Cricket Ireland: Ireland Men face a must-win challenge on Friday against the USA

How is the feeling in the camp?

“When you lose your first two games, it doesn’t matter what the results are in the rest of the group. You have to win the next two games – and convincingly – to have a chance to get through to the Super 8s. We’re used to fighting uphill battles, so hopefully we can show what we’re made of in the next two games, because we haven’t done that in the first two games.”

You’ve been a key part of fightbacks in the past, notably in Hobart 2022, so, does it help to be able to draw on previous experiences like that when confronting new situations?

“Yeah, I think obviously past experiences always do help you, but at the end of the day, past experiences don’t play the game in front of you. So, it’s nice to draw on those previous experiences, but the next few matches are all about us executing our plans on the day.

“Teams that have done really well at this tournament have a lot of skilled, quality players. So, we need to be disciplined – to take each game at a time, and each moment at a time. We can’t look too far ahead, we need to win the first game before we can begin to think about the second game.”

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