England v Ireland ICC World Cup full Highlights Video, Match Report, Scorecard

ICC World Cup 2011, 15th Match, Group B: England (Eng)v Ireland (Ire) Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 2nd March 2011 (D/N) full Highlights Video, Match Report and Scorecard.

Kevin O'Brien smashed the fastest ever World Cup century to propel Ireland to a stunning three-wicket win over England in a Group B match in Bangalore overnight.

England v Ireland ICC World Cup 2011 Match Report
An astonishing knock by O'Brien, who clobbered 13 fours and 6 sixes to reach three figures in only 50 balls, helped the Irish to live up to their reputation as giant-killers as they overhauled England's total of 8 for 327 with five balls to spare.

It was the highest successful run chase in the tournament.

Kevin O'Brien's  fastest World Cup century in 50-ball

O'Brien came to the crease with almost half his side back in the pavilion with Ireland struggling on 4 for 106 in the 23rd over.

He then turned on a breathtaking show of power hitting while the M Chinnaswamy Stadium roared him on.

Inspired by O'Brien, Alex Cusack smashed 47 runs as they put on 162 runs for the sixth wicket before he was run out with Ireland still requiring 55 runs to win.

However, O'Brien soldiered on and no amount of bowling changes or field placings could stop him and England came loose at the seams with misfields and dropped catches aiding Ireland's chase.

Four years after beating Pakistan in the group stage in the Caribbean, the Irish repeated the feat to dent England's hopes of progressing into the knockout stages of the 2011 tournament.

"When you are 111-5 I just said to myself, we could just potter around and get 220 off 50 overs for eight or nine and the game would have been pretty boring to watch and it wouldn't have been anything to watch on TV," a grinning O'Brien said clutching his man of the match trophy.

"I just chanced my arm and said I'm going to be as positive as I can and I got a few away and didn't look back really.

"It's probably the best innings I've ever played. I just hit the ball pretty well and got a bit of luck and things went my way. I just kept going and kept attacking."

The 26-year-old O'Brien dismantled the English bowling to score 113 runs from 63 balls and his knock helped produce the first upset in this year's showpiece.

He was run out with 11 runs still required off as many balls.

However, John Mooney (33 off 30 balls) kept his head and with three required to win off the last over, smashed a boundary to spark off the Irish celebrations.

Having only narrowly beaten the Netherlands, England's remaining matches are against West Indies, Bangladesh and South Africa and skipper Andrew Strauss admitted that there is no margin for error if they are to go through to the next round.

"It was a great performance from Ireland. I'm not going to take anything away from them. They thoroughly deserved their victory. We've got to go away, lick our wounds and make sure we come back and play better," he said.

"The game coming up against South Africa (on Sunday) is a huge one for us.

"Generally we bounce back well from defeat in the past whether it's in Test cricket or one-day cricket and we are going to have to do that very quickly and probably be very honest with each other and realise where we can improve and make those improvements very quickly."

Strauss admitted that bowling on the flat sub-continent pitches was always going to be difficult, but flayed his bowlers for the way they have conceded most of those runs.

"What we don't want to be doing is haemorrhaging both sides of the wickets and kind of chasing our tails too much which potentially we have done in the last three games," Strauss said.

Ireland captain William Porterfield, who saw his side squander a winning position in their opening match against Bangladesh, hailed the "greatest" day for Irish cricket.

"We believed in ourselves. We had a bit of an upset the other night when we should have knocked off 200 against Bangladesh but to bounce back the way that the lads have bounced back, especially after losing a few early wickets," he said.

"We've still got four games left in this tournament so we'll be looking to put in a performance like that every game and you never know from there. We've still got a great chance of qualifying for the second phase."

