ICC World Cup 2011: England vs Ireland, Kevin O'Brien sinks England
Ireland made history in the world cup, beating England by three wickets in their second match of the ICC world Cup 2011. Ireland's Kevin O’Brien is the star of the Day, the Ireland batter crashed the fastest century in the history of world cup, surpassing the record of Mathew Hyden in the 2007 ICC world Cup, Kevin O’Brien Scored the stunning Century in just 50 balls with 13 fours and Six 6’s . The Irish Chase down the English score of 328/8
ICC World Cup 2011: England vs Ireland, Kevin O'Brien sinks England
Ireland made history in the world cup, beating England by three wickets in their second match of the ICC world Cup 2011. Ireland's Kevin O'Brien is the star of the Day, the Ireland batter crashed the fastest century in the history of world cup, surpassing the record of Mathew Hyden in the 2007 ICC world Cup, Kevin O'Brien Scored the stunning Century in just 50 balls with 13 fours and Six 6's . The Irish Chase down the English score of 328/8
Chasing an improbable total to achieve for the minnows like Ireland, made history by beating the English. From the start of the Ireland inning suggested that it won't Put up a fight against England, Ireland lost it first wicket in the first ball of the innings, Ireland lost its wickets in regular intervals, it lost its 5 top order batters in the span of just 115 runs in the 25 th over
Kevin O'Brien along with Cusack began the real hunt when they joined in the 6 wicket partnership, O'Brien began in from the fist ball he face, he thrashed the English bowler over the ropes, Ireland took their Third power play in the 32 over of the game, O'Brien and Cusack scored 66 of the third powerplay , bulk of the scoring by O'Brien, with 3 sixes and 7 fours in the poweplay overs.
They together added 162 runs in the 6 wicket partnership, they brought the Ireland hopes alive, Cusack left with 45 runs to get, but the flamboyant O'Brien held his nerve and played sensibly, with great support from moony nudging ones and twos, O'Brien was run out by Collingwood when the Irish score was on 317 just 12 away from history, he was out for 113 of 63 balls.
The rest was mere formality the tail enders scripted oblivious result , just 11 runs of the last 11 balls , penultimate over made them 7 runs, with just 4 runs to score of the last over DT Johnston completed the formalities in last over hitting a boundary in the first ball England v/s Ireland Score Board-England Batting
England v/s Ireland Score Board-Ireland Batting
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