Sunny morning in Nelson apparently. Think we’re better off chasing, wouldn’t particularly fancy the bowlers to defend much of a total. Toss in 20 minutes or so.
Have we any chance tonight?
Windies are in some disarray so we have some chance. I’m not really convinced though. We’re not as strong as we were four years ago. Trent Johnston and Rankin are huge losses.
Ireland win toss and will bowl first
Ireland win the toss, and will bowl. 
Holder called heads. Turned out to be the wrong call, but you can’t fault his reasoning.
[QUOTE=“braz83, post: 1092551, member: 390”]Ireland win the toss, and will bowl.
Holder called heads. Turned out to be the wrong call, but you can’t fault his reasoning.[/QUOTE]
Holder saying there, the Windies would have bowled as well if they had won the toss. Fingers crossed for a few early wickets, Gayle’s in particular.
[SIZE=4]Ireland Team
WTS Porterfield[/URL]*, [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/303427.html’]PR Stirling[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24249.html’]EC Joyce[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24289.html’]NJ O’Brien[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/303423.html’]A Balbirnie[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24609.html’]GC Wilson[/URL]†, [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24605.html’]KJ O’Brien[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24237.html’]JF Mooney[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/531953.html’]MC Sorensen[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/348034.html’]GH Dockrell[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/417381.html’]AR McBrine
West Indies Team
CH Gayle[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53118.html’]DR Smith[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/277472.html’]DM Bravo[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52983.html’]MN Samuels[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52917.html’]D Ramdin[/URL]†, [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53116.html’]LMP Simmons[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53115.html’]DJG Sammy[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/276298.html’]AD Russell[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/391485.html’]JO Holder[/URL]*, [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51248.html’]SJ Benn[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53191.html’]JE Taylor[/SIZE]
The pride of Enniscorthy, George Dockrell
Wankers.
[QUOTE=“braz83, post: 1092559, member: 390”][SIZE=4]Ireland Team
WTS Porterfield[/URL]*, [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/303427.html’]PR Stirling[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24249.html’]EC Joyce[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24289.html’]NJ O’Brien[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/303423.html’]A Balbirnie[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24609.html’]GC Wilson[/URL]†, [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24605.html’]KJ O’Brien[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24237.html’]JF Mooney[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/531953.html’]MC Sorensen[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/348034.html’]GH Dockrell[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/417381.html’]AR McBrine
West Indies Team
CH Gayle[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53118.html’]DR Smith[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/277472.html’]DM Bravo[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52983.html’]MN Samuels[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52917.html’]D Ramdin[/URL]†, [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53116.html’]LMP Simmons[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53115.html’]DJG Sammy[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/276298.html’]AD Russell[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/391485.html’]JO Holder[/URL]*, [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51248.html’]SJ Benn[/URL], [URL=‘http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53191.html’]JE Taylor[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
Man for man, that Windies team is still way better. Playing the extra spin bowler is a bit strange, particularly in the context of bowling first in the expectation of there being something in the pitch.
2 awful anthems
Rally Around the West Indies is like a piss take.
Gayle’s a big unit these days.
Sounds like something you’d see highlights of on RPM Motorsport with Alan Tyndall at 11:35pm on a Thursday night on UTV.
Ireland playing in the Champions League-winning Borussia Dortmund colours.
Maiden over from Mooney to start
Maiden from Mooney first up.
A bit of nibble around. Need to get Gayle while that is still there. He could really destroy our attack if he stays in for any length of time.
What a disgrace of a song. They should have went with this.
Great to see staunch republican and Gga player Mooney give it to the Windies already.
Lack of an early breakthrough is extremely worrying. We need regular wickets to have a chance. Gayle will cut loose soon enough.