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KevIRL

KevIRL wrote: »

McCollum 50

Out for 54 in the end

KevIRL

Porterfield out 49

KevIRL

Kob and tucker see them home with over 50 balls to spare for a superb 3-0 series win.

KevIRL

4 page special on the lords test in the sindo today

nice bit of green

Great win, hopefully a lot of confidence gained.

Adamcp898

Many people here going to the Lord's test? Didn't think I'd be able to get to it but now seriously considering booking a flight

TrueDub

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Many people here going to the Lord's test? Didn't think I'd be able to get to it but now seriously considering booking a flight

Me!! Can't wait.

Conchir

Me too! Day 1 and 2, really hoping for good weather and an exciting first two days.

VillaMad

First T20I with Zimbabwe delayed due to rain.

Play was due to start at 12:30 and it's not looking too promising.

VillaMad

Match abandoned. Next game on Friday in Bready.

KevIRL

Couple of early Zim wickets in the T20 today. 25/2 after 4 overs

KevIRL

40/2 after 5. Was actually 29 after 4.

Delaney and Greg Thompson in team today

KevIRL

A second rain delay in this match. The weather gods not in favour of this T20 series anyway

KevIRL

69/2 after 7. Delaney first over goes for 16

KevIRL

Game reduced to 13 overs a side btw.

Williams out 34 from 12.

Zim now 96/3 after 9

KevIRL

Ervine 50 off 28

KevIRL

4th wicket but ervine still in there

KevIRL

Ervine out

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Moor out. Four wickets for Adair

KevIRL

121/6 going into final over

KevIRL

Young takes another. 127/6 two balls left

wicorthered

There's a touch of the Peter Chase in Mark Adairs bowling. Takes wickets but bowls way too many boundary balls. We just can't seem to handle it when teams throw the bat about.

KevIRL

132/8 in the end. Target will be higher though

KevIRL

Target only 134 btw.

37/0 after 3

KevIRL

Kob out 58/1 after 5

VillaMad

Brilliant batting by Stirling.

KevIRL

Stirling 50 from 21

KevIRL

90/1 after 7

KevIRL

122/1 after 10

Inquitus

134/1 * (10.5/13 ov, target 134)

1-0 Ireland, cruised it in the end.

KevIRL

Some performance from stirling

Inquitus

KevIRL wrote: »

Some performance from stirling

83* from 36 balls 6 4's, 7 6's, some effort.

wicorthered

How under rated is Paul Stirling? Genuine world class talent. Finally adding the consistency to his game. Mad no IPL teams have taken him on.

Mysterypunter

wicorthered wrote: »

How under rated is Paul Stirling? Genuine world class talent. Finally adding the consistency to his game. Mad no IPL teams have taken him on.

He's very good, and I have criticized him in the past, especially when you see some of the T20 donkeys that keep getting signed up. Good win today, the team is in good form

KevIRL

Stirling out first ball

KevIRL

171/9 in the end

riffmongous

KevIRL wrote: »

171/9 in the end

Surprised to see we got there, and then lost from there, and badly too. What went wrong today with the bowling?

nice bit of green

Any idea when the exact dates and locations will be released for Ireland's fixtures next summer? Some very exciting matches ahead. Am guessing end of the year?

May: (h) v Bangladesh 1xT 3xODI 3xT20
Jun: (h) v New Zealand 3xODI 2xT20
Aug: (h) v Afghanistan 3xT20; (h) v Pakistan 2xT20
Sep: (a) v Eng 3xODI Oct

Royale with Cheese

England squad to face Ireland:

Joe Root (capt)
Moeen Ali
James Anderson
Jonny Bairstow
Stuart Broad
Rory Burns
Sam Curran
Joe Denly
Lewis Gregory
Jack Leach
Jason Roy
Olly Stone
Chris Woakes

Stokes & Buttler rested, no sign of Archer. But Anderson is fit enough to be in the squad at least, and Roy looks set to make his test debut.

Royale with Cheese

Dear God, 37 forecast for London on Thursday.

Rigor Mortis

Is that a first innings prediction. I'm pretty sure we can do a bit better.

riffmongous

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

Is that a first innings prediction. I'm pretty sure we can do a bit better.

Don't jinx it

Richard Hillman

Oh god, Kyle McCallan is commentating with Sky.

Royale with Cheese

I rang the Lord's ticket office earlier and had my day 2 Compton upper tickets swapped for Mound Lower. The view won't be as good but I doubt I'd have lasted long in 38 degree heat with no cover.

nice bit of green

Looking fwd to the next few days, hopefully can listen in work.

Richard Hillman

Stupidly agreed to work today. Only remembered a few seconds after the phone call about the Test Match.

Win the toss, bowl first. Don't care about the sun, you always bowl first at Lords.. The only chance of getting wickets is against this struggling top order and guys suffering from a world cup hangover. The pitch is green, it might not swing too much after the first 5 overs but that will be the only chance they get.

Hodors Appletart

is tms available in ireland for this

gavinoontheweb

Hope Stu Thompson has another good test match, was very impressed with his all round performance against Pak and then a solid effort with the ball in Dehradun (Economy of 1.6). At the age of 27 he is one of few players who isn't over the hill or just coming into the international set up.

Royale with Cheese

With tomorrow potentially the hottest day on record in the UK you'd want to be batting then really. It's a tough one though, if you put them in today you really need to have them out by lunch tomorrow at the latest. With the gap between the teams they could easily bat two days and you've toiled in the field in that heat the entire time.

KevIRL

England win toss and will bat