Top 10 greatest upsets in ODI cricket

6. Ireland vs Pakistan (Kingston – 2007 World Cup)

Irish cricketers and their fans celebrate their victory over Pakistan at the end of the Group D match of the ICC World Cup 2007 between Ireland and Pakistan at the Sabina Park Cricket Ground in Kingston

As if the loss to Bangladesh wasn’t humiliating enough, the Pakistan team suffered another embarrassing reverse against another set of ODI minnows – Ireland. They once again collapsed to 132 all out – exactly the same score they posted against Australia in the final of the event eight years ago.

Pacer Boyd Rankin was the pick of the Irish bowlers with 3/32 from his nine overs, while Andre Botha proved to be very unplayable – finishing with figures of 8-4-5-2. Kamran Akmal (27) and opener Imran Nazir (24) provided the only decent scores with the bat.

Ireland, in response, fell to 62/3 – Eoin Morgan making only 2 – but Niall O’Brien allayed their fears with a resolute innings of 72, studded with six boundaries and a towering six. Though he fell with his side 25 runs short, his brother Kevin rounded off the win in the company of skipper Trent Johnston – capping a memorable St Patrick’s Day for the Shamrocks, while Pakistan exited the tournament in shame.