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Irish Cricket 2024

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    #302
    wicorthered
    Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭wicorthered


    Want to know why Ireland haven't produced enough T20 players??

    Scotland have announced a new international T10 league. CI can't host the world Champions in Sept.

    Cricket Ireland are the biggest drag on Irish cricket. No ambition, imagination or initiative.......



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    #303
    KevIRL
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121913833#Comment_121913833
    https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2024/articles/000002/000256.shtml?509

    Zimbabwe home test as well the Australia home series going in the bin now it looks like



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    #304
    wicorthered
    Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭wicorthered


    If cricket was a big sport in Ireland CI would be in front of the public accounts committee more than RTE and the FAI combined.

    There's something rotten going on. An associate nation like Scotland can hold a franchise T10 league, yet Ireland a full member can't put on one test in 6 years.

    What are they doing with the money? The international summer is going to consist of a couple of T20S against Pakistan. How can the game grow with these corrupt lot in charge. Instead of capitalising on a test win, they can't cancel the first home test in 7 years quick enough.

    I've said it before becoming a full member destroyed Irish cricket. We closed the path to county development and couldn't be bothered developing a proper domestic competition.

    Plenty of admin jobs for the boys though....the ICC need to investigate what's happening with the accounts, because it's certainly not cricket that's happening



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    #305
    wicorthered
    Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭wicorthered


    The current Wolves tour of Nepal wouldn't fill me with much confidence for the future...



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    #306
    Peter File
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    4 wickets for 45 for Josh Little in his IPL season debut for Gujurat Titans today. A very positive impact which should see him get more ĝametime



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    #307
    Strumms
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    looks to be a pretty low attendance for Ireland vs Pakistan.

    Lots of big gaps of vacant seats visible. Considering we were told it was sold out, bit odd.

    Good start with the ball from Ireland….and in the field, Rizwan gets run out in the second over.

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    #308
    MFPM
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122120855#Comment_122120855

    Yeah That's surprising, they definitely said it was sold out. Great weather for it!



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    #309
    Strumms
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    Yep, might have made the effort.

    White expensive, 32 conceded from 3. Wicket keeping has been very untidy too.

    3rd wicket down, should be an under par score unless boundaries start flowing.

    4 down 😈



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    #310
    Strumms
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    the fûck are TNT sports doing… showing replay after replay when the ball is in play…?

    We are letting the opposition tail wag as per the usual Irish bowling trend. Extras and boundaries. Naive bowling… Pakistan up to a par total. So easy to write the script.

    And that simple runout chance fluffed 🤒 ffs. Has to be seen to be believed, couldn’t pick the ball up then the throw in no danger of going anywhere near to the stumps.

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    #311
    fergiesfav
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    Adairs first 2 overs go for 8,his last two for 32. He cannot bowl at the death, he hasn't the pace or the tricks. He gets that role every game and it's always the same outcome against good teams. Just bowl him out and stop holding him back to get smashed at the death ....



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    #312
    KevIRL
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    Fantastic win. Great knock by balbirnie, nods to tector, dockrell and campher too



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    #313
    Royale with Cheese
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    I had absolutely no idea this was on, great day for it. I was at the West Indies game in Clontarf a few years ago when they put on a record first wicket partnership in ODIs. Froze my bollox off that day, said I'd never get tickets to another match early in the season in advance without seeing a forecast first.



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    #314
    fergiesfav
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    Great win, really great.

    I'd love to see the selectors experiment in the last 2 games and the tri series. I'm convinced there's a good team in there with some tweaks. I'd love to see R Adair play the next 2 games. Rest Stirling and Balbirnie for one game each if necessary even put Balbirnie back to 3, because Tucker is struggling there big time. Drop Tucker down the order as a finisher. He has all the T20 shots, but 3 isn't working, try him later in the order.

    I'd give Rock the next 2 games, rotate with Dockrell and Tector of needs be.

    Try Young and Hume with the death overs. Use Adair straight through, his stats show he's at his best then.

    It'd a real waste to play the same 11 in the next two games.



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    #315
    KevIRL
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    A repeat of that on 16th June would be ideal



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    #316
    Strumms
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    fair fûcks, great result. Couldn’t see our batting innings but was refreshing the screen on the live score page on my phone and it seemed like about 5 minutes easily passed between delivery 19.4 & 19.5… and finally updated that we won….

    That’s what’s achievable when we put in a really quality ‘team’ performance as opposed to two or three players standing up and others failing or just doing ‘ok’.

