No sentiment as Joyce set to face former teammates

ED JOYCE will adopt a hard-headed approach to tomorrow’s reunion with Ireland and attempt to use the emotion of the occasion to inspire a greater level of performance at the Providence Stadium.

Two years after his last appearance for Ireland in the ICC Trophy final defeat to Scotland in Dublin, when he scored 81, Joyce will turn out for the second time against his mother country hoping the occasion can be turned to his advantage.

Dublin-born Joyce made an emotional debut for England during last summer’s inaugural one-day international against Ireland in Stormont, when he was the centre of attention for the crowd, his family and the media.