Irish Cricket 2008

One Day International Series: Bangladesh v Ireland
18-03-2008 at Mirpur
Bangladesh beat Ireland by 8 wickets

Ireland won the toss and decided to bat

Ireland Innings
185 for 7 (50.0 overs)
Bangladesh Innings
186 for 2 (39.5 overs)


Ireland Innings - Close

Porterfield c Ghosh b Mortaza 1
Strydom c Ghosh b Mortaza 8
Morgan b Reza 35
O'Brien c Reza b Mahmudullah 15
O'Brien lbw b Saqibul 20
Botha run out 22
Cusack c Reza b Mortaza 38
Johnston not out 31
Langford-Smith not out 3
Extras 3w 5b 4lb 12
Total for 7 185 (50.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W
Mortaza 10.0 4 22 3
Razzak 10.0 0 36 0
Mahmudullah 10.0 0 31 1
Saqibul 10.0 1 38 1
Reza 10.0 0 49 1
Fall of wicket
6 Porterfield
18 Strydom
43 O'Brien
81 Morgan
97 O'Brien
115 Botha
180 Cusack

Bangladesh Innings - Close

Tamim c Thompson b Langford-Smith 13
Nafees not out 90
Aftab c Strydom b Johnston 11
Ashraful not out 64
Extras 8w 8
Total for 2 186 (39.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W
O'Brien 5.0 0 30 0
Langford-Smith 8.0 0 52 1
Johnston 6.0 1 17 1
Botha 6.0 1 20 0
McCallan 7.0 0 25 0
Cusack 3.5 0 16 0
Thompson 4.0 0 26 0

Fall of wicket
25 Tamim
56 Aftab

Umpires: Enamul Haque, T H Wijewardene

The only positive I see here is that they batted the 50 overs.

Actually that's a negative. It's criminal to end up with three wickets standing while only scoring 185. Have a swing for the last five overs at least, FFS. Botha was looking good but Cusack ran him out. Kevin O'Brien and DLS's profligacy with the new ball cost Ireland the game.

I know it was a poor score, but if you look at Ireland's recent record against Test Nations, they seem to rarely bat the 50 overs.

Apparently the heat and humidity was oppressive.

Still, Bangladesh had lost there previous 15 games. A big improvement required for next game.

No big improvement:

Bangladesh beat Ireland by 84 runs

Bangladesh 246-8 (50.0 overs)
Ireland 162 all out (38.3 overs)

If anything, it is probably slightly worse.

trent johnston is taking a break from international cricket

http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABA...0/003015.shtml

reland captain Trent Johnston has announced that he is taking a break from international cricket with immediate effect.



Speaking after seeing his side lose the 3rd ODI against Bangladesh, he said, “I’ve told the squad that it’s time for me to have a break. I’ve been struggling with various injuries (shoulder, elbow and ankle), and my body’s telling me it’s time for rest. I’ve been a bit of a passenger in the field, and it’s not fair on the rest of the team.”



Johnston, who turns 34 next month, will play no part in Ireland’s Friend Provident Trophy games, but hasn’t ruled out featuring later in the year, in the Intercontinental Cup.



“It’s been no secret that I’ve been contemplating this for some time. International cricket places a great strain not only on the body, but also on family life, and with a wife and two young children, I’ve got to prioritise. There are also the demands on my time with work. I've now got a terrific job with Architectural Hardware, who have been fantastic with their support."



"It’s been a terrific time to have been involved with Irish cricket, and I’ll always cherish the memories of the World Cup.”



“I do feel I’ve still got a lot to offer, particularly in the 4 day format. I suppose I could still field in the slips, and I’ve been in good form with the bat, so could maybe concentrate on that aspect of my game more.”



"I'll be sitting down with Phil Simmons this week and discussing my plans. I don't think I'm up to the strains of One Day cricket any more. These 3 ODI's in the space of 5 days has nearly killed me. It's only fair to give Phil a chance to build up a working relationship with William Porterfield now, rather than drop this on him in 6 months time."



Johnston will continue to play domestic cricket in Leinster, where he is captain of Railway Union. “I’m still going to be turning out for Railway, where the demands won’t be as strenuous.”



A Cricket Ireland spokesman said, “Trent has been an inspirational captain of the Irish team for 3 years. We fully understand the reasons behind his decision to take a break. We feel he still has a lot to offer on the playing side.”



Johnston has captained Ireland to two successive Intercontinental Cup Final wins, against Kenya in 2005, and in 2007 versus Canada. He has a superb record in First Class fixtures, having taken 51 wickets at an average of 12.94, as well as scoring 368 runs at 36.80 in the11 games he has played.



Overall he has played 67 times for Ireland in all competitions, scoring 1332 runs at 21.48, and taking exactly 100 wickets at 24.43.



He is one of only two players to have taken a hat-trick for Ireland, doing so against Gloucestershire at Clontarf in May 2007.

Sounds more like a retirement to me. Still he did us proud and the amount of International cricket these lads are expected to play nowadays is well nigh impossible for amatures who are trying to hold down a job.

I know this is Irish cricket but did anyone see Southee's 77 off 42 deliveries against England, coming in at No. 10? Bob Willis commentating for Sky said he "could barely hold a bat" and then he hits 9 sixes and 4 fours. Egg on face came to mind for Mr. Willis :D Great stuff. He put on a
10th wicket stand of 84 of which his partner scored 5!!

Yes, I saw that, funny, I think he maybe batting higher up the order in the future, if he could continue that, its refreshing to someone do that in a Test Match, I think more players should try that.

Back on-topic, David Langford-Smith has retired from international cricket aged 31 due to work commitments. He was Ireland's top wicket taker in ODIs and first appeared for the national team in 2006.

Dave can be great or bad, he will be a big miss and hard to replace.

The amount of Cricket to be played is starting to take it's toll.

Lanky will be missed, even if he could be frustrating at times.

Big article today in the Irish Times about cricket in CUS and my club, Sandyford CC, gets an honorable mention ;)

my first game of the season tomorrow :D:D:D

My first game as well. Sandyford IVs vs Avondale II. I get a second ball duck :o and it is petrifyingly cold. At least we won by 19 runs.

lads I see that there is a Friends Provident match on Sunday in Clontarf. Thinking of going along (if the weather keeps up!) but struggling to get any decent info on the net. How much is admission? Is it frowned upon to bring your own stuff (random example being, oh lets say, a few cans ;) ) and how far a walk would it be from Killester station?

One more silly question - are the Friends Provident matches 50 overs?

its 12:50 and that ticket will get you into the other match in clontarf, its about 5-10 minutes walk from killester

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Originally Posted by OwlsFan

My first game as well. Sandyford IVs vs Avondale II. I get a second ball duck :o and it is petrifyingly cold. At least we won by 19 runs.

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Rush 4ths vs Trinity 3rds i got a golden duck and we lost by 8 wickets didnt even manage to retrieve my pride with a wicket 4-2-15-0
its gonna be a long season