Irish Cricket 2023

VillaMad

Ireland have 3 T20's in a couple of weeks time against India in Malahide. Their only games at home this year.

India have named their squad which is very much a second string outfit. Bumrah will return to international cricket after being out for a year and he will captain the side.

India T20I squad: Jasprit Bumrah (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan.

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120910316#Comment_120910316

It's mad isn't it that the English county game is closed off for Irish internationals. The equivalent in soccer I guess is to be constrained to selection from the League of Ireland.

Nightwing1862

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120965570#Comment_120965570

Once we got test status all our players were classified as overseas players. The county teams are limited to four of them in the squad and only two can play in a game. Prior to test status they were considered domestic players and there was no limit to how many a team could sign.

It's not completely closed off to us but there's a lot of potential players in the overseas pool and a team isn't likely to use one of the spots on a player who could be off on international duty for a significant portion of the county season.

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120967640#Comment_120967640

Yes thanks for clarifying. The net result & reality is I guess that English county teams are more likely to take their overseas players from the other big cricket playing countries. So unless an Irish player is exceptional, unlikely to get a contract.

wicorthered

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120967640#Comment_120967640

The bigger loss is that plenty of Irish young lads would have headed off to the counties at a young at age. Even if they never made the grade at county level they return to Ireland better cricketers. Mark Adair and Craig Young for example would've spent their formative years in the county set-up, they're better bowlers than if they'd just stayed in Ireland. Without the oversea player aspect, the likes of Tim Tector or Matt Humphries would likely be on the books of a county. They may not be in the team, but they'd be exposed to the training set up and they'd develop much better as players. They'd return to the interpros better players and raise the level of that competition.

The likes of Harry Tector and Josh Little might get a short contract here and there, but Irish cricket would be far healthier if the likes of Gavin Hoey and Nathan Maguire got to spend a season or two playing county seconds and training with the first team.

Strumms

Irish ladies all over the Dutch….. Dutch put in by the Irish and we have them 18/4 after 5 overs

VillaMad

Irish women won by 10 wickets in just over 10 overs. A hammering.

In the Interpro's today, Leinster hit a massive 425/7 from their 50 overs, hitting 229 off the last 15 overs alone. Poor Trent McKeegan bowled his last 4 overs for 79 runs. A huge 244 run win in the end for Leinster.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120921949#Comment_120921949

its been kindly just prompted to me that unless the weather forecast turns completely on it’s head, the first T20 will be a washout. Forecast is for rain and high winds all day….

no point in procuring tickets 🙈

Peter File

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120982115#Comment_120982115

It's already sold out!

Still tickets on sale for the decider on August 23.

nice bit of green

Seriously concerned about Friday’s weather.

Strumms

Ladies going well Vs the Dutch. Dutch won the toss, decided to bat but are only 109/4 in their 19th over…

likely the Irish will need less then a run a ball. Don’t want to jinx it but…

edit :

116/6 after the 20 … 5.8 the required.

Royale with Cheese

Rain currently forecast to hit Malahide just around the 3pm start time, doesn't look like there be much/any play today.

nice bit of green

Am hoping we get 10 overs each. My weather app says rain at 1630. We’re defo gonna get 5.5 overs as that guarantees no refunds.

nice bit of green

Saying that, 10 overs each is just crap. Way too short.

Peter File

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120994957#Comment_120994957

If getting 5.5 overs in total means no refunds is tough.

Strumms

Whatever about refunds there sure as anything ain’t going to be a result….

so say allowing for a couple of wickets, boundaries and balls into the crowd not long after 20-25 minutes play and no refunds… hmmmm wonder who came up with that unrealistic and unfair regulation.

You’d be a bit miffed, if you made the trip out to Malahide and say saw 5.3 overs, and yet still you get nothing, an expensive day out……………

I know it’s not the fault of CI but with the price of tickets, the time, cost and effort required by most people to get out to Malahide, a nice venue but not a very central one, I think a voucher for a discounted ticket for a future home fixture within 18 months, 20% off say, is a reasonable gesture…

nice bit of green

Or rattle India out in half an hour then knock off the total in no time? Back home before Betty rolls in.

Strumms

Ooohhh

Peter File

At least we will get some play in today. There are a lot of empty seats for a sold out game.

Peter File

4 for 2 after 5 balls. Shocking by them so far. Play safe against Bumrah should be the plan if they were coached properly.

Furze99

Boom, Boom .. Bumrah.

Strumms

The toss was a good one to win for India…. Causing our batsmen major issues…

3 wickets down and only 3 boundaries scored in the first 5 overs.

Peter File

27/4 after 5.2 overs and the rain is holding off.

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120996232#Comment_120996232

Could be all out by 4 at this rate and get a result on the day :(

wicorthered

Another great day from Ireland. Malanball at it's finest!

Beasty

Didn't think we would get a match at all the way the weather was looking

Just felt a spot of drizzle but at 37-5 this could be all over in the next hour!

wicorthered

Ireland don't need much time to embarrass themselves, 40 mins play did the trick. How about another ramp shot, what could go wrong!

Beasty

Drizzle is setting in now

Beasty

59-6

Furze99

Raining fairly steadily in south of Dublin now, so won't be long more I think.