Cricket is Ireland's biggest export since Riverdance, says CEO

"Cricket is arguably representative of the new Ireland like no other sport."

Ireland's cricketers have become the country's biggest global sensation since Riverdance, says Warren Deutrom.

The awarding of full membership to the International Cricket Council (ICC) marks a journey from a marginal and mostly ignored team to one of the top nations in the world's second biggest sport, said the Cricket Ireland chief executive.