€50,000 bonus for cricketers

THERE was further good news for the Irish cricket team yesterday when sponsors, Bank of Ireland, promised €50,000 to the side following their World Cup heroics in the West Indies.

The Bank has been involved with the national side since 2005 with Tom Hayes, chief executive, Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking describing the cricket team’s achievement as “a sponsor’s dream”.

The team, having qualified for the Super Eights (the second stage of the competition), now move from their base in Jamaica to play their next three games in Guyana.