ICC Cricket World Cup 2011-England Vs. Ireland

Match: WC match 15
Venue: Bangalore | Date: March 2, 2011
Toss: England elected to bat

Coverage: World Cup 2011

Result: Ireland won by 3 wickets

Man of the match: K Brien

England Innings	327-8 (50)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
*A Strauss	b Dockrell	34	37	2	1	91.89
K Pietersen	c N Brien b Stirling	59	50	7	2	118
J Trott	b Mooney	92	92	9	0	100
I Bell	c Stirling b Mooney	81	86	6	1	94.19
P Collingwood	c K Brien b Mooney	16	11	0	1	145.45
M Prior	b Johnston	6	5	1	0	120
T Bresnan	c Johnston b Mooney	4	8	0	0	50
M Yardy	b Johnston	3	6	0	0	50
G Swann	not out	9	5	1	0	180
S Broad
J Anderson

Extras: 23 b:1 lb:2 nb:0 w:20

Total: 327-8 (50) | Curr. RR: 6.54

FOW:*A Strauss (91-1, 13.3), K Pietersen (111-2, 17), I Bell (278-3, 43), J Trott (288-4, 44.3), M Prior (299-5, 46), P Collingwood (312-6, 47), M Yardy (317-7, 48.3), T Bresnan (327-8, 50)

Ireland	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
B Rankin	7	0	51	0	0	4	7.29
T Johnston	10	0	58	2	0	0	5.8
A Cusack	4	0	39	0	0	1	9.75
G Dockrell	10	0	68	1	0	5	6.8
J Mooney	9	0	63	4	0	1	7
P Stirling	10	0	45	1	0	0	4.5

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Ireland Innings	329-7 (49.1)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
*W Porterfield	b Anderson	0	1	0	0	0
P Stirling	c Pietersen b Bresnan	32	28	5	1	114.29
E Joyce	st Prior b Swann	32	61	3	0	52.46
N Brien	b Swann	29	36	2	1	80.56
G Wilson	lbw b Swann	3	14	0	0	21.43
K Brien	run out (Bell)	113	63	13	6	179.37
A Cusack	run out (Collingwood)	47	58	3	1	81.03
J Mooney	not out	33	30	6	0	110
T Johnston	not out	7	4	1	0	175
G Dockrell
B Rankin

Extras: 33 b:5 lb:16 nb:0 w:12

Total: 329-7 (49.1) | Curr. RR: 6.69

FOW:*W Porterfield (0-1, 0.1), P Stirling (62-2, 9.5), N Brien (103-3, 20.2), E Joyce (106-4, 22.2), G Wilson (111-5, 24.2), A Cusack (273-6, 41.3), K Brien (317-7, 48.1)

England	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
J Anderson	8.1	1	49	1	0	1	6
S Broad	9	0	73	0	0	2	8.11
T Bresnan	10	0	64	1	0	2	6.4
M Yardy	7	0	49	0	0	2	7
G Swann	10	0	47	3	0	0	4.7
P Collingwood	5	0	26	0	0	0	5.2
I Bell
*A Strauss
K Pietersen
J Trott
M Prior

Sri Lanka thrash hapless Kenya

Colombo: Needing 143 to win, Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga came out all guns blazing against a harmless Kenyan bowling attack in the Group A encounter here on Wednesday.

Earlier, fast bowler Lasith Malinga celebrated his debut at the 2011 World Cup by taking a career best 6-38, including a hat-trick, as Sri Lanka bowled out Kenya for 142 on Tuesday.

Malinga showed no signs of the back strain which had prevented him from competing in Sri Lanka's first two games in Group A.

He trapped Tanmay Mishra leg before wicket off the last delivery of his seventh over and then clean bowled Peter Ongondo and Shem Ngoche off successive deliveries in his next.

Malinga claimed his fourth wicket in six deliveries when he had last man Elijath Otieno also clean bowled.

Brother Collins Obuya (52) and David Obuya (51) struck half centuries and added 94-runs for the third wicket, but the rest of the batting crumbled against Malinga's pace after Kenyan captain Jimmy Kamande won the toss and elected to bat.