Irish hunt final place in Kenya

IRELAND will have one eye on the Nairobi skies over the next four days as they seek to beat Kenya and secure a place in the InterContinental Cup final for a third successive time.

Showers are forecast and, after failing to secure maximum points against Namibia despite pulling off a thrilling eight-run win in Windhoek last week, Ireland must beat Kenya both on first innings and outright to progress.

There is no margin for error, and when the coin is flipped tomorrow morning William Porterfield may choose to let his bowlers loose on a Kenya batting line-up that used to be brilliant but is now recognised to be past its best and flaky at times.