Monday, August 04, 2008
Ireland secure ICC World Twenty20 place
Congratulations to Ireland’s cricket team after their narrow win over Kenya at Stormont today, in the semi-finals of the qualifying competition, secured them a place at next year’s Twenty20 World Cup.
Pete Baker @ 11:28 AM
Good news. Well deserved.
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 12:39 PMexcellent, this on top of the win against Scotland last week
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 12:47 PMYes, great news - win the final and I think they get to play England, at Lord’s in the opening game. Bit lucky against Bermuda (when I say a bit I mean very - defending 46 off 9 overs.) - phew!
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 01:09 PMWell done Ireland.
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 01:15 PMwoohoo!
Even if some of the team make Jack Charlton’s mercenaries look like proper Irishmen ...Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 01:53 PMIndeed darth, but any port in this particular sporting storm. That’s a nice compensation for a disappointing outing in Friends Provident (except for one glorious day at Stormont: http://tinyurl.com/5u9kdd).
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 02:13 PMWell played Ireland.
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 02:44 PMHat’s off to Ireland, and the Netherlands. I have had the pleasure of attending the whole event so far, and while the action has been occasionally a little amateurish, there has been no loss of excitement.
Only Bermuda truly looked out of their depth (Namibia would have done better, I suspect), and even then, they could still have got through but for the spectacular collapse against Ireland.
I’m crossing my fingers for Scotland, though I’d hate Kenya to miss out. It’ll be interesting to see what happens to the 3rd Qualifier if Mugabe is disposed of…
If Zimbabwe don’t come…
Winner gets India, Bangladesh and a half chance, I’d say, of actually progressing.
RU gets Pakistan and England
3rd gets South Africa and (I think) Sri LankaIf Zimbabwe do come, Winner gets Pakistan and England, Runner Up SA and SL.
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 03:06 PMp.s Darth, given the roots of Andy Strauss, Kevin Peitersen, Matt Prior, Jonathan Trott, G Jones, Ed Joyce (!!!), Pattinson, Owais Shah, - never mind Usman Afzaal, Vikram Solanki, the Greigs, Hick, Lamb, R Smith and Hussein - and in all bloody likelyhood the soon to be called up Eoin Morgan (and knowing our luck N O’Brien!), I have very little embarrassment that we have a couple of qualifiers by residence/marriage. Very little at all. Long may botha reign frankly.
My only concern is that now that Joyce has decalred for England, and Portfield, Morgan, Wilson, O’Brien N and Rankin are all in the counties, with O’Brien K and Connell rumoured to be joining soon, we’ll have close to a bloody Test quality side (ok, that’s a stretch, but still…) and none of them will be bleeding available!
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 03:21 PMMy bad, it’s New Zealand and South Africa.
Sri Lanka are in the same group as Australia and the Windies - Group of Death anyone?
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 03:22 PMwhy are even all Ireland teams always “them” when even favourable unionists are talking about them… how about “we” for a change?
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 03:30 PMTake off the tin-foil hat, dub. It doesn’t work, you know.
It’s very simple.
I’m not actually in the Ireland cricket team. And they, the players, deserve the plaudits.
If you want vicarious glory, stick to football - of any variety.
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 03:42 PMScotland currently 50-0 after 10 overs (60 balls) in reply to Kenya’s 106-9. Winner takes 3rd, and if Zimbabwe are absent, the last Twenty20 place.
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 04:46 PMA Botha is the competition’s leading wicket taker for Ireland 10 overs, 8 wickets for 42 (St 7.5 Ec 4.2 Av 5.25). Gawd Bless ‘im!!
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 04:50 PMAnd finally, for now…
Ireland’s fixture’s for the rest of the year, courtesy of Cricket Ireland.
# August 7-10: Ireland v Canada (Intercontinental Cup), Malahide
# August 12: Ireland v Canada (ODI), Clontarf
# August 24: Ireland v Kenya (ODI), Belfast
# August 25: Ireland v Kenya (ODI), Belfast
# August 27: Ireland v Kenya (ODI), Belfast# October 5-8: Namibia v Ireland (Intercontinental Cup), Windhoek
# October 12-15: Kenya v Ireland (Intercontinental Cup), Kenya
# October 18: Kenya v Ireland (ODI), Kenya, TBC
# October 19: Kenya v Ireland (ODI), Kenya, TBC
# October 21: Kenya v Ireland (ODI), Kenya, TBC
# October 23: Kenya v Ireland (ODI), Kenya, TBC
# October 25: Kenya v Ireland (ODI), Kenya, TBCPosted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 04:54 PMPete,
I see that in addition to mind boggling anality, smugness and condescending unionism you also bring the gift of snobbery. Is there no limit to your charm?
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 05:08 PMYou asked the question, dub.
Hardly my fault you didn’t like the answer.
Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 05:19 PM“Qualified”. We qualified in the same way that people qualify for the Special Olympics.
“Bat?”
“Yep!”
“Whites?”
“Yes.”
“Right, you’re in.”Posted by on Aug 04, 2008 @ 06:01 PMYayish - I still dont think their huinks last time made the case for *any* minnows being at the World Cup. The format, for the last three torunaments has been dire enough, and next time is liekly to be no better. And a key source of the difficulties is accomodatings the no-hopers. It’s bad enough that Bangladesh stills enjoys top flight status, and a tragedy every which that Zimbabwe currently, partially does. Sticking in Ireland, Holland etc really doesn’t help make for good cricket. Beating them proves nothing, and losing to the likes of them satisifies really very few people indeed.
Posted by on Aug 05, 2008 @ 12:39 PMFor ‘huinks’ (albeit a good, probably Afrikaans, word), please read, hi-jinks. And likely for liekly. Oh and there should have been a ‘way’ after ‘which’. ‘Tournaments’ probably has the edge on torunaments (though that is an A1 piece of Norman French, the ancestral home of the FitzCobyearns). And let the lesson of this be: Don’t Post After Lunch.
Posted by on Aug 05, 2008 @ 12:44 PMNice post and thanks for the info, I am an up to date person that’s why I watched Beijing Olympics Complete Medal Tally 2008
for results in this olympics.Posted by on Aug 13, 2008 @ 01:53 AM
