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Old October 31, 2005, 01:31 PM
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Originally posted by bdmoderator
Ireland played a gamble. Because they were behind from Kenya in the 1st innings. But then they declared, let Kenyan batsmen bat and their bowlers all out Kenya quickly and they won the match.
I think they played positive Cricket. In a 3 day match, time is essense and thats why they declared early. That was the only way of getting a result favorable to them. If they had chose to bat and cross kenya's total the match would be a tame draw and kenya had run-rate and run per wicket advantage in the first innings. Thus (Kenya) would win the trophy.
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