News: Ireland get a $615K cheque…

Well….. actually they got 2; one of $100K, and one of $515K. This should take care of somethings for the next year.

News: Bangladesh chalk out tour plans for Ireland….

The details are here, but Bangladesh have essentially offerred Ireland a longish tour. 2 four day games, 2 three day games, and 3 ODIs. This is likely to be a 3-3.5 week long tour.
Also, it has been decided that the 20 20 championship will have a qualifier, instead of selecting the top 2 ODI teams [...]

News: Ire/Sco/NZ to play triangular….

I think this triangular has been scheduled for a while. As far as my memory goes, this was originally supposed to be Kenya, NZ and Sco in this tournament. There is a mistake in the news article stating that this will be the second ODI by Ireland against a test nation, I think they wanted [...]

News: Porterfield gets County contract….

So now there are 4 Irish players in the county circuit…… not sure if Neill O Brien is still actively contracted, but this is a good omen for the Irish. Incidentally, there are also some young Irish guys playing in the age groups of some of the counties. I have heard that Kevin O Brien [...]

News: Rankin and O Brien offerred ICL contracts….

It seems that the ICL is now hitting associates as well. But unlike Test countries, this one seems to be a good thing, and one of the few ways in which players from associate countries can make a good living without having to either stay amateurs all their life, or giving up cricket all together.
ICU [...]

News: Ireland do the expected…. thrash Bermuda…..

After Netherlands beat Bermuda by an innings, I dont think anyone was expecting any improvements from Bermuda……
I think Bermuda v Namibia, and Bermuda v UAE will be the ones to watch. I am expecting that if the current state of affairs persists, Bermuda is likely to end up at the bottom end of the pile. [...]

News: Something brewing in Ireland…

There has been a media silence observed by the Irish team after the Netherlands game, and they have given a letter to describe their position. They state that they have some issues with the board that needs to be resolved, including WC money.
I think vis a viz Ireland, we may be in for some crisis [...]

News: SA brush aside Ireland as well….

The scorecard will probably look like it was a decent enough match…. but the reality is that Ireland were only in the game till they 45/0….. after that, it all went downhill and Ireland were always looking for other milestones…..crossing 100…… losing by less than 50 runs etc…….
Cusack was comfortable…….. is he born in Aus/ [...]

News: Ireland brushed aside by India….

While you can read the details about what exactly caused the lack of crowd in the game on the Cricinfo article, Ireland would not be satisfied with the game that took place today.
First, looking at the bright sides. Roger Whelan dismissing Tendulkar in the first over, clean bowled, which is not something that has happenned [...]

Opinion: So much for the final…….

Game over in 2 days…… Canada never even in the match and losing by an innings.
Lets not debate about that, there is nothing to talk about from the match……..
So Ireland have the world number 10 ranking, 1 higher than a test team that just got $12m. They are multi day cricket champs at the associate [...]