Ireland v England - Only ODI – Match Preview
The Only One Day International between Ireland and England takes place at Dublin today, August 25, 2011.
The gloss on a local derby has somewhat subsided after England announced a relatively young side to tour http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751. The ECB has given the Test squad a much needed breather after their heroics and have included some upcoming bright talents to play in the Only
ODI.
The captains of either side are ironically Irish. While http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
It includes promising youngsters such as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Stokes-c1142 and Jade Dernback.
All will be hoping to perform well and stake a claim in the English set up. Among the experience campaigner, they have http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373, who would be itching to make a big score after his mediocre outings in the Test match.
The team welcomes, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, after suffering an elbow injury. He will need to spend some valuable time in the middle as his next
task will be a Limited over series against the Men in Blue, which starts in early September.
With explosive hitting of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206 upfront and a youthful look to the squad, it will certainly test the resilience of their opponents.
For the Irish contingent, they too have some real power hitters in their squad. Upfront they have an inform player in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PR-Stirling-c2200, who, at the tender age of 20 has performed outstandingly for both, club and country.
He remains the highest ranked player as far the associate batsmen are concerned. Also he is coming from an impressive century of 81 balls for his county side. To add to this, he has scored centuries, recently against the likes http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, and
averages a healthy 42.
The Irish then have another flamboyant player in the shape of Kevin O’Brien. His innings of 113 off 63 at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011, which led to his side’s historic win against the current opposition, will long live in the memory of every Irish fan. Recently
admitted himself that he would never be able to achieve such feat again in his career.
In-between the two is a strong middle-order comprising the like of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ed-Joyce-c1417, who will be the anchor man for his team. The bowling department is an area concern for the hosts, which has an ordinary look to it.
However, one positive for the Irish will be a squad, which has most of its members playing collectively for quite a while.
Although the game doesn’t hold much significance in terms of stats, however, it will be a fiercely contested battle, with a lot of pride at stake.
The visitors would not want to suffer another defeat at the hands of the Irish, who will be looking to make yet another stride it they beat their rivals, in what would be only the second time in their history.
The conditions are likely to assist seamers, with light showers expected in the day.
It is local pride up for grabs and an encounter purely for the respective fans of the two nations.
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