Irish Cricket 2024

Balbirnie out for 1

Balbernie gone….😖 Didn’t look like he hit it. Host broadcaster not able to provide any tech to show either way.

feet anchored, a poor shot either way.

Given the match situation and the fielder at long off, a pretty poor choice of shot. Just don’t open the door for them…

Well that looks like another shocker of a decision to give campher out there. Echoes of Stirling in game 1

They might as well risk it for a biscuit…actually, another defensive prod and 9 down…

no tactical nouse whatsoever….

just poking and prodding and playing half arsed defensive prods…. Dumb cricket, they needed runs and to take the game back to the Afghans… ahhh no, lose a load of wickets pushing and prodding and go down to what will probably be a 100+ run defeat…117 run defeat it is… dreadfully shît and naive performance….

Of the 11 batsmen to take the field, 9 scored single digit scores. outrageously pathetic. No amount of sugar coating can be done to put any shine on that performance….

6 of the 10 wickets were either bowled or lbw… seemed mega vulnerable to anything straight, some really really soft, dismissals.

After our test victory and the Zimbabwe T20 & ODI series wins the Afghan side have certainly brought us rather swiftly back to ground….

What was the craic with the attendance ? Ok a neutral venue but you would think a couple of thousand neutrals might have made an effort in a city that size…. Give away a few tickets to school kids even….

He has a habit of doing that!!

So Stirling and Campher toss their wickets to the crowd.

Rock was miles off even hitting that first ball!

Haha, Neil Rock nickname Pebbles. I played against him once in Leinster division 14 or so when he must have been around 13. Looked a seriously good player back then, not at all surprised he's made this level. Think he might have hit 50 that day.

Didn't realise he'd played nearly 20 matches already, eh yeah his numbers aren't great. Probably a bit of a gulf between internationals and Leinster division 14 alright.

Harry Tector sure saving our blushes in this, a fine 50+. Delany was a bit unlucky, it was a good strike.

Adair gets Gurbaz first ball

edit and Josh Little gets another in the second over

edit edit and another. On a hat trick!

Good bowling so far from Ireland

Or was it?? Very dubious call.

Justice at last - feck them, the chancers

Get in ben white!

Yessssssss 8 down, another from White 😂

2 runs a ball needed.. surely we can close this out?

That's that with Rashid out. A brilliant performance. Bowlers take a bow and tector but a few other nice batting performances too