Twitter Tweets

“Hats off to Cricket Ireland. Very proud of you boys.” –Brian O’Driscoll

"Hats off to Cricket Ireland. Very proud of you boys." –Brian O'Driscoll

“Fastest 100 in World Cup cricket! Come on the Irish!”

– Jamie Heaslip

“Come on Ireland. Kevin O’Brien what a legend!”

– Kevin McLaughlin (Leinster and Ireland)

“Kevin O’Brien amazing innings. What a win by Ireland.”

– Tommy Bowe

“Does that mean we won the Ashes?” (asked Donncha).

– Tommy Bowe’s quote of the day (as said to him by an Ireland teammate)

“Nobody knows the rules but come on Ireland. Huge win for Ireland in the cricket; hats off to em!”

– Cian Healy

“Am I hearing this right? Ireland beat England at cricket. Same result on 19th March please.”

– Rory McIlroy

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