Canada cricket coach Andy Pick hopes victory over a tough Ireland side will send his team into the World Cup in confident mood.

IRELAND coach Adrian Birrell hopes his side will go into the World Cup on the back of a morale-boosting warm-up win over Canada.

IRELAND captain Trent Johnston believes his side have given their confidence a huge boost after coming close to one of the biggest ever upsets in international cricket.

Ireland captain Trent Johnston felt his team lacked the killer instinct in tonight‘s 35-run World Cup warm-up defeat to South Africa at the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground.