Ireland will play no part in the next two World Cups after the International Cricket Council announced on Monday that just 10 teams will contest the tournaments in 2015 and 2019.
Ireland's cricketing heroes have reacted with anger at the decision to exclude them from the 2015 ICC World Cup.
Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait has announced his retirement from one-day cricket so he can focus on the Twenty20 format.
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