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Irish Cricket 2024

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  • #392
    y0ssar1an22
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    very disappointing start here



  • #393
    Strumms
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    16/4…

    Tector given out caught behind. Adamant he didn’t hit it, didn’t look like he did, but a huge vociferous appeal. A few years ago Tector might have landed himself in hot water, clear vocal criticism and dissent of the out decision, and stood there for ages before departing…



  • #394
    Strumms
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    Tucker dropped next ball, a gimmie catch for the wicket keeper….. poor



  • #395
    y0ssar1an22
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    29/5. gets worse



  • #396
    wicorthered
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    Paul Stirling, the most experienced FC player in the squad should nev iner ever be picked for a test again after a shot like that in a situation like that.

    On form, age and fitness his international career should be over. He offers absolutely nothing anymore.

    Hugely embarrassing batting performance. Imagine not being able to chase 150 V Zimbabwe



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  • #397
    wicorthered
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    Nothing but abject embarassment since Malan signed his new deal. Great business from CI, a completely dysfunctional and inept organisation.

    Bazball cricket with club cricket players.



  • #398
    MFPM
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    Only being catching the match in snippets but I was really hopeful that having put themselves in a really good position to win they could deliver but the batting in this innings seems to be shambolic. I wouldn't be putting alot of money on them getting the 125 tomorrow.



  • #399
    Strumms
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    even in that 250 we scored… 6 of our batsmen only made single digit scores.

    Only 1 of the other 5 scored a half century. That was Moor with the 79…

    You should be able to take for granted an international test side chasing down 158 on their own patch.

    Should be doing it against England or against anyone at this stage… 158/6 fair enough but get there ffs.



  • #400
    y0ssar1an22
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    good start this morning. 73/5. we're halfway there and living on a prayer



  • #401
    VillaMad
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    Amazing how much easier conditions are today with the sun out.

    Yes, Ireland did not bat well yesterday evening but with an overcast sky, there was a lot of variable bounce. Today the batsmen just have more time and Zimbabwe are starting to run out of ideas a bit.

    Tucker and McBrine still going at 107/5 with 51 needed.



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  • #402
    VillaMad
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    Disaster with Tucker inside edging onto the stumps.

    117/6. 41 needed now and just the bowlers really to try to win this for Ireland.



  • #403
    KevIRL
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    Tucker out 56.

    41 still needed

    Squeaky bum time.

    Ireland running a five earlier without an overthrow involved is not something you see every day in a test match



  • #404
    y0ssar1an22
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    117/6. tucker gone. need 41 to win



  • #405
    MFPM
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    18 to win, should be straightforward from here. Decent recovery today after the shambles yesterday afternoon.



  • #406
    y0ssar1an22
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    good decision not to take lunch with 11 required



  • #407
    y0ssar1an22
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    great win. fair play. still issues with the top order, largely the same who failed in the t20 world cup.



  • #408
    KevIRL
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    A great win. Fantastic play from the 3 batsmen today. Not just to win but in the end comfortably enough



  • #409
    ledwithhedwith
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    great win, pretty cool to have the 2nd one closely followed by the first. I think I’m right on that anyways.



  • #410
    Strumms
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    great job. Only annoying aspect was the camera work at the end not picking up the winning shot in realtime… focusing on the non striker McBrine 🫤 for some reason.



  • #411
    VillaMad
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    82 runs and 7 wickets from McBrine, a truly fantastic performance.

    Everyone was down in the dumps last night, but it was a different story today with the conditions much easier and McBrine, Tucker and Adair all hit some lovely shots.

    A special moment for the side to win a home test match.



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  • #412
    Royale with Cheese
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    Watched the end of it. I didn't think it was over last night but wouldn't have made them favourites, and definitely didn't think it'd be that comfortable in the end. Just need a win in malahide now, even just a match in malahide would be nice 🫤



  • #413
    Strumms
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    here is a nice stat…

    Back to back test wins for Ireland. 😎



  • #414
    ledwithhedwith
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122436392#Comment_122436392

    like dublin buses! We wait 7 years haha



  • #415
    EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares
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    I don't know what it is about 4th innings for Ireland, they always seem to struggle... I wonder if you took every country's record in a 4th innings where they were chasing the target and counted up the total number of runs and the total number of wickets lost and did a bit of simple division. I wonder where Ireland would rank...



  • #416
    KevIRL
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    Only Australia, England and Afghanistan got to their second test win in a lower amount of matches than Ireland



  • #417
    Barrett
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122438934#Comment_122438934

    This is great. Ireland deserves to play more test matches.



  • #418
    Strumms
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    Irish girls beaten by Sri Lanka in Pembroke. A fairly convincing defeat unfortunately…

    Ireland 145/6 from their 20. Chased down in 16.4 overs. Sri Lankans only lost 3 wickets over the course of their chase. Looked from the bits I saw that like the men’s team it was a case of just not finding enough wickets but one gimmie simple catch was put down, another more difficult one put down too and just the challenge of beating Sri Lanka would be hard enough but when you don’t take those chances it really doesn’t make your job any easier.



  • #419
    MFPM
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    Great result for the Ireland Women's team beating Sri Lanka in the 2nd T20.



  • #420
    MFPM
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    Good to see some movement on the new cricket ground. 4k capacity isn't great but it'll be good to have a national ground as such.



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  • #421
    nice bit of green
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    Build it and they will come. Bit of a pain to get to tho.



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