Irish Cricket 2023

We’d have been thrashed let’s face it. No way with current ability / form we’d chase that down. Our middle order is in no sort of nick.

Unfortunately the weather forecast for Sylhet on Thursday is for scattered thunderstorms….

sadly it is pretty unseasonal weather, usually dry, very warm and sunny in March there I’m reading… but I think the problem in that part of the world is when it rains it’s often pretty heavy, long lasting and torrential. So the ability to cover or clear the cricket ground of covers and water in good time to get even a reduced number of overs is often not doable.

hopefully that forecast improves..fingers crossed..

Hopefully we get one competitive game out of the series. Maybe with a bit of luck on our side and a slice of complacency on Bangladesh part. On evidence so far, not quite at the races.

Ireland 23/3 after 9 overs. Dot balls galore. 2.56 the run rate...

Worst possible start ffs.

3 boundaries in 54 deliveries.

27/4 ... after 10 jeeez.. start the car

You'll have Balbernie along at the end. BSing out of him as usual " tough conditions out there, that we are not used to but sure lookit, the experience will stand to the lads"

The experience championship table is where its at eh Andrew,

68/6 now after 19

Yeah, it's a head scratcher...

Might make 100 but won't get up near 200... or close... not enough wickets left is my guess

I spoke too soon... 8 down...FFS !!!

Edit : 101 All out.... jaysus

Arguably the worst performance since Irish Cricket went professional. They look like club cricketers, bad club cricketers at that. It's bad enough they have been comprehensibly outclassed, but they haven't even shown any fight.

On the Josh Little front, Little's Irish career hasn't long left I'd imagine. Now that he's a regular on the T20 circuit I can't see where he fits in time to play for Ireland, especially such a poor Ireland team.

Lambs to the slaughter.

Morale must be really low now.

I suppose the T20s are about bashing the ball so they ride their luck there.

The test match will be very tough.

Ouch

surprised but pleased the test is a five day match instead of a four day match… if it’s over in three and a half or four days so be it but four day really restricts you if there is bad weather early in the test…. Lose two and a half sessions in four days play and you lose the likelihood of a result. Five offers more breathing room.

the T20 series doesn’t really have the same appeal…but be nice to get a victory or two under our belts… be intriguing to observe how we bounce back from the poor ODI showing

Rain has stopped, Ireland will chase 104 in 8 overs, need 13 per over, possible I suppose, or could be 30 all out?

32/0 off 2

37/1, need 67 off 5

Stirling out 40/3, all 3 bowled

Sinking now, only 5 off the 6th over, 39 off 2 required

I didn’t see any of it but you have to say really DL setting us 13 runs off each of the 8 overs …. Never likely, fantasy stuff.

207/5 from 19.2 Bangladesh scored…. 215-220 had they completed the innings.

that would have left ireland needing 11 runs an over.

so how the fûck does DL have us requiring 13 from each of the 8 ?

doesn’t seem like a reasonable or fair conversion. For any side, coming in cold starting an innings, hitting 13 runs in overs 1 through 8 ? Probably not a team in the world capable of that.

Started well, but once wickets fell, required momentum lost.