England vs Ireland

The match between England and Ireland cricket teams is a group B match of World Cup 2011. The toss of match was won by England. Captain of the team decided to bat first. Batting first, England scored 327 run for loss of 8 wickets in its 50 overs. The highest scorer from English side was Trott who scored 92 runs of 92 balls with the help of 9 fours. The next best player was Ian Bell who scored 81 runs of 86 balls with the help of 6 fours and 1 six. Kevin Pietersen is the third English batsman to cross 50 runs mark. He scored 59 runs of 50 balls with help of 7 fours and 2 sixes. Strauss scored 34 runs of 37 balls. Collinwood scored 16, Prior scored 6, Bresnan 4, and Yardy scored 3. While Graeme Swann was not out on individual score of 9 runs after the fifty overs completed. Irish bowlers and fielders gave 23 runs in extra. The most successful Irish bowler was Mooney; he took 4 wickets for 63 runs in 9 overs. Johnston took 2 wickets while Stirling and Dockrel took 1 wicket each.

England vs Ireland

In its reply, Ireland start was not good. The first wicket was lost in first over when Anderson bowled Porterfield on the first ball of Ireland inning. Next departing Ireland batsman was Stirling; he scored 32 runs of 28 balls. He played 5 fours and 1 six in this 32 runs innings. Ireland is 63 for loss of 2 wickets after 10.4 overs.

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