ranked 7 places below us just better then us ? Really ?

Rjd2 · 23-10-2021 01:41AM

Peter Moor I assume will be playing for us soon, have we any other similar passport type players we can pick ?

I know purists may dislike it, but we are a small nation where cricket is niche, so beggars can't be choosers!

Strumms · 23-10-2021 12:12PM

Anybody watching South Africa vs Australia ? South Africans are in all sorts of trouble here 83/7 after 14.2 .... good bowling by Australia but fairly negative by SA... keen to punish bad deliveries but there haven’t been many and happy to run singles and twos... no risk no rewards..be lucky to score 110.

Gillespy · 23-10-2021 12:24PM

South Africa's strength is definitely their bowling. Quinton de Kock is the only x-factor batsman they have really, they rely so much on him.

Same is probably true for Australia as well. Warner and Maxwell the key to big totals for them.

Strumms · 23-10-2021 02:28PM

pretorius with a slow ball bouncer that gets hit for four... brain dead bowling a real brain fart... if it’s a number 9 he’s bowling to ok, but an actual batsman well set ? No, come on.

Mysterypunter · 23-10-2021 03:14PM

I watched the start of the Australia v South Africa match, but turned it off when Quinten de Kock was dismissed, I don’t think any of them will be in at the death. West Indies have lost 2 early wickets, 9/2 from 3 overs

Mysterypunter · 23-10-2021 03:31PM

West Indies in bits, 31/4, slog or block tactics not working, and walking wicket Chris Gayle out for 13, he said he has no respect for Curtly Ambrose, after Ambrose questioned why he is in the side, Gayle is a narcissist, and he used to be the best T20 player in the world, but not for 3-4 years

MFPM · 23-10-2021 03:36PM

England really putting WI to the sword here - Pollard needs a big innings here.

2021 T20 World Cup in UAE/Oman

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