Unlikely fan McGuinness leads Twitter cheers for Ireland


  • Cricket
  • Thursday, 26 Feb 2015

Ireland's John Mooney celebrates hitting the winning runs as they beat the West Indies for the first time in their Cricket World Cup match in Nelson, February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Hours after Ireland made it two wins out of two at the cricket World Cup, the team were still the most talked about topic on Twitter back home.

Cricket might not be played widely in Ireland but for the third World Cup running, the national side are winning new fans as they followed up their opening game upset of West Indies with a nerve-shredding two-wicket victory over United Arab Emirates.

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