500 set to make Cricket World Cup trip

FORGET the club hurling finals in Croke Park this St Patrick’s Day, the stick sport with unique appeal will be in Jamaica, where Ireland will play in their first ever ICC Cricket World Cup.

The Irish Cricket Union is expecting in excess of 500 people to travel to the Caribbean for the two warm-up matches and group games against Zimbabwe, Pakistan and the West Indies.

It is expected the novelty aspect will swell interest from the ex-pat communities in America.