Cricket: Irish Cricket Union chief executive Warren Deutrom will seek to build on Ireland's fairytale World Cup debut by asking his former employer the International Cricket Council for more funding.
Ireland were expected to play three group games but after a shock win against 1992 champions Pakistan, they made the second round when they also beat test side Bangladesh to become the 12th nation in the one-day world rankings.
In 2006, the ICU received €200,000 from cricket's ruling body through a World Cup preparation fee and ICC High Performance Programme funding. To build their infrastructure and improve further, more money is needed.
"I shall certainly not be backward in asking ICC in what ways it might assist in ensuring that Ireland's performance curve improves consistently over the next few years," Deutrom said.
"This would be in the same way the ICC pumped in significant funding to both the USA and Kenya to move forward. After all, it's what the HPP is for."