Cricket - Test Match - Ireland vs Pakistan - The Village, Malahide, Ireland - May 11, 2018 A fan shelters from the rain REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
DUBLIN (Reuters) - It was hardly surprising to hear the words "rain stopped play" echo around Malahide Cricket Club when test cricket came to Ireland for the first time on Friday.
Yet the grey skies around Dublin did not dampen the enthusiasm of the fans in green, many of whom had waited decades for the day Ireland might at last be granted the opportunity to play in the five-day format so steeped in tradition.
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