This article is about the Ireland Men's ODI team at the Cricket World Cup. For Ireland Men's T20I team at the Cricket World Cup, see Ireland at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
The Ireland cricket team is the cricket team representing all of Ireland. Since 2017 they have been a Full Member of the International Cricket Council. Although Cricket in Ireland has had a presence since the early 1800s, it was in 1993 the Irish Cricket Union, the predecessor to Cricket Ireland, was elected to the International Cricket Council (ICC) as an Associate member.[1] In the 1997 ICC Trophy, Ireland narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 1999 Cricket World Cup, which was ironically co hosted by Ireland, Scotland, England and the Netherlands. Ireland qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 2007,[2] and has since played in the 2011[3] and 2015 tournaments,[4] and the 2010, 2012, and 2014 World Twenty20 competitions. Ireland's best world cup performance was in 2007, where they surprisingly qualified for the Super 8 Stages.
Ireland surprised many in their debut 2007 World Cup campaign. They tied their opener against Zimbabwe and famously defeated the fourth-ranked team in the world Pakistan on Saint Patrick's Day, knocking them out. In their final group match, they lost to West Indies. These results secured a spot in the Super 8s, where they lost four matches but claimed a notable 74-run win over Bangladesh.
In reply, Zimbabwe made their way to 20 overs with the loss of just one wicket. However, wicket of Chamu Chibhabha and unfortunate hit-wicket of Vusi Sibanda and Brendan Taylor's run-out put Ireland back in driver's seat. After Stuart Matsikenyeri's half-century, they required 15 runs with 36 balls remaining; however, they only got six of those runs off the next 30 balls. Needing 9 runs off the last over they could manage only a couple of singles and doubles, Rainsford was run out attempting the winning run, resulting in a dramatic tie—the third in Cricket World Cup history.
Pakistan were put in to bat, and were bowled out for 132, with extras being the top scorer as Ireland offered 23 wides. Boyd Rankin took the most wickets, which included Younis Khan and top-scorer Kamran Akmal, while Andre Botha took wickets of Inzamam and opener Imran Nazir conceding just 5 runs in 8 overs.
In Ireland's innings, Bray fell early to Mohammad Sami. Ireland fell to 15 for two, but Niall O'Brien and William Porterfield added 37. He was eventually stumped for 72, before Iftikhar Anjum struck twice in two balls, Ireland now needing 20 with three wickets in hand. Kevin O'Brien and Trent Johnston took Ireland home thus eliminating Pakistan.
Though Ireland did not progress beyond the first round they secured a historic victory against England.[7] Ireland beat England by 3 wickets with Kevin O'Brien hitting the fastest century in World Cup history, managing the feat in just 50balls.[8] In passing England's total of 327 for victory, Ireland broke the record for the highest successful run chase in the World Cup.[9]
In the match against England, the opposition batted first with Jonathan Trott top-scoring, with 92 from 92 balls. England batsmen Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell also hit half-centuries,[10] with Trott and Bell sharing a 177 run partnership.[11] England finished on 327/8 from their 50 overs,[10][11] having only scored 33 runs from their last 5 overs.[12] In reply, Ireland lost their captain, William Porterfield in the very first ball,[12] and were struggling at 111/5 after 25 overs.[13]Kevin O'Brien came in with the score at 106/4,[12][13] and made 100 in just 50 balls, the fastest century in World Cup history.[10] Ireland required only 11 from 11 balls.[11] Ireland won the match by 3 wickets, with five balls to spare;[10] it was the largest successful run chase in Cricket World Cup history.[14]
This list consists players with most number of matches at the Cricket World Cup. Niall O'Brien played a total of 21 World Cup matches and William Porterfield has captained the team in the most number of matches(12).
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