Re: Cricket thread

**mugsys_barber** Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:30 pm

Ireland beat england at cricket? Thats like english men being better then irish men at digging holes!

**Jayo Cluxton** Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:35 pm

On BBC2 10 to 10.30 OMAR - hope you caught it! Unbelievable stuff! Maybe we should start playing a bit more cricket here. If we can do this with a handful of players imagine what Eddie, King Henry, Mullane, Ben & Jerry etc could be like!! Balrothery the place to be tonight!

**hurlingguru** Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:45 pm

India Sunday lads easy Very Happy

**Real Kerry Fan** Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:51 pm

Just saw on the news that Ireland beat England in the Commonwealth Crickets Cup. Well done boys.

**Jayo Cluxton** Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:01 am

Real Kerry Fan wrote:Just saw on the news that Ireland beat England in the Commonwealth Crickets Cup. Well done boys.

Yeah fook it - its about as competitive a competition as the Munster Football C'ship .... Very Happy

**OMAR** Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:11 am

Boxtyeater wrote:
Jonsmith wrote:Can you translate those scored into GAA terms for those of us who don't follow the sport?

It's a bit like 6 points down with 10 minutes left and they're down to 12 men (unable to score) and pulling cunning stunts like pulling late a'la Tommy Walsh.....
As an addendum, all we have now in the forward line are a couple of converted half-backs/dogged midfielders battling on, imbued with the ne're say die spirit of a younger Gerry Flanagan..

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Try saying that quickly with ten pints of porter in you.

**OMAR** Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:13 am

Jayo Cluxton wrote:On BBC2 10 to 10.30 OMAR - hope you caught it! Unbelievable stuff! Maybe we should start playing a bit more cricket here. If we can do this with a handful of players imagine what Eddie, King Henry, Mullane, Ben & Jerry etc could be like!! Balrothery the place to be tonight!

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Caught it alright - I thought as always that the Beeb commentators were very gracious in defeat - They almost seemed to be willing Ireland to a win - Can't imagine our crowd being as cheerful if Rooney got a hat-trick to overturn a 2-0 lead with ten minutes left.

**Thomas Clarke** Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:30 am

Great stuff indeed! Unbelieveable comback and, when you consider by how much he shattered the record, O'Brien's innings might never be bettered.

Great to see it, and finally, after the gutless rubbish the rugby and soccer have served up in recent years, we have an Irish side to be proud of!

**Jayo Cluxton** Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:33 pm

Thomas Clarke wrote:finally, after the gutless rubbish the rugby and soccer have served up in recent years, we have an Irish side to be proud of!

Grand Slam 2009 ... gutless? confused

Ah come on TC!

**mullins** Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:51 pm

Jayo Cluxton wrote:
Thomas Clarke wrote:finally, after the gutless rubbish the rugby and soccer have served up in recent years, we have an Irish side to be proud of!

Grand Slam 2009 ... gutless? Ah come on TC!

He might mean Ulster and Nordern Ireland Laughing

Makes a lot of sense really

**Thomas Clarke** Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:39 am

Jayo Cluxton wrote:
Thomas Clarke wrote:finally, after the gutless rubbish the rugby and soccer have served up in recent years, we have an Irish side to be proud of!

Grand Slam 2009 ... gutless? Ah come on TC!

Being honest Jayo, I felt it was a Grand Slam by default, with England in the doldrums and France rebuilding. Sort of like stumbling over the line, after all those near misses during the decade. Deserved certainly, based on consistency over the years, but hardly impressive. When I think of the Irish rugby team, I'm thinking more of the debacle in the 2007 World Cup, when hopes were high but the results were dreadful. Not an admirer, of POC, BOD, Podge & Rodge and the rest, I'm afraid.

**Jayo Cluxton** Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:07 pm

A group of us goiys roiht - getting together in the am to watch proceedings with a few bottles of Pimms, some canapes and assorted hors d'oeuvres. Should be spiffing!

**Grenvile** Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:32 am

Ireland beat England in the World Cup.. London will be going strong for Sam this year so!!

**hurlingguru** Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:50 am

Ireland to bat first hopefully they will put up a good showing.

**Jayo Cluxton** Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:20 pm

Respectable enough showing. Can't be easy playing in those conditions against the home team with a full house against you. Dockrell even got Tendulkar. A couple more wickets before they got to 150 (they were 100-4) and who knows - but good effort nonetheless.

**hurlingguru** Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:40 am

Afreidi after bowling 3 no balls in 9 overs for Pakistan. Sound familiar?

**hurlingguru** Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:06 am

Sorry actually Akhtar bowled the no balls

**Jayo Cluxton** Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:07 am

hurlingguru wrote:Sorry actually Akhtar bowled the no balls

This is how rumours start ...

**hurlingguru** Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:12 am

Jayo Cluxton wrote:
hurlingguru wrote:Sorry actually Akhtar bowled the no balls

This is how rumours start ...

What do ya think of Friday and West Indies? Must win game.

**Jayo Cluxton** Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:41 am

Aye HG! Assuming we will beat Netherlands then we will need to beat either Sth Africa or the Windies to make the Top 4 in the group. I think we have a better chance of beating the Windies but will need a massive performance!

**North Side Gael** Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:07 pm

Hope they do it, always nice to see an irish team do well!

**Boxtyeater** Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:47 pm

[quote="hurlingguru"]What do ya think of Friday quote]

Colourful in his time, talented too...Somebody here was a big fan....

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**Jayo Cluxton** Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:10 pm

[quote="Boxtyeater"]

hurlingguru wrote:What do ya think of Friday quote]

Colourful in his time, talented too...Somebody here was a big fan....

Good man B - keep the legend alive!

**Boxtyeater** Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:36 pm

**Jayo Cluxton** Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:41 pm

Some hit by the Kiwi birthday boy here ............

Ross Taylor marked his 27th birthday with a spectacular century in Pallekele as New Zealand thrashed Pakistan by 110 runs to go top of World Cup Group A.

Taylor, missed twice early on by keeper Kamran Akmal, began slowly but launched seven late sixes in his 131 not out.

In an amazing assault, the Kiwis hit 92 from the last four overs to post 302-7, with Taylor smashing 62 off 16 balls and Jacob Oram scoring 25 off nine.

Pakistan lost four early wickets as they slumped to 192 all out.

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