ICC congratulates Ireland
Ireland has become the first Associate or Affiliate side to qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2015, after its sixth round Pepsi ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Championship match against Netherlands on Tuesday ended in a tie.
Ireland won the first ODI, played on Sunday in Amstelveen, by 88 runs, before Tuesday’s match ended in a thrilling tie. With the top two teams in the WCL Championship qualifying for the ICC CWC 2015, the result of one win and one tie means that Ireland has reached an unassailable tally of 20 points to open up a five point lead over Netherlands and Scotland (15 points each), thus securing its qualification to the ICC’s flagship 50-over event, regardless of how the seventh and final round matches of the competition pan out.
Mr Richardson said: “Ireland has performed extremely well throughout this competition, winning nine of its 12 matches against the strongest teams in Associate and Affiliate cricket to become the first team to qualify for the ICC CWC in 2015.
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