Sri Lanka beat Ireland in 1st ODI by 76 runs (D/L)

[#GreenRoars]

Ireland Team
J Anderson, GH Dockrell, EC Joyce, AR McBrine, BJ McCarthy, TJ Murtagh, KJ O'Brien, NJ O'Brien†, WTS Porterfield*, SW Poynter, WB Rankin, MC Sorensen, PR Stirling, SR Thompson, GC Wilson

Sri Lanka Team
LD Chandimal†, DM de Silva, RMS Eranga, N Pradeep, MD Gunathilaka, S Randiv, RAS Lakmal, MF Maharoof, AD Mathews*, BKG Mendis, MDKJ Perera, S Prasanna, MD Shanaka, WU Tharanga, HDRL Thirimanne

 

[#GreenRoars]

Match delayed - due to wet outfield

 

[Amirforpresident]

Still cant believe Sri Lanka dropped Siriwardana.

 

[Blackbradman]

Still cant believe Sri Lanka dropped Siriwardana.

Foolish decision to drop Siriwardana

 

[#GreenRoars]

Match resumed now.

 

[Belawal2014]

Hoping to wake up to an Ireland win.

 

[hussain.r97]

Where are you guys watching?

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Where are you guys watching?

http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/kpc-group-odi-series-all-you-need-to-know

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Perera and Gunathilaka are quality.

 

[#GreenRoars]

1 down SL.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Where are you guys watching?

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[#GreenRoars]

Perera

 

[street cricketer]

How is the crowd there [MENTION=136108]Donal Cozzie[/MENTION]?

Make the Lankans feel HELL at home!

 

[Markhor]

Finally found a working stream.
[MENTION=139664]street cricketer[/MENTION] - looks like two men and their dogs on the grass bank from what I can make out on the stream

Only ribbing. Go on Ireland.

 

[Thivagar]

Still cant believe Sri Lanka dropped Siriwardana.

Foolish decision to drop Siriwardana

He was injured that's why he didn't play the 3rd Test match. So probably "dropped" because he still hasn't recovered.

 

[Thivagar]

Gunathilka is money, but he is so inconsistent like Vithanage where ever he plays.

 

[Markhor]

Barry McCarthy with two wickets on ODI debut. Parents watching in the crowd.

 

[Thivagar]

http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/kpc-group-odi-series-all-you-need-to-know

Wow they even got information on what buses to take.

 

[street cricketer]

My money is on Shanaka to take a 4fer today.

 

[hussain.r97]

Wow they even got information on what buses to take.

Isn't that pretty standard?

 

[Thivagar]

Isn't that pretty standard?

Not sure, never actually read anything like this before. Never had to.

 

[street cricketer]

Not sure, never actually read anything like this before. Never had to.

Definitely not in our part of the world

 

[Thivagar]

Definitely not in our part of the world

It means Cricket is still at earlier phase. Their population still has to look for their stadium.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Good goinr Sri Lanka

 

[hussain.r97]

Not sure, never actually read anything like this before. Never had to.

Bus info goes up for games in New Zealand too...

 

[street cricketer]

Who is this Kusal mendis guy who is talked about all of a sudden..

Is he a great talent?

 

[Thivagar]

Sad that this is on a weekday. If this had been a weekend the Irish would have had more crowd having their back.

 

[Thivagar]

Who is this Kusal mendis guy who is talked about all of a sudden..

Is he a great talent?

Has perfect techniques. Did pretty well since his call up. Probably still raw.

 

[street cricketer]

Has perfect techniques. Did pretty well since his call up. Probably still raw.

Need to keep an eye out for him.

Heard he was the only guy who batted positive in the English tour..

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Bowling attack suffering badly without Young as he's injured, gonna have to bat well to have any chance here, SL milking singles easily.

 

[street cricketer]

Rankin brilliant bowling under the circumstances..

 

[Hasan123]

Weather hasn't been great in the UK over the last few days

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Well its as good a time as any to throw in Anderson and Poynter to the batting line up, see what they're made of, cant see us winning myself tbh.

Good thing is every member of the line-up bar Rankin can bat, so there's that at least.

 

[Justcrazy]

44 after 10 overs , Ireland have laid a solid platform here

 

[Dman]

Decent start by the Irish

 

[Justcrazy]

Spinner welcomed with a boundary

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka get first one

 

[#GreenRoars]

Stirling

 

[Dman]

Stirling should have stayed, he's a big hitter.

