Give Ireland a chance to qualify for the 2015 WC

"I am a Pakistani and really enjoy cricket spirit of Ireland. They deserve a chance to play in 2015 WC."

"Give Ireland, Netherlands and other associates and affiliates a fair go. Come on ICC, practise the spirit of cricket that you preach. Show some real leadership...A minimum 12 countries should be in next world cup, but preferably 14 or 16. Think of the goo"

"This decision will destroy crickets ability to expand beyond it's currently severely limited borders. Cricket is losing popularity in Australia (according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics) so how can a strategy like this possibly help the game of cr"

"This decision needs to be reversed"

"Why set the Irish cricket back years when so much has been done in the last 5 years. Cricket is growing in Ireland and to make a stupid decision like this,"

"All cricket fans want to see Ireland and other developing nations given the opporunity to compete at the highest level. The ICC should be ashamed."

"Ireland are better than bangladesh or Zimbawe"

"Have to reverse this backward decision."

"Ireland deserves to be in 2015 worldcup"

"irealnd and other nations muyst have chance to play worldcup and test cricket"

"The closed shop is a disgrace! Ireland beat Pakistan and England at the last two world cups and deserve to have a chance to qualify."

"Give them a chance guys !"

"A disgraceful decision by the ICC, they ought to be ashamed"

"we all need to get behind the petition"