Cricket
# cricket - Monday 10 October, 2011
Match-fixing agent claimed to have worked with Pakistan ‘for two and a half years’
A court investigating allegations against two Pakistani internationals heard how Mazhar Majeed had been influencing results for years.
# cricket - Wednesday 28 September, 2011
# cricket - Sunday 18 September, 2011
The sports week in pictures
Reminisce about the sporting week that was with our slideshow of the best images from the last seven days.
# cricket - Sunday 11 September, 2011
Rory McIlroy, Irish cricket team and Tall Ships Festival celebrated at People of the Year Awards
Pieta House and the community of Skerries were also among the winners, while PSNI Constable Ronan Kerr was also posthumously recognised at a ceremony in Dublin last night.
# cricket - Sunday 28 August, 2011
The sports week in pictures
From Shamrock Rovers’ exploits in Belgrade to the world’s highest-paid footballer, enjoy our look back at the best images from the week in sport.
# cricket - Friday 26 August, 2011
Did Jonathan Trott tell Trent Johnston’s son to ‘f**k off’?
Irish bowler Trent Johnstone took to Twitter today to criticise the behaviour of England batsman Jonathan Trott during yesterday’s ODI in Clontarf.
# cricket - Thursday 25 August, 2011
England defeat valiant Irish by 11 runs
Kevin O’Brien and co lost out to their English opponents in a game that was heavily disrupted by rain delays.
The Morning Score: Thursday
Here’s what you need to know before you leave the house – apart from where your keys are.
# cricket - Saturday 20 August, 2011
The sports week in pictures
From euphoric celebrations to pint-swilling politicians, join us for a look back at the most striking sporting images from the last seven days.
# cricket - Sunday 14 August, 2011
The Sports Pages: some of the week’s best sports writing
Every week we put our feet up, get the kettle on, and flick back through our favourite pieces from the previous seven days.
# cricket - Friday 5 August, 2011
News International in talks to save ‘Fake Sheikh’ journalist
Mazher Mahmood, the News of the World’s infamous ‘Fake Sheikh’, may be given a new job to stop him joining another paper.
# cricket - Thursday 4 August, 2011
YouTube top 10: because one GAA backheel isn’t enough
With some more GAA backheel magic, synchronised marching and Alex Ferguson getting intimate with a reporter, this week’s 10-video countdown is a mix of the current and the classic.
# cricket - Monday 1 August, 2011
How one England cricketer was out… and then not out
You wouldn’t see this in Croke Park – but was India’s captain right to invite Ian Bell back into the fray?
# cricket - Wednesday 13 July, 2011
The Morning Score: Wednesday
Le Tour, the Open, the championship. It’s all here to complement your Coco Pops.
# cricket - Friday 8 July, 2011
Ireland’s triangular series to go live online
Scottish Cricket have gotten behind the online concept, due to the lack of interest from terrestrial television stations.
# cricket - Wednesday 6 July, 2011
What the hell is the State of Origin?
Australia is glued to their TVs this morning for one of the biggest events in their sporting calender.
# cricket - Thursday 30 June, 2011
Ireland’s games with Namibia to go ahead as planned
Visitors should land in Belfast on Saturday despite visa concerns.
# cricket - Tuesday 28 June, 2011
Cricket chief Deutrom expresses ‘relief’ at World Cup decision reversal Exclusive
Warren Deutrom of Cricket Ireland has told The Score that the serious business of qualifying for the 2015 Cricket World Cup starts now.
# cricket - Monday 27 June, 2011
Ireland seek World Cup reprieve as ICC chief conducts review
The International Cricket Council will review its decision to limit participation at the 2015 World Cup, boosting Ireland’s hopes of taking part.
# cricket - Thursday 23 June, 2011
Why is an Irish man poised to lead the English cricket team?
Dubliner Eoin Morgan could be set to pull on his whites and lead the England side for an upcoming international. What’s that all about?
