Irish cricket shows it has moves like Jagger but they are now aiming for a Bigger Bang

IRELAND’S inaugural Test managed to attract Rolling Stone Mick Jagger to Malahide, and the hope now is domestic interest will ensure the game becomes a ‘major sport’ within a decade. ‘We’ve always said Test cricket wasn’t the end of the journey, it’s the beginning,’ Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom explained. ‘We’ve probably done this the wrong way around. Most teams, they get very good at what they do domestically then they make a big noise globally. We’ve made a big noise globally... if I look back where we were and trace potential for us over the next five, 10 years, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be a major sport in Ireland.’