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Freelance journalist | Rugby and cricket but other musings likely | Formerly @IrishTimes | 🎤 @rtesport @bbcsport @skycricket @hbvstudios

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@nathanrjohns
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2 years
Josh Little has been bought by the Gujarat Titans, 2021 champions. 4.4 crore is the price, that’s close to half a million USD The first current Ireland international to be picked up in an IPL auction
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Big news coming out of Abbotstown. Irish government has approved plans for a cricket stadium. A square and 4,000 seats are set to be ready by 2028. The first time govt has put in writing that Abbotstown will be built in time for the 2030 World Cup
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R Ashwin did a preview show about the ‘associate nations’ where his panel talked about Ireland It went pretty much as well as expected… Congrats to Peter Chase on coming out of retirement to make the Ireland squad, and to Mark Adair for his stellar Craig Young impersonation
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Josh Little: “I have loved playing international cricket for Ireland - and that will always remain my priority, but to be able to learn and play in the IPL will be an incredible opportunity”
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2 years
A cricket stadium is very likely to be announced as part of the sport Ireland abbotstown complex master plan later this afternoon
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11 months
Good to see Ivory Coast international Josh Little in the PSL draft
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Ireland beat South Africa for the first time in T20s off the back of a Ross Adair century and Graham Hume holding his nerve at the death Would have got long odds on those two being the match winners earlier today Neither were in first choice XI at the World Cup
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Took a step forward with my own cricket website over the weekend. If you are a new, occasional or regular reader, and you value what I do, I'd thoroughly appreciate you looking at the story which comes up via the link in my bio Time to give Irish cricket more coverage
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1 year
End of an era in Irish cricket. Andrew Balbirnie steps down as white ball men’s captain. Paul Stirling to do the job until September (at least)
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3 months
Ireland’s test vs Zimbabwe will not be shown on TV in the UK or Ireland Match will be live streamed on YouTube
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2 years
Little's figures at this #T20WorldCup 27 overs, 11 wickets, 189 runs conceded at an economy of 7 Taken a wicket for every 17 runs conceded at a strike-rate of 15 balls per wicket
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Sadly, the Tolerance Oval does not have an honours board to record Mark Adair’s five wicket haul. Still, Ireland’s seamers showed a level of skill not seen since Murtagh at Lord’s See link in bio for analysis of how the seamers swung and nipped their way into the ascendancy
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1 year
Andy Balbirnie says if McBrine was one hit away from a century James McCollum would have batted. Says McBrine didn’t want to risk further injury to McCollum and described chaotic scenes of him padded up with crutches
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8 months
In an interview last summer, Andrew Balbirnie said the 2022 World Cup was the highlight of his captaincy career. Strongly suspect today’s knock is the new number one
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1 month
Ross Adair becomes just the fourth Irish player to hit a T20I century after K O’Brien, P Stirling and G Lewis Adair should surpass 124, the highest Irish individual score in T20Is He���s had his luck with dropped catches and missed runouts, but still a phenomenal hitting display
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6 months
Irish cricket needed a good news story. Andrew Balbirnie and co duly gave them one. Report from Clontarf after a thrilling day out in the sunshine ⬇️
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11 months
Take a bow Mark Adair
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6 months
Signing off from Clontarf with one of the moments of the day. Brian Stirling (white hat) congratulates his son Paul and Andrew Balbirnie, two long-time friends and teammates, after Ireland’a win
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11 months
Harry Tector take a bow
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silly sport this Ireland win two games in this series. Both needed small totals off the final over (8 and 7). Both saw Maddy Villiers take two wickets in the final set of six. Both were decided by English fielding errors Madness
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1 year
WC qualifiers post-mortem - Playing in Lord's instead of travelling early to Zim - being surprised by conditions - unsure of best XI - 9 ODIs this year vs 19 days of Test cricket Players underperformed, but the big questions remain off the pitch
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9 months
Jerry Flannery showing the value of having someone who understands the importance of kicking and the gainline, the main trends of the game, on Co-comms And of course of someone who can eloquently explain what’s going on, instead of just calling the whole thing boring
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4 months
As Ireland's attention turns to red ball, two Test capped players recently turned down central contracts. Murray Commins and Theo van Woerkom have returned to South Africa and New Zealand respectively. Explained: Why the pair ended their Ireland careers See link in bio
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2 years
New Ireland ODI (left, Dark green) and T20 (right) kits revealed. Thoughts? When Macron hopefully fixes their site will you buy a shirt? After some time under when O’Neills where kit could not be purchased, replica jerseys no doubt should be welcomed by fans
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Cricket Ireland CEO Warren Deutrom: "We have received shocking news that our friend Simi Singh is currently dealing with life-threatening health circumstances. "On behalf of Cricket Ireland, and indeed the wider Irish cricket community, I would like to extend our best wishes...