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Nine things you really should know by 9pm: Kenny heads to Brussels, Norris gets a boost from the public and what the British ambassador really thought of Charles Haughey in 1980…
# cricket - Monday 13 June, 2011
Cricket outta Compton: meet “the Homies and the Popz,” LA’s unlikely sporting stars
Ted Hayes, founder of the Compton Cricket Club, had an unorthodox approach to steering the city’s youth away from gang life.
# cricket - Wednesday 18 May, 2011
“A Úachtaráin, agus a chairde” – Queen offers “sincere sympathy” to victims of Anglo-Irish conflict
Queen Elizabeth tells the State Dinner at Dublin Castle that Ireland and the UK are becoming “as good neighbours should be”.
# cricket - Wednesday 11 May, 2011
Take 5: Wednesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
Fresh hope for Irish as cricket officials recommend World Cup qualifiers
Officials hand non-associates’ hopes a boost with plans to recommend new qualifiers but Cricket Ireland chief isn’t getting carried away.
# cricket - Tuesday 19 April, 2011
Still “a long way to go” in Ireland’s Cricket World Cup struggle, says Deutrom
Cricket Ireland Chief Executive welcomes ICC decision to reopen discussions on the format of the 2015 tournament.
ICC will reconsider decision to exclude Ireland from 2015 World Cup
Lobbying by Ireland and other associate nations forces cricket’s governing body to think again.
# cricket - Monday 11 April, 2011
View from Down Under: MCG rocks as rivals clash
Neil Sherwin makes his mark as he runs us through the AFL news and everything else in Australian sport.
# cricket - Saturday 9 April, 2011
The sports week in pictures…
Here’s how another sporting week looks – through a lens.
# cricket - Monday 4 April, 2011
The Daily Fix: Monday
Our daily guide to the news of the day, and with a few other bits and pieces you might have missed.
# cricket - Friday 1 April, 2011
The Magnificent Seven: Codebreakers
NFL star Chad Ochocinco laced up a pair of football boots earlier this week as he lined out for the Sporting Kansas City reserves. We take a look at seven others who famously tried their hand at more than one sport.
# cricket - Tuesday 8 March, 2011
Cricket hero O’Brien’s bats stolen at World Cup
Ireland’s wicket-keeper Niall O’Brien – whose innings against India gave the hosts a major shock – reports six bats missing.
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Nine things you really need to know by 9am: Labour’s cabinet consolation, Ireland’s personal debt crisis, and a cruel crime against Ireland’s cricketers.
# cricket - Monday 7 March, 2011
Ireland’s an amazing place for a holiday, but as a place to live, you really need to be Irish
When Englishwoman Sarah Franklin came to live in Ireland, her friend told her: ‘The Irish feel a far greater sense of kinship to the English than the English ever do in reverse.’ She discovered it to be true.
# cricket - Sunday 6 March, 2011
Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs India, as it happened
The unfancied Irish gave the host nation a scare in their clash – falling agonisingly short at the end. Relive it in full.
# cricket - Saturday 5 March, 2011
India will treat Ireland cricket clash ‘with all seriousness’
If there was any chance that England had underestimated Ireland, India certainly won’t, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni says.
Cheat sheet: a beginner’s guide to the world of cricket
In the aftermath of the England victory, and ahead of the India game tomorrow, a revision course for how cricket works.
# cricket - Friday 4 March, 2011
Bangladesh fans stone West Indies bus after heavy defeat
Supporters mistook the bus for that of their own team, according to police.
The xenophobic ‘Ould Enemy’ cack spluttered over a cricket game shows how immature a country we can be
The Ireland team who excelled at cricket should be applauded. But the Brit-bashing celebration of their feat is hypocritical for a country that is, in many ways, becoming ‘more British than Britain itself’.
# cricket - Thursday 3 March, 2011
Shamed: British press turn on Engand’s cricket flops
It’s the morning after the night before and the England’s big names are feeling the effects of that loss to Ireland.



























































