Dave Langford-Smith

A five-wicket haul by the right-arm medium pacer Farhad Reza, backed by restrictive spells by the left-arm spinners shot out Ireland for 162 to claim an 84-run victory in the second one-dayer at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium and a 2-0 series win

Ireland's hopes of a third successive Intercontinental Cup win have suffered a blow with Boyd Rankin ruled out of next month's match against UAE

David Langford-Smith took five wickets as Ireland wrapped up a three-day win against Bermuda at Clontarf by an-innings-and-146 runs

Plays of the Day, Ireland v Sri Lanka, Super Eights, Grenada

Adrian Birrell, the Ireland coach, will look to his Australian-born captain Trent Johnston to fight fire with fire when the World Cup debutants clash with Ricky Ponting's defending champions in Barbados on Friday

Dileep Premachandran picks out interesting snippets from the day's play

Plays of St Patrick's Day

While Zimbabwe will be trying to prove the doubters wrong, Ireland may just want to enjoy their first World Cup appearance at Jamaica

Dave Langford-Smith's four wickets helped Ireland thrash Canada by seven wickets in their warm-up match at St Augustine in Port-of-Spain

Andrew Hall saved South Africa's blushes in their opening World Cup warm-up match against Ireland at the Frank Worrell Ground in Trinidad

As expected, Ireland have stuck with their World Cricket League squad for the World Cup

Martin Williamson looks back at the performances of the six leading Associates in the World Cricket League and what they can take out of the event ... and what it means for their chances in the World Cup

Rain wiped out the final day at Aberdeen ruining Scotland's slim chances of victory against Ireland

Dougie Brown took five wickets for Scotland to put them in a very strong position against Ireland after the first innings

David Langford-Smith took five wickets for Ireland on the first day of their Intercontinental Cup match at Aberdeen against Scotland who were dismissed for 265

Ireland secured the European Championship title when their final match against the Netherlands, at Ayr, was abandoned because of rain

Ireland stormed to a surprisingly comprehensive 85-run win over Scotland in the 3rd match of the European Cricket Championships at Ayr

David Langford-Smith helped Ireland open their European Championships campaign with a 99-run win over Denmark, in Glasgow, as he scored 22 then took three wickets

Ireland managed to beat the weather and completed a five-wicket win over Namibia at Clontarf