Back in February, Kevin Galvin wrote about Irish cricket as his team built up to their test debut against Pakistan. Today he’s back, fresh from helping Cricket Ireland with their media duties, to tell us how it all went down at Malahide. One sensed, when Kevin O’Brien raised his bat to acknowledge the crowd after an historic century, that Ireland’s inaugural test match against Pakistan was as much the beginning of the end, as a chance for new beginnings. By the time England make the...
Ireland, Out Of The Ashes
Today we welcome Irish writer Kevin Galvin back to TFT. Here are his latest thoughts on cricket in the Emerald Isle. The enthralling third test between India and South Africa, which was a fascinating battle amongst the gratuitious run-scoring of limited overs cricket, exhibited why many people are of the credence that the long-form needs to be protected. But while in both England and Australia, the shorter form of the game, particularly T20, is becoming an almost uncontrollable behemoth, here...
Ireland: Testing The Waters
Today we have a guest article by Kevin Galvin, an Irish writer with the Evening Echo and Irish Examiner. He talks about Ireland’s development as a team and their pursuit of test status. It must be incredibly frustrating to be an Ireland supporter right now. Had India got behind the idea of two divisions in test cricket, then Ireland would have been included in the second division. Instead the Irish are banging their heads against a wall all over again. I guess India think protecting the...
