Warwickshire Suffer Irish Defeat

If Ashley Giles thought that those who voiced their displeasure on Sunday in the Friends Provident game were out of order then he can expect more grumblings from the support who travelled to Belfast to see Warwicks fall to a four wicket defeat at the hands of Ireland.

Warwicks,who are one of the richest County cricket teams and with some of the best facilities in the country, batted first at Stormont in Belfast and made 211-7 in their allotted fifty overs.

Wicket keeper Tim Frost made 56 with Michael Powell 47 and Ian Westwood 41. However, Ireland batted strongly and passed the total with four wickets in hand.

In the Test Match at Lords, New Zealand were skittled out for 277 and England made 68 without loss before bad light stopped play.