Ireland's Kevin O'Brien has warned his side their World Cup win over the West Indies will "mean nothing" if they don't see off the United Arab Emirates in Brisbane on Wednesday. Victory against their fellow Associate nation would leave the Irish on the brink of the quarter-finals after they started the tournament with the latest of several World Cup wins over a Test team courtesy of a four-wicket triumph against the West Indies in Nelson on February 16. Several members of the Ireland side play for English county teams and they will look to the likes of Middlesex's Paul Stirling, who made 92 against the West Indies, and Sussex's Ed Joyce, who scored 84, to carry on from where they left off in a match where Somerset left-arm spinner George Dockrell took three for 50. Ireland and the UAE have met several times in lower-level International Cricket Council competitions in recent years and all-rounder O'Brien was impressed by the way the Middle East side nearly pulled off an upset before losing to Zimbabwe by four wickets in their opening Pool B match. More...