Cricket - Ireland Hockeyed

13/04/07 22:43 Filed in: Sport
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Ireland's cricket odyssey continued today, but sadly ended in a heavy defeat at the hands of Australia. Ireland were bowled out for 91, and Australia in reply scored 92 runs for the loss of one wicket.

It's just as well that Ireland batted first, because if Australia had gone in, they would have put, er, a cricket score on us.

Ireland's last hopes of earning a point or two in the Super Eight comes on Sunday, when they face Bangladesh. They finish up on Wednesday with their match against Sri Lanka.

Still no-one gave them a hope of getting as far as they did, and most of them are amateur club players. They have acquitted themselves well.