General Ireland news thread

KevIRL

Better from Ireland with the ball today. Afghanistan 173/6 after 40. The last few overs have been costly tho

axe2grind

They had them 97/6, but their bowlers have got them to a total they can defend. Now 193/6

axe2grind

193/8
both set batsmen out
If they can get the last 2 wickets soon....

KevIRL

axe2grind wrote: »

They had them 97/6, but their bowlers have got them to a total they can defend. Now 193/6

Really helps when ya can bat down the order. Hopefully with the 2 of them gone now we can wrap this innings up quickly

KevIRL

Tail wagging furiously unfortunately. 250 still more than likely here

axe2grind

Since the double wicket maiden, Murtagh has shipped 32 runs in his 2 overs since.
Afghanistan up to 243, with 2 overs to go.
16 wides!

As before our top 3 will need to get most of the way to chase this down.

axe2grind

another wide...thats nearly 3 extra overs.

axe2grind

7, 8 & 9 all get 50s and have set Ire 265 to keep series alive.

KevIRL

264/8 in the end

axe2grind

First 2 overs of reply and Ed is a wicket waiting to happen and Paul playing airily.
Hope they can settle down before they're out...

KevIRL

Joyce out in the fourth over

KevIRL

2 down with porterfield out. Uh oh

KevIRL

Sterling out for 99

KevIRL

12 runs off 42nd over and Balbirnie on 50no. Glimmer of hope but gonna need him to bat out the innings.

Hope i haven't jinxed him

KevIRL

24 from 4 overs needed

KevIRL

12 off 3 required

KevIRL

A win!

At last the lower order stand up. Well done to sterling Balbirnie and Wilson

riffmongous

Are you guys watching it live? I didnt realise it was on free to air tv, but I read on the cricketeurope forum that it's possible to watch it on streams of DD Sports from India.

Highlights are also up on youtube, I havent got round to watching them yet though

KevIRL

Afghanistan 172/8 after 41

KevIRL

All out 220 after 49.5 overs. Afghanistan were 87/7 though.

KevIRL

Ireland 48/1 after 10. Stirling just gone in that 10th over. Lot of work still to do

KevIRL

59/2. Both openers gone with Joyce now out

Edit. 59/3 porterfield follows quickly. In a spot of bother now.

KevIRL

All going badly wrong. Kob off injured and more wickets. Ireland need a miracle and inability to mop up the tail costing dearly

Squatter

KevIRL wrote: »

All going badly wrong. Kob off injured and more wickets. Ireland need a miracle and inability to mop up the tail costing dearly

130 for 6½ now - big Kev is back out with a hammie, so no quick singles - although Kev's normal currency isn't singles!


UPDATE: The injured Big Kev is going big! Two sixes and two four in his last 10 balls!

KevIRL

Kob back on. Himself and Wilson at the crease and basically the two of them need to get the 91 runs required.

KevIRL

A few good overs and Ireland now need 55 off 14 overs. Ahead of the required rate. But critical that these two stay in there.

KevIRL

39 needed off 10

KevIRL

Wilson out. 25 needed. Squeaky bum time.

KevIRL

Just seven needed now. Almost there.

KevIRL

got there in the end. 2-2 in the series now

Rigor Mortis

Amazing performance by KoB

KevIRL

Ireland batting first and 146/2 after 30 overs

KevIRL

Porterfield out and big 3 gone 157/3 after 32

Unsurprisingly no kob today

KevIRL

Balbirnie out for 7 and Ireland going to struggle to set any kind of defendable score

KevIRL

Wilson out for 5. 185/5 after 39

KevIRL

Nob out for 34. 190/6.

KevIRL

Thompson gone. 193/7

KevIRL

Mcbrine and dockrell doing well. Ireland 226/7 with 3 overs left. 250 minimum needed

KevIRL

KevIRL wrote: »

Mcbrine and dockrell doing well. Ireland 226/7 with 3 overs left. 250 minimum needed

So much for that. 229 all out in 48.1overs.

Almost impossible ask

KevIRL

Got one early. 19/1 after 6 overs. Need to get plenty more.

KevIRL

2 down. 25/2 after 8.

KevIRL

3rd wicket. 100/3 now after 25.3

riffmongous

Too easy at the moment for Afghanistan

Squatter

Credit to the Afghan batsmen - with 5 needed from the last 9 balls, they appear to be home and dry.

Excellent century from Rahmat Shah

Afghanistan win by 7 wickets with 7 balls left. And take the ODI series having already taken the T20 series.

We may not be regressing, but we sure as heck don't appear to be progressing.

minitrue

Afghanistan win the toss and decide to bat. Can someone explain to me how we can't watch this? CI go streaming all sorts here but can't get the Indian government tv station (which broadcasts it free in India) to give them a feed? I just get an error trying to watch it from the indian station themselves which I guess means that they have geoblocked it?

I didn't care for all the prior games, we wrote them off years ago when we stacked everything on Test status, but this is it now. Win this (even winning draw) and it will take a disaster for us not to at least get the Test Challenge. Lose it and I would not be surprised if our Test ambitions are dead.

KevIRL

Streaming on ICC site. Afghanistan 102/1 currently

KevIRL

Two more wickets 174/3 now

KevIRL

tough day in the field for Ireland. 4th wicket just gone. 318/4 with 10 or so overs left in the day.

Looks like we'll struggle to get 1st innings lead points anyway

KevIRL

2 more wickets gone. But rate is close to four an over. Wonder if we can pick up another before stumps

347/6 currently.

KevIRL

357/6 at stumps

Stanikazi on 110 not out.