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Re: Cricket season

Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 10:51 am
by justinr73
I agree that Rashid will have to work a bit harder for some of his wickets this summer. Having Root in charge of the Test team could be big for him though.

I'm fairly confident that England won't declare Herman and I'm sorry that we spotted Eoin Morgan drinking a pint of bitter....!

Re: Cricket season

Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 4:01 pm
by Herman
Nae bother. Even if he reached the point of mincing down the Garvaghy Rd in union jack underwear and a sash, it still must be hard for a former CUS boy to run his own through in an ODI.

Re: Cricket season

Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 7:52 pm
by drumbo diehard
Different ground, same fcukup

Re: Cricket season

Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 9:23 pm
by Herman
drumbo diehard wrote:Different ground, same fcukup
Totally outclassed, but at least they made a game of it in the end. That said, on a muggy morning had we batted first it may well have been deja vu all over again - to quote the late, great Yogi.

Listened on BBC 5 rather than make the schlep across town. My Gawd that asshole Swann is some idiot. Spent the day laughing at Ireland as though we're anyway comparable. On KOB: "The hero of Bangalore...and not much more!" Guffaw

Re: Cricket season

Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 3:32 pm
by drumbo diehard
Another fcuking shambles by cricket ireland today, maybe too many ulstermen in the team?

Re: Cricket season

Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 4:32 pm
by Dave
FOLK

Re: Cricket season

Posted: Sun May 21, 2017 5:22 pm
by Bart S
drumbo diehard wrote:Another fcuking shambles by cricket ireland today, maybe too many ulstermen in the team?
And again today.

Get rid of Bracewell and bring in Doakie as Head Coach... :stir:

Re: Cricket season

Posted: Sun May 21, 2017 5:28 pm
by big mervyn
We're not really a test nation.

Re: Cricket season

Posted: Sun May 21, 2017 5:29 pm
by Cap'n Grumpy
Shouldn't have let Eoin Morgan go ........

Re: Cricket season

Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 11:35 am
by Russ
Hope we're at least talking to him

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Re: Cricket season

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 11:10 am
by solidarity
Anybody watching the ICC cricket?
I watched Pakistan demolish the England bowling yesterday. A fantastic combination of subtlety and raw aggression. They are looking really good.
I've got a wee feeling that Bangladesh could turn India over today.

Re: Cricket season

Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:06 pm
by mikerob
Ireland and Afghanistan awarded test status.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40364481

Re: Cricket season

Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:49 pm
by pwrmoore
mikerob wrote:Ireland and Afghanistan awarded test status.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40364481
So can we get Eoin Morgan back now or is he lost to England for ever?

Re: Cricket season

Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:46 pm
by big mervyn
pwrmoore wrote:
mikerob wrote:Ireland and Afghanistan awarded test status.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40364481
So can we get Eoin Morgan back now or is he lost to England for ever?
Ed Joyce swtched to England and back again at ODI level.

I'd have thought it was possible especially as test cricket for Ireland wasn't previously an option - see Kepler Wessels Aus/SA. He has ruled it out though - prob too much money and profile playing limited overs cricket for Engerland.

Re: Cricket season

Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 7:09 pm
by Cap'n Grumpy
Morgan from he was a child had his sights firmly set on playing for England.

Even in the unlikely event that he decided to return, by the time he served his years of playing international cricket for no one it would possibly be too late in his career (although him in his later years would possibly still be better than many from Ireland at the peak of theirs).

Don't see him wanting to voluntarily drop out of international cricket for three years though. For Ed Joyce and Boyd Rankin, it was an easier choice as it became apparent that they were not going to play again regularly, if at all, for England.