Ireland Cricket Season 2022

12.09 required per over.

fûckin hell, some really dogshît bowling, short, wide, full tosses….dropped catches..

lucky the umpires were quite lenient especially on the wides, one was barely on the pitch and the umpire ignored it.

if the openers find a groove and get us a couple of big overs from the get go we have a chance, but … can’t see it. Not how we play.

jeez, Kahn was 30 from just 10.

What annoyed me about this Afghan side is the number of occasions between overs, wickets and deliveries the Afghan side constantly getting together for a conference, yet the umpires doing nothing, pair of them like tailor shop dummies watching on in silence, same the last game. Obviously done to take the flow and impetus out of Irelands innings.

ireland need to put the boot down, nudging singles won’t cut it. Last two lazy over have put them basically out of it. No thinking big.

Any tactic like that is worth it to break things up in this sort of thrash cricket game.

3 years in the international wilderness. I suppose 9 wickets and 50 runs in 8 internationals might be what is putting the management off selecting him…

he had quite an opportunity but he wasn’t pulling up trees….

It would be a real bummer to go 2-0 up, in a home series, vs Afghanistan and end up loosing 3-2.

Weather is forecasted to be overcast and dry, temperature a bit on the cool side with light winds so we should get the full 40 in…

We need to pick on ability.

am I an Irish selector ? What do you think ? And why do you ask ?

He didn’t deliver when a prolonged opportunity was enabled to him…

he has shown no ability to step up to international level.

Yes, when he had a prolonged run in the team he didn’t perform :). Valueless input ? Ok, if you have to resort to such childishness because another poster has a conflicting opinion to yours , sublime :)

Ireland win the toss and bowl..

Campher in for Hand.

Little with two in a row in the 11th. On a hatrick when he starts his last over later

Covers come off.. players have to wait about a 15 minute delay waiting for the umpires to finish their tea or whatever the fùck they are doing... by the time they appear.. doing a sloth like stroll out to the middle.. rain is coming down again.. much heavier now. Not looking good..heavy downpour

12 from 11 needed.. should be a formality with 8 wickets remaining.

Wicket falls.. why do this team have to make such hard work of the straightforward

7 needed off the last over..come on !

we win, lovely ..match and series. Great job.

Where did I say he shouldn't be ‘considered’ ?

As for ‘never again considered for selection’

dont think I said that either.

childishness ? Think you might want to reread your post and see which one of us is being childish..

337/8

An excellent total but the glut of cheap wickets falling at the end was disappointing...probably cost us 25-30 more runs.

Netherlands bowled out for 127 in just over 33 overs……sheeet. Great dominant performance by Ireland..

Ladies beating Scotland quite comfortably

Scotland 133-6 (20 overs; S Horley 52, A Lister 25; A Kelly 2-12)

Ireland 137-2 (16.2 overs; O Prendergast 75*, L Delany 36*; K Fraser 2-31)

6.7 the RRR from the get go it wasn’t a formality but to do it with that many overs and balls remaining and that many wickets intact, some going.

Ireland making light work of chasing down the modest total set by Scotland which was 127.. Ireland 44/1 from just 5 overs in reply… but the rain has intervened…. Positive outlook for later though.. hopefully they can finish it out and finish Scotland off.

I see the Ireland ladies are hammering Papa New Guinea

we scored 168/3 of the 20.

in reply Papa New Guinea 47/3 after 8

something you don’t see very often and probably a reflection of the gulf in ability between sides is the fact three Irish batsmen retired not out to give their teammates an opportunity out in the middle..