 

[Justcrazy]

Required rate creeping up a bit .

 

[Markhor]

Shanaka's at it again.

 

[Justcrazy]

71.1

15 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

shanka gets another wicket

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka have got three wickets here.

 

[Hasan123]

Shanka doing job with bat and ball. Good cricketer there for Sri Lanka

 

[Justcrazy]

98.3

22 overs

 

[BD-fan]

Asking rate is 7.3+. Before you can blink it will be 8+. Ireland is rusty and SL is/was ruthless against associates and Zim/BD's early stages.

 

[BD-fan]

Excellent 50 from Porterfield.

 

[BD-fan]

Since Morgan has no future in test cricket for England he should come back to Ireland.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Who is this Kusal mendis guy who is talked about all of a sudden..

Is he a great talent?

Yes, he is.

Their whole lineup from 1-6 is quality. Only a matter of time before they hit their stride.

 

[BD-fan]

Kevin taking advantage of his fortunes.

 

[street cricketer]

Yes, he is.

Their whole lineup from 1-6 is quality. Only a matter of time before they hit their stride.

Yeah they do have a lot of promising youngsters.

I guess the important thing for them is to find a proactive captain who can lead the youngsters. Mathews has been a very defensive one.

 

[Justcrazy]

Its getting tougher for Ireland , hope they can come close to this total.

 

[street cricketer]

Porterfield is one gritty player.

I've always seen him fighting it out more often than throwing his wicket away.

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Porterfield is one gritty player.

I've always seen him fighting it out more often than throwing his wicket away.

Its why he's probably my favourite cricketer.

Course the negative thing is he can easily end up with a 20 off 43 balls kind of knock.

Interesting to see that both sides are neck and neck at this stage of their innings....

 

[troodon]

I cannot believe this Kevin O'Brien does not have an IPL contract yet. He is a power hitter and IPL needs him.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Only thing stopping Ireland from becoming test level is two decent fast-medium seamers.

Their batting is and has been test level for quite some time.

 

[street cricketer]

Ireland can win this if they play a perfect T20 innings now..

 

[Hasan123]

I cannot believe this Kevin O'Brien does not have an IPL contract yet. He is a power hitter and IPL needs him.

He's too inconsistent for the ipl. His bowling is also literally useless

 

[Hasan123]

Ireland putting up a good fight here

 

[Donal Cozzie]

He's too inconsistent for the ipl. His bowling is also literally useless

For t20 its actually not bad, has had success in the CPL with ball as well as bat.

 

[shah_1]

Great to see Boyd Rankin back. Ireland bowling was toothless without him.

 

[shah_1]

Game over for Ireland?

 

[Hasan123]

For t20 its actually not bad, has had success in the CPL with ball as well as bat.

Yes but ipl franchises can get much higher quality of player than a player who is inconsistent from an associate nation

 

[#GreenRoars]

Ireland needs Kevin's magic.

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Shocking shocking umpiring, that was a blatant no ball.

 

[Dman]

I hope Ireland fights it till the end.

 

[Markhor]

No-ball controversies following Sri Lanka around on this tour.

 

[Thivagar]

Shanaka's previous best bowling figure was 2/21 and now he has 4 wickets already. If I remember correctly, he picked up 50% T2O wickets vs India on his debut. Weird stats.

 

[street cricketer]

My money is on Shanaka to take a 4fer today.

I'm never wrong

 

[Donal Cozzie]

sighhhhhhh

 

[Firebreaker]

Why Eranga is even playing? I thought he was reported

 

[Muhammad10]

Crucial wicket for Sri Lanka. Dangerman Kevin O'Brien is dismissed LBW!

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Another case of what could have been.

Had Sorenson not bowled that trash 26 run over, had that obvious no ball been called etc etc

 

[Thivagar]

That little Irish red head kid is a legend. Good bowling action, good flight and turning a little bit. Ireland to have their Warnie by 2032.

 

[Muhammad10]

I'm never wrong

The legend has a 5-fer now.

 

[FreakCricket]

what was the scorecard when pakistan played in Ireland vs srilanka, even against minnows Pakistan plays so defensively

 

[BD-fan]

Congrats SL and Ireland. Was a good day for cricket. Round 2 in Saturday.

 

[Thivagar]

Ireland will battle it out on Saturday. They will give everything they have. Ireland needs to be a bit smarter.

 

[rhony]

Maybe this SL team is not as hopeless as I thought. They started playing well from the 2nd test.