Amazing Scenes
TM watches Ireland flip the script in Belfast
Et Al can’t claim any foresight here. We commissioned Tom McCluskey, whose At Long Off is well worth your while, to head for Stormont in the expectation of a first glimpse of The Prodigy. Instead of seeing Vaibhav Sooryavanshi wear the number 3 for India for the first time, Tom came back as eyewitness to history: a pulsating Irish win, perhaps even better than Sion Mills in 1969 and Bengaluru in 2011. Start your Saturday with a jig: it’s great to be a cricket fan today. GH
The script had been finalised, the trailers previewed. We got the unforgettable show, just not the one we were promised.
The cricketing world cast a rare glance at Belfast for the debut of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi today, with Ireland expected to act as the Washington Generals to India’s Harlem Globetrotters. Instead, the hosts sprang one of those T20 surprises, beating the world champions handily before sizeable contingents of their own disbelieving fans. Vaibhav ran drinks, quietly shilling Apollo Tyres.
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