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Cricket
Beaten Irish cricketers holding out for a hero
The Ireland squad fly into Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning looking for a place in
the World Twenty20 qualifiers but unless they find a steady opening bowler
to share the new ball with Trent Johnston then it could be mission
impossible despite their undoubted batting talent.
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O’Brien not to blame for Ireland cricketers' collapse
Thursday, 4 February 2010
The Ireland players didn’t wait for the second match of the quadrangular
tournament at the SSC ground in Colombo yesterday. Maybe it was just as well.
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Ireland fall short in Twenty20 Series
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
A half-century from Niall O'Brien was not enough for Ireland as they lost by four runs to Canada in the Twenty20 Series in Colombo.
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Johnston leads the charge as Ireland's cricketers plot their revenge
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Ireland will be looking for a second successive victory when they take on
Canada in the Twenty20 Quadrangular Tournament in Colombo tomorrow morning
(0400GMT).
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Porterfield keeping his options open
Monday, 1 February 2010
Ireland went into this morning’s opening game in the Twenty20 quadrangular
tournament in Colombo against Afghanistan looking for their first win of the
tour, but despite defeat in a warm-up match yesterday there were enough
positives to maintain optimism.
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Angry Phil has harsh words for Irish cricketers
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
National coach Phil Simmons blamed complacency for Ireland’s batting collapse
in the second innings of their Intercontinental Cup game with Afghanistan on
Sunday.
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Disaster in Dambulla
Monday, 25 January 2010
A four-day game that is decided with 15 balls and just 10 minutes to spare
would give the impression that it was exciting. Ireland’s Intercontinental
Cup defeat to Afghanistan in Dambulla yesterday was no such thing. The seven
wickets margin was the most relevant statistic.
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Impressive Ireland put Zimbabwe to the sword
Monday, 25 January 2010
The Ireland under-19 side went into the World Cup Plate semi-final against
Canada overnight in good heart after a seven wickets victory over Zimbabwe
in Napier on Saturday.
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Irish given another Afghan shock
Friday, 22 January 2010
The spectre of Krugerdorp, April 2009 hasn’t gone away. That was where and
when Afghanistan, just eight months after winning World League Five, humbled
Ireland, the best team in the rankings below the Test nations.
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So, how come Ireland are now playing Afghanistan at cricket?
Friday, 22 January 2010
They may not be able to play cricket in their homeland but that has not
stopped Afghanistan reaching the top five in the second tier of world
cricket.
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NCU Cup final again bound for Comber
Thursday, 21 January 2010
The NCU Challenge Cup final will be played again at Comber this year. The
decision was taken at a meeting of the Emergency Committee last night.
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Pakistan are left furious at IPL snub
Thursday, 21 January 2010
The Pakistan Cricket Board have reacted with fury after all of their players
were left unsold in the Indian Premier League auction.
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White can take chance
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Life after Kyle McCallan for the Ireland squad begins tomorrow in Dambulla,
Sri Lanka and they could not have landed in a more difficult place to do
without their most experienced player.
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Bangalore buy Eoin in IPL auction
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
England's Eoin Morgan was today bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in
the auction for the 2010 Indian Premier League.
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Irish have no answer to power of Aussies
Monday, 18 January 2010
The vast gulf between a top Test nation and an Associate country was
highlighted in Queenstown yesterday when Ireland were bowled out for 65 by
Australia in their second match at the ICC-Under 19 World Cup.
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James Lawton: Beauty and the beast far too superior
Monday, 18 January 2010
South Africa didn’t rescue this controversial and often brilliant Test series.
They returned it, with shuddering force, to reality.
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England defeat leaves big Steyn
Monday, 18 January 2010
For England, the end was merciless yesterday. This time, there were no
last-ditch heroics, no dramatic twists, no gripping climax, and indeed no
Graham Onions. South Africa went about their business with a clinical
authority and ruthless intent.
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Collingwood faces up to harsh truth
Friday, 15 January 2010
ENGLAND made no excuses last night for their inept display on the first day of
the Fourth Test. But then there were none to make that would have been
credible despite more exemplary fast bowling by South Africa.
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Steyn wrecks anxious England
Friday, 15 January 2010
From the first ball of the match yesterday, England's destiny was shaped. It
was then, as their captain Andrew Strauss was thrillingly caught at short
leg, that the Fourth Test against South Africa began to slip away from them.
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Smith out to land KO blow, at last
Thursday, 14 January 2010
South Africa remain confident they can at last land the ‘knockout punch' on
England — at the third attempt.
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Four more Ireland crickters become full-time
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Four more Ireland players have received full-time contracts in the countdown
to the 2011 World Cup.
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