Ed Joyce, Irishman but batting for the other side, England, has really annoyed me with comments that he made on Sky News yesterday. When asked if there was any inside information that he had about the Irish Cricket team that he could pass on to his "team mates' ahead of tomorrows Super-8 match he replied something like "obviously I know the lads well and I also know what to expect from them, there are a few that have come into the team since I moved on, and I dont know them" it was the smirk on his face that got me going.

Ed Joyce is a good cricketer, indeed without him Ireland would not have qualified for this World Cup, and I respect the choice of anybody to move to further enhance their career, but for feck sake show some respect to your fellow countrymen, you were after all born in Bray, and I cant believe that just because you are batting for England you need to become so anglosised in front of the media.

Well lets hope he does'nt get out to a "full toss" or a "yorker" in the first over, for if that were to happen the "friendly media" will be very quick to accuse him of misdeeds, a feck it lets hope he does go for a duck, its only a game.

I feel we have a chance here to-morrow we'll have to bat, bowl, and field well, something that I know we can do as we kicked serious ass thus far, England are'nt great as shown in the New Zealand game, and I feel we can win, and get all the "English' players into trouble. D'ont get me wrong it w'ont be easy but its very possible.

Enjoy and heres to another famous Irish win........ dont blame me if they win and you did'nt stick a fiver on them.

This what we're up against, no worries

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Ireland are 6/1 to win, not great odds but it is a two horse race.

Well I would have thought that 230 to chase could have been do-able but England increased the run rate, and got to a good score that we, in honesty, found hard to live with.

Better team won, and I'm not going to dent them this,

Well Done England. & well done Ed Joyce.........