    Great stuff from Balbernie, Tector, Dockrell, Young, Delaney & Campher.

    That Rizwan early run out really set the impetus for our bowling / fielding. Total shot in the arm.



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    #317
    VillaMad
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    That 1st ball reverse-scoop four from Campher against a bowler of the stature of Shaheen Shah Afridi will go down in Irish cricketing folklore.

    Super win. Balbirnie and Tector broke the back of the chase and at times it looked like Ireland would waste a great opportunity but they did superb to get over the line.

    Great weather and a great game capped off with an Irish win. That's what it's all about.



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    #318
    nice bit of green
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    Great game, great chase.



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    #319
    Strumms
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    good total set by Ireland. Losing Dockrell & Tector in 2 balls and I thought probably 170ish would be the best total we might achieve but fair play to Gareth Delaney……9.7 an over from the off is required by Pakistan.

    Be nice if we can keep the lid on allowing extras to become a feature of our fielding/bowling….

    6/1, Adair gets Ayub, some catch from Campher

    13/2, Hume gets Azam… 😎 but 11 from the over, streaky bowling but we’ll take the wicket.



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    #320
    Strumms
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    after the good start….our bowlers were really taken to the cleaners…

    Our bowlers conceded 28 boundaries in 16.5 overs. A really piss poor effort from them. Not backing up the excellent batting performance.

    A couple of dropped catches in the field of course doesn’t help.

    Look at the strike rates of the three Pakistani batsmen who slayed us….163.04, 195.00, 300.00

    Economy rates of our bowlers… 11.22, 10.67, 15.00, 11.00, 9.75

    Can’t do it in one inning and not the other. Can’t do it with the bat but not the ball…

    Frustrating thing is, when our bowlers were getting hit to all parts bowling short deliveries…what did they do ? Change ? Nope, more short deliveries including a fair few half trackers. When plan A wasn’t working, they just continued with plan A.



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    #321
    Furze99
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122130436#Comment_122130436

    Had them on the ropes and let them slip, slide away and hammer us in the end. Craig Young going for 45 off just 3 overs, I dunno.



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    #322
    KevIRL
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    Ireland to tour pakistan next year, ODI and t20s



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    #323
    Strumms
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    good start by Ireland with the bat 15/0 after 2 overs. Ross Adair with his first runs with a lusty 6.

    Edit : ^^^ kiss of death, Adair bowled by a straight one, poor shot.



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    #324
    Strumms
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    Good recovery 95/1 from 10. Ireland quite attacking yet measured…

    Not losing wickets… should really look to push on from here… no point in being too conservative with 9 wickets to spare.



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    #325
    amlinopta
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    Another 50 for Tucker, good to see him back in form



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    #326
    Strumms
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    Need Dockrell to get motoring , try get us up to about 175 or thereabouts… Ireland innings got stuck in quicksand here…



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    #327
    wicorthered
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    Overall a good series. Balbirnie, Adairband Tucker did well. The batting has improved big time in the last year, but they can still work on their shot selection though, you don't need to hit everything for four. Lots of good late Cameos now, but Rock and R Adair look nowhere near international level.

    The bowling is the big worry. Adair is playing well but the rest leak lots of runs. Not sure it bodes well for the bowling stocks if Young and Hume are the best you have to bring to a world cup. Hume was abysmal and that's before his woeful catching.

    In general the catching is horrible. And needs big time practise



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    #328
    Strumms
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    When you have Ben White conceding 25 off an over…. . Fukkkk



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    #329
    Strumms
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    lost… by 6 wickets. One continuing negative is our inability to take wickets. Just 13 wickets taken across the 3 matches.

    6, 4 & 3 wickets taken …..

    Rizwan and Azam completely took us to the cleaners scored runs but strike rates 147.37 & 178.57….

    not enough pressure on the opposition batsmen in match 2 & 3… a shame after a very positive start winning match 1.



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    #330
    Strumms
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    good start from Ireland with the bat undone quite quickly, losing 3 wickets in 8 deliveries.

    23 dot balls in 7.4 overs that’s a reoccurring concern for Ireland…

    It continues, over number 8 and 4 dot balls in a row.

    Edit…. Just about got over the line. We’ll take the victory but again with the death bowling. 18 runs off Adair in the 20th over 😵‍💫

    A 1 run victory…😮‍💨

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    #331
    MFPM
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    That was tight!!



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