World Cup - games that don't include Australia

[JAS]

Memo to self...breathe, breathe, breathe and don't forget to picture the look on the old man's face right now

Come on Ireland

Regards
JAS

[CoverKing]

Mooney single
KOB single, now 111 (61)... Mooney 23 (25)
mooney, dot ball.. 18 off 15 needed

Mooney lobs one into nomans land, single. Haha 17 off 14

KOB single to mid on. 16 off 13
Mooney facing Anderson, hits a four.. 12 off 12. Over the vacant mid wicket

How many times has he hit a four off the last ball of an over.

12 off 12 with KOB on strike. Finish it this over with 4 wickets in hand

[CoverKing]

The injured broad to bowl the last one from this end.

12 from 12

[CoverKing]

KOB run out going for the second
113 off 63 balls
11 off 11 needed 3 wickets in hand. Now get mooney on strike

[CoverKing]

Full toss, johnston hits it for four. Yewwww. Through extra cover

7 off 10 needed

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Dot ball through to the keeper

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Johnston hits a 2 to deep mid on
5 (8)

Johnston hits one to fine leg

4 (7)

Mooney on strike

[RustyCage]

3 from the last over...

[CoverKing]

IRELAND need 3 from the last over with mooney on strike

Couldn't lose this could they???

COME ON THE IRISH

Anderson to bowl last over

[CoverKing]

They win... Yewwwwww
5 balls to spare

[JAS]

OMG you bloody dancer

Regards
JAS

[Gozu]

Awesome.

[CoverKing]

Hope those asleep can relive the moment that we just got to witness.

Wow

[CoverKing]

England will be lucky to get to 250 IMO. (i could eat these words, but they are an absolute rabble at the moment)

Fair effort for a ''rabble'' I thought Don't think anyone else will get that close to beating India this world cup.

I guess your right, the poms aren't that bad for a rabble

[mighty_tiger_79]

did Ireland beat England??

my digital radio went flat, so i missed it all

surely not

interesting Joyce who playing for Ireland was in Englands squad last WC

[Jim05]

That is bloody unreal. I didnt think they would get close, their form hasnt been great. Well done to the Irish

[mighty_tiger_79]

By Sam Sheringham from bbc website


Kevin O'Brien blazed the fastest century in Cricket World Cup history as Ireland pulled off an astonishing victory over England in Bangalore.

He smashed 113 off 63 balls as Ireland recovered from 111-5 to overhaul their target of 328 with five balls to spare and three wickets in hand.

Earlier, fifties from Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell had driven England to an imposing 327-8.

But O'Brien's stunning assault powered Ireland to a famous triumph.

Only three days after England's tie with India, Bangalore's M Chinnaswamy Stadium played host to another of one-day cricket's most dramatic encounters as Ireland produced the highest run chase ever at the World Cup.

O'Brien, a 26-year-old all-rounder who had never made a fifty in nine previous World Cup innings, turned the match on its head with a brutal display of hitting featuring 13 fours and six sixes and a partnership of 162 with Alex Cusack.


We only have ourselves to blame - Strauss
Dropped on 91 by England captain Andrew Strauss, he went on to reach his century off 50 balls, 16 fewer than the previous tournament record set by former Australia opener Matthew Hayden.

And although O'Brien was run out in the penultimate over, John Mooney was on hand to smash the first ball of the last over for four and spark delirious celebrations in the Ireland camp.

"To see any team win from that position is quite something but when they are the underdogs it is something truly special," said BBC Cricket Correspondent Jonathan Agnew on Test Match Special.

Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott added: "It's disappointing if you are an England supporter but Ireland were absolutely fantastic. Not only did O'Brien produce an incredible knock, the tail-enders held their nerve to see them home."

For England, the defeat will lead to plenty of soul-searching as they look back on another disappointing bowling and fielding display.

Even before Strauss's drop ruined the England skipper's 34th birthday celebrations, Matt Prior, James Anderson and Michael Yardy had all spilled chances that should have been taken.

