Irish Examiner View: Ireland's cricketing success

Defeat of England

Ireland's George Dockrell (centre) celebrates following the dismissal of England batsman Harry Brook during the T20 World Cup Super 12 match at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia. Picture: Scott Barbour/PA Wire

Early on Wednesday morning Ireland’s cricketers enjoyed victory over England in the T20 World Cup in Melbourne. 

It’s a measure of Ireland’s cricketing success in recent years that although the win was warmly welcomed and celebrated, it wasn’t the shock it might once have been. It’s Ireland’s third win over England since 2011 — a remarkable hat-trick over the nation which invented the game, after all.