Florida [US]Ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 against Pakistan, Ireland coach Heinrich Malan said the tournament has been a rather strange one so far and expressed his thoughts on the ongoing mega event.
Ireland are currently bottom of Group A with only one point from three matches played so far in the ongoing tournament. They have already missed out on a place in the currently ongoing high profile event, the Super Eight. In the final match of the group stage of the competition, the Irish team will face the Men in Green on Sunday at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida.
The Irish coach insisted the team had not practiced at all since traveling to Florida last week.
“We were quite lucky, we played them in Ireland a few weeks ago. It was tough in terms of preparation. We hadn’t trained at all since we went to Florida last week so that’s how it was. We had unit meetings, preparation meetings and went over some of the plans that we executed well at home and won the first game. If we carry that form for a bit longer I think we can do well again tomorrow,” Malan said in his pre-match press conference.
The Irish coach further stated that management has been trying to keep the team busy.
“You’re right, it’s been a pretty strange World Cup. Yes, we tried to keep the players as busy as possible, of course behind the scenes there was preparation and analysis work and just trying to keep them moving. The players are now playing a bit of football and trying to get more competitive for tomorrow,” Malan added.
team:
Pakistan squad: Mohammed Rizwan, Babar Azam, Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammed Amir, Abrar Ahmed, Saim Ayub, Aazam Khan, Abbas Afridi.
Ireland squad: Paul Stirling, Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delaney, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Neil Lock, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young.
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