Upcoming Fixtures

[maehara]

CricInfo are now showing the following fixtures for a tri-series in Kenya - all matches at Gymkhana Ground in Nairobi:

Friday 17 October: Ireland v Zimbabwe
Saturday 18 October: Kenya v Ireland
Sunday 19 October: Kenya v Zimbabwe
Tuesday 21 October: Ireland v Zimbabwe
Wednesday 22 October: Kenya v Ireland
Thursday 23 October: Kenya v Zimbabwe

Not sure how official this is yet.

[brmtaylor.com admin]

I can't see Ireland agreeing to play Zimbabwe to be honest. I reckon, if it does go ahead, it will be 3 ODI's between Ireland and Kenya followed by 3 ODI's between Kenya and Zimbabwe.

[jimbo]

Maybe the tri series will be a last minute annoucement by the zimbabwe board. Therby minimising public outcry from the british/Irish goverment on the series.

[maehara]

I can't see Ireland agreeing to play Zimbabwe to be honest. I reckon, if it does go ahead, it will be 3 ODI's between Ireland and Kenya followed by 3 ODI's between Kenya and Zimbabwe.

Don't know about that. The Irish government hasn't been as outspoken as the British on the Zim issue. There would be problems with Zim playing here (especially since Ireland play the majority of internationals in Belfast, so the UK travel ban would apply); there's no stomach for a tour to Zimbabwe; but a series on neutral ground? I doubt there'd be any problems. The tri-series has been mooted for a while now, and there have been no grumbles from the Irish government about it that I'm aware of...

[brmtaylor.com admin]

I can't see Ireland agreeing to play Zimbabwe to be honest. I reckon, if it does go ahead, it will be 3 ODI's between Ireland and Kenya followed by 3 ODI's between Kenya and Zimbabwe.

Don't know about that. The Irish government hasn't been as outspoken as the British on the Zim issue. There would be problems with Zim playing here (especially since Ireland play the majority of internationals in Belfast, so the UK travel ban would apply); there's no stomach for a tour to Zimbabwe; but a series on neutral ground? I doubt there'd be any problems. The tri-series has been mooted for a while now, and there have been no grumbles from the Irish government about it that I'm aware of...

You are spot on it seems
http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/cont ... 68347.html

[maehara]

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You beat me to it.

With both my Ireland and Zimbabwe hats on, I'm glad this series is finally going ahead. A chance for both teams to prove a few points to the rest of the world - looking forward to seeing which one steps up and takes the opportunity.

For what it's worth, on current form Kenya are going to come bottom, I think...

[brmtaylor.com admin]

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You beat me to it.

With both my Ireland and Zimbabwe hats on, I'm glad this series is finally going ahead. A chance for both teams to prove a few points to the rest of the world - looking forward to seeing which one steps up and takes the opportunity.

For what it's worth, on current form Kenya are going to come bottom, I think...

The big question is, will it be televised? The bigger question is, how will we be able to watch it? In Kenya, I think Cricinfo will have coverage, but it would be nice to have a stream (or at least radio commentary, is that likely from Kenya?).

FWIW, I think Zimbabwe will win, Ireland to come second, Kenya last.

[maehara]

The big question is, will it be televised?

I doubt it. There's no requirement for matches involving Associates to be televised, and I don't believe Kenya have a media deal. We'll be sitting with the CricInfo or Cricket Europe text commentaries, I reckon.

[zimfan1]

this is great news

i back us to beat kenya fairly easily but ireland have some good players

paricularly if morgan, o brian, rankin, and poterfield play

[brmtaylor.com admin]

The big question is, will it be televised?

I doubt it. There's no requirement for matches involving Associates to be televised, and I don't believe Kenya have a media deal. We'll be sitting with the CricInfo or Cricket Europe text commentaries, I reckon.

I thought Kenya had a deal with Nimbus?