This has to be one of the most stunning results I’ve seen in world cricket.
Ireland 133-7 beat Pakistan 132 by three wickets.
No luck involved in this one - Ireland (mainly made up of part-timers) held their catches and Niall O’Brien both took two of those catches as wicketkeeper and hit 72 off 106 balls to send Pakistan (ranked 4th in 1-day cricket) out of the tournament. Andre Botha bowled 2-5 off eight overs for the boys in green and an attack that had been derided prior to the tournament performed well on a pretty green pitch.
And all this on St Patrick’s Day - congratulations to the Paddys!
