2022 T20 World Cup in Australia

KevIRL · 23-10-2022 5:08am

Ireland batting first after winning the toss and a wicket down early on. Balbirnie in the second over for one run

KevIRL · 23-10-2022 5:33am

40/2 at end of powerplay. tucker went for 10

KevIRL · 23-10-2022 7:38am

Routine enough stuff unfortunately. Tector did well with bat. Surprised we chose to bat, do feel we always have a better chance chasing

wicorthered · 23-10-2022 9:33am

Sri Lanka seem to have a real hold over Ireland. I don't think there's ever been a close game, it's always an absolute hammering. It doesn't help I suppose that the batting is so clueless against spin.

John_D80 · 23-10-2022 10:56am

India v Pakistan, 1st innings was quite the rollercoaster. All to play for. I’d love to see Pakistan do it

whatawaster81 · 23-10-2022 12:46pm

This is some finish to the India - Pakistan match.

John_D80 · 23-10-2022 12:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119782635#Comment_119782635

You literally couldn’t write it.

whatawaster81 · 23-10-2022 12:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119782648#Comment_119782648

Last over was crazy. I've never seen anything like that.

John_D80 · 23-10-2022 12:55pm

Absolutely heartbreaking for Pakistan. What a match.

Furze99 · 23-10-2022 12:58pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119782660#Comment_119782660

Controversial?? The no ball on the six was the changer. Be a tough result for Pakistan to take and pressure of yer man bowling last over.

As regards our efforts, we seem to do better when the ball is coming in quicker. Can't really handle it when we have to hit the ball off a slow pace.

Strumms · 23-10-2022 2:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119782660#Comment_119782660

That was a classic, as good a T20 match as I’ve seen , had the atmosphere and aura of a final.

Hard to know which country to be up for… a team in recent enough memory who were proven to be ball tamperers and accepting bribes vs a team with Virat Kohli in it.

VillaMad · 23-10-2022 2:08pm

Terrible performance from Ireland today, the complete opposite of Friday. Not much more to be said.

India-Pakistan was a great game and although I've not a fan of Kohli whatsoever, he was brilliant and I've no idea how they managed to win that. Not defending 13 from 3 balls was also dreadfully poor from Nawaz.

One thing I can't understand was how India were able to run when Nawaz bowled Kohli off the free hit. Surely by being bowled that should have made the ball dead. Nonsense rule that should be changed immediately.

Strumms · 23-10-2022 3:22pm

Outside of Stirling, Tector and Dockrell…Dockrell just about included, we didn’t perform with the bat…scorecard littered with single digit scores.

then took just the one wicket. No disgrace to lose to Sri Lanka but the manner of it.

Strumms · 25-10-2022 12:25pm

Difficult start for Sri Lanka vs Australia. Sri Lanka not coping with the pace, mid 90’s….

Sri Lanka batsmen really struggling to get bat to ball, lots of fresh air shots, dot balls and when they hit it just singles..boundaries have dried up and it’s 25/1 after 5. They really need to risk loosing a few wickets and try find the boundaries.

One annoying thing at this Perth ground is how noticeably slow the outfield is. Grass looking long and thick and shots that would get a batsman two are only getting singles and some decent blows getting nowhere close to the boundaries, weird to see.

KevIRL · 26-10-2022 6:22am

Decent powerplay of 59/1 for Ireland batting first v england.

KevIRL · 26-10-2022 7:27am

Tucker with a real fluke wicket earlier swung some of the momentum. Then more with wickets grouped together

Collie D · 26-10-2022 7:38am

Early wicket from second ball. England currently 8/1 after 2 overs chasing 158.

Collie D · 26-10-2022 7:43am

And another. 14/2 with 3 overs played.

Xander10 · 26-10-2022 7:56am

Do I dare to hope? Great start regardless of outcome

Xander10 · 26-10-2022 8:25am

67/4

Hodors Appletart · 26-10-2022 8:26am

those drops!

Doodah7 · 26-10-2022 8:37am

Gawd almighty but this is tense!

Doodah7 · 26-10-2022 8:41am

The amount of wides is going to be the killer. Between them, 10 in 14 overs plus the extra runs from the extra ball and it has added about 25 to the England card.

irelandrover · 26-10-2022 8:43am

I think that 12 of 3 balls will do it. it could still be close but id have England favourites now.

Doodah7 · 26-10-2022 8:45am

Rain!!

England five behind on D/L.

