The challenge now for Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom and his team is how to build on it. "We've always said Test cricket wasn't the end of the journey, it's the beginning," Deutrom explained. He added: "We need to keep playing (Test cricket) because why otherwise would we have sought the status? We're bedding down cricket as a sport, per say, let alone trying to explain the nuances between the five-day game, ODIs and T20s. "The opportunities to grow the game will come primarily through the white-ball game but we still want to keep in contact with the Test format.

Source: Evening echo May 16, 2018 15:56 UTC