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8 months
Spot the difference On two occasions in this series, Ben White has now been denied wickets by the on-field umpire calling a no ball. Does he have reasons to feel aggrieved on both counts?
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7 months
Cricket Ireland have confirmed that Ireland will play Pakistan in Clontarf on May 10, 12 and 14. Tri-series in the Netherlands set to be confirmed by that board soon All matches (or postponements) after the World Cup, including the Zim Test at Stormont, are not yet finalised
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Politicians rarely pay attention to cricket, but Cricket Ireland needs the government to write a large cheque if Abbotstown stadium is to be built in time for the 2030 T20 World Cup Indications of an upcoming general election, though, don’t bode well for cricket Story in bio
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An apology to Ross Adair Plenty didn't think his power game would translate to international cricket. He proved otherwise. PLUS: T20 series notes - How does Tucker get back in the side? How many games will Ireland actually play? and more... Story via link in bio
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1 year
Email from YMCA CC chairman to members: ‘We have had several meetings with Lansdowne, and they have agreed in principle to offer us a new rental agreement for the 2024 season’ It’s fun to STAY at the YMCA
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11 months
NEW: Ireland's ODIs vs Zimbabwe will be broadcast in Ireland on ICCtv after the T20 portion of the tour was not available to Irish fans.
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1 year
Ireland have lost a lot of close games in recent times. Of all the close finishes, this is the most devastating. Uphill battle to qualify now
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8 months
Perhaps unfairly written off after struggles in Tests and ODIs - not to mention a significant injury - Ben White has snuck under the radar as a useful T20 bowler Friday night was a breakout display in a World Cup year, but it wasn't altogether unexpected Story via link in bio
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9 months
Amy Hunter just hit her first 100 in T20 internationals She is now the only Irish woman to have a century in both ODIs and T20Is Ireland score 191/3 in the first innings vs Zimbabwe, their third highest ever total
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2 months
Genius strategy from Ireland to cancel the Aussie tour to avoid conceding world records
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1 year
🚨Paul Stirling interview - ‘Ireland comes first’ - Ambitions to stay as captain at World Cups in 2024 & 2027 - Reflecting on franchise goals - How waking up at 6am extends his career - ‘I’d run through a brick wall for William Porterfield’
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9 months
Cricket Ireland will receive €333,334 in funding from Sport Ireland this year. This takes total public funding into CI to €1.2 million since 2021. These are high performance funds not infrastructure, so do not include any future money to be invested into Abbotstown stadium
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Interview: Four years after taking up leg-spin due to a serious back injury, Gavin Hoey is in line for an Ireland debut His father, Conor, was also an international leggie How the Pembroke man started the summer as a groundsman and ended it in the UAE Story via link in bio
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1 year
Harry Tector is up to 7 in the ODI batter rankings. The highest a current Irish men’s international has ever reached
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CricTracker
1 year
New updates in ICC ODI Batting Rankings: ▶️Babar Azam remain at the top spot in the latest ICC Men’s ODI Batting Rankings. ▶️ Ireland's young gun Harry Tector makes massive gains to jump inside the top 10 in the latest ICC Men’s ODI Batting Rankings.
