first things first:
there were two world cup records in this match
1: fastest 100 i.e (100 for 50 balls) done by Kevin O'brien)
2: highest runs chased by any other team in the the world cup i.e 327
for me it was just like a guest or tenant (Ireland )beating his administrator or creator (England)
..... Suresh S Koppal
AS USUAL YET ANOTHER INTERESTING AND TWIST FILLED MATCH IN BANGALORE: Ireland beat England by three wickets in their World Cup Group B match on Wednesday. England will be looking to keep up their unbeaten run at the tournament after beating Netherlands and holding favorites India to a nail-biting tie.Ire land player O’Brien make 113 runs on only 63 bals against England and give a victory their country.
INITIALLY: England piled up 327 runs for the loss of seven wickets against Ireland in their Group B match here at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday.
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interest by all cricket fans. Ireland, with a lot of county players, has a good balanced team with some solid batsmen and an average bowling attack.
England went with a change playing Stuart Broad for Ajmal Shehzad. They won the toss and courtesy Ian Bell (81), Jonathan Trott (92) and
Kevin Peterson (59), England put on 327 runs in their 50 overs. At one stage the Brits looked liked getting more than 350 but a mini collapse where 5 wickets fell in 30 odd runs caused them to slow down. This shows how vulnerable the lower order
batting for England is and they should work at improving at it.
327 however, is a huge target for the Irish and although they have gotten a good start with Stirling (32) – hitting Anderson all around the park – and Joyce playing decently, they still face an uphill task.
After captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat, he and Kevin Pietersen opened the
innings and provided a good start of 91 runs before Strauss was bowled by George Dockrell for 34.
Pietersen also went after getting his 22nd one-day international half-century, caught behind off Paul Stirling for 59.
Later, Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell got together to take England to 278, adding 167 runs for the third wicket.
Then, John Mooney and Trent Johnston struck back and began sending England batsmen to pavilion at regular short intervals. First to go was Bell caught Stirling b Mooney for his 86-ball 81 with eight fours and a six.
The runs later, Trott was bowled by Mooney for 92, eight short of his fourth ODI hundred. His 92-ball innings was laced with nine boundaries.
Paul Collingwood could make only 16 from 11 balls and he was also dismissed by Mooney who later got Tim Bresnan out for three.
Johnston also captured two wickets, dismissing Matt Prior for six and Michael Yardy for four while Graeme Swann remained not out on nine.
Mooney finished on four for 63 and Johnston claimed two wickets.
England are looking to keep up their unbeaten run at the tournament after beating Netherlands and holding favourites India to a nail-biting tie.
Ireland are seeking their first win in this tournament after
going down to co-hosts Bangladesh by 27 runs in their
opening match.
Fast bowler Stuart Broad returned from illness and replaced fellow seamer Ajmal Shahzad in the only change to the England side that dramatically tied its previous group game with co-hosts India on Sunday.
That meant swing specialist James Anderson kept his place despite conceding 91 runs against India — the most by an England bowler in any World Cup match.
Ireland, who lost their opener to Bangladesh by 27 runs, brought in Australia-born all-rounder Alex Cusack for Andrew White and batsman Gary Wilson came in for seamer Andre Botha, who injured his groin during the warm-up.
Ireland, who lost their opener to Bangladesh by 27 runs, brought in Australia-born all-rounder Alex Cusack for Andrew White and batsman Gary Wilson came in for seamer Andre Botha, who injured his groin during the warm-up.
Ireland’s Ed Joyce was playing against England for the first time since reverting to the land of his birth after his international career with England ended following the 2007 World Cup.
This was Ireland’s first all-professional team, with seven players — captain William Porterfield, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Joyce, Niall O’Brien, George Dockrell and Wilson — all signed by English counties, while the other four were on Irish contracts.
it is the day of kevin o'brein and ireland,where words are written in golden ink in the history of ireland cricket.
hat's off to everybody who (have made) are making this game so interesting day by day
......... Suresh S Koppal
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