Ireland edge closer to World Cup

IRELAND are even closer to qualifying for the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.

Without bowling a ball at Waringstown yesterday, their ICC Trophy Group A clash against the USA was called off due to heavy rain.

However, the point garnered from the abandonment has put them in an even stronger position to be one of the four teams from the groups stages to go through to face the big cricketing nations in the Caribbean.