Morgan, the cunt, got a contract of sorts from the queen there Today.
Great decision by Deutrom - fuck those English bastards taking our best players and fuck the ICC for allowing it to continue.
Cricket Ireland, I salute you. 
From RTE:
Ireland to apply for full member status
Wednesday, 4 November 2009 16:12
The International Cricket Council have received notification of Ireland’s intention to apply for full member status.
Ireland, currently an ICC associate member but with one-day international status, are pushing to join the game’s elite group of 10 countries in the hope of playing Test cricket.
Ireland have made considerable progress on and off the field in recent years - the highlight being qualification for the last eight of the 2007 World Cup - but with success has come frustration.
The country is now regularly producing players good enough for first-class cricket but for them to have any ambitions of playing at Test level they must opt to play elsewhere.
Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan have both earned England recognition after defecting and Cricket Ireland are anxious to avoid losing more talent in the future.
ICC spokesman James Fitzgerald said: 'We have received a letter from Cricket Ireland expressing their intention to apply for full membership.
‘In the event of them doing that the matter will be discussed at the next board meeting.’
The ICC’s next board meeting is in February but any final decision would have to be made by the general council at annual conference and the process is a long one.
Bangladesh were the last country to be elevated in 2000 three years after first submitting their application while a Kenyan bid failed after four years.
Cricket Ireland, who recently turned down a place in England’s domestic 40-over competition in 2010, must also satisfy a number of stringent criteria to qualify for full membership.
Should they press on for Test status, they would need to establish their own domestic first-class competition.
[quote=“Bandage”]Cricket Ireland, I salute you.
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Is there much hope f a domestic competition being established Bandage?
Domestic competition is completely ODI based at the moment, Fitzy. Main competition is the Irish Senior Cup and then there’s regional competitions too (Leinster Senior League, Ulster Cup etc). The only 4-day experience Irish players get at present is when we play the other associate nations in the 4-day Intercontinental Cup matches. Of course, the lads who are contracted to counties in England get some experience of the longer format too.
So surely inclusion in the English 4 day comp would be a good move? I doubt there would be enough teams or resources available for an Irish 4 day comp.
Poppycock.
We’re playing Afghanistan in the Intercontinental Cup on a flat track in Sri Lanka at the moment and the game’s meandering towards a draw. Having drawn with Scotland and Kenya last year, it looks like we’re now not going to qualify for the final and we’ll relinquish the trophy for the first time in a few years. The timing’s not really all that great what with us pressing our case for full test status at the moment.
We remain in Sri Lanka after this game to play a quadrangular T20 tournament with Afghanistan, Canada and Sri Lanka ‘A’ before travelling to the United Arab Erimates to play in the World T20 qualifying tournament. Then we’ve a brief tour of the West Indies to play Jamaica in a 4-day game and a T20 game as well as playing the West Indies themselves in an ODI and 3 T20 games. After that it’s a busy Irish summer of international cricket including the Australia game in Clontarf - we pulled out of the Friends Provident Trophy to concentrate on the international calendar and to stop those English bastards poaching our players.
larryduff posted a couple of weeks ago that 6 of our players have been contracted so they can concentrate fully on cricket ahead of CWC 2011. The best part is that it’s written into these deals that the players will prioritise Ireland over their counties so young Paul Stirling will be released for all Ireland’s games next summer and Middlesex won’t have first call on him. The funding provided for this initiative means Stirling is the first Irish cricketer to be in a position to do this. Hopefully we can make that common practice for the future with all our best young players as we’ve suffered in previous summers with counties having first call on the likes of Porterfield, O’Brien, Rankin et al.
Finally, thanks for the memories Kyle McCallan.
Bugger.
Ireland fall to costly defeat
Sunday, 24 January 2010 12:18
Ireland’s grip on the ICC Intercontental Cricket Cup looks to have loosened considerably after they lost to Afghanistan on the final day of the four-day international at the Dumballa International Stadium in Sri Lanka, writes RT Sport’s John Kenny.
Afghanistan bowled out Ireland for 202 in their second innings, and knocked off the runs required in a tight finish to claim the scalp of the reigning champions by making 133 for three off 31.3 overs, taking victory by seven wickets.
Resuming on 39 for no loss in their second innings on the final day, Ireland’s batsmen capitulated as William Porterfield fell with the score on 43, with the captain becoming the first of Dawlat Ahmadzai’s five wickets, departing for 14.
Gary Wilson quickly followed for 27 and only Andre Botha (27) and John Mooney (18) made double figures as Ireland slumped to 143 for 9 with Afghanistan sensing victory.
A final wicket stand between Trent Johnston (63 not out ) and Peter Connell (10) delayed the Afghans attempts to mop up the Irish innings.
But Ireland were eventually bowled out for 202, leaving Afghanistan needing 133 for victory off the remaining 34 overs.
Opener Noor Ali made 57 from 75 deliveries to lay the platform and Mohamman Shahzad (42) and Nowroz Mangal (16) took their side to an historic victory with 15 balls remaining
Having already drawn their opening two games against Scotland and Kenya, Ireland’s chances of winning the Intercontental Cup for the fifth time seem to have evaporated, while Afghanistan are now top the standings with two wins in their three matches played
Ireland will stay in Sri Lanka to play a quadrangular Twenty20 competition against Afghanistan, Canada and Sri Lanka A as part of their build up to the Twenty20 World Cup qualifiers which take place in Dhubai next month.