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☘️ First current Irish international bought at #IPLAuctions 🏆 Playing with the champs @gujarat_titans 🏏 Ramifications on which Ireland games will be missed (potentially 2 Test matches) Full story on a historic day for Irish cricket ⬇️
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5 months
Cricket in America So far, I’ve passed thru 3 security checks, spoken to 2 guys with machine guns and been sniffed by a rather large dog. Also nearly got run over by India’s presidential convoy #Murica
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7 years after they both became ICC full members, Afghanistan are World Cup semifinalists as Ireland crashed out without a win. How has a war torn country overtaken a more politically stable nation? Not all full memberships are created equal. Story ⬇️
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6 months
Helpful that Cricket Ireland scheduled the game the day before the Saturday supplement, but always nice to see cricket making the front page of the sports section #buyapaper
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Ireland head coach Heinrich Malan has revealed a new T20 order ahead of Friday’s first game vs South Africa Stirling and Tucker to open, Tector at three, Campher four. Neil Rock will come into the side at number five Ross Adair is also an option as an opener and finisher
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1 year
India trained at Ireland's new High Performance Centre yesterday. Jasprit Bumrah on the grass nets which have reportedly had some recent spice to them: "Little bit of help for the bowlers... all in all it was a very good session. Great facilities and very happy with them."
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1 year
Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie offers his thoughts on playing home games in Chelmsford:
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2 years
The first Irish man playing in the IPL did so while representing England. The first Irish woman is set to do so while representing Australia
@WomensCricZone
Women’s CricZone
2 years
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Kim Garth replaces Deandra Dottin in the Gujarat Giants squad. #WPL2023 #CricketTwitter
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1 year
Spoke to Eoin Morgan in the build-up to Lord’s - why he was in Dublin coaching kids a week after retirement - documenting changes in the Irish pathway to pro cricket since he left for England - Irish players reaching the level he left to achieve
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3 months
What we saw in Stormont shows there is so much both wrong and right about Irish Test cricket It's a batshit, confusing mess which ultimately fills people with joy. You can try to make sense of it, but for now at least, that just removes the fun. Column on a historic win in bio
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2 years
@dhaarmik First Irish player not named eoin morgan
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☘️ 🇿🇼 Ireland squad for Zimbabwe Test Humphreys and Hoey in, no Liam McCarthy Balbirnie (c), M Adair, C Campher, G Hoey, G Hume, M Humphreys, A McBrine, B McCarthy, J McCollum, PJ Moor, P Stirling, H Tector, L Tucker, C Young
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4 months
For the first time, Josh Little has spoken on his franchise-induced red ball absence. He has guaranteed that he will one day play Test cricket Little has set a timeline of returning to red ball in 18 months' time once his current franchise contract expires Story via link in bio
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Andrew Balbirnie sums up the implication of beating Pakistan, given these two meet at the WC next month, nicely: "We won't dine out on this...but big teams are completely aware of what we can do when we perform" Reaction and analysis from Clontarf ⬇️
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3 months
The youngest member of the Tector clan becomes the second international cricketer in the family, Alice following in the footsteps of her older brother, Harry
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Ireland Women’s Cricket
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A huge congratulations to Alice Tector - an international debut is an incredible honour. Well deserved! #BackingGreen ☘️🏏
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Should we be all that surprised that the New York pitch has become the dominant talking point? The ICC couldn’t even get Ireland’s travel and preparation right, let alone a complicated drop in pitch Welcome to cricket’s culture of incompetence Story via link in bio
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Been a long time since I've seen Josh Little this fired up. He cramps Williams for room and gets him to chop on. What follows can only be described as a death stare, Little giving a send-off with the eyes. Williams isn't happy and words are had as he trudges off
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2 years
Ross Adair with 65 off 47 in his second international. @ fours and 4 sixes - strike rate of 138 showing off the power he has displayed at interpro level.
