Australian cricket team in Ireland in 2010
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The Australian cricket team toured Ireland on 17 June 2010. The tour consisted of one One Day International (ODI).
The match was played Clontarf Cricket Club Ground
, Dublin and was broadcast live on television by Setanta Sport. Ireland, an associate member of the ICC
, pushing for Test
status gave the number one ranked ODI team in the world a scare. Limiting the Australians to 231/9 from their 50 overs, the Irish were eventually all out for 192 from 42 overs, Australia winning by 39 runs.
The match was played Clontarf Cricket Club Ground
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, also known as Castle Avenue is a cricket ground in the suburb of Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland. It sits in the shadow of Clontarf Castle, and is home to Clontarf Cricket Club...
, Dublin and was broadcast live on television by Setanta Sport. Ireland, an associate member of the ICC
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
, pushing for Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
status gave the number one ranked ODI team in the world a scare. Limiting the Australians to 231/9 from their 50 overs, the Irish were eventually all out for 192 from 42 overs, Australia winning by 39 runs.