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Josh Little hoping Ireland has one more big upset to deliver at the T20 World Cup

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Ireland will be going all out to cause one last shock at the T20 World Cup and indirectly boost England's semi-final hopes, according to Josh Little.While Ireland are not mathematically out of contention for the semis, realistically the best the team can hope for is a top-four finish in the Super 12s, ensuring their qualification for the 2024 tournament.Having stunned the West Indies to reach this stage before battling past England in a major surprise, Ireland can claim a hat-trick of upset wins against New Zealand at Adelaide on Friday.Such an outcome means a knock-on consequence of fourth spot in the group for Ireland, with England only having to beat Sri Lanka to claim a top-two finish.However, Little's only concern was Ireland ending their campaign with a flourish."You've seen upsets nearly every day or every second day, if you can even call them upsets anymore.

There's no reason why another upset couldn't be caused," Little said."Everyone is pretty competitive. It's a World Cup. Anything can happen.

We're going out there fully confident hoping to get a win. The boys are feeling good and I'm hoping to grab another scalp."Little has been among Ireland's more reliable performers in Australia, with the left-arm seamer taking eight wickets in six matches at 20.87 apiece and with a more than serviceable 7.26 economy rate.He followed up figures of 3-0-16-2 in the rain-affected five-run win over England at the MCG last week with two for 21 from four overs in Monday's defeat against Australia at Brisbane.Ireland slipped to 25 for five in pursuit of 180 against Australia but Lorcan Tucker's unbeaten 71 off 48 balls meant the hosts and defending champions were denied a bigger win than they might have hoped."If you look back a

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