Johnston takes positives from close shave against South Africa

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.

Playing the one-day game‘s number one ranked nation, South Africa, in a World Cup warm-up match in St Augustine on Monday, Ireland looked set for an astonishing victory until a late collapse consigned them to a 35-run defeat at the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground.