Ireland beat Essex
After Essex could only beat the UAE by ten runs on Wednesday, they lost to Ireland today by six wickets. Reine Strydom top scored for Ireland with 73 whilst Eoin Morgan continued his fine one-day form with an unbeaten 59. Andre Botha took 4/36 in the Essex innings.
Ireland now travel to Bangladesh for three ODIs, and they’ll be in a confident mood.
Posted: March 14th, 2008 by Andrew Nixon.
Comments: 14
Comments
Comment from Soulberry
Time: March 16, 2008, 9:08 am
Good show Ireland!
Andrew, I am interested to know how T20 per se and Stanford, ICL and IPL are looked upon at Beyond the Boundary? Also, will the concept of leagues help assoc memeber countries and is it likely that the concept may be applied to popularize the sport and generate finance?
I thank you in advance.
Soul
Comment from Andrew Nixon
Time: March 16, 2008, 5:37 pm
Stanford is a good thing as far as I’m concerned, as he invited four non-test nations to his tournament (five if it hadn’t have been for the US embargo on Cuba) and gave them more money than some of them get from the ICC.
The ICL did employ two Irish players, so they are obviously open to giving opportunities to associate players, though the possible legal conflict about to erupt is a little worrying.
The IPL is of no use to associate/affiliate countries whatsoever. The BCCI has no interest at all in expanding the game, and it is really disheartening to see players getting paid as much for a couple of months work as the top six associates get over three years.
Of the three, the Stanford 20/20 is by far the best for associate/affiliate cricket.
Comment from ajaya
Time: March 17, 2008, 3:44 pm
the icl has expanded to include a team from lahore. i think this should show the people at the cricket association of nepal that if they are serious, they could possibly look towards fielding a kathmandu based team in the icl. im pretty sure we wouldnt be too competitive in the short run, but if implemented, it would actually create a core of professional cricketers and this can only be a good thing
Comment from ajaya
Time: March 17, 2008, 3:47 pm
i know niall obrien plays in the icl, who is the other irish player?
Comment from Andrew Nixon
Time: March 17, 2008, 5:49 pm
Boyd Rankin.
Comment from Chris
Time: March 18, 2008, 8:38 pm
Well, Bangladesh beat Ireland by 8 wickets with about 10 overs to spare, so Ireland really has to pick up the tempo for the next two matches.
Comment from Thomas JOhns
Time: March 19, 2008, 3:25 am
That is a great idea Ajaya and something that definitely should be looked into by the Cricket Association of Nepal.
Comment from Chris
Time: March 20, 2008, 5:55 pm
Bangladesh beat Ireland again and in doing so have won the series. Let’s hope Ireland is able to pull something out their hat for the third ODI.
Comment from Ben3to
Time: March 22, 2008, 9:08 pm
good to see Essex’s best performence was from the Dutch player ten doeschate. Also I noticed 2 players unknown to me who got 50’s for the UAE against Lancashire recently, any ideas who they are?
Comment from Andrew Nixon
Time: March 22, 2008, 9:22 pm
Only Saqib Ali scored a 50 for the UAE against Lancashire. He’s been playing for them for two years and is the current captain. He played Under-19 Tests and ODIs for Pakistan back in 1995.
Comment from Ben3to
Time: March 22, 2008, 9:37 pm
i meant the essex game actually
Comment from Andrew Nixon
Time: March 22, 2008, 10:49 pm
That would be Bakhtiyar and Indika Batuwitarachchi. Both are playing for the UAE for the first time in this tournament.
I have no idea of Bakhtiyar’s prior cricket career, but Batuwitarachchi played first-class cricket in Sri Lanka between 1994 and 2000.
Comment from Soulberry
Time: May 4, 2008, 9:47 am
“The BCCI has no interest at all in expanding the game”
Are you serious about that? Obviously recent history of cricket development has escaped your attention. What appears to stick instead is the current immediacy, and convenience of, bandwagonism.
Even the barest skimming of cricketing histroy would suggest otherwise…BCCI has been a firm promoter of assoc countries and has been instrumental in taking the game to areas which establishment didn’t want to take for imperiaL ages!
I am disappointed, truly am, with this distortion…but such are the times we live in.
Thanks for the honoring my request and the reply.
Comment from Andrew Nixon
Time: May 4, 2008, 10:49 am
BCCI has been a firm promoter of assoc countries
Is there a BCCI other than the one that was firmly behind the reduction in associate and affiliate countries at the World Cup?
The only associate country the BCCI have ever supported the development of is Bangladesh, and that was largely to firm up their own position within the ICC.
Please tell us, just what all this great work is that the BCCI do in expanding the game?
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