ICC World Cup - Ireland v England

30 March 2007

RESULT: England won by 48 runs

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

Ireland

218

ALL OUT

England

7/266

Current Run Rate	4.53
Required Run Rate	26.73
Runs Required	49
Balls Remaining	11

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	McCallan, K	5		18	6	83.33
	Rankin, B	4		8	8	50.00
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Flintoff, A	8.1	1	43	4	5.27
	Mahmood, S	8	2	34	0	4.25

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Providence Stadium
Weather: Fine	Pitch: Normal	Outfield: Normal
Umpires: Doctrove, B (WI), Taufel, S (AUS), Harper, D (AUS), Madugalle, R (SL)
Toss Won By: England		Decision: Bat

SCORECARD

ENG Innings IRE Innings

England		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Joyce, E	b. Rankin, B	1	7	5	0	0	20.00
Vaughan, M	c. O'Brien, N b. Rankin, B	6	29	13	1	0	46.15
Bell, I	c. O'Brien, N b. O'Brien, K	31	94	74	2	0	41.89
Pietersen, K	c. Porterfield, W b. McCallan, K	48	93	47	5	0	102.13
Collingwood, P	run out (White, A)	90	120	82	8	3	109.76
Flintoff, A	b. Johnston, T	43	66	62	4	0	69.35
Nixon, P	c. Morgan, E b. O'Brien, K	19	25	15	1	1	126.67
Bopara, R	not out	10	42	5	1	0	200.00
Anderson, J
Mahmood, S
Panesar, M
Extras	(lb 2,w 13,nb 3)	18
Total	(7 wickets; 50 overs)	266

F.O.W.

1/6 (Joyce, E), 2/23 (Vaughan, M), 3/89 (Bell, I), 4/113 (Pietersen, K), 5/194 (Flintoff, A), 6/245 (Nixon, P), 7/258 (Collingwood, P)

Ireland - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Langford-Smith, D	7	0	38	0	5.43	(3nb,3w)
Rankin, B	7	1	28	2	4.00	(4w)
Johnston, T	10	0	70	1	7.00
Botha, A	7	1	24	0	3.43
O'Brien, K	7	0	58	2	8.29	(2w)
McCallan, K	10	0	38	1	3.80	(2w)
White, A	2	0	8	0	4.00