That’s a disaster for Ireland. What a collapse. :mad:
Meant to post on this last week. Was reminded of it when I saw that we lost to Sri Lanka A in a warm up for the Twenty 20 tournament they are playing out there.
Last week’s result was indeed a bit of a disaster. Does anyone know why Trent Johnston only bowled four overs in the second innings? White only bowled two, having picked up four wickets in the first innings. It seems odd that the 32 overs we bowled were spread among seven bowlers.
Anyone else note that the Pakistani Cricketers that when awol on their visit here last year are the bhoyo’s marrying up all the foreign wimin?
Wear full whites with a red streak down the groin in future Shannon
Good revenge win for Ireland over Afghanistan in the quadrangular series. Next up Canada.
One of the blokes I work with here went to school with Trent Johnson.
Ireland avenge Afghan defeats
EMMET RIORDAN in Colombo
Cricket: Ireland finally got one over Afghanistan at the P Sara Oval today as they won their opening game of the quadrangular series here in the Sri Lankan capital by five wickets.
Having lost in both 50-over and the recent four-day Intercontinental fixture against the rising force in the world game, today’s result will buoy Phil Simmons’s side ahead of the side’s meeting in the opening game of the World Twenty20 Qualifiers in Dubai next week.
Ireland named their strongest available XI for the clash, with Kevin O’Brien and Paul Stirling brought in in place of Phil Eaglestone and Nigel Jones.
Trent Johnston proved the hero with the ball as Ireland restricted the Afghans to 121 for nine from their 20 overs after they had won the toss and batted.
The former skipper took a wicket in each of his four overs to reduce Afghanistan to 49 for four, with his figures (4-22) spoiled late on as he was hit for three straight fours after taking a wicket with the first ball of his final over.
Left-arm spinner George Dockrell continued his dream start at senior international level with two wickets for just 11 runs in his four, while Andre Botha showed why he is the ideal death bowler as he finished with figures of three for 14.
Ireland were sharp in the field, with Gary Wilson holding two skiers off Dockrell’s bowling, while there were fine catches from Andrew White and Alex Cusack in difficult breezy conditions.
Ireland roared from the traps in reply with Niall O’Brien (18 from 13 balls) and skipper William Porterfield (46 from 30) setting the platform as they moved to 70 for two in the eighth over.
Andre Botha and Kevin O’Brien went cheaply as the middle order wobbled, but Paul Stirling played a steady hand, making 21 from 29 balls as he bid to work off the jet lag from his long journey from the Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand.
With plenty of overs left, John Mooney and Wilson chipped away at the target, getting home with 11 balls to spare when Mooney pulled a short ball to the boundary.
Ireland enjoy a rest day tomorrow before taking on a Canadian side that were hammered by nine wickets by Sri Lanka ‘A’ in today’s earlier game.
QUADRANGULAR T20 SERIES
At P Sara Oval, Colombo: Afghanistan 121-9 (20 ovs) (R Ahmadzai 33no, N Mangal 27, S Shafiq 23; T Johnston 4-22, A Botha 3-14, G Dockrell 2-11), Ireland 124-5 (18.1 ovs) (W Porterfield 46, P Stirling 21, N O’Brien 18, G Wilson 16no). Ireland won by 5
wickets.
Canada 93-6 (20 ovs) (A Bagai 26, A Samad 24; S Prasanna 3-13), Sri Lanka ‘A’ 94-1 (13 ovs) (M Siriwardana 54no, K Silva 34no). Sri Lanka ‘A’ won by 9 wkts.
Trent Johnston is a legend of Irish cricket and will be badly missed when he eventually does retire.
Dockrell’s only a child - good to see him taking a few wickets as he’s big shoes to fill with McCallan retired. We’ve a fairly good side in fairness with some good players coming through. Paul Stirling looks really promising and I’ve an odd tinge of regret when I think of how good we’d be with Joyce and Morgan involved.
We lost to Canada the other day, falling just short of chasing 177, and then failed to defend 174 against Sri Lanka ‘A’ today. It doesn’t really matter as the main stuff kicks off in UAE next week but the bowling will have to improve. In fairness, TJ and Andre Botha were rested today though. Good to see Paul Stirling make some good contributions with the bat. Another warm up game on Sunday in UAE against Canada before the first World T20 qualifier on Tuesday against Afghanistan.
I see Ireland lost to Afghanistan by 13 runs in the T20 qualifiers today. Bowled out chasing a mediocre enough 139.
Simmons out 
Those Afghans are fast becoming our nemeses. You’d think we should have enough to beat Scotland and USA to get out of the group though. Trent Johnston is some man though. 2/18 off his four overs, then 18 off 17 runs with the bat. Might have won it if he’d stayed in though by the looks of it.
The Afghans have beaten Scotland by 14 runs.
Ireland have made a solid start against the Yanks 38/0 off 4 overs.
202/4, pretty decent total. Porterfield - 45, Niall O’Brien - 84 and Cusack - 46.