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Hopes dashed!
Sweet Jebus, this is going horribly wrong.
Salvation?
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A quick perusal of the rules indicates that each side must have faced (or had the opportunity to face) five overs in order for it to constitute a match. Tony Cozier on TMS says the rain has subsided slightly but it's still drizzling.
Naw,
Covers off! Back into the lion's den. Play starts at twenty past.
Sure they're saving themselves for the England game really.
I think the start is too poor a platform to win this game.
Blew it VS the Windies , bowling and fielding was good , battingf was attrioucios
Ireland out of twenty twenty after match against England was rained off. Did very well to restrict England to 120-8 on helpful pitch with Eoin Morgan top-scoring for England with 45. Ireland on 14-1 after 3.3 overs and did not constitute a match. So England went through on better scoring rate against Windies.
Mike Atherton reckoned we would be gutted to see Morgan doing so well against us. Can't blame Morgan for switching in my view.
You can, he switched over in order to gain more money for himself rather than play for the nation that trained him, coached him, made him become an international for his country. Where would he be if there was no Ireland cricket team, he is spitting in the face of Irish cricket, how is this a good example to young players in Ireland when your best players change allegiance. If he never played for Ireland, I could accept more, but the fact is, he played for Ireland. When he was growing up, did he want to play for England, I think not. On his basis, he should be supporting England in other sports now, since he proved that he is no Irish man.Quote:
Originally Posted by ForzaForth
To the game itself, just a complete shambles from the ICC to hold a World Cup in a venue that is currently in the monsoon season, it makes no sense, I think the high authorities just wanted a free holiday in the West Indies, the logistics of playing there has no basis whatsoever. But the game earlier in the day had rain problems, the forecast was rain and yet they still start a match with the 20 overs ? Why didn't reduce the the match to 10 overs a side, cause we all knew the rain was coming.
[Rant over :D]
I think that's harsh, if he wants to pay test cricket and therefore play the game at the highest level, he can only currently do so for England. It's something the ICC needs to look at closely and quickly because we've now lost Joyce & Morgan and the ICC aren't doing enough in my opinion to develop the game outside the traditional test countries. Ireland have been the most consistent performers of the associate nations over the last few years and our reward is to have our best players poached.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBoss
One of 2 things should happen, a second tier test status needs to be evolved, where countries like us, Bangladesh, Zim and I guess the other better associate nations can play competitive test matches with a view to promotion to full test status. I know Bangladesh have current full test stats & Zim have had in the past but they are way below the proper test sides.
The other alternative is to allow players like Morgan & Joyce to continue playing 1 day & T20 cricket for Ireland while playing test matches for England. I'm not sure how well this would work in practice though because the tours tend to bring the same or similar squads for the 1day/T20 & Test Series.
Agreed 100% a complete shambles, rain was coming play 10 overs each, make a fair game of it, it's a simple call, especially in a situation where it's basically a knock out game. To f-k up once like they did for the England WIndies game was bad enough but to compound it the very next day is just farcical.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBoss
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Originally Posted by TheBoss
Sorry Boss dont agree here, what has Cricket got to do with his nationality, remember its still only a game, and IMHO he is entitled to opt for whatever situation benefits himself
I read in the paper today that Ed Joyce is coming back to play for Ireland. Anyone know when this is happening?
As far as I know, he has to wait until April 2011 before he can come back, as does another player who wants to play for them, Hamish Marshall, he has played for New Zealand but can qualify for Ireland due to having an Irish Passport, he also has to wait until April 2011, both players will look for dispensation from the ICC in order to join them in the next few months.
RTE have confirmed that Ed Joyce plans to play for Ireland again and that Cricket Ireland are going to seek special dispensation for Joyce to play at the 2011 World Cup - http://www.rte.ie/sport/cricket/2010/0524/joycee.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by holidaysong
yes its true Ed Joyce is returning to Irish cricket , thats fantastic news for us and will help us push onto another level.
I think it is a farce of a rule, he may help the team progress a bit but the rule is a joke.
Morgan gets his first test cap for England today.
ye it is in truthQuote:
Originally Posted by TheBoss
Fair play to the lad a world class player lets hope he performs at test level though. The key to his succes is all the hurling he played when he was younger its given him the ability to play some ridiculously good shots.Quote:
Originally Posted by holidaysong
same with pietersen I believeQuote:
Originally Posted by Kieran Burke
More interesting than the latest recruit to "ROTW" 'S 'B' team at Lords is that the Aussie team are going to have a warm-up knockabout at Croke before the ODI next(?) month v. Ireland in Clontarf.....
Just a shame we can't play there, but the crowd would be more lost than a Carlow v.Leitrim game??
Sure KP never played hurling.... did he?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Tarf all set for tomorrow. Live on Setanta from 10.30am. Sold Out yesterday 4,500.
Headed down for a pint earlier and to have a look.
The place is looking great, reminds me of 1999 World Cup.
Here a few photos of the preparations
http://gi348.photobucket.com/groups/...9/P1050059.jpg
http://gi348.photobucket.com/groups/...9/P1050060.jpg
http://gi348.photobucket.com/groups/...9/P1050071.jpg
Looks great !
Good man Ricky !!
http://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/cont...ry/463398.html
Australia Innings
231 for 9 (50.0 overs)
Good effort, think it is a bit too far for Ireland to get even at their best.
Cracking start for Ireland tho, 42-0 from just 4 overs !
Maybe in with a shout ?
58-0 after 8 overs. No stream available on myp2p unfortunately.
Ireland 80-1 after 11 ovs , require 152 from 234 deliveries, surely in with a big chance now of causing an upset. Lets hope they can do it.
86-2 now after 13 overs. Porterfield still there though thankfully.
As soon as I opened up the updates the wickets started to fall 3/6 runs, I should go back to actually doing some work.
Great ball by ball updates here:
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/ma...ml?CMP=OTC-GCN
Between this and the World cup - today is a little underproductive....
That's the updates I have open, along with the BBC world cup updates. I was being productive for a while there...
not looking so good now just 3 wickets in hand, 155/7 , 77 from 96. Probably too many wickets down now.
Well done lads :) i turned it on with 134-3 and thats when it all fell apart. Still a great effort though and fair play to the boys :D
Eoin Morgan hit 103 n.o. to lead England to a 4 wicket win over Australia this evening. Turning into a superstar - a superb performance.
Ireland win the WCL Division 1 final with a win over Scotland by 6 wickets.
On a related note Ireland play Bangladesh (who beat England for the 1st time on Sat) next Thursday and Friday in Stormont
Never in doubt ! :D
Going rightly V Bangladesh. Updates here: http://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-ba...ch/450106.html
Thats a fantastic start again !!, similar against Australia. Can they learn from that occasion ?