48.1	Flintoff to McCallan, OUT! Flintoff delivers the ball towards leg stump and fuller than a good length. McCallan is bowled by Flintoff for 5 runs off 6. Flintoff has figures of 4/43. Ireland lose their last wicket, they are 10/218.
47.6	Mahmood to McCallan, 1 run. Mahmood pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. McCallan plays it through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for one run. Collected by Panesar. 48 overs finished. The bowler has figures of 0 for 34 from his 8 overs. Ireland moves to 9 for 218.
47.5	Mahmood to Rankin, 1 run. Mahmood pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Rankin strikes the ball behind square on the offside inside the circle for one. Vaughan fields the ball. The score progresses to 9 for 217.
47.4	Mahmood to Rankin, no run. Mahmood bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Through to Nixon. The keeper fields the ball.
47.3	Mahmood to Rankin, no run. Mahmood pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. The keeper takes the ball. The keeper fields the ball.
47.2	Mahmood to McCallan, 1 run. Mahmood pitches the delivery wide outside off stump, on a good length. McCallan plays it square on the offside halfway to the boundary for one run. Collected by Collingwood. Ireland moves to 9 for 216.
47.1	Mahmood to McCallan, no run. Mahmood pitches the delivery outside off stump, fuller than a good length. Through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
46.6	Flintoff to Rankin, 2 runs. Flintoff bowls it fuller than a good length, wide outside off stump. Rankin hits it in front of square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for two runs. Joyce collects the ball. Flintoff finishes his 8th over. The bowler has figures of 3 for 43. The scoreboard displays 9 for 215.
46.5	Flintoff to Rankin, no run. Flintoff bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
46.4	Flintoff to Rankin, no run. Flintoff pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Play and miss. Straight through to Nixon. The keeper fields the ball.
46.3	Flintoff to Rankin, no run. Flintoff bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
46.3	Flintoff to McCallan, 1 no ball. 1 run. Flintoff bowls it fuller than a good length, outside off stump. The scoreboard displays 9 for 213.
46.2	Flintoff to Rankin, 1 run. Flintoff bowls it on a good length, towards leg stump. Rankin plays it behind square on the legside inside the circle for one run. Rankin scores his first run. Joyce fields it. The scoreboard displays 9 for 211.
46.1	Flintoff to Langford-Smith, WICKET! Flintoff pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Langford-Smith is lbw to Flintoff for 1 runs off 2 balls. The bowler has figures of 3 for 38. Ireland lose their ninth wicket, they are 9 for 210.
45.6	Collingwood to Langford-Smith, 1 run. Collingwood bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Langford-Smith plays the ball square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for one. Langford-Smith is off the mark. Collected by Joyce in the field. Collingwood finishes his 6th over. The bowler has figures of 1 for 38. Ireland progresses to 8 for 210.
45.5	Collingwood to White, OUT! Collingwood pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. White hits the ball in the air. White is caught behind by Nixon from the bowling of Collingwood for 38 off 35. Collingwood has figures of 1/37. Ireland lose another wicket, they are 8/209.
45.4	Collingwood to White, 2 runs. Collingwood pitches the delivery towards leg stump, on a good length. White hits the delivery through mid-wicket most of the way to the boundary for a two. Ball is gathered by Bell. Ireland is 7 for 209.
45.3	Collingwood to White, no run. Collingwood pitches the ball wide outside off and on a good length. White lets it go through to Nixon. The keeper fields the ball.
45.2	Collingwood to White, 4 runs! Collingwood bowls it on a good length, wide outside off stump. White plays the delivery for four runs. The scoreboard displays 7 for 207.
45.1	Collingwood to White, 4 runs! Collingwood pitches the delivery towards leg stump, on a good length. White strikes it well behind square on the legside to the boundary for 4 runs. The scoreboard says 7 for 203.
44.6	Flintoff to McCallan, 2 runs. Flintoff pitches the delivery outside off stump, fuller than a good length. McCallan strikes the ball square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for 2 runs. McCallan is off the mark. Bopara fields the ball. Flintoff has completed his over. The bowler has figures of 2 for 38 from his 7 overs. Ireland progresses to 7 for 199.
44.5	Flintoff to Johnston, OUT! Flintoff delivers the ball towards leg stump and fuller than a good length. Johnston is bowled by Flintoff for 27 runs from 21. Flintoff has figures of 2/36. England snare another wicket, Ireland are 7/197.
44.4	Flintoff to White, 1 run. Flintoff pitches the delivery outside off stump, full toss length. White plays it in front of square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Ball is fielded by Pietersen. The score is 6 for 197.
44.3	Flintoff to White, 2 runs. Flintoff pitches the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. White strikes the delivery square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for a two. Fielded by Bopara. The scoreboard shows 6/196.
44.2	Flintoff to White, 2 runs. Flintoff pitches the delivery outside off stump, fuller than a good length. White hits the ball behind square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for 2 runs. Ball is fielded by Mahmood. The score progresses to 6 for 194.
44.1	Flintoff to White, 2 runs. Flintoff delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. White plays the ball through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for 2 runs. Ball is fielded by Pietersen. Ireland advances to 6/192.
43.6	Collingwood to White, 1 run. Collingwood pitches the delivery in the corridor, short of a good length. White plays the ball square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one. Fielded by Bell. Collingwood finishes the 44th over of the innings. The bowler has figures of 0 for 27 from his 5 overs. The scoreboard says 6 for 190.
43.5	Collingwood to White, no run. Collingwood pitches the delivery wide outside off stump, fuller than a good length. White plays the ball square on the offside inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Vaughan.
43.4	Collingwood to White, 2 runs. Collingwood bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. White plays the ball for 2 runs. Anderson fields it. Ireland progresses to 6 for 189.
43.3	Collingwood to White, no run. Collingwood pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. White hits the delivery towards mid-off halfway to the boundary. Ball is gathered by Pietersen.
43.2	Collingwood to White, 4 runs! Collingwood delivers the ball wide outside off and on a good length. White plays the delivery square on the offside to the boundary for a four. The score is 6/187.
43.1	Collingwood to Johnston, 3 runs. Collingwood pitches the delivery wide outside off stump, fuller than a good length. Johnston plays the delivery behind square on the offside close to the boundary for a three. Flintoff fields it. The score is 6 for 183.
42.6	Anderson to Johnston, 1 run. Anderson pitches the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Johnston plays it square on the legside halfway to the boundary for one run. Anderson finishes the 43rd over. He has figures of 1/35 from his 7 overs. The score is 6/180.
42.5	Anderson to White, no run. 1 overthrow! Anderson delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. White strikes it behind square on the offside inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Pietersen. The batters get 1 1 run off the overthrow. The scoreboard tells us it's 6/179.
42.4	Anderson to Johnston, 1 run. Anderson pitches the ball on a good line and very full. Johnston plays the ball well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one. Bopara fields the ball. The score advances to 6/178.
42.3	Anderson to Johnston, no run. Anderson pitches the ball wide outside off and on a good length. Johnston lets it go through to Nixon. The keeper fields the ball.

