An Article From West Indies..

Trinidad and Tobago express

APRIL 28, 2007

IRELAND LIFTS WORLD CUP 2007

Barbados : Who could have thought that a horse who, everyone thought was a lame, went on to win the Breeder's cup. Ireland have Beaten West Indies in the finals Of the cricket World cup, And no one in the cricket Fraternity is able to believe what they have seen. One could not have found a better tie than this one to say good bye to a scintillating series like the World Cup. Having been made to field by Brian Lara, Ireland, displaying superb agility in the field, restricted West Indies to 234 and managed to get the total with 9 balls to spare and 3 wickets in hand. This is the Biggest Upsets of all Times.The Irish have proved that with the Zeal to succed, Nothing is impossible.

The Irish Captain, Trent Jhonston's Feelings could well be seen at the Bridgetown cricket stadium as the whole team huddled around a captain who, with tears in his eyes, sat on his knees having made History, making his whole nation proud. The whole stadium stood up on their feet, clapping, to ackowledge the hard work that the Irish team had put in their performance. Johnston, still red faced with joy and tears, said," This is the best day of my life. I think we have done something really special today. I knew my boys are gonna deliver, But i Still can't imagine winning the WORLD CUP!". The Coach, Adrian Birrell, said his team had worked hard and have given a performance that will be remember for a long, long time to come. The Losing Captain, Brian Lara couldn't believe his eyes as he himself confessed later that "they were too good today."

Ireland ripped through an army of mammoth giants with teams like Australia (which was then called the biggest upsets of all time), Pakistan, Sri lanka and West Indies.

One could feel the ripples this small thunderstorm was about to cause in their first tie with Zimbabwe. No one expected a Team playing their first World cup Match ever, to Slice out such a sensational display of wonderful team-work, coupled by an even wonderful captaincy. The first indication came when they caused a huge upset by humiliating The Asian Giants, Pakistan, first by bowling them out on 132, and eventually leading to them leaving the world cup even before they could make it to the Super 8. This match made everyone sit up and take notice. The assaults continued as Ireland stormed into the Super 8 with one defeat againt West Indies and into the arena of Super 8, taking Heavy weights like Australia and South AFrica Head On.

Each and every performance of this fresh and young team of Ireland has been a treat to watch, each resulting in nail-biting finish. While the First match ended as a tie, the second match with Pakistan finished with them having been won with 3 wickets in hand. they lost their First against the West indians falling short by 12 runs. The match with Australia in the super 8 was a spectacle with Australia, failing to make the mark, losing by 53 runs and Ireland showing the world that no team is unbeatable.

At the moment, when the Cricket World had been taken over by Commercialism and Media, and Cricket, the Game, having been taken a back seat for most of the players in the world, The Irish team brings a new sense of Ideas and virtues into the world of Cricket. It has shown to the world how a Game should be played. All it needs to play a Game is Passion. Money has got nothing to do with it.




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