Ireland Team Discussion

[SpitfiresKent]

They have to do what Zimbabwe did against west indies

What? Lose? I'm all for that

 

[Paree]

What? Lose? I'm all for that

I mean't to bat 50 overs to get a respectable score and to make sure that they don't lose much run rate.

 

[blockerdave]

KO'B sent in up the order - England say flexible, Ireland play flexible.

 

[MattW]

KO'B sent in up the order - England say flexible, Ireland play flexible.

Obviously that's because of Ireland's inexperience.

 

[blockerdave]

Irony for me is that despite beating two Full Member sides this WC undermines Ireland's case for Test status.

I know they are missing Murtagh to injury and Rankin to England's avarice, but their seam attack is genuinely poor. It would be annihilated in test cricket or they'd be forced to set ultra-defensive fields and kill any spectacle.

Cricket Ireland need to unearth 2 or 3 85-90mph bowlers somewhere...

 

[Aislabie]

Well, Craig Young isn't anywhere near that quick, but he's better than most of what's played so far. Not sure why he is persistently left out.

Mark Adair has spent some time with Warwickshire and is meant to be sharp, while Tom Curran and Matt Dunn are both Irish-qualified, and might one day be tempted by Test opportunities.

That said, chairman of selectors Alan Lewis did accept the clear lack of pace, and said that they may go looking for some passport players / long-term overseas club pros to see if they can bolster the bowling reserves.

 

[blockerdave]

Hopefully they can. I mean, it's clear that in comparison with what Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe or Bangladesh had done to "earn" Test status when they got it, Ireland deserve to be given it but at the same time that attack is nowhere near Test standard.

 

[Aislabie]

True; Rankin, Murtagh, Young and Dockrell would be a decent enough four-pronged attack, but only one is currently playing. Murtagh should last until Adair is ready.

 

[Biggs]

Seddon Park is sold out for today's match, I can't get tickets. Mostly India fans but I think Ireland will have some decent support from their fans and locals wanting an upset. Fingers crossed they put up their traditional fight tonight! I'll be cheering from outside the ground!

 

[blockerdave]

This may be old news to some, but I've just come across this and bloody hell:

Alcoholic dumps Zim out of WC | The Herald

Gutter press doesn't begin to cover it. What a hideous article.

 

[Biggs]

That's unbelievable "reporting" ...to Zimbabwe's credit...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>On behalf of the Zimbabwe cricket team.We just want to express our apologies to <a href="Cricket Ireland (@Irelandcricket) | Twitter">@Irelandcricket</a> and John Mooney for the unacceptable article</p>&mdash; Brendan Taylor (@BrendanTaylor86) <a href="Brendan Taylor sur Twitter : "On behalf of the Zimbabwe cricket team.We just want to express our apologies to @Irelandcricket and John Mooney for the unacceptable article"">March 11, 2015</a></blockquote>
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EDIT:

@MattW I have no idea how to embed tweets. None. What a n00b.

 

[MattW]

Yeah, no one blames the Zimbabwe players for the shitty 'journalist' - but all class there from BT.

@MattW I have no idea how to embed tweets. None. What a n00b.

Grab the long number from the end of the url you get from the link to the single tweet view (the time link) - in this case '575456213141356545' - and wrap that in tweet tags.

So

[tweet]575456213141356545[/tweet]

makes

 

[SpitfiresKent]

Alcoholic dumps Zim out of WC | The Herald

Not even I can defend this, it's disgraceful.

 

[blockerdave]

yes, top class from BT there.

 

[Satan666]

Disgusting article, even by my standards. Didnt bother reading the entire article.