Irish Cricket 2009

[BobtheDrog]

yeah was looking at it the other day, am curious what the material is like

[TheBoss]

I think if Ireland beat the Afghans on Saturday, they are virtually in the World Cup.

What about this:
http://content.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/398984.html?CMP=NLC-DLY

Great if it could happen.

[steno]

Ireland beaten by Afghanistan by 22 runs, bit of a shock, that.

http://iccworldcupqualifier.yahoo.net/matchesandscores/iraf1104.html

[TheBoss]

Afghanistan 218/7 after 50 Overs
Connell 2-36, White 2-27

Ireland 196 all out after 47.3 Overs
White 56, K O.Brien 52

[holidaysong]

Need to finish in the top 4 to qualify for the World Cup yeah?

[TheBoss]

That is correct, they still should do it.

[TheBoss]

UAE 133 all out after 39.5 Overs
West 3-39, Connell 2-19, Johnston 2-28, Rankin 2-33

Ireland 134/2 after 27.4 Overs
Porterfield 37, Wilson 46, Morgan 30*

[Aberdonian Stu]

What's the current situation with standings etc?

[Dodge]

What's the current situation with standings etc?

http://content.cricinfo.com/iccwcq2009/engine/series/384067.html?view=pointstable

[gspain]

Still need to beat either Holland or Kenya to make it. Otherwise will probably come down to run rate v Scotland assuming they beat UAE and the Afghans.

[TheBoss]

It would be a catastrophe if they did not make it now. They should win at least 1 of those games, and even so, other results may still help Ireland through and I can see the Scots slipping up in one of them.

[gspain]

Holland all out for 222. Target should be reachable but no idea of the state of the wicket.

[Sheridan]

Reckon Ireland should do it comfortably. Elsewhere, Scotland and Kenya are chasing big totals, and Canada only set the UAE 194. I'd be very surprised if Ireland don't qualify this afternoon.

[gspain]

Reckon Ireland should do it comfortably. Elsewhere, Scotland and Kenya are chasing big totals, and Canada only set the UAE 194. I'd be very surprised if Ireland don't qualify this afternoon.

Can you find live updates anywhere?

A defeat for Scotland will do as well. It would be nice to finish in the top 2 and then win the tournament final. However WC qualification is the main target.

[Sheridan]

http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CWCQ2009/index.shtml has regular updates.

Ireland 15-0, Scotland 7-1 off 5.2 overs chasing 279 against Afghanistan, UAE have raced to 69-1 off eight overs chasing Canada's 194, Kenya struggling on 35-3 (target 305) against Namibia. If those games go the way they're going, it probably won't matter whether Ireland win or not.

[gspain]

55 for 0 off 13.3 overs now. Run rate is behind the Dutch but looking reasonably good as we have plenty of wickets in hand.

Scotland look in serious trouble. Hard to see them winning and even if they do they won't make up much on the run rate.

[Sheridan]

82-1 now, Wilson gone for 21. Canada and Kenya are going to lose heavily and Scotland aren't looking too healthy either. Only an unlikely defeat here and a heavy beating against Kenya on Friday could cost Ireland a World Cup place now. The last two spots could be wide open in the final round of matches, though.

[gspain]

114 for 1 off 24 overs.

Looking very good now.

[Real ale Madrid]

Ireland need 77 runs from 136 deliveries to qualify not only for the world cup but for the final of the competition as it looks like Kenya now are likely to lose also. Canada are almost done.

Job well done.

[gspain]

202 for 4 from 40 overs

21 runs needed from 60 balls with 6 wickets in hand. Almost there. Small stutter losing 2 wickets in last couple of overs.

Eoin Morgan's 76 from 62 balls the clear highlight.

[gspain]

Made it

226 for 4 off 44.3 overs

[TheBoss]

Holland 222 all out after 50 Overs
Cusack 3-26, Rankin 3-48, Connell 2-35

Ireland 226/4 after 44.3 Overs
Porterfield 78, Morgan 76

Sub-Continent here we come :D

[Sheridan]

That was a great achievement, qualifying for this World Cup was no joke and to do so in such style was remarkable (if somewhat tainted by the proliferation of county players in the squad.)

Any team could still qualify, although Scotland and Afghanistan would need very comprehensive wins to do so.

[holidaysong]

Nice one. :)

I suppose the final won't be on TV either will it?

[bennocelt]

Yeah great result - thanks guys for the very regular updates
Only heard this mentioned ONCE on rte!!!!!!:mad:

[BobtheDrog]

Today's Cricinfo XI "players who took time off" from the game included Trent Johnson

Brian Lara
West Indies had been ruthlessly dominant in the eighties but the stark reversal in fortunes a decade later proved hard to stomach for Lara. Scarred mentally by a disastrous stint as West Indies captain, when his team suffered the humiliation of a 0-5 defeat in South Africa and an equally demoralising whitewash in New Zealand in 1999-2000, Lara offered his resignation from the post, and a week later declared his intention to take a "little sabbatical" by opting out of the tour of Zimbabwe. He returned for the tour of England in June 2000, was reappointed captain three years later, and went on to produce a victory in the Champions Trophy, a record run-chase against Australia, and an unbeaten 400, marking a more satisfactory second tenure.

