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England [85 & 303] beat Ireland [207 & 38] by 143 runs in the one-off 4-day Test match

ak619 said:
Yeah seriously!

Why is no one talking about this? Are we suddenly having official 4 day test matches? wth?
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Zimbabwe and South Africa had a 4-day Test in recent times. SA won that Test in 2 or 3 days.

There was a timeless Test too many decades ago. Test doesn't necessarily have to be 5 days.
 
139/5.

Ireland is losing it now.

If Ireland can't have a lead above 250, England should recover and win.
 
Great opportunity for Roy to score a match saving century and book his spot for Ashes.
 
Ollie 'Patrick Paterson" Stone looks an "Axcellent" bowler. Proper pace and most importantly straightens the ball from the wide angle with bounce. I'd pick him every day. England are very lucky to have him.
 
149/7.

Ireland is losing it now. Waste of opportunity after bundling England out for 85.
 
Ollie Stone what a bowler can watch him all day. Btw how green is this wicket! Love it, hope the ashes wickets are same then we can see who the real proper test batsmen are.
 
QalandarFan said:
Yeah I said in another post the bowling is good for helpful conditions. Jimmy and Woakes can get that ball moving around in the right conditions. However, isn't Jimmy going to miss the first test?
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I think he is back soon. But Wood is out of the first three Ashes tests so they need Archer back to give them a cutting edge.
 
sweep_shot said:
149/7.

Ireland is losing it now. Waste of opportunity after bundling England out for 85.
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Not sure it was ever a high scoring pitch with so much green in the wicket. 200 would put England in a tough spot but 175 wouldn't be horrible. This match could be over in 3 days.
 
looks like pitch has already flattened out.


I think eng will come back strong.

but hope ireland keep on applying the pressure
 
What kind of game is this definitely not a test match and some serious dearth of talunt in IRE Kevin O'Brien of all hacks still playing and featuring in test match
 
zn426 said:
Not sure it was ever a high scoring pitch with so much green in the wicket. 200 would put England in a tough spot but 175 wouldn't be horrible. This match could be over in 3 days.
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I hear that will hose down on Saturday so this is a three-day game.
 
Robert said:
I think he is back soon. But Wood is out of the first three Ashes tests so they need Archer back to give them a cutting edge.
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Lol isn't Archer injured too? I saw this video on cricinfo about some dude talking about his injury. I didn't even know Wood was out I thought he was there damn, even England's bowling is looking bleak. So it will be Anderson, Woakes, and Broad/Curran than? Not bad but not that threatening on non seaming conditions.
 
Kianig89 said:
What kind of game is this definitely not a test match and some serious dearth of talunt in IRE Kevin O'Brien of all hacks still playing and featuring in test match
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Hey he scored a hundred on Test Debut can't drop the man after that.
 
zn426 said:
Not sure it was ever a high scoring pitch with so much green in the wicket. 200 would put England in a tough spot but 175 wouldn't be horrible. This match could be over in 3 days.
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Highly doubt 200 would be enough against England.
 
I'm glad this is happeneing as it is a colossal boot in the backside to England before the Ashes.

Red ball stuff for five tests after this, so get your head down and noses over the ball!
 
sweep_shot said:
Highly doubt 200 would be enough against England.
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Never said it would be enough, just that it would put England in a tough spot. If they bowl at the same level they did this morning Ireland could find them chasing a small target.
 
get lead of 150, then make england play 10-15 overs today and get 2 wickets. hope tomorrow morning again there is early morning moisture and swing to get 5 wickets by lunch, 80/5. then better batting conditions, england will get some good partnerships, maybe only 1 wicket in second session 180/6.
last 4 wickets may add another 60-80 runs, so final score around 240-260. Ireland target 90-110, they should be able to get.
however, now with 8 wickets down, looks like their lead may only be around 120. so approx final target 120-140. even upto 160 they should be able to chase. anything 170 or above in final innings, england will be likely winners. so max ireland can afford england to put on 280.
 
sweep_shot said:
Ireland should start hitting now. Only 2 wickets left.

Get quick 40-50 runs.
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They've been going at 4 the last 10 overs, Murtagh provided some end-innings stretching. As long as O'Brien is there Ireland has a chance at pushing their lead to 125.
 
Ireland have blown a great opportunity here. All they had to do was take a good part of their innings in to tomorrow so that they had England out in the heat and dirt but looks like England will be batting first thing tomorrow again anyway and it will be a long day instead for Ireland.
 
It's going to hit 37 Celsius in London tomorrow. A good day for batting, bad one for fielding.
 
