Ireland to give Australia a good run for their money – McDermott – Cricket News Update
Ireland’s new bowling coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
A former Aussie bowling great, McDermott earlier decided to quit his role as the bowling mentor for his native county in order to spend more time with his family. He however, than took a similar post for Ireland at the start of the month, terming the short
stint with the Associate nation as an ‘exciting opportunity, and the one which would help his career.
Being with a group, which largely plies their trade in the English domestic circuit or playing other Associate http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 members, McDermott is convinced with the pool of talent at Irish’s disposal and feels that they have a substantial chance of beating his former
side when both meet on September 19 at Colombo.
His comments are certainly backed by the current T20 rankings, which see the Aussies below their upcoming mega-event opponents, following a defeat in the second T20I of their ongoing tour of UAE. A win in the final T20I match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 would again
see them leapfrog the Irish contingent into 9th but a clearer picture of their respective progress will come in the days to come.
For now, McDermott feels confident regarding the prospect of his newest coaching side, which contains some exceptional hitters in Kevin O Brien and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PR-Stirling-c2200.
"It'll be a good game, Ireland have got a well balanced side," McDermott said while taking to ESPNcricinfo after teaming up with Irish squad at Colombo. "If they play to their ability, which they have in the past in T20s and qualified, they'll give Australia
and the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 a good run for their money.
"They're here to win and my job is to help them win, along with the other coaches. We'll just see who comes out on top on the 19th - we'll be working hard as a coaching staff and a playing staff to produce a cracker of a match.”
Ireland will play two warm-up matches against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 on September 13 and 17 respectively before the opening round of the T20 event.
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