Cricket Ireland’s field of dreams grows ever closer

HOPES are high that the international cricket ground planned for Malahide will be ready to host the 2013 one-day international between Ireland and England.

Cricket Ireland’s field of dreams grows ever closer
Wed, 02 Mar, 2011 - 00:00
Brendan O'Brien

The two nations meet in Bangalore in the World Cup this morning and will face off again in August at Clontarf when less than 5,000 people will be able to squeeze into a ground whose capacity for expansion is nullified by surrounding roads and residences.

There are no such issues at Malahide which, when it is finished, should hold anything up to 12,000 spectators and which will be the first on this island to concur with the highest standards of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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