Robert said:
It's going to hit 37 Celsius in London tomorrow. A good day for batting, bad one for fielding.
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How much was it today, i would think close to that anyway, so doubt its a huge deal. plus with the way things are, they will get to bowl around 30 overs today anyway.
 
Boi said:
Ireland have blown a great opportunity here. All they had to do was take a good part of their innings in to tomorrow so that they had England out in the heat and dirt but looks like England will be batting first thing tomorrow again anyway and it will be a long day instead for Ireland.
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A 115+ lead on first innings against England away? Ireland would have bitten your hand off if you offered them that.
 
Ireland will need early wickets. If England gets a good opening partnership, game over for Ireland.
 
ireland will need 3 wickets today and 7 tomorrow, ideally keeping england to max 300. conditions look much better for battnig and tomorrow would be even better after first 30 min, so unless there is a miraculous collapse, england should be able to get 350+, which will leave too much for ireland to chase, but you never know.
 
Ireland have let a huge opportunity slip. England won't collapse like that again. Should be a routine England victory imo.
 
Robert said:
A 115+ lead on first innings against England away? Ireland would have bitten your hand off if you offered them that.
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True. But it could’ve and should’ve been a lot more.
 
LORD’S, London – Warren Deutrom, Chief Executive of Cricket Ireland, spoke at the end of the first day’s play of the Test Match between Ireland and England.

“What an amazing day – firstly for those eleven players that went out on the field today, and secondly for the many, many fans of Irish cricket around the world, particularly the thousands that came to Lord’s and gave the atmosphere that distinctly bubbly, Irish flavour.”

“We also recognise that this is just Day One of a Test match against England with a lot of time still to play. However, what a day’s play like this does show is that Ireland belongs here on the world stage. We have a proud cricketing heritage and a growing playing and supporter base. We are also introducing new people to the sport – over recent days it has been quoted to me that around 50 percent of tickets sold to this Test have been purchased by people who have never been to a cricket match before. So, performance on the pitch is certainly one thing we are proud of, but growing the number of people who enjoy and ultimately embrace our wonderful game is equally as important.”
 
Cannot believe beating India 4-1 in seaming conditions is a great achievement :))

If anything, England should be ashamed they gave away a test to witless Kohli:jimmy
 
Ram Shekhar said:
Poor argument. Lanka is a minnow and India is a poor test team, come again.
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Oh, so everyone whitewashes SL in their backyard, and the top-ranked test team on the ICC table is “poor”?

Seems that you think all teams are poor. How can they all be bad? Bad is only relative to good surely?
 
Ireland players have to stop jumping from Ireland to England first. I know it is a bit of personal sacrifice. But if they want Ireland to survive as a test nation players stop playing for ENgland.Then they would not have faced the travesty of not being part of the world cup. They are clearly way more professional than Afhganistan.
 
Ireland established a strong position on day one of their historic Test against England at Lord’s, bowling the hosts out for 85 before securing a lead of 122. The records broken were many. Tim Murtagh claimed the cheapest five-for in Lord’s history, England were bowled out before Lunch on day one for the first time ever in a Lord’s Test, and their innings – 23.4 overs long – was their shortest ever at the Home of Cricket.

For a moment early on, such a spectacular collapse seemed a distant possibility. Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat, and though Murtagh removed Test debutant Jason Roy early – caught at slip not long after an overstep had cut short a Mark Adair LBW shout – Rory Burns and Joe Denly looked to have blunted the worst of the new-ball threat.

The latter looked particularly settled, striking some assured drives to the cover fence, but his dismissal, pinned in front by Adair for his first Test wicket – his front foot this time safely behind the line – set in motion a slide of six wickets for seven runs, and within 75 minutes of the start, England found themselves 43-7.

Destroyer in chief was Murtagh, who ended the day with over 100 more first-class wickets at Lord’s than any other bowler this century. He utilised the helpful surface to perfection, rarely straying from a good line and length, and finding enough assistance to nick off Rory Burns and Moeen Ali, bowl Jonny Bairstow, and pin Chris Woakes LBW, the nature of the dismissals speaking to his accuracy. He finished with figures of 9-2-13-5 to his name, and a place on the Lord’s honours board deservedly won.

The prize wicket of Joe Root went to Adair, trapped plumb in front, the second of three wickets on a dream-like Test debut. With Murtagh having taken his spell, it was left to Adair and Boyd Rankin to mop up the tail, which wagged only briefly. Rankin had two excellent catches to thank for his pair of wickets, Gary Wilson’s acrobatic grab accounting for Stuart Broad after a review, and some sharp work from James McCollum at short leg ending Sam Curran’s sparky 18.

