Intercontinental Cup

[kookaburra69]

hmm this will be an interesting match,i rekon the Irish will win though since they showed strong performances in the world cup.

 

[mattfb]

This should be an interesting match. Morgan is coming off the back of a 200* so lets see what can happen.

 

[andrew_nixon]

This should be an interesting match. Morgan is coming off the back of a 200* so lets see what can happen.

That's assuming two things:

1. Middlesex release him
2. Morgan choses to play for Ireland when Middlesex release him

 

[mattfb]

Oh i didn't know he was playing for middlesex.
If he cant play then that will be a huge weight dropped on irelands shoulders.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Oh i didn't know he was playing for middlesex.
If he cant play then that will be a huge weight dropped on irelands shoulders.

And he prefers playing for Middlesex too. Last year, Middlesex released him to play in Ireland's ODI against England and Morgan opted to play for Middlesex instead. Considering that and how much he talks about wanting to play for England, I think Ireland would be better off without him, as he obviously is not 100% committed to Ireland.

 

[wolf]

Well the final starts 10:30 BST tommorow at Leicester.

The squads are:

Canada (from): A Bagai (capt), A Samad, A Mulla, A Codrington, G Barnett, H Osinde, J Davison, K Sandher, N Patel, S Jyoti, T Bastiampillai, U Bhatti, Q Ali.

Ireland (from): T Johnston (capt), J Bray, W Porterfield, E Morgan, K O'Brien, G Wilson, P Gillespie, A White, K McCallan, D Langford-Smith, T Fourie, K Carroll, R Whelan.

Come on Ireland!

 

[andrew_nixon]

Anyone nearby the ground can go for free on all four days.

I'll be there covering the game for CricketEurope on days 3 and 4.

 

[wolf]

Well Canada got bowled out for 92, Johnston getting 4 wickets, Fourie 3 wickets, K O'Brien 2 wickets and Langford Smith 1 wicket.

Ireland are 250-3 in reply, Bray getting 146 in 152 balls and Porterfield 54.

And slight error on CricketEurope Andrew (you can tell you are not doing at the moment ) Samad is only credited with one wicket when it says he got 2 in the scorecard.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Umar Bhatti has just taken four wickets in five balls for Canada, including a hat-trick of lbws.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Well I didn't get to go to days 3 and 4, as it finished inside two days!

Result

Canada 1st innings: 92 all out
Ireland 1st innings: 352 all out (Bray 146, Bhatti 5/85)
Canada 2nd innings: 145 all out (McCallan 5/36)

Ireland win by an innings and 115 runs

 

[nightprowler10]

Well I didn't get to go to days 3 and 4, as it finished inside two days!

Result

Canada 1st innings: 92 all out
Ireland 1st innings: 352 all out (Bray 146, Bhatti 5/85)
Canada 2nd innings: 145 all out (McCallan 5/36)

Ireland win by an innings and 115 runs

Now that's a thrashing if I've ever seen one

 

[Leicester Fox]

I was thinking about going to this but none of my mates wanted to because of exams etc, one of my teachers went i think. Brilliant by Ireland