Ep 13: Andy Balbirnie - Irish Cricket Captain On That Win Over England, Test Cricket, His Own Career & 2023 World Cup Hopes

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English - August 17, 2020 05:36 - 48 minutes - 67.3 MB
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Previous Episode: Ep 12: Irish Footballer Kieran Sadlier On Joining Rotherham United, International Call Up & League of Ireland Memories - Eddie McLoughlin On Introduction To Judo & Irish Olympic Hopes

Next Episode: Ep 14: Prof. Anthony Staines On New Government Restrictions For Sport & Meath's Cian McBride On Playing With AFL Side Essendon

Today, we are joined by the Irish Men's Cricket captain Andy Balbirnie. We talk about that famous win over England, Test Cricket, bringing young players through, highs and lows of his own career and 2023 World Cup qualification hopes.

There's also how Ireland can keep improving, Kevin O'Brien tribute and how a night out in Namibia gave Andy the refocus he needed.

00:12 Introduction

00:53 Andy Balbirnie Interview

01:31 Ireland v England 06:00 Playing for Middlesex 08:27 Ireland Debut 14:15 Playing cricket in Sydney 15:43 Afghanistan 17:00 Nerves 18:33 Graham Ford 20:45 Test Cricket 25:18 County Cricket 28:10 Young Players 30:30 2023 World Cup Hopes 35:10 Kevin O'Brien 39:16 Quickfire

41:54 Exciting time for Irish Cricket

43:07 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League explained: https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1744528

46:24 Andy Balbirnie's Career

48:00 Madison Front - 'Sleep Off' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmkSpjXMQe4