International Cricket Thread

[Satchmo Distel]

Will be interesting to see if they do better than Northants, who took it to the 4th innings (losing by 9 wickets).

Five days (Fri-Tues) would make a positive result likely.

[Duncan Gardner]

I should be at Malahide on Friday. Where's that sunhat?

[Diable Rouge]

Cricinfo's preview of the historic Test:

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/1...-eng-scot-2018

[Kevin S]

https://twitter.com/Irelandcricket/status/994873559821574144
https://twitter.com/Irelandcricket/s...73559821574144

[Diable Rouge]

Unlikely any ball will be bowled today, but rain has cleared in Munster, so Dublin could be dry by 3.

[Diable Rouge]

Play abandoned, indeed without any ball bowled.

[Kevin S]

And we're underway.

[Etienne]

Good start for Ireland.

[Diable Rouge]

What rules apply in cricket in terms of whether or not a match is declared a draw? As you say, we appear to be batting well, but bowling has long been our Achilles heel.

[Janik]

It's a draw if it's unfinished when the allotted time runs out, basically.

[Diable Rouge]

It's a draw if it's unfinished when the allotted time runs out, basically.

So if Pakistan run riot, pray for rain, then!

[Janik]

That has been England's tactic often enough...

[Janik]

Oh, and have a little more faith in your team! Pakistan are not running riot yet. 60/2 after 25 overs is an honours even type of score, unless the pitch turns out to be a demon.

[Diable Rouge]

Lunch now - 67/2 after 28 overs, so as you say, both teams still seem to be finding their feet.

[Janik]

An inch of two away from being 64/3 instead according to Cricinfo, the last ball before lunch drawing a thick edge that flew just past gully and ended up as three runs. If you do the usual 'add two wickets' thing, Ireland's position in the match doesn't look too bad currently.

[Satchmo Distel]

Cricinfo suggests they should have given the opening bowlers a few more overs.

Rain forecast for Tuesday so a draw is a definite possibility.

[Diable Rouge]

A third wicket falls, 71/3 after 31 overs.

[Diable Rouge]

95/3 after 36, building up an ominous head of steam ...

[Etienne]

A partnership of 24 is not (in normal circumstances) an ominous head of steam. Ireland are doing just fine.

[Diable Rouge]

Fourth wicket falls.

[ad hoc]

Obviously Pakistan have just lost another wicket but a score of 100-3 (or now just over 100-4) sounds good to me (for Ireland I mean) I think you need to relax a bit DR. This is test cricket. It's designed to take 5 days.

[Kevin S]

Six gone now. Decent day for the hosts, this.

[ad hoc]

Good comeback by Pakistan.

[Diable Rouge]

Bad light stops play at 268/6.

[Diable Rouge]

Thunder, lightning and now rain, so looking like close of play today.