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Ireland captain William Porterfield makes World Cup plea to ICC

Ireland's William PorterfieldGetty Images

William Porterfield scored 107 in Ireland's defeat by Pakistan

By Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport in Adelaide

Ireland captain William Porterfield says the International Cricket Council should develop the game rather than cut the number of teams at the World Cup.

The Irish narrowly missed out on a place in the quarter-finals, but may not feature in 2019 when the tournament is reduced from 14 to 10 teams.

"Why don't 10 teams just play cricket and every other country in the world not bother">