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Cricket-Ireland beat West Indies in World Cup pool match

Feb 16 (Reuters) - Ireland beat twice former champions West Indies by four wickets in their opening World Cup Pool B match at Saxton Oval in Nelson, New Zealand on Monday. It was the third victory over a test-playing team at a World Cup for the Irish after they beat Pakistan in 2007 and England in 2011. West Indies won the first two World Cups in 1975 and 1979. (Reporting by Greg Stutchbury in Wellington, editing by Nick Mulvenney)