Kevin O’Brien upbeat about Ireland’s chances in World T20 – Cricket News Update
Australia’s recent mauling at the hands of Pakistan, and the presence of former Aussie bowling coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Craig-John-McDermott-c51704 in Ireland’s dressing room has given Kevin O’Brien a reason to be optimistic about Ireland’s chances of proceeding to
the Super Eight stage in the just to begin ICC World T20 Championship, in Sri Lanka.
"We can certainly look into this tournament with a lot of confidence," said O'Brien at an open media session after arriving in Colombo. "We certainly know, with Craig on board now, he is going to give us the inside information into the
Australian team. There's no reason for us to be fearing anyone in this tournament," he added further.
McDermott, who stepped down as Australian bowling coach earlier this year, has been snapped up by the Cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, between
September 18 and October 7.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 T20 team rankings, only for three days though.
The 94-run comprehensive win over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 and Men, in the third and final T20 International on Monday helped the Kangaroos regain their No. 9 ranking ahead of the semi-professional Irish cricketers. However, O’Brien is confident
of taking the better of the mighty Aussies, with whom they have been pooled in Group B – which also includes http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 – in the latest edition of the T20 World Cup.
O’Brien’s teammate, slow left-arm orthodox bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Dockrell-c59135 is also drawing confidence from Australia’s unimpressive T20 record.
"We know the Aussie team are rebuilding. They're at one of the lowest-ranking points at the moment," said the 20-year-old Dublin-born Dockrell.
"We know just generally as a team we definitely have a huge chance to beat them. We'll be backing ourselves in all aspects," the left-armer went on to add.
The minnows are scheduled to play two warm up games against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747, at Colombo (Moors), on September 13 and 17 respectively, before their tournament opener against the mighty Aussies, at R Premadasa Colombo, on September
19.
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