Shaun Tait
When recalled for the Perth Test against India last year as a part of a four-man pace attack, Tait would have been hoping to cement his place in the side, banking on the favourable conditions. However, he flopped, and after being left out of the final Test, in Adelaide, decided to quit cricket indefinitely. Lack of preparation, physical and emotional exhaustion, and frequent injury worries had combined to affect his performance. He overcame his troubles, and shone for Australia A on the tour of India eight months later, before earning a call-up to the national side for the ODI series against South Africa in January this year.

Graham Thorpe
Thorpe was England's best batsman in the 90s but his private life was marred by a bitter divorce and a subsequent struggle for the custody of his children. He went home midway through the tour of India in 2001 in the hope of saving his marriage, and then decided to retire from ODI cricket. Things came to a head in the first Test at Lord's in 2002, when a run of consistent performances was interrupted by an uncharacteristic failure. His mind was clearly off the field, and expectedly he announced it was time for a break. However, his return after a 14-month absence served as the inspiration for the title of his autobiography, Rising from the Ashes, as he began another productive phase, this time finishing on a high.

Glenn McGrath
McGrath's seven-month absence from international cricket came under unfortunate circumstances. His wife, Jane, suffered a third bout of breast cancer after having undergone surgery for the ailment twice, in 1997 and 2003. McGrath chose not to tour South Africa in February 2006, to be with his wife, but made a return to the national side in September, and put up an impressive show in his first Test in 10 months in the Ashes later that year. He and Jane established the McGrath Foundation, which was geared in part towards increasing nursing care for breast-cancer sufferers and has been supported by Australian players in fund-raising initiatives.

Carl Hooper
Hooper stunned the cricket world by walking away from the game midway through a home series against Australia in 1999. The reasons for his departure were unclear, but being overlooked for the captaincy in the absence of Brian Lara was rumoured to one of them. Hooper was struggling for form and fitness, and was not amused at being heckled by his home crowd in Guyana during the fifth ODI. The illness of his newborn son in Australia was also playing on his mind, and he called it quits after more barracking from spectators in the next game, in Barbados. His reappearance in international cricket was just as dramatic two years later - he slotted straight back as captain after a successful season with Guyana.

Geoffrey Boycott
A case where being bypassed for captaincy rankled. Boycott wasn't pleased when the yet-to-be-capped Tony Lewis was made captain for the visits of India and Pakistan in 1972-73, and pulled out of the tours for "personal and domestic reasons", but was back for England soon after. When he wasn't offered the crown for the 1974-75 Ashes, after Ray Illingworth stepped down - Mike Denness was favoured - Boycott declared himself unavailable for England selection, and it wasn't till 1977 that he returned, having missed out on 30 Tests.

Erapalli Prasanna
Prasanna made his debut as a 21-year-old against England in 1962, and was picked for the tour of the Caribbean that followed. His father, though, wanted him to concentrate on his studies and was apprehensive of letting him be part of the touring party. It was only after the intervention of the Maharaja of Mysore, Jayachamaraja Wodeyar, and on promising his father that he would complete his engineering on return, that Prasanna was allowed to head to the West Indies. After the tour, Prasanna focused on college and it was five years before he donned an India cap again.

Trent Johnston
In 2007, Johnston led Ireland during their greatest phase in cricket, the triumphant, giant-killing run in the World Cup in the Caribbean. Less than a year later, he was seeking a break from the game. He cited the physical strain on his body and the "need to prioritise" given that he had a wife and two young children, and the demands of his job with an architectural hardware company. However, in four months' time, he was back in Ireland colours, helping them to the ICC Intercontinental Cup title.

Graham Gooch
Another man who decided to put family before cricket. In 1986, Gooch was 33, had already missed three years of international action as a result of the ban for leading the rebel tour to South Africa in 1982, and was still some way from achieving cricketing greatness. That didn't prevent him from pulling out of the Ashes - long before paternity leave became fashionable among international cricketers - to be with his wife, Brenda, who was pregnant with twins. In 1993 he would again opt of a tour, this time to the West Indies, to spend time with his children.

MS Dhoni
After 18 hectic months in which he rose to become the blue-eyed boy of Indian cricket, Dhoni decided to take some time off to recharge his batteries. He withdrew from the Tests against Sri Lanka in 2008, shortly after playing in the inaugural IPL, and two less-than-memorable ODI tournaments, the Kitply Cup and the Asia Cup. With the massive success of the first IPL, many were already worrying whether Tests could withstand the onslaught from Twenty20, and Dhoni's move sparked off a debate over whether players would start putting lucrative limited-overs events ahead of the game's traditional format.

