It’s a mere eight years since Ireland made its tournament debut. Back in 2007, they tied with Zimbabwe and picked up victories over Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Four years on, there was a famous victory over England and once more they have picked up the scalp of one of the Test-playing nations.
While Ireland are on a crest of a wave, the Windies are seemingly a team in disarray.
The once dominant force of global cricket — West Indies won two World Cups in the 1970s with a mixture of fearsome pace bowling and swashbuckling batting — the current crop of players looked disenchanted on the field throughout the match.
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Quite what lies in store this time should they continue their giant killing remains to be seen.
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