England v Ireland ICC World Cup 2011 Scorecard

Ireland won by 3 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

	England innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AJ Strauss*	b Dockrell	34	61	37	2	1	91.89
	13.3 89.2 kph, Dockrell strikes again! Strauss out for 34 on his 34th birthday. Dockrell maintained his line, Strauss jumped outside off to try and manufacture a shovel to leg, in the end he couldn't catch up with the ball and it went straight into his stumps 91/1
	KP Pietersen	c †NJ O'Brien b Stirling	59	77	50	7	2	118.00
	16.6 87.2 kph, would you believe it? I guess you would have to. Ridiculous end to promising innings. Having faced two deliveries from Stirling, and played neither well, Pietersen aims a cute, reverse-dab. Manages a top edge that loops up for O'Brien to gobble behind the stumps 111/2
	IJL Trott	b Mooney	92	126	92	9	0	100.00
	44.3 125.2 kph, stand and deliver! A flat-footed smack down the ground, but instead of a six over long-off, Trott loses his off stump! 288/4
	IR Bell	c Stirling b Mooney	81	102	86	6	1	94.18
	42.6 128.4 kph, Bell falls! Wide on the crease, an attempted yorker turns into a full toss, Bell's clip is thoroughly middled, but Stirling at midwicket plucks a blinder low to his right! 278/3
	PD Collingwood	c KJ O'Brien b Mooney	16	21	11	0	1	145.45
	46.6 an inconclusive performance from Collingwood. Another swipe down the ground, but it was badly sliced, and mid-on made no mistake 312/6
	MJ Prior†	b Johnston	6	7	5	1	0	120.00
	45.6 that was always coming. Prior's eye for a gap has deserted him, as he retreats to square leg in a bid to carve through the covers, but he's made too much room 299/5
	TT Bresnan	c Johnston b Mooney	4	23	8	0	0	50.00
	49.6 swirling, spiralling, steepling slog, into the leg-side, midwicket steadies himself well, sprints in, steps back, and snaffles a tough chance to finish the innings on a high 327/8
	MH Yardy	b Johnston	3	8	6	0	0	50.00
	48.3 97.0 kph, good delivery, slower ball, pinpoint accuracy, Yardy loses the top of his middle stump as he climbs into a cut and misses everything 317/7
	GP Swann	not out	9	8	5	1	0	180.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 20)	23
	Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 220 mins)	327	(6.54 runs per over)

Did not bat SCJ Broad, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets1-91 (Strauss, 13.3 ov), 2-111 (Pietersen, 16.6 ov), 3-278 (Bell, 42.6 ov), 4-288 (Trott, 44.3 ov), 5-299 (Prior, 45.6 ov), 6-312 (Collingwood, 46.6 ov), 7-317 (Yardy, 48.3 ov), 8-327 (Bresnan, 49.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	WB Rankin	7	0	51	0	7.28	(4w)
	DT Johnston	10	0	58	2	5.80
	45.6 to Prior, that was always coming. Prior's eye for a gap has deserted him, as he retreats to square leg in a bid to carve through the covers, but he's made too much room 299/5 48.3 to Yardy, 97.0 kph, good delivery, slower ball, pinpoint accuracy, Yardy loses the top of his middle stump as he climbs into a cut and misses everything 317/7
	AR Cusack	4	0	39	0	9.75	(1w)
	GH Dockrell	10	0	68	1	6.80	(5w)
	13.3 to Strauss, 89.2 kph, Dockrell strikes again! Strauss out for 34 on his 34th birthday. Dockrell maintained his line, Strauss jumped outside off to try and manufacture a shovel to leg, in the end he couldn't catch up with the ball and it went straight into his stumps 91/1
	JF Mooney	9	0	63	4	7.00	(1w)
	42.6 to Bell, 128.4 kph, Bell falls! Wide on the crease, an attempted yorker turns into a full toss, Bell's clip is thoroughly middled, but Stirling at midwicket plucks a blinder low to his right! 278/3 44.3 to Trott, 125.2 kph, stand and deliver! A flat-footed smack down the ground, but instead of a six over long-off, Trott loses his off stump! 288/4 46.6 to Collingwood, an inconclusive performance from Collingwood. Another swipe down the ground, but it was badly sliced, and mid-on made no mistake 312/6 49.6 to Bresnan, swirling, spiralling, steepling slog, into the leg-side, midwicket steadies himself well, sprints in, steps back, and snaffles a tough chance to finish the innings on a high 327/8
	PR Stirling	10	0	45	1	4.50
	16.6 to Pietersen, 87.2 kph, would you believe it? I guess you would have to. Ridiculous end to promising innings. Having faced two deliveries from Stirling, and played neither well, Pietersen aims a cute, reverse-dab. Manages a top edge that loops up for O'Brien to gobble behind the stumps 111/2

