**Official Ireland in England 2020**

[Howe_zat]

What the hell is this over

 

[Howe_zat]

The missed paddle scoop to a slower ball bouncer is peak cricket.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Willey's death bowling killing us.

17 needed, 2 overs.

Where's that fiver going?

 

[Howe_zat]

This Curran over is going to decide the game. Ireland heavy favourites

 

[Howe_zat]

8 from 6 with proper batsmen at the crease should be no problem at all.

 

[Uppercut]

Beating England is easy as long as you're chasing exactly 329 against them.

Hahaha yeahhhhh

 

[Howe_zat]

Game over. Huge chase, after having been bowled out for naff all in the first two ODIs chasing 329 must have looked colossal.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Played Ireland. Thoroughly merited.

Best game of the series by light years too.

 

[trundler]

Yessssssssssss. Was worried they'd get close owing to the massive partnership but not kick on from there. The no-ball helped a lot. Truly wonderful performance all round.

 

[Daemon]

Woah. Actually surprised they sent Tector instead of Campher but it worked out just fine.

 

[TheJediBrah]

For a good ODI team England have had a few losses to minnows

 

[DriveClub]

Ireland players need to play some cricket overseas and increase their exposure. They have a lot of potential to improve.

 

[Flem274*]

ireland love yeeting the poms

i hope 3 tests in england and 2 in ireland becomes the norm. if 'the standard of play' is such as issue, take the opportunity to rest high workload players and risk being irelands next yeeting.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

All the best batsman are portly, tbf.

Sehwag, Kallis, Burgey...

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Smashing bowling attacks and braais since '94

 

[mr_mister]

Balbirnie is so rocks and diamonds

6 tons in 70 ODIs and averages 32

2 fifties in 3 tests(including an 82) and averages 24...

 

[Chubb]

Balbirnie is so rocks and diamonds

6 tons in 70 ODIs and averages 32

2 fifties in 3 tests(including an 82) and averages 24...

Yeah he's a really bad starter. Seen him bat a few times on TV now and he's got to double figures twice, both times he tonned up (World Cup qualifier v Scotland and last night)

 

[Pup Clarke]

Moeen is just crap - Dawson would be a significant upgrade tbh even if that's just getting consistent 30s/40s. Versatile cricketer too who can bat in the top 4 but most likely would be a 7/8 in this line-up and bowls good darts

EDIT : so Moeen averages close to 50 with the ball in just north of 100 ODI's. I had no idea it was close to being that bad

 

[TheJediBrah]

Moeen is just crap - Dawson would be a significant upgrade tbh even if that's just getting consistent 30s/40s. Versatile cricketer too who can bat in the top 4 but most likely would be a 7/8 in this line-up and bowls good darts

EDIT : so Moeen averages close to 50 with the ball in just north of 100 ODI's. I had no idea it was close to being that bad

Keep in mind that England's ODI team have been playing in some batting paradises over the last few years, wouldn't help the bowling figures.

 

[Burgey]

For a good ODI team England have had a few losses to minnows

Still yet to win a WC final, though they went very close last year.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

The most encouraging thing for Ireland is a lot of their best performers in the series are still young, the team was still largely dependent on a fair few of the 2007 golden generation up until quite recently, there was always the possibility that things could fall away badly as the sands of time inevitably move on. Now the next step is for those who have been around for a while but are still reasonably young (Stirling, Balbirnie, Craig Young to a certain extent) to really take charge and guide the next generation