Martin Crowe
You don't have to be an international cricketer with a punishing schedule to need a break from the game. Just ask Crowe. More than a decade after his retirement in 1995, Crowe felt the need to take a sabbatical from the game. He talked about his decision in his 2006 Cowdrey lecture: "For a while, no more commentary, coaching, writing… I decided to stop waking up thinking and talking cricket and doing it most of the day… to push the pause button on an energy-sapping 25 years… it was time for a change and a chance to reinvent oneself." A few months later, though, he was back in the thick of it, joining the MCC world cricket committee.

[TheBoss]

Quite odd, that he would be mentioned :D

[gspain]

Ireland won the toss and finished on 208 for 9 after 50 overs v Kenya today.

Niall O'Brien top scored on 59 off 71 balls.

This is probably not enough to win but the game matters little as a World Cup place is already secure as is a place in Sunday's final.

[Sheridan]

A bunch of players were rested for the final. McCallan is making his first appearance in the tournament after injury. Makes sense from an Irish point of view, but it's a bit of a kick in the teeth for the other teams still contesting World Cup places and ODI status.

[gspain]

Kenya 103 for 4 after 31 overs target 209. They appear to be struggling. West and McCallan bowling well.

[TheBoss]

Ireland 208/9 after 50 Overs
N O'Brien 59, Mooney 39

Kenya 209/4 after 48 Overs
West 2-40

[gspain]

Kenya won by 6 wickets

209 for 4 in 48 overs.

[holidaysong]

Game over, Kenya win by 6 wickets.

Ireland 208-9 after 50 overs.
Kenya 209-4 after 48 overs.

[Sheridan]

I think it's time to let John Mooney go, to be honest. He's been a great servant to Irish cricket, but seems to be in the squad for purely sentimental reasons these days. Went for more than seven an over today.

Ireland, Canada, Kenya and the Netherlands qualify for the World Cup (which won't feature games in Pakistan, it's just been announced.) Scotland just squeaked into the ODI slots. Afghanistan have also earned ODI status. Ireland face Canada in the tournament final.

[shefellover93]

I think it's time to let John Mooney go, to be honest. He's been a great servant to Irish cricket, but seems to be in the squad for purely sentimental reasons these days. Went for more than seven an over today.

Ireland, Canada, Kenya and the Netherlands qualify for the World Cup (which won't feature games in Pakistan, it's just been announced.) Scotland just squeaked into the ODI slots. Afghanistan have also earned ODI status. Ireland face Canada in the tournament final.

Have to agree with you there, some great young talent pushing through and their expierence is vital. I don't think the WC will be hosted in the Sub-Continent, too many previous issues in India and Pakistan is a no go area. I think South Africa are in for another windfall, or Australia

[gspain]

Canada all out for 185 after 48 overs. Trent Johnston took 5 wickets giving up only 14 runs.

Ireland in great shape to win the tournament now.

[TheBoss]

Canada 185 all out after 48 Overs
Johnston 5-14, Rankin 2-35

Ireland 188/1 after 42.3 Overs
Porterfield 104*, Wilson 38, N O'Brien 38*

[gspain]

Ireland won the tournament. 188 for 1 in 42.3 overs won by 9 wickets

William Portefield top scored on 104

[Stuttgart88]

Great stuff, thanks for all the updates during this tournament.

[holidaysong]

Any ideas when the Twenty20 squad will be announced?

[BobtheDrog]

probably 5 minutes after the england final 15 is :p

[holidaysong]

How close do you reckon Morgan is to getting into the England squad?

[TheBoss]

I can not see be added to the squad, they have some good ODI players as it is, it would be a surprise for me if he was added to the panel.

[Gather round]

Ireland lose the first 5050 group game in Belfast, to Worcester.

http://content.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/engine/match/382831.html

[OwlsFan]

Forgot to congratulate BobTheDrog on beating us in a closely contested Junior C match. Rush IV 22 ao and Sandyford IV 17 ao :D:D Lowest score ever by any SCC team.

At least we dismissed Bob for his 4th consecutive duck against us :p

[razor]

Forgot to congratulate BobTheDrog on beating us in a closely contested Junior C match. Rush IV 22 ao and Sandyford IV 17 aoSome fellas would do anything to get to the pub early :D

[BobtheDrog]

there were about 35 overs bowled so we weren't off to the pub that early :D
oh and congrats to owlsfan for facing 35 deliveries before he scored his first run :eek:

[OwlsFan]

oh and congrats to owlsfan for facing 35 deliveries before he scored his first run :eek:

I tried to bore you to death but it didn't work :o

[BobtheDrog]

You came close :p hopefully we'll meet each other again in the cup (in Rush);)

[BobtheDrog]

Jeremy Bray has been named in the squad for the upcoming Friends Provident fixtures with Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.
* Kyle McCallan (Captain) (Waringstown)
* Jeremy Bray (The Hills)
* Peter Connell (North Down)
* Phil Eaglestone (Strabane)
* James Hall (Waringstown)
* John Mooney ( North County )
* Kevin O’Brien (Railway Union )
* Andrew Poynter (Clontarf)
* Paul Stirling (Carrickfergus)
* Reinhardt Strydom (YMCA)
* Regan West (Civil Service North)
* Andrew White (Instonians)
* Gary Wilson ( Surrey )