Sticky wicket days are over… Ireland have been threatening to do something like this all year

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The biggest surprise about Ireland’s T20 World Cup win over England is how unsurprising it was. Defeating the tournament favourites might have seemed like a massive shock, but Ireland have been threatening to do something like this all year. It all began in January with a historic 2-1 one-day series win away against the West Indies, the first such victory against a Test nation. In June they gave India, current world T20 number ones, a tremendous fright at Malahide before losing by just four runs. The following month saw two ODIs against New Zealand where Ireland came agonisingly close to...