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IRE has won the toss and chosen to field.

Little bowling 140+ here and swinging it. Just a couple years ago Ireland had no pace and now they've found a solid bowler here.

Not sure why we keep picking Taijul and Nasum as our lone specialist spinner. I'd select the uncapped Rakibul Hasan intead keeping the WC in mind.

Meanwhile Liton Das really strugglling in ODIs. Only scores runs vs Zimbabwe!

secretzimbo wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:06 pm

Surely we are all just hoping for it to rain for the lolz?

'We don't want a washout, so we are going to host our series in.......wait for it.......England!'

They've gone off for rain I'm laughing so hard

The Irish always were a bit dim

Man, this will be so embarassing for the Irish, they moved this out of Ireland because they didn't want a washout and then they get a washout in England. Dear o Dear!

secretzimbo wrote: ↑

Tue May 09, 2023 3:51 pm

secretzimbo wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:06 pm

Surely we are all just hoping for it to rain for the lolz?

'We don't want a washout, so we are going to host our series in.......wait for it.......England!'

They've gone off for rain I'm laughing so hard

Yeah SZ, you've been saying this all along.

On the Irish forum they're saying the weather thing was just a front, CI just doesn't want the world to know they can't afford to host an ODI series.

I'm not sure I buy that. They haven't had issues hosting multiple ODI and T20 series in recent years and theres some scheduled for later this year?

For whatever reason there are huge additional costs associated with hosting Test cricket, but I'm not sure thats the case with ODI's....especially ODIs mandated in the Super League?
Cricket Ireland gets quite a large chunk of funding from their government/national sports bodies etc - they actually get funding from both the Republic of Ireland and the UK governments, in addition to their ICC allocation and other income including TV Broadcasts.

They don't host any domestic first class cricket for the past 4 years. They don't host Tests. ............And now they don't host ODIs?
Someone at CI must be pocketing even more money than the ZC cretins

I also can't imagine hiring Chelmsford for a week and sorting all the logistics there is particularly cheap anyway.

This is it, South Africa go through to the World Cup. Can't see the match restarting now.

What a difference the conditions make. Bangladesh smashed 350 against this bowling attack in Sylhet, but can't even get 250 in UK. It is quite early on in the season tho.

I doubt any of these matches will be completed.