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33rd over

Chandimal gets his 50

154 - 3 bowled by Jordan

34th over

Woakes back to bowling. Good fielding by Rashid stops a boundary.

157 - 3

35th over

Plunkett back into the action now

165 - 3

36th over

WICKET Dinesh Chandimal out caught Jordan bowled by Woakes

168 - 4

Good Afternoon Radio Jem Listeners ;-) :-D

Interrupting the Cricket Broadcast coming to you from Radio Jem's Cyprus Studio...

HERE IS THE 1 HOUR WARNING!


Euro 2016:
FRANCE v REPUBLIC OF IRELAND .... Kick Off 2.00pm

Live on ITV1

Join us here to cheer the team, scores, highlights and banter only - cos I know nothing about Footy! But we can enjoy the Euro 2016 together ...cos the Rugby has finished :-D :-D :-D

Thanks Pat, you're star :-D <3

37th over

WICKET Seekkuke Prasanna caught Bairstow bowled by Plunkett

172 - 5

Afternoon Jem, good game on by the look of it. :-) <3

38th over

174 - 5 bowled by Woakes

umbrellas going up :-(

39th over

Getting very dark out there.

178 - 5 bowled by Plunkett

40th over

In the last 10 overs now. Willey bowling

186 -5

41st over

191 - 5 bowled by Plunkett

42nd over

200 up

203 - 5 bowled by Willey

43rd over

Mathews has his 50

Rashid back. All getting through their allotted overs. Nearly a run out but fumbled by keeper Buttler, the captain of England (Morgan) not happy.

209 - 5

44th over

WICKET Angelo Mathews miss hits and skies the ball, keeper Buttler runs round and he's caught. Jordan the bowler.

211 - 6

45th over

a very close run out call for the 3rd umpire to take a look - he's out, good fielding Joe to get it to the keeper to break the stumps. Dashun Shanka goes.

215 - 7 Rashid bowling

46th over

224 - 7 bowled by Jordan

Here we are again for the footy :-D

While Our Cyprus Corespondent Pat is doing a sterling job with the reporting of the cricket

I will put up the Anthem for the singalong.
I don't think we have any French GR supporters here (but hand up if I am wrong) so just The Irish Anthem up next!

HERE IS THE ANTHEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

A SOLDIER’S SONG

We'll sing a song, a soldier's song,
With cheering rousing chorus,
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heavens o'er us;
Impatient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning's light,
Here in the silence of the night,
We'll chant a soldier's song.


Soldiers are we
whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free,
No more our ancient sire land
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
Tonight we man the gap of danger
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal
"Mid cannons" roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

In valley green, on towering crag,
Our fathers fought before us,
And conquered 'neath the same old flag
That's proudly floating o'er us.
We're children of a fighting race,
That never yet has known disgrace,
And as we march, the foe to face,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

THE TEAMS


REPUBLIC OF IRELAND XI

23. Darren Randolph Goalie

17. Stephen Ward, 12. Shane Duffy, 5. Richard Keogh, 2. Seamus Coleman; 8. James McCarthy, 19. Robbie Brady, 11. James McClean, 13. Jeff Hendrick, 21. Daryl Murphy, 9. Shane Long



FRANCE XI
1. Hugo Lloris Goalie

3. Patrice Evra, 21 Laurent Koscielny, 4. Adil Rami, 19. Bacary Sagna; 5. N'Golo Kante, 14. Blaise Matuidi, 15. Paul Pogba; 8. Dimitri Payet, 7. Antoine Griezmann; 9. Olivier Giroud