Taking the game deep, is an oft used mantra, but the question is when have you gone deep enough and it is time to go high risk.
To make my usual analogy to the men’s game, I recall an Ireland vs New Zealand ODI when Ireland were chasing a 300+ total, both Stirling and Tector got to their 100’s but were behind the rate, they both got out and the commentators saying that they should have taken it deeper before trying to stop the increase of the required run rate.
Now both Predregast and Lewis have lots of experience, so if anyone in the team would know when to hit the “go” button, it should be them
Bilaterals are great but to use a word I have stolen from the Irish Cricket Podcast, they lack the jeopardy of knock out cricket. Still have memories of the implosion against Scotland in the previous qualifiers and in the qualifiers earlier this year when Ireland entering the tournament as the top ranked team they faced a genuine possibility of not finishing in the top 4
I will be attending the next match bs Sri Lanka, would not be surprised if Ireland win, but it will bring again the question of having the experience of winning matches when the result really matters
Taking the game deep, is an oft used mantra, but the question is when have you gone deep enough and it is time to go high risk.
To make my usual analogy to the men’s game, I recall an Ireland vs New Zealand ODI when Ireland were chasing a 300+ total, both Stirling and Tector got to their 100’s but were behind the rate, they both got out and the commentators saying that they should have taken it deeper before trying to stop the increase of the required run rate.
Now both Predregast and Lewis have lots of experience, so if anyone in the team would know when to hit the “go” button, it should be them
Bilaterals are great but to use a word I have stolen from the Irish Cricket Podcast, they lack the jeopardy of knock out cricket. Still have memories of the implosion against Scotland in the previous qualifiers and in the qualifiers earlier this year when Ireland entering the tournament as the top ranked team they faced a genuine possibility of not finishing in the top 4
I will be attending the next match bs Sri Lanka, would not be surprised if Ireland win, but it will bring again the question of having the experience of winning matches when the result really matters