Come ye cats and dogs!!!

y0ssar1an22 · 26-10-2022 8:46am

lets hope the rain holds up for once. but would rather see an on the field win

y0ssar1an22 · 26-10-2022 8:47am

10 mins to restart or ireland win

Xander10 · 26-10-2022 8:47am

Need about ten minutes of rain

y0ssar1an22 · 26-10-2022 8:55am

game over, ireland win on duckworth lewis

cheese sandwich · 26-10-2022 8:55am

God bless the rain

Hodors Appletart · 26-10-2022 8:55am

haha hon the rain

triddles · 26-10-2022 8:56am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119794174#Comment_119794174

Course you would. Everyone would. But I've watched it all and Ireland thoroughly would deserve this win. England knew about the rain all game.

Doodah7 · 26-10-2022 9:02am

Well deserved win. That Moeen hit 12 just before the rain put a gloss on the game that it was close. Ireland batted well for the first half and bowled well for the most part and outplayed England. it helped that there was a bit of swing for the quicks that stifled the chase sufficiently.

StevenToast · 26-10-2022 9:02am

I dont like cricket....oh no....I LOVE IT!!

triddles · 26-10-2022 9:12am

I'd say there's a few on here that are sickened, the misery lovers after Zimbabwe.hon the lads.

cheese sandwich · 26-10-2022 9:19am

This morning’s album

Tombo2001 · 26-10-2022 9:21am

Thats brilliant from Ireland, delighted for them - such a tense sport.

wicorthered · 26-10-2022 9:26am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119794257#Comment_119794257

Why would anyone be sickened? I'm absolutely delighted with today. It's been a very good world cup overall.

The fact is they were terrible against Zim. Are people not allowed comment on bad performances?

They've bounced back brilliantly, on all known T20 form, better than could ever be expected.

It's very easy to sing when you're winning and act like you know it all.

Furze99 · 26-10-2022 9:48am

Not the way you want to win I guess but a win is a win :) And over the old enemy too, sweet.

Would have fancied England to get that if the rain hadn't come in, our bowling can be very flaky when the pressure comes on and easily go for 15-20 an over.

This 20 over game really is a bit of a lottery, any half decent team can beat a good one on the day

triddles · 26-10-2022 9:51am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119794293#Comment_119794293

Did you not read the comments no?

26-10-2022 10:13am

Malan’s awfully stodgy innings really playing a part there. Should have hit out earlier, thankfully for us he stuck around. Our captaincy beat them today too; credit where credit is due. Excellent powerplay, Little can be unplayable on his day.

Hand cleaning up Stokes the memorable moment for me.

Strumms · 26-10-2022 10:22am

Excellent victory, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

you know you’ve played well when you see the English mainstream media are totally spitting the dummy..

this headline from the BBC….

“T20 World Cup: England stunned by Ireland as rain results in five-run defeat”

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/63395933

😅😅😅 “rain results in five run defeat”

yes, because 52 runs in 5.3 overs with 5 wickets down was just a gimme, wasn’t it….there is a reason I guess people favour multiple news sources like sky ahead of the BBC… beyond salty the eejits but victory is tasting very sweet here… great job lads ! 😎😎😎

26-10-2022 10:41am

Oh the comments about the DLS below the BBC article make it even sweeter...

26-10-2022 10:46am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119794361#Comment_119794361

Flip side, it's not like england didn't know the rain was coming and it making Ali be more agressive

Royale with Cheese · 26-10-2022 10:54am

To be honest I'd have fancied England to get over the line there had it gone the distance, not that I'm complaining it didn't.

wicorthered · 26-10-2022 11:03am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119794376#Comment_119794376

I more than read them, I made some. And I'd stand by what I said after that game.

It's a brilliant win today, and they're showing they might be a better team than I gave them credit for. The frustrating thing has been the talent is there but to me the mental side has let them down. Maybe now they are fixing that. Hopefully they are.

But the fact is that performance against Zimbabwe was very poor. The last 5 years of T20s have been very poor. Why can that not be said? You should be able to criticize your team as well as praise them.

26-10-2022 11:16am

Ha, just read a savage take down on the rain complainers.

England blaming the rain would be like Australia blaming the heat

ArmaniJeanss · 26-10-2022 11:31am

I was thinking it was the Australian summer and the organisers were unlucky with the weather.

But as someone pointed out in The Guardian, its two months to the longest day. So pretty much the equivalent of scheduling WC games in April in Yorkshire.

triddles · 26-10-2022 11:31am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119794626#Comment_119794626

Ah yeah the one who said we were the worst team in the world cup after 1 game and that campher wasn't good enough for T20. There's a difference between fair and unfair criticism. I'm glad you enjoyed the win.

wicorthered · 26-10-2022 11:39am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119794751#Comment_119794751

It wasn't based on one game. Maybe you only watch world cups.

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