Last night Ireland's cricket team made history by causing one of the biggest upsets in the history of cricket. Ireland, a second-tier side in the world of cricket defeated Pakistan in a game at the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.
Pakistan, a former world champion and currently ranked #4 in the world, was expected to brush the Irish team aside, partly because many of the Irish players are part-timers.
As it played out, Ireland dug in for a second famous result in a week and Pakistan were not only beaten but were dumped out of the world cup.
This result was not received well back in Pakistan, with stories of effigies of the players being burned in the streets and demands of the goverment to freeze the bank accounts of the players. You can take some of that stuff with a pinch of salt. It's only a game after all.
However the result was set aside with the news that the Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was found uncoonscious in his hotel room. He died last night aged just 58. That is a really sad end to things.
Woolmer was clearly devastated and shocked by how things had gone on the day but this news really puts the day into perspective.
A great result for Ireland yet a really sad end to what should have been a wonderful Saint Patrick's day.
I'm sure anyone reading this in Ireland would feel a great sense of condolence for Bob Woolmer and his family for what has turned out to be a really sad turn of events.
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