Adair dismissed Olly Stone, debutant bowling debutant after the No.10 had chiselled out 19 off 18, and just like that England were all out for 85, and Ireland headed in to enjoy their Lord’s lunch to the fullest.

After the break however, they battled like a team who knew the job was only a quarter done. The first run off the bat came from the 16th ball of the innings as William Porterfield and McCollum bedded in, and slowly the pair eased into their work.

The partnership was broken by Curran’s first ball, Porterfield mistiming a pull and offering a catch to midwicket, and McCollum played on to the same bowler not long after, but though neither passed 20, a sufficient platform had been laid, and Andy Balbirnie and Paul Stirling cashed in as the tea interval approached.

The pair looked to accelerate immediately, striking at least a single boundary in each of their first seven full overs together, and soon enough Ireland had a lead. The fifty partnership came up in just 47 balls, and an over before the break Balbirnie brought up his second Test half-century off 56 balls.

As the game entered the final session of the day however, England hit back, with five wickets falling for 17 runs. Stirling was the first to go, a review failing to overturn an LBW verdict against Stuart Broad, before Stone struck twice in an over, bowling Balbirnie with a quick delivery which swung away late, rattling Wilson with a short ball, and then nicking him off with another.

Ireland tried to rebuild, but caution proved Stuart Thompson’s downfall, the all-rounder leaving one from Broad which clipped off stump, and Adair, attempting a pull to break the shackles a ball after drinks, chopped onto Curran.

Andy McBrine scrapped through 36 balls for his 11 before Broad bowled him off the inside edge, while Murtagh swiped four fours in 10 balls to entertain the crowd. All the while, Kevin O’Brien resisted, finishing unbeaten on 28 off 73 balls as Rankin was bowled by Moeen, swinging and missing.

Ireland led by 122, and England were forced to return for one final over, but there was to be no sting in the tail, as nightwatchman opener Jack Leach played out a maiden.

Scores in brief

England 85 (23.4 overs; J Denly 23; T Murtagh 5-13)
Ireland 207 (58.2 overs; A Balbirnie 55; S Curran 3-28)
England 0/0 (1 over)
 
The World Champs are gonna lose to Ireland! I will be LMAO if it happens:))):))) Ireland were brilliant with the ball, as expected England came back hard yet a 100 plus lead is very handy.
 
PakLFC said:
The World Champs are gonna lose to Ireland! I will be LMAO if it happens:))):))) Ireland were brilliant with the ball, as expected England came back hard yet a 100 plus lead is very handy.
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Don't think England will lose this. Lead is only around 100. England just needs one big partnership.
 
Ordinary batting from all today, England more so. Far too many wickets lost to batsman error from two teams that should be accustomed to lateral movement.

This red Dukes is the same spec as last year's - it keeps its shine for longer and swings prodigiously. So expecting a low scoring Ashes too.

Ireland have a decent lead but tomorrow will be scorching hot and ought to be ideal for batting.
 
Nothing to worry about as all the focus was on World Cup. I am sure England will be fine in the upcoming matches against Australia. And this test is not over as Ireland will bat last and any thing around 150 can be tricky to chase.
 
I think England will come back strong in 2nd innings and will win the match.

But Ireland really deserves more test matches.
 
England should have rested the WC players and played a fresh eleven. Impossible to expect the players to do away with the WC euphoria hangover so soon.
 
I dont think words will do justice to just how absolutely surreal that first session was. I'm still stunned.

England one of the premier Test teams bowled out for 85 within 24 overs. I just cant believe it actually happened. I just watched wicket after wicket fall in total disbelief at what was going on.

Arguably THE best day in Irish cricket history. Perhaps not quite up there as its only part of a game but god damn bowling the home team out like that in Lord's is something special indeed.

At tea I was beyond delirious. A lead of 40 with eight wickets in hand? What the hell is happening!

Naturally enough England took the final session but even still, come on, a lead of 120 is beyond my wildest dreams. I'd have been happy with two fifties and a non innings defeat before today considering the entire Ireland side bar Stirling and Murtagh have played virtually zero red ball cricket for six months since the Afghanistan test as rain wiped out the two domestic games and the practice match.

I fully expect England to weather the first twenty overs tomorrow, grind Murtagh down and easily handle what is realistically an average attack (opening bowlers aside) and score at least 300, but christ almighty whatever happens we've given ourselves a fantastic chance at history and shown we belong. It is quite possible considering the talent we have that we will not have a better day of test cricket in fifty years. Every new side to Tests struggled massively for decades before even being competitive. The fact we've battled so hard in all our first three Tests makes me so proud. Many better sides would've rolled over.