Ireland		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Porterfield, W	c. Bell b. Flintoff	31	86	68	1	0	45.59
Bray, J	c. Bopara b. Anderson	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Morgan, E	run out (Mahmood)	2	12	7	0	0	28.57
O'Brien, N	st. Nixon b. Vaughan	63	134	88	4	0	71.59
Botha, A	c. Flintoff b. Panesar	18	36	39	1	0	46.15
O'Brien, K	lbw b. Panesar	12	26	19	1	0	63.16
Johnston, T	b. Flintoff	27	31	21	1	2	128.57
White, A	c. Nixon b. Collingwood	38	36	35	4	0	108.57
McCallan, K	b. Flintoff	5	18	6	0	0	83.33
Langford-Smith, D	lbw b. Flintoff	1	2	2	0	0	50.00
Rankin, B	Not Out	4	8	8	0	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 3,w 9,nb 5)	17
Total	(10 wickets; 48 overs)	218

England - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Anderson, J	7	1	35	1	5.00	(6w)
Mahmood, S	8	2	34	0	4.25	(1nb,1w)
Flintoff, A	8.1	1	43	4	5.27	(4nb)
Collingwood, P	6	0	38	1	6.33	(1w)
Panesar, M	10	1	31	2	3.10
Vaughan, M	9	0	34	1	3.78	(1w)

England		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Joyce, E	Vaughan, M	1st	6	7	8	75.00	1/6
Vaughan, M	Bell, I	2nd	17	22	27	62.96	2/23
Bell, I	Pietersen, K	3rd	66	72	96	68.75	3/89
Pietersen, K	Collingwood, P	4th	24	21	31	77.42	4/113
Flintoff, A	Collingwood, P	5th	81	66	102	79.41	5/194
Nixon, P	Collingwood, P	6th	51	25	29	175.86	6/245
Collingwood, P	Bopara, R	7th	13	8	7	185.71	7/258

Ireland		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Bray, J	Porterfield, W	1st	6	2	5	120.00	1/6
Morgan, E	Porterfield, W	2nd	5	12	17	29.41	2/11
Porterfield, W	O'Brien, N	3rd	61	72	94	64.89	3/72
Botha, A	O'Brien, N	4th	44	36	67	65.67	4/116
O'Brien, K	O'Brien, N	5th	23	26	37	62.16	5/139
O'Brien, N	Johnston, T	6th	0	0	2	0.00	6/139
Johnston, T	White, A	7th	58	31	51	113.73	7/197
White, A	McCallan, K	8th	12	5	6	200.00	8/209
Langford-Smith, D	McCallan, K	9th	1	2	2	50.00	9/210
McCallan, K	Rankin, B	10th	8	11	13	61.54	10/218