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3 months
Confirmation of this morning’s @IrishTimesSport story that a 4,000 seater stadium is set to be built at Abbotstown by 2028
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Catherine Martin TD
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Planning & design begins for our new National Cricket Stadium 📢 📍at the National Sports Campus #Blanchardstown This will deliver a transformational impact on Irish cricket, enabling Ireland to host major international cricket events.
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2 years
Ireland will return to test cricket on April 4th away to Bangladesh
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3 years
If ever there was a marker of the importance of regular T20 cricket, today was it. Ireland have played seven games in quick succession on this trip, and they are playing much better now than at the start. A perfectly-timed run to reach the #T20WorldCup
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2 years
Orla Prendergast named as 12thers for team of the #T20WomensWorldCup
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8 months
Bizarrely, on all five occasions Harry Tector has hit an international century, Ireland have gone on to lose.
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1 year
Josh little has not been picked for irelands test at lords He is being rested after the IPL, say Cricket Ireland
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2 months
New: Ireland have dropped ex captain Andrew Balbirnie from their T20 side More to follow
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1 year
Andrew Balbirnie confirms that Andy McBrine will open the batting for the duration of this qualifying tournament.
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2 years
We have to talk about Harry Tector. He passed 50 in 6 of his last 7 ODIs, yet wasn’t given the tools to flourish in T20. Now he has, and that has only added to his skills in ODIs. Runs of form like this doesn’t often happen. They need to be celebrated
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Ireland's first Test win is historic, but it is the beginning of the end of that red ball history Test cricket is dying and Ireland will suffer more than most. Administrators must act to ensure more days like last week can happen, but will they? Story via link in bio
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Sport Ireland has contacted Cricket Ireland to discuss in-ground gambling ads at Ireland vs India. One website featured has been accused of taking bets on children’s sport. Others feature content of a sexual nature. CI has apologised ‘unreservedly’ ⬇️
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Matthew Humphreys has just taken a First Class 10fer for Emerging Ireland. He's banging down the door for the Zimbabwe Test On form alone, he should play. But ignoring so many representative wickets would also send a poor message to fringe Irish players Analysis via link in bio
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Curtis Campher and George Dockrell kept Ireland in last year's T20 World Cup with their partnership against Scotland. Have they once again kept their side alive against the same opposition in the hunt for ODI World Cup qualification?
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Irish news on World Cup final day. Cricket Ireland has written to ICC to complain of their treatment in NY. Hotel changed from close to the ground to 90 mins away 2 weeks before the comp. Food also an issue at the new hotel ICC pays for teams at WCs
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2 years
@im_sandipan @cricketireland The phrase "complete nonsense" may have been used...
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6 months
Cricket Ireland and the Irish cricketers’ association have come to terms on player contracts Stand off over! First was @JohnKennyMedia
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1 year
Confirmed: Fionn Hand is Irelands only new debutant today. That means no young or Mayes
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2 months
To see how important/a novelty Prendergast’s WBBL selection is, look at the reaction of her Irish teammates. Other countries more accustomed to franchise gigs don’t see players taking to Twitter in this way. An important early step
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Ridiculous game. Adair with a diving stunner of a catch keeps Ireland in it, only for an inside edge to wrong foot Tucker, allowing Zim to scamper thru for a 1 wicket win. Best game Ireland have been involved in for a long time. Shame it wasn't shown on tv/stream
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9 months
Official confirmation of Ireland fixtures expected soon after yesterday’s board meeting. The home Test will be in July against Zimbabwe in Stormont T20s vs Pakistan in May were slated for UK but sounds like they may now be in Clontarf Games vs SA could be abroad
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1 year
Lankan Premier League auction currently ongoing. Lorcan Tucker has been picked up by the Colombo Strikers for $10,000. Competition dates are July 31st-August 22nd. As with Josh Little's 100 stint, there is a clash with Ireland's T20 series vs India
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4 months
George Dockrell signs for Lancashire for the remainder of their blast campaign. Former Ireland captain William Porterfield, who gave Dockrell his international debut, is an assistant coach at Old Trafford
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Lancashire Cricket
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Welcome to Lancashire, George! 👋🍀 ⚡️ #LightningStrikes
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1 year
Currently dry in Malahide! Damp ish outfield but teams are beginning to warm up #IREvIND
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8 months
Does the tolerance oval have an honours board?
