*Official* Pakistan in Ireland

[IrishOpener]

1st ODISat May 28
10:45 local | 09:45 GMT | 05:45 EDT | 04:45 CDT | 02:45 PDT
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

2nd ODI
Mon May 30
10:45 local | 09:45 GMT | 05:45 EDT | 04:45 CDT | 02:45 PDT
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

Hope this is the right place to post this news,

Pakistan tour of Ireland 2011: Ireland to play Pakistan in May in a two-ODI series | Ireland Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo


'' Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt said: “The fight that the Irish team displayed at the World Cup lit up the event and has added a new flavour to international cricket. The Pakistan team’s upcoming tour is in line with ICC and PCB’s vision of cricket development and support to associate members. We anticipate a hard-fought series as the Irish team has shown that they are capable of playing against the best in the World.”

great news for Irish Cricket and I hope there is much more to come...

 

[Nate]

Awesome!

 

[Athlai]

Pretty awesome if Ireland win one then it'll be huge if they come within 4 wickets- 50 runs it'll be a victory as well.

 

[Furball]

Great stuff from the PCB.

 

[Uppercut]

Great stuff from the PCB.

 

[Howe_zat]

Great stuff from the PCB.

 

[turnstyle]

Fingers crossed all the county players are released... otherwise this happens.

 

[Howe_zat]

Fingers crossed all the county players are released... otherwise this happens.

Christ, that's a shocker. 2 first team players? Maybe only one, Botha, considering Stirling was just finding his feet back then.

Will be impressed if Marshall ends up playing for Ireland, I'd be tempted to bar him from the country.

 

[IrishOpener]

Christ, that's a shocker. 2 first team players? Maybe only one, Botha, considering Stirling was just finding his feet back then.

Will be impressed if Marshall ends up playing for Ireland, I'd be tempted to bar him from the country.

Impressed if he does? but bar him from New Zealand or Ireland?,

I hope he does, he will bring a lot of experience to the middle order, well I hope he does ...

 

[cricpk]

Great News. Both Pakistan & Ireland will get a couple of ODI's

 

[M0rphin3]

Ireland to draw the series.

 

[Xuhaib]

awesome.

Great time to test out some young uns.

 

[smash84]

yeah should give chances to some new players

 

[TT Boy]

Great but Belfast in May isn't so great.

South Africa have no international cricket until October. CSA in the light of the Choketeas WC performance should arrange some additional ODIs against the likes of Ireland and the Netherlands or Afghanistan in Kabul.

 

[jashan83]

Great but Belfast in May isn't so great.

South Africa have no international cricket until October. CSA in the light of the Choketeas WC performance should arrange some additional ODIs against the likes of Ireland and the Netherlands or Afghanistan in Kabul.

 

[turnstyle]

Great but Belfast in May isn't so great. .

Yeah, this.

There was talk maybe 10 or so years ago about if Ireland ever became a competitive nation (this is going back to the daaaark days of losing to minor counties) about setting up camp in Spain and playing there during the early months. I think it was around the time of the Morocco experiment. The subject popped up once or twice then disappeared. It sounds silly at first but if you go to a home match you'd be lucky to see a dog let alone it's owner attend but when we play away, there seems to be more of a following. Anyway, it's never going to happen now but i'd go for a game or two and some sun along the Iberian coast.

 

[Prince EWS]

Christ, that's a shocker. 2 first team players? Maybe only one, Botha, considering Stirling was just finding his feet back then.

Will be impressed if Marshall ends up playing for Ireland, I'd be tempted to bar him from the country.

That's not the same Marshall that's trying to qualify for Ireland FTR.

 

[slugger]

That's not the same Marshall that's trying to qualify for Ireland FTR.

i suspect it is H.Marshall i understood he only missed out playing for them in he world cup by a couple of months. (qualifing period).

 

[brockley]

When does sean ervine qualify for ireland,he plays on an ireland passport.

 

[Prince EWS]

i suspect it is H.Marshall i understood he only missed out playing for them in he world cup by a couple of months. (qualifing period).

Hamish Marshall is trying to qualify for Ireland. James Marshall, featured in the scorecard linked, is not.