Our batting post lunch was so disappointing but realistically we're a county division 2 team with one fantastic bowler and a handy bat or two vs Broad, Woakes, Root Bairstow et al. We have no right to even be competing its just amazing to watch.

Here's to tomorrow. If and its a big if Murtagh can get another spell going and we can take five prior to england erasing the deficit boy oh boy would we have a Test on our hands.

What a bloody day of cricket.
 
Justcrazy said:
On green Pitches , Aussies will thrash England. Mark my words.
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Disagree. If anything England have the bowling attack and the batting line up for these conditions. The Australian bowling line up is not that disciplined and will concede runs in the quest for wickets. The Australian batting line up is also incapable of playing attritional cricket in these conditions which means stopping themselves from playing away from the body
 
MMHS said:
It’ll be great for cricket if a new entrant challenges the status co, that too beating Poms at Lord’s but I still am not sure.

England has 3 innings to recover and the conditions are like that Poms would have won it by innings had Ireland batted first. Now, it’s the same like England have to beat Ireland by innings here & they have 85 runs as bonus handicap.
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Yeah they will challenge status quo of Bangladesh who has been pathetic in all formats of the game since the beginning.
 
Savak said:
England should have rested the WC players and played a fresh eleven. Impossible to expect the players to do away with the WC euphoria hangover so soon.
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They actually rested quite a few regular players (Butler, Anderson etc.).
 
Donal Cozzie said:
I dont think words will do justice to just how absolutely surreal that first session was. I'm still stunned.

England one of the premier Test teams bowled out for 85 within 24 overs. I just cant believe it actually happened. I just watched wicket after wicket fall in total disbelief at what was going on.

Arguably THE best day in Irish cricket history. Perhaps not quite up there as its only part of a game but god damn bowling the home team out like that in Lord's is something special indeed.

At tea I was beyond delirious. A lead of 40 with eight wickets in hand? What the hell is happening!

Naturally enough England took the final session but even still, come on, a lead of 120 is beyond my wildest dreams. I'd have been happy with two fifties and a non innings defeat before today considering the entire Ireland side bar Stirling and Murtagh have played virtually zero red ball cricket for six months since the Afghanistan test as rain wiped out the two domestic games and the practice match.

I fully expect England to weather the first twenty overs tomorrow, grind Murtagh down and easily handle what is realistically an average attack (opening bowlers aside) and score at least 300, but christ almighty whatever happens we've given ourselves a fantastic chance at history and shown we belong. It is quite possible considering the talent we have that we will not have a better day of test cricket in fifty years. Every new side to Tests struggled massively for decades before even being competitive. The fact we've battled so hard in all our first three Tests makes me so proud. Many better sides would've rolled over.

Our batting post lunch was so disappointing but realistically we're a county division 2 team with one fantastic bowler and a handy bat or two vs Broad, Woakes, Root Bairstow et al. We have no right to even be competing its just amazing to watch.

Here's to tomorrow. If and its a big if Murtagh can get another spell going and we can take five prior to england erasing the deficit boy oh boy would we have a Test on our hands.

What a bloody day of cricket.
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Glad it’s going well for yer lads [MENTION=136108]Donal Cozzie[/MENTION].

I didn’t realise that Tim Murtagh has 800 FC wickets at 23. Weird that he never played for England.
 
Robert said:
Glad it’s going well for yer lads [MENTION=136108]Donal Cozzie[/MENTION].

I didn’t realise that Tim Murtagh has 800 FC wickets at 23. Weird that he never played for England.
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Extremely good county bowler but he'd probably be a bit limited in the types of deck he'd be effective on at international level given his pace. The category of the likes of Chris Rushworth and David Masters comes to mind.
 
[MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] after the first day's play

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HitWicket said:
Extremely good county bowler but he'd probably be a bit limited in the types of deck he'd be effective on at international level given his pace. The category of the likes of Chris Rushworth and David Masters comes to mind.
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He'd be quality in NZ, England and some drier tracks in SA/WI/Zim.

In Australia or the subcontinent he's cannon fodder. With no swing or seam of course he'd struggle.

Still, certainly stakes a claim for one of the best swing bowler of the past two decades. 800 wickets at 23 is madness, and he's done it in Test cricket now too.
 
Donal Cozzie said:
He'd be quality in NZ, England and some drier tracks in SA/WI/Zim.

In Australia or the subcontinent he's cannon fodder. With no swing or seam of course he'd struggle.

Still, certainly stakes a claim for one of the best swing bowler of the past two decades. 800 wickets at 23 is madness, and he's done it in Test cricket now too.
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Dude he'd get smacked around after the first 1.5- 2 sessions in NZ..
 
