General Ireland news thread

Squatter

BarryD2 wrote: »

In that case, if we can't keep the score down, why not bat first. As it is, we're going to be under scoring pressure from the first ball and we all know where that leads..

Possibly on the basis that if there was any moisture in the wicket it would have been at 10.45 this morning, allied to the fact that the WIndies batsmen mightn't have been used to Irish conditions.

That said, while putting them in in Malahide would have been a reasonable option, in Clontarf it was a big gamble.

EDIT 73 runs scored in the last 5 overs! :eek:

riffmongous

Shocking stuff!

Squatter

riffmongous wrote: »

Shocking stuff!

New world record!

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/records/283609.html

BarryD2

Remarkable consistent scoring between Windies openers. Four overs left, would they dream of double centuries each and set the record to end all records!

Squatter

World record ODI opening partnership of 365, but the collapse has now started!

365/0

365/1

369/1

369/2


13 balls left - can we bowl them out?

Mysterypunter

West Indies have crumbled. Seriously though, 170 & 179 for Hope and Campbell, can you declare in an ODI?

BarryD2

Squatter wrote: »

13 balls left - can we bowl them out?

Can we keep them under 400 might be a better question

BarryD2

So our lads after chasing their tails for the last four hours, now have to face four nicely rested quickies, whilst chasing 8 runs an over. Hmm.

jaysisjames

An embarrassment.
Overweight,over the hill pub team against a mediocre cricket side.
Irish cricket needs a serious cull, with the likes of O'Brien, porterfield and others ditched for the young up and coming talent. There has to be an alternative to this out of date bunch.

coldfire1x

This has been a proper hammering.....

riffmongous

Porterfield and Stirling gone already, will we make a hundred?

KevIRL

3 down

riffmongous

jaysisjames wrote: »

An embarrassment.
Overweight,over the hill pub team against a mediocre cricket side.
Irish cricket needs a serious cull, with the likes of O'Brien, porterfield and others ditched for the young up and coming talent. There has to be an alternative to this out of date bunch.

It's not so easy when the young guys fails too though, Tucker now with an duck to go with his 7 from the last game

BarryD2

riffmongous wrote: »

It's not so easy when the young guys fails too though, Tucker now with an duck to go with his 7 from the last game

Might be better to go backwards for a while in order to go forwards? You get the sense there's too much loyalty at play. Should be no room for sentimentality in international sport.

riffmongous

BarryD2 wrote: »

Might be better to go backwards for a while in order to go forwards? You get the sense there's too much loyalty at play. Should be no room for sentimentality in international sport.

Yeah, I guess you could even make the argument we wont be going much further backwards than we are at the moment.. might as well be some new young guy averaging 10 as Porterfield anyway

Squatter

Balbirnie hit on the helmet by a Gabriel thunderbolt, so sensibly retires hurt on 28*.

BarryD2

Middle order is showing a bit of application and saving our blushes, well done to K'OB.

riffmongous

So 130 from 180 comes from one partnership, 15 overs unused and a few if those dismissals sound pretty shocking

BarryD2

Porters reported on ESPN as saying after the game "Credit to the two lads. Once they got the partnership going, this can become a very quick-scoring ground. It's going to be a learning curve for the bowlers. You're playing against really good players. As long as you learn from that, that's all you can ask for."

So basically blaming our bowlers... sounds like a cheap shot to me and deflecting from his own responsibility. Maybe he said more?

riffmongous

Good win for Bangladesh today after losing the warm up to our b-team. 8 wicket win and restricted Windies to around 60 runs off the last 10 overs.

I wonder can Simi be brought back already since he made 91 and took a few wickets in the warm-up game?

BarryD2

Game rained off, 2 points.

BarryD2

Porterfield not opening? I suppose a change is as good as a rest.

KevIRL

161/1 after 31

KevIRL

Sterling out 77.

Porterfield in at 4

KevIRL

Porterfield our for 3

Barney92

Porterfield gone, edged to slip.

BarryD2

BarryD2 wrote: »

Porterfield not opening? I suppose a change is as good as a rest.

Obviously not, gone for next to nothing. It's pretty obvious that he should be left off the team in this form and younger players promoted.

Barney92

In his last 13 innings he has a top score of 21. I'm glad they tried something new, moving him to 4.

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Barney92 wrote: »

In his last 13 innings he has a top score of 21. I'm glad they tried something new, moving him to 4.

gone for 3

he needs to be binned off completely

KevIRL

Balbirnie ton

BarryD2

Doing well enough though by our standards, great innings by Balbirnie and Stirling. Will we get 300? That'd be a good score for us, whether we can defend it will be another matter..

BarryD2

Fair dues to KO'B - went for it, paid the price but made em suffer

300 up, anything else a bonus.

KevIRL

6 to finish. 327/5

BarryD2

KevIRL wrote: »

6 to finish. 327/5

Good total for us, great scoring at the end. Good batting from Stirling, Balbirnie, O'Brien and Adair.

We'll see now how good the Windies are with a bit of scoreboard pressure.

Thought batting first might just have been a reaction to last weeks debacle but it's gone OK.

Inquitus

BarryD2 wrote: »

Good total for us, great scoring at the end. Good batting from Stirling, Balbirnie, O'Brien and Adair.

We'll see now how good the Windies are with a bit of scoreboard pressure.

Thought batting first might just have been a reaction to last weeks debacle but it's gone OK.

Aye good total for the bowlers to try and defend, much better all round batting performance this week, COYBIG!

KevIRL

West Indies 61/0 after 9

KevIRL

Hope out 85/1

Inquitus

KevIRL wrote: »

Hope out 85/1

Aye, much needed wicket, could do with another couple get some pressure going.

Barney92

Good man Stirling!!!

Inquitus

Barney92 wrote: »

Good man Stirling!!!

Aye much needed!

KevIRL

Need to get Ambris soon

BarryD2

Nicely poised, ours to win if we can tighten up. Their’s if they play cool.

riffmongous

That last over has probably sealed it

BarryD2

riffmongous wrote: »

That last over has probably sealed it

Yep, they’re cooler and our death bowling is looser! Pity but fair result.

Inquitus

BarryD2 wrote: »

Yep, they’re cooler and our death bowling is looser! Pity but fair result.

Massive improvement from the 1st ODI, well done to all the lads, WI in a ODI is a tough proposition for anyone, and they stood up and put in a great effort today.

Strumms

Inquitus wrote: »

Massive improvement from the 1st ODI, well done to all the lads, WI in a ODI is a tough proposition for anyone, and they stood up and put in a great effort today.

Yep, a good strong competitive performance all round. Thought the difference was the composure the West Indies showed with the bat. They were very disciplined, never panicked or deviated from the game plan at all when they lost wickets. Just reset and start again.

Conchir

Does anyone happen to know how much tickets are on the gate? Tempted to head down to the West Indies-Bangladesh match today.

BarryD2

Bangladesh have good opportunity to win here. 250ish to knock off. That'll be us gone.

KevIRL

Ireland win toss and will bat

KevIRL

McCollum out for 5