ADAM COLLINS

Breaking boundaries: Tim Murtagh took the new ball in Ireland’s first game in Test cricket last year
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It’s not easy, as Kermit the Frog taught us as kids, being green. And so it is for Ireland cricket in this their second year as a full member of the International Cricket Council.
Of course, it has rarely been straightforward in a country where the sport was blacklisted for decades through no fault of its own. These days, the challenges are relatively good ones to have; closer to growing pains. But these sophomore season headwinds require ...