Ireland and West Indies promise run-fest at Cricket World Cup (AFP)

Traditional giant-killers Ireland and under-pressure West Indies possess all the ingredients for a high-scoring clash in their opening World Cup match in Nelson on Monday. Ireland are no strangers to knocking over teams from cricket’s elite top eight. At the 2011 World Cup they pulled off an historic win over England and four years before that they stunned Pakistan. In the lead up to this tournament they beat ninth-placed Bangladesh who sit just one spot behind the West Indies in the International Cricket Council’s one-day international rankings.