Mooney hat-trick books Ireland's World T20 spot
Ireland's John Mooney
John Mooney took a hat-trick as Ireland crushed Jersey by seven wickets at Malahide yesterday and, against the odds, topped Group A to qualify automatically for next year's World T20 finals.
After successive defeats by Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong, Ireland needed to beat the Channel Islanders and see four other results go their way over the weekend if they were to avoid the lottery of play-offs - and that's exactly what happened.