FASTEST WORLD CUP CENTURIES
50 balls - K O'Brien v Eng 2011
66 balls - M Hayden v SA, 2007
67 balls - J Davison v WI, 2003
72 balls - Kapil Dev v Zim, 1983
72 balls - A Gilchrist v SL, 2007
In the batting department, England's top four laid a formidable platform but once again the middle order failed to keep up the momentum when a score in excess of 350 looked on the cards.

Despite those misgivings, few will have given Ireland a chance of chasing down 328 to win and even fewer will have been backing them after they lost a wicket from the very first ball of their reply.

Anderson - under pressure after conceding 163 runs in the first two matches - had Will Porterfield bowled off an inside edge.

The Irish made an impressive recovery and kept up with the required run rate for the first 10 overs thanks largely to some lusty blows from Paul Stirling.

The 20-year-old opener smashed five fours and a six before a top-edged pull off Tim Bresnan was well-held by Pietersen.

Niall O'Brien and Ed Joyce rode their luck in seeing Ireland to 103-2 before a devastating burst from Graeme Swann put England in total control.

O'Brien missed a slog-sweep and was bowled, Gary Wilson was trapped leg-before-wicket and Joyce was stumped for 32 to leave Ireland seemingly in tatters at 111-5.

But then came the Kevin O'Brien show as the all-rounder - whose only county cricket experience came with Nottinghamshire in 2009 - treated the crowd to a brutal display of power hitting.

His half-century off 30 balls featured successive sixes off Swann and a pull off Anderson that cleared the ropes by some distance.


Andrew Strauss's drop of Kevin O'Brien cost England dear
And it did not stop there as a ball from Bresnan was drilled over cover point for another maximum, and Anderson was heaved over long-on for the biggest six of the tournament so far as O'Brien added 30 more runs of his next nine deliveries.

At the other end, Cusack played a brilliant supporting role as Ireland started to think the unthinkable.

Cusack's run out for 47 in the 42nd over briefly gave England hope but Mooney kept the momentum going with some sensible batting.

O'Brien's dismissal brought Trent Johnston to the crease and the veteran all-rounder smashed his first ball for four to move the Irish within seven of victory, paving the way for Mooney to crack the winning runs.

Earlier, Strauss and Pietersen had made the most of some relatively tame bowling in steaming to 72-0 off 10 overs.

England lost their first wicket in the 14th over when Strauss attempted an elaborate pull off 18-year-old left-arm spinner George Dockrell but missed the ball and was bowled round his legs.

Pietersen breezed to his 21st one-day fifty before emulating his captain by succumbing to a dismissal that was entirely of his own-making.

Slightly off balance as he attempted a reverse sweep to off-spinner Stirling, he simply dabbed the ball into the air, gifting wicketkeeper Niall O'Brien the simplest of catches.

Bell made a curious start to his innings, struggling for his characteristic timing before finding the boundary with a pair of lofted drives and accelerating past 50.

Just as against India, Bell's demise came during the batting powerplay as he tried to force the pace and cracked a low full-toss to midwicket, where Stirling claimed a low diving catch to his left.

Trott, having played his normal no-frills game to reach 92, took his first risk with a wild swing at a full delivery from Mooney and was bowled.

In an untidy finish to the innings, Paul Collingwood found his range with a huge six over long-on before attempting to repeat the shot and getting caught on the boundary before Prior and Yardy both had their stumps re-arranged.

Some textbook death bowling from the Irish restricted England to 15 runs from the last three overs, with Bresnan caught in the deep off the final ball of the innings.

[mighty_tiger_79]

That is bloody unreal. I didnt think they would get close, their form hasnt been great. Well done to the Irish

i agree

i didnt think they would get close especially after Englands effort v India the other night

there will be a few Caffreys being drunk at the moment

[Brucetiki]

Way to go Ireland. Englands world cup just goes from bad to worse - scrape over the line against the Netherlands and now they've lost to Ireland. How the heck did they tie against India.

[cripple]

What a great win by the Irish. To bad they wont be at the next world cup