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Venue : M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore (D/N)
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Billy Bowden (New Zealand)
Match Result : Ireland won by 3 wickets
Man of the Match : Kevin O’Brien
England (50 Overs Maximum)
Andrew Strauss (C) b Dockrell 34 (37) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Kevin Pietersen c Niall O’Brien b Stirling 59 (50) 7 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Jonathan Trott b Mooney 92 (92) 9 ‘4s’
Ian Bell c Stirling b Mooney 81 (86) 6 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Paul Collingwood c Kevin O’Brien b Mooney 16 (11) 1 ‘6s’
Matt Prior (WK) b Johnston 6 (5) 1 ‘4s’
Tim Bresnan c Johnston b Mooney 4 (8)
Michael Yardy b Johnston 3 (6)
Graeme Swann not out 9 (5) 1 ‘4s’
Stuart Broad
James Anderson
Extras : 23 (1 b, 2 lb, 20 w)
Total : 327/8 (50.0 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-91 (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)
Ireland Bowling
Rankin 7-0-51-0 (4w)
Johnston 10-0-58-2
Cusack 4-0-39-0 (1w)
Dockrell 10-0-68-1 (5w)
Mooney 9-0-63-4 (1w)
Stirling 10-0-45-1
Ireland (Target : 328 from 50 Overs)
William Porterfield (C) b Anderson 0 (1)
Paul Stirling c Pietersen b Bresnan 32 (28) 5 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ed Joyce st Prior b Swann 32 (61) 3 ‘4s’
Niall O’Brien (WK) b Swann 29 (36) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Gary Wilson lbw b Swann 3 (14)
Kevin O’Brien run out (Bresnan/Prior) 113 (63) 13 ‘4s’ 6 ‘6s’
Alex Cusack run out (Broad/Collingwood) 47 (58) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
John Mooney not out 33 (30) 6 ‘4s’
Trent Johnston not out 7 (4) 1 ‘4s’
George Dockrell
Boyd Rankin
Extras : 33 (5 b, 16 lb, 12 w)
Total : 329/7 (49.1 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-0 (Porterfield, 0.1 ov), 2-62 (Stirling, 9.5 ov), 3-103 (Niall 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 (Kevin O’Brien, 48.1 ov)
England Bowling
Anderson 8.1-1-49-1 (1w)
Broad 9-0-73-0 (2w)
Bresnan 10-0-64-1 (2w)
Yardy 7-0-49-0 (2w)
Swann 10-0-47-3
Collingwood 5-0-26-0
- Kevin O’Brien hit his century in just 50 balls which is the new record for the fastest century in World Cup history at the time of this match
Powerplays
- England Innings – Bowling Powerplay : Overs 10.1 – 15.0; Batting Powerplay : Overs 38.1 – 43.0
- Ireland Innings – Bowling Powerplay : Overs 10.1 – 15.0; Batting Powerplay : Overs 31.1 – 36.0