Robert said:
Swept SL away straight and beat alleged “#1 India” 4-1 so cannot be that bad.
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Yeah, India is alleged #1 team! Can you tell us who the most deserving No.1 ranked team in test cricket at the moment?
 
Ireland had an amazing oppurtunity to get a lead of 150+ but once I opened my TV i saw them lose 4-5 wickets real quick time. Lead might be 120 but England can easily score 300+ I feel and I doubt Ireland can chase anything over 150.

Anyways, still the performance shown by Ireland has been commendable. I dont get why we dont play Ireland in tests. They are obviously not inferior to us by any means.
 
Robert said:
Oh, so everyone whitewashes SL in their backyard, and the top-ranked test team on the ICC table is “poor”?

Seems that you think all teams are poor. How can they all be bad? Bad is only relative to good surely?
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Even useless Virat Kohli whitewashed Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. Bangladesh also won tests there. Pakistan regularly win tests there. South Africa and Australia historically defeated better Lankan teams. Nothing to brag about. Indian team in seaming conditions reminds me of a goat waiting to be slaughtered. It's a shame England even let India in the contest and allowed Virat 'I'm scared of anything that swings and seams' Kohli toscore over 500 runs. England have been shown their true place by the Irish team who mirror them. Good in swiging conditions and useless everywhere.
 
Not to forget, England were massacred by West Indies in the Caribbean and the fans have the gumption to say tests are their best format. Just accept you're good at ODIs courtesy Roy and other outstanding hitters and you suck at tests and move on.
 
Robert said:
Glad it’s going well for yer lads [MENTION=136108]Donal Cozzie[/MENTION].

I didn’t realise that Tim Murtagh has 800 FC wickets at 23. Weird that he never played for England.
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You guys need to alter your cricket recruitment policy. Let the poor Saffers and Irish alone. Pick from the rest of European countries for England.
 
pillionrider said:
lol at the veiled attempt to seize credit.

And yet some of you get offended when people refer to England as UN or whatever.
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I am a Middlesex fan, and Murtagh is an Englishman. I was attempting satire at the “UN team” jibe. Obviously all those seasons based at Lord’s helped him yesterday, he knows the ground back to front.
 
MP2011 said:
Just like alleged 'world champions', England?
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England are ODI world champions and India are top test side. Somebody further up said India are a poor team and beating them 4-1 was nothing to brag about, when obviously they are a very good team.
 
Ram Shekhar said:
Even useless Virat Kohli whitewashed Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. Bangladesh also won tests there. Pakistan regularly win tests there. South Africa and Australia historically defeated better Lankan teams. Nothing to brag about. Indian team in seaming conditions reminds me of a goat waiting to be slaughtered. It's a shame England even let India in the contest and allowed Virat 'I'm scared of anything that swings and seams' Kohli toscore over 500 runs. England have been shown their true place by the Irish team who mirror them. Good in swiging conditions and useless everywhere.
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England beat #1 India last year but have been “shown their true place” by Ireland in a match that hasn’t finished.

Blimey, Ireland must be better than India then! India had better not play in Ireland as they will lose the five test series twenty-nil.
 
Ram Shekhar said:
You guys need to alter your cricket recruitment policy. Let the poor Saffers and Irish alone. Pick from the rest of European countries for England.
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Maybe they should pick a cricketer from netherlands or scotland?
 
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pillionrider said:
lol at the veiled attempt to seize credit.

And yet some of you get offended when people refer to England as UN or whatever.
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I mean I think we can take at least a little bit of credit for a Middlesex bowler born in England to English parents and represented England u19 who has had his permanent residence in England his entire life and had taken 100s of professional wickets in English county cricket before debuting for Ireland.
 
England have the bowlers that can be successful in all 3 types of conditions.

Its just that their batting is as soft as strawberry cake. does not have temperament to handle any movement
Root stills struggles against the short ball and generally any good fast bowler.
It was because of sam curran, england won. Lower order has scored majority of engalnd's runs in test matches.
 
HitWicket said:
I mean I think we can take at least a little bit of credit for a Middlesex bowler born in England to English parents and represented England u19 who has had his permanent residence in England his entire life and had taken 100s of professional wickets in English county cricket before debuting for Ireland.
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how did he manage to get irish citizenship?
 
sindhiboy said:
how did he manage to get irish citizenship?
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His Grandad was Irish. Quite an interesting story where he had to drive down to France to get his Grandads birth certificate off his aunt to prove it so he could get the citizenship and play for them. Apparently he didn't realise it made him eligible until Joyce (when he was playing at Middlesex) found out about it.
 
Any target over 150 should be very difficult for Ireland. So, England needs to score about 300 minimum.
 
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