Ireland For Test Status?

[Goughy]

Welsh cricket lost its identity in the CC and the same could happen for Ireland.

Being absorbed isnt the best idea in my opinion.

Id rather Wales seperated and joined with Ire, Scot, Neth to form a seperate FC tournament.

 

[andruid]

A link just for RICHARD DICKINSON.

love always
andruid

 

[Richard]

Yeah I heard of that match long ago - it's pretty famous.

What point do you make?

 

[brockley]

Whos' irelands overseas pro this year for county,i know scotland signed craig borgas from south australia.
Both play soon anyway.

 

[Fusion]

As for baseball, well... does anyone really care who competes as what in that? I'd always thought it was an American sport that virtually nowhere other than the US had serious numbers playing it.

OT, but baseball has a pretty fair following in South America, Japan, and Korea.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

OT, but baseball has a pretty fair following in South America, Japan, and Korea.

For South, read Central.

brockley: No overseas player for Ireland

 

[Fusion]

For South, read Central.

Yup, you are correct.

 

[brockley]

Whats the irish squad look like without all their county players.
Anyone hazard a guess.

 

[Flem274*]

Can't put a whole team down but it would probably include Morgan, the O'Briens, Rankin, Joyce and with any luck they'll steal the Marshall twins off us.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Can't put a whole team down but it would probably include Morgan, the O'Briens, Rankin, Joyce and with any luck they'll steal the Marshall twins off us.

Whats the irish squad look like without all their county players.
Anyone hazard a guess.

Pretty sure the guys you've listed do have county contracts, tbf.

 

[Uppercut]

Whats the irish squad look like without all their county players.
Anyone hazard a guess.

Like this only without Gary Wilson.

Not the prettiest sight.

 

[Prince EWS]

Like this only without Gary Wilson.

Not the prettiest sight.

I reckon it'd take an England team without all their County players, to be fair.

I don't see how it's a particularly relevant or fair question.

 

[Goughy]

I reckon it'd take an England team without all their County players, to be fair.

That would be a fair game. Lots of talent in the leagues that would form a decent team.

 

[Uppercut]

I reckon it'd take an England team without all their County players, to be fair.

I don't see how it's a particularly relevant or fair question.

Haha, indeed. I don't know that it was meant as a criticism of Ireland though.

 

[Richard]

I never said it was, I actually oppose the selecting of Irish players for the England side.

I oppose the insistence that Ireland and England play international cricket separately TBH. I've been convinced of the reasons that it's an impractical expectation for them to do so, but if it was practical it'd be so much easier for everyone.

Cricket in the British Isles would be strongest united rather than divided, and it'd serve everyone best for the team which is dubbed "England" to be cricket's version of the British And Irish Lions.

 

[Richard]

I don't think it is fair on the smaller nations that players get poached away from them. They will never be competitive.

It's unlikely to impossible that they'll be competetive if their players get "poached" or not. And it's doubly absurd in England-Ireland terms when until very recently the best English-and-Welsh, Scottish and Irish players had no definition made between them.

 

[Pothas]

I oppose the insistence that Ireland and England play international cricket separately TBH. I've been convinced of the reasons that it's an impractical expectation for them to do so, but if it was practical it'd be so much easier for everyone.

Cricket in the British Isles would be strongest united rather than divided, and it'd serve everyone best for the team which is dubbed "England" to be cricket's version of the British And Irish Lions.

oh this argument again in which Richard decides that Ireland is not a seperate country....

 

[Pratters]

It's unlikely to impossible that they'll be competetive if their players get "poached" or not. And it's doubly absurd in England-Ireland terms when until very recently the best English-and-Welsh, Scottish and Irish players had no definition made between them.

The smaller countries can be competitive with 2-3 good players. If a good player emerges and a team wins a few matches, interest can grow.

 

[sledger]

I oppose the insistence that Ireland and England play international cricket separately TBH. I've been convinced of the reasons that it's an impractical expectation for them to do so, but if it was practical it'd be so much easier for everyone.

Cricket in the British Isles would be strongest united rather than divided, and it'd serve everyone best for the team which is dubbed "England" to be cricket's version of the British And Irish Lions.

Don't see why this should be tbh, may as well combine South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Namibia, and India and Pakistan together as well. Ireland is well represented as Ireland in every other major sport, and is treated as totally seperate from the British Isles in a lot of other regards, so I don't see why they shouldn't be in cricket either. Just because they are a lesser side to England doesn't mean they should simply be a breeding ground for stronger teams to come along and hoover up their best players, how are they supposed to develop when they are deprived of any players worth their salt? Their recent success in the last World Cup and against England recently demonstrate why their development should be encouraged rather than hindered.

 

[GIMH]

Your sister must have wrote that post, well written. Completely agree, anyhow.