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*Official* Pakistan in Ireland

salman85

salman85

International Debutant
No.I want see Ireland beat Pakistan,followed by riots on the streets against Ijaz Butt.

Bring on the burning effigies!
 
Blaze 18

Blaze 18

Banned
Whatever the result of the match, Ireland can feel proud of their performance. It's a very decent Pakistani side, even if it's not their full strength one. A bit of a slap in the face for ICC.
 
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Daemon

Daemon

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If Pakistan withdraw into a shell and stop attacking this might get pretty close.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Blaze 18 said:
Whatever the result of the match, Ireland can feel proud of their performance.
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I disagree and I honestly reckon this sort of attitude has held Bangladesh back quite a bit. One of the things I love about this Ireland side is that if you give them an inch they take a mile. They genuinely play to win; not just for respectable margins of defeat and nods of improvement. The innings Kevin O'Brien played against England is a perfect example actually - if Bangladesh or Zimbabwe found themselves in that position they'd have given up completely and used the rest of the innings for batting practice.

Bangladesh have an ingrained culture of close enough being good enough and competing in one discipline for half the game being respectable. Ireland do not have no nor need this.
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

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Prince EWS said:
I disagree and I honestly reckon this sort of attitude has held Bangladesh back quite a bit. One of the things I love about this Ireland side is that if you give them an inch they take a mile. They genuinely play to win; not just for respectable margins of defeat and nods of improvement. The innings Kevin O'Brien played against England is a perfect example actually - if Bangladesh or Zimbabwe found themselves in that position they'd have given up completely and used the rest of the innings for batting practice.

Bangladesh have an ingrained culture of close enough being good enough and competing in one discipline for half the game being respectable. Ireland do not have no nor need this.
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Agreed.

Azhar Ali gone, but now two brick walls at the crease. Break through this pair and they're a great chance.
 
Blaze 18

Blaze 18

Banned
Prince EWS said:
I disagree and I honestly reckon this sort of attitude has held Bangladesh back quite a bit. One of the things I love about this Ireland side is that if you give them an inch they take a mile. They genuinely play to win; not just for respectable margins of defeat and nods of improvement. The innings Kevin O'Brien played against England is a perfect example actually - if Bangladesh or Zimbabwe found themselves in that position they'd have given up completely and used the rest of the innings for batting practice.

Bangladesh have an ingrained culture of close enough being good enough and competing in one discipline for half the game being respectable. Ireland do not have no nor need this.
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I agree with you. In fact, I recall mentioning something along similar lines after the first Aus-Bangladesh ODI where Bangladesh didn't even attempt to go for the win. The Irish team definitely has more heart and spirit than Bangladesh. Ranklin probably has more spirit than the entire Bangladesh team put together.

I'm just saying that this performance alone is enough to send a message to the jokers (a.k.a ICC). Nothing like a win, obviously.
 
slowfinger

slowfinger

International Debutant
Run Rate creeping up. Sure Pakistan will slump under the pressure
EDIT: I was right. <3
 
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