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Cricket Ireland
8 months
That's 5⃣ for Mark Adair! 💥 ▪️ Afghanistan 155 (54.5 overs) SCORE: WATCH: Premier Sports TV (ROI) WATCH: (UK) #BackingGreen
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2 years
Big news out of Ireland camp. Ross Adair has been called up for the Zimbabwe T20s as Tucker will play in the UAE franchise league. Stirling and Little already missing those games due to franchise commitments. Tector will play franchise in Nepal but will be back for Zim games
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2 years
Josh Little will play for @MultanSultans in next year’s @OfficialPSL Understand Quetta Gladiators were interested but they picked Hasaranga and Naseem, opening the door for Multan. As a platinum pick, Little is in line for roughly $130k #PSL2023 #PSLDRAFT
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An unfamiliar site at home Ireland matches The terrestrial TV cameras are in for todays T20 between Ireland and England at Clontarf
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11 months
NEWS: Ireland women are set to tour Zimbabwe next month. Eight game tour including 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is. The last time the two played, Ireland won by 4 runs at a T20WC qualifier in 2022. Last time they played a bilateral series, Amy Hunter became cricket’s youngest centurion
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☘️🇵🇰 'That's just mean fast bowling' Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi has never played a senior match vs Ireland. Yet six years ago at an U19 WC, his sheer pace was too much for Ireland's teenagers Some of them recount their ordeal ahead of today's series opener ⬇️ See link in bio
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Semi interesting Irish angle to the RCB game. If Bangalore lose they’re out of the IPL and Maxwell travels to Birmingham for the blast. That means Stirling’s time as an overseas for the bears finishes and he’ll be fully available for Ire vs Essex.
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Josh Little's most economical spell of his short IPL career in his final game before flying to Chelmsford for Ireland vs Bangladesh. 1-24 off 4 overs vs Rajasthan Royals, Sanju Samson the wicket. Played across a ball angling away from him, top edge into the covers. #RRvsGT
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Ireland’s series against South Africa in the UAE will be shown on TNT sports in the UK and Ireland
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The words 'option' and 'clarity' shouldn't describe Curtis Campher's innings yesterday Yet his cold, calculated approach leads to reverse ramps with the game on the line For Campher, it's just business. Everyone else should bask in the batshit audacity Analysis via link in bio
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The king of Kathmandu @CricketBadge
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2 years
🚨Big Ireland news day ☘️ - No Stirling in red ball - Sri Lanka Test confirmed - PJ Moor picked - Humphreys steps up from U19s - Malan explains D Delany absence - Craig Young fit again - Chelmsford games confirmed Squads for Bangla and SL tours ⬇️
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✍️💰☘️ Contracts update Irish players recently secured a first Test win not knowing how much they would be paid in 2024 A deep dive into the quest for salary increases and why Cricket Ireland's financial uncertainty has led unprecedented delays to negotiations See link in bio
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Fionn Hand goes from not being in the squad to taking 3-18 for Ireland in their victory over the Dutch. One game probably not enough to force his way into the World Cup plane, but another similar outing will ask the question at least
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Ed Joyce hasn’t done many big interviews where he explains how his playing career evolved into a successful coaching one Judging by his insight here and recent Irish success, plenty will want to hear what he has to say Interview ⬇️
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2 years
Gaby Lewis, Amy Hunter, Mary Waldron, Laura Delany, Arlene Kelly and Jane Maguire the Irish players who have registered for first WIPL auction. No Prendergast due to academic commitments Auction is the same day as Ireland’s WT20 opener vs England
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Absolutely chucking it down now. Given the rain radar, that’ll probably be that. India ahead by 2 on DL
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