	Ireland innings (target: 328 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	WTS Porterfield*	b Anderson	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	0.1 ideal start for Anderson! Not a great delivery, full and wide outside off, but Porterfield dragged on to middle. Gut-wrenching for him and the Irish but just the spark Anderson needed 0/1
	PR Stirling	c Pietersen b Bresnan	32	45	28	5	1	114.28
	9.5 134.7 kph, ah, sad end for Stirling. Banged just back of a length from Bresnan around off stump and Stirling aimed a slug to leg. Only managed a top edge that sailed high and swirled over Pietersen, who watched it carefully at deep square to snaffle the chance. Bresnan the man again for England 62/2
	EC Joyce	st †Prior b Swann	32	90	61	3	0	52.45
	22.2 86.3 kph, beauty from Swann does for Joyce. No mistake from Prior this time. Joyce skips down the track, bit of drop from Swann and sharp spin takes it past the outside edge, Prior has a single bail off in a flash. Swann is delighted, as well he might be 106/4
	NJ O'Brien†	b Swann	29	37	36	2	1	80.55
	20.2 94.0 kph, whoops, that's the nut. Full length, slips under an extravagant sweep slog, and back goes the off stump! 103/3
	GC Wilson	lbw b Swann	3	17	14	0	0	21.42
	24.2 98.4 kph, Wilson's torturous effort ends. Or does it? Review after Swann finds the pads as Wilson stretches forward to sweep. The only danger was the 2.5 metre stuff, but it's plumb. Not a very happy return for Wilson 111/5
	KJ O'Brien	run out (†Prior/Bresnan)	113	123	63	13	6	179.36
	48.1 from Broad, oh dear! O'Brien has given it away! He's flat on his face and can't pick himself up. Run out, of all things and this match takes another turn. Yorker flipped to midwicket, he ran the single easily but wanted a second which didn't exist, despite a despairing dive. Ends one of the great World Cup innings, Ireland were buried before he turned it 317/7
	AR Cusack	run out (Broad/Collingwood)	47	80	58	3	1	81.03
	41.3 Broad to KJ O'Brien, heartbreak for Ireland! It's a run out that breaks the stand. O'Brien blocked hard to point, Cusack set off for one before turning back to save his partner. The throw came into Broad who under-armed onto the stumps to beat Cusack's dive. Brilliant example of a supportive innings from Cusack, just calmly gave O'Brien the strike and finished it by sacrificing himself 273/6
	JF Mooney	not out	33	40	30	6	0	110.00
	DT Johnston	not out	7	6	4	1	0	175.00
	Extras	(b 5, lb 16, w 12)	33
	Total	(7 wickets; 49.1 overs; 223 mins)	329	(6.69 runs per over)

Did not bat GH Dockrell, WB Rankin

Fall of wickets1-0 (Porterfield, 0.1 ov), 2-62 (Stirling, 9.5 ov), 3-103 (NJ O'Brien, 20.2 ov), 4-106 (Joyce, 22.2 ov), 5-111 (Wilson, 24.2 ov), 6-273 (Cusack, 41.3 ov), 7-317 (KJ O'Brien, 48.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JM Anderson	8.1	1	49	1	6.00	(1w)
	0.1 to Porterfield, ideal start for Anderson! Not a great delivery, full and wide outside off, but Porterfield dragged on to middle. Gut-wrenching for him and the Irish but just the spark Anderson needed 0/1
	SCJ Broad	9	0	73	0	8.11	(2w)
	TT Bresnan	10	0	64	1	6.40	(2w)
	9.5 to Stirling, 134.7 kph, ah, sad end for Stirling. Banged just back of a length from Bresnan around off stump and Stirling aimed a slug to leg. Only managed a top edge that sailed high and swirled over Pietersen, who watched it carefully at deep square to snaffle the chance. Bresnan the man again for England 62/2
	MH Yardy	7	0	49	0	7.00	(2w)
	GP Swann	10	0	47	3	4.70
	20.2 to NJ O'Brien, 94.0 kph, whoops, that's the nut. Full length, slips under an extravagant sweep slog, and back goes the off stump! 103/3 22.2 to Joyce, 86.3 kph, beauty from Swann does for Joyce. No mistake from Prior this time. Joyce skips down the track, bit of drop from Swann and sharp spin takes it past the outside edge, Prior has a single bail off in a flash. Swann is delighted, as well he might be 106/4 24.2 to Wilson, 98.4 kph, Wilson's torturous effort ends. Or does it? Review after Swann finds the pads as Wilson stretches forward to sweep. The only danger was the 2.5 metre stuff, but it's plumb. Not a very happy return for Wilson 111/5
	PD Collingwood	5	0	26	0	5.20

Toss England, who chose to bat
Points Ireland 2, England 0
Player of the match KJ O'Brien (Ireland)

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