WILLIAM PORTERFIELD HAS said there’s no reason Ireland can’t recreate the heroics of the past as they get set for the Cricket World Cup in 2015.
In 2007, Ireland stunned Pakistan to qualify for the Super 8 stage of the tournament and, despite not qualifying for the semi-finals, Porterfield believes his side are more than capable of matching or surpassing that performance in Australia and New Zealand next year.
“We’ve managed to pull out big results in the World Cups before, we’ll be expecting nothing different from ourselves come February/March.
“There’s a big Irish community down there and hopefully they can come out in their numbers and support us.
“We know we can go out there and beat anyone on our day, I think we’ve shown that in previous World Cups.
“The first and foremost aim is to get through that group, (to the quarter-finals) and from there anything that can happen. I think there’s no reason why we can’t do that,” Porterfield said in an interview with The Slog Sweep podcast.
Ireland have West Indies, UAE, South Africa, Zimbabwe, India & Pakistan in their group with the top four teams qualifying for the quarter-finals.
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Click here to listen to this week’s episode of The Slog Sweep, hosted by Mark Robinson and Andrew Leonard.
Merrion visit ‘Club Corner’ and talk about their new pavilion while Roy Silva speaks about his innings of 295*.
We also hear from Barry Chambers, hear about several ‘Performances of the Week’, the O’Neills ‘Team of the Week’, #AlmostCricketLegend stories and much, much more.
R.I.P. gone to that Grandstand in the sky.
The voice of many moments of sports history.
To be honest A question of Sport was never the same without him when he left .
Class Commentator with a strong Irish connection – called some great and famous events – set such a high standard for his craft !
A fantastic voice to listen to,one of those unique ones that you would pick out in an instant without seeing a face. may he RIP.Ya kinda know you’re getting old yourself when you remember all these fantastic commentators from the pre SKY Sports era,the likes of Dickie Davis,John Motson,Jimmy Hill,Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves. Used to love the Saint and Greavsie show,ah happy memories come flooding back to simpler times. I’ll finish with one of his legendary gaffes,made me smile,hope it does the same for you. “And here’s Moses Kiptanui – the 19-year-old Kenyan who turned 20 a few weeks ago”.
Don’t forget oul harry carpenter. .another with a remarkably distinctive voice.
And Bill Mc Laren, and Peter O Sullivan. The BBC produced sone great commentators.
RIP shur we all grew up with him.
He was a great commentator, he could make a boring match exciting.
My dad says he remembers watching a program in 1964 called sportsnight on BBC and the TV picture was very fuzzy the host was David Coleman.
A word way over used these days but he is a true legend
Class act. R.I.P.
RIP another ledgendary BBC commentator….
His name lives on in Colmanballs at the Private Eye
Very distinctive commentator. Reminded me of Brian Moore, another class act.
The BBC/ITV have been blessed with some great commentators down through the years, Dan Maskell, David Coleman, Brian Moore, Ted Lowe, John Motson, Barry Davies, David Vine, Tony Gubba, and Murray Walker to name a few. David Coleman was one of the greats, and is yet another one of the great commentators now no longer with us, may he rest in peace. Finally for those who know their commentators, this is a list of the top ten commentators of all time as voted by readers of the Daily Mail in 2009.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1131862/THE-LIST-10-1-favourite-sports-commentators-time.html.
Grandstand on Saturday was brilliant,a great commentator,rest In peace.
“Don’t tell those coming in on the final result of that fantastic match, but let’s just have another look at Italy’s winning goal.”
R.I.P David, many great commentaries over the years.