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Category: Ireland

July 26, 2019 England / Ireland

Which Somerset spin bowler should England pick as a top order batsman?

2 minute readEngland v Ireland, only Test, day two

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July 25, 2019 England / Ireland

Jonathan Agnew was ‘astonished’ that England were bowled out for 85 by Ireland. Were you?

< 1 minute readEngland v Ireland, only Test, day one

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March 14, 2019 Afghanistan / Ireland

Looks like you’ll be able to watch the Afghanistan v Ireland Test on YouTube

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May 7, 2017 Associates / England / Ireland

An acceptable way to finish a cricket match and an unacceptable way to report on one

2 minute readWe’ve been having some absolutely belting weather for the last week or so in these parts – but only on the sly. The gale force winds that have been partially masking things finally abated today and the lull revealed one of those perfect spring days that make you slightly less

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May 6, 2017 Associates / England / Ireland

England’s bowling and some clarification on the current condition of Aleem Dar’s lower face

2 minute readYesterday morning, our cat Monty did a more than passable impersonation of Mark Wood’s backwards press run-up as he exited the house. Despite his unutterably poor track record of predicting cricket matches, we took this as a clear sign that England would beat Ireland. And so it proved. We’ve just

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March 16, 2015 Associates / Extras / Ireland

Will Porterfield has been annoyed

< 1 minute readOur latest column for the Mumbai Mirror is about the unextinguishable rage of Ireland captain, Will Porterfield. You may notice that the column is titled ‘Bowzzzat!’ and they used the same line when flagging our piece on yesterday’s front page. For clarity, our name is Bowden as in ‘bow tie’

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February 16, 2015 Associates / Ireland / West Indies

Who is Andy McBrine?

< 1 minute readHe’s kind of like a McBride, but saltier. With all of one first-class match and three one-day internationals to his name before today, he delivered the stupid figures of 0-26 off 10 overs against the West Indies – this in a match in which Ireland chased down 305 inside 46

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September 4, 2013 Associates / England / Ireland

An Englishman and an Irishman walk onto a cricket field

2 minute readSometimes there is cricket news that positively cries out for an irreverent article. In these situations, we know instantly that we should produce no such thing. It’s usually the kind of news that people email us about; the kind of topic people think we would cover well. It’s usually something

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