Kevin O'Brien Confident about Ireland Chances in ICC World T-20

During last year’s ICC World Cup, Ireland created one of the biggest upsets, when they beat England in Bangalore.
It was Kevin O’Brien who set it up with the fastest century made in World Cups as Ireland won in the last over.
"Initially, after the World Cup, it got pretty hectic for me. But things have been quiet the last six to eight months. It was obviously very pleasing from a personal point of view. The main thing that came out of that game was that we won. At the end of the day, it’s a team game and we want to win every game. It’s a tremendous achievement to have that and the good thing is, it will remain for at least another three years."
That win for O’Brien remains his biggest achievement in cricket so far. "We beat Pakistan as well in the 2007 World Cup, but I think the magnitude of the win last year, in front of a huge audience in India, it was amazing," he added.

Dockrell has learnt from Herath

At the age of 20, left-arm spinner George Dockrell has already played 30 ODIs and 17 T-20 Internationals for Ireland.
His international career started when he was 17, and due to exposure with English county Somerset, Dokcrell is tipped to achieve greater things, in time to come.
The Irishman says that one of the left-arm spinners he looks up to is Sri Lanka’s Rangana Herath and that he has learned a lot from him. "I look up to guys like Rangana Herath and Daniel Vettori. Murali Karthik too has been good at Somerset. I like Herath control and the drift he gets. Before I had made my debut, I was in Colombo and I was 17 then and I spoke to him and learned a quite a bit."

Ireland to play Sri Lanka A as a warm-up for the ICC WorldT20

Ireland’s preparations for the ICC World Twenty 20 have been expanded and will include a fixture against Sri Lanka ‘A’ this coming Monday. The Twenty 20 match will be played at the iconic Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo and will serve as further build up before the two ‘official’ warm up matches against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe at the Moors Cricket Club ground on Thursday and the following Monday.

Bangladesh won by one run against Ireland

Having lost the first game of this three-match series by 71 runs on Wednesday, Ireland had a point to prove. But while the margin of defeat this time was the narrowest possible, their pain was considerably greater because they know they should have won this Twenty20 international and claimed the scalp of Bangladesh for the third time in five years.