Cricket world Cup

Rod LIddle’s howler on the under punching of Irish Cricket…

Mick Fealty on February 23, 2015, 12:55 pm

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So, perhaps we should spare a thought for poor Rod Liddle. It shows what can happen [Erm, not you Brian! – Ed] when a former BBC producer loses the benefit of his hard working programme researchers. Here’s Rod writing on the eve of Ireland’s victory over the West Indies last week… Go back another three years to the 2011 World Cup and England’s defeat by Ireland. Again, that’s humiliating. All the decent Irish cricketers — not many, I’ll grant you …

ICC World Twenty20 Final to expand to 16 teams

Pete Baker on April 17, 2012, 1:47 pm

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Not that Ireland’s cricketers struggled to qualify for this year’s final tournament in Sri Lanka, but the path to the 2014 World Twenty20 finals in Bangladesh has been eased by the ICC Board’s confirmation that “from 2014 onwards, the number of teams participating in the ICC World T20 from 12 to 16 men’s teams.” From the Irish Times report The decision, which will make qualification for Ireland and other association members easier, was confirmed this morning by ICC chief executive Haroon …

Ireland win by 3 wickets with 5 balls to spare

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on March 2, 2011, 5:07 pm

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Kevin O'Brien - Getty images screenshot from BBC Sport

Following on from Pete’s excited live blogging in his earlier post (which I’d missed) … I don’t do sport. But colleagues tell me that Ireland have beaten England in the Cricket World Cup and that doesn’t happen every day. If you leprechauns can’t get over the line now, I don’t know… My mum could win it from here; you’ve done the hard work. (Geoffery Boycott) Should I expect cricketing images to adorn gable walls in West and East Belfast in …