Biggest upset: Ireland crush England
Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien, who plays his cricket for the Railway Union Club, on Wednesday stood head and shoulders above some of the sport’s greatest names after guiding his country to one of the biggest World Cup shocks with victory over the old enemy England.
England innings
A. Strauss b Dockrell 34
K. Pietersen c N. O'Brien b Stirling 59
J. Trott b Mooney 92
I. Bell c Stirling b Mooney 81
P. Collingwood c K. O'Brien b Mooney 16
M. Prior b Johnston 6
T. Bresnan c Johnston b Mooney 4
M. Yardy b Johnston 3
G. Swann not out 9
Extras: (b-1 lb-2 w-20) 23
Total: (for eight wickets; 50 overs ) 327
Did not bat: S. Broad, J. Anderson.
Fall of wickets: 1-91 2-111 3-278 4-288 5-299 6-312 7-317
8-327
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 innings
W. Porterfield b Anderson 0
P. Stirling c Pietersen b Bresnan 32
E. Joyce st Prior b Swann 32
N. O'Brien b Swann 29
G. Wilson lbw b Swann 3
K. O'Brien run out 113
A. Cusack run out 47
J. Mooney not out 33
D. Johnston not out 7
Extras (b 5 lb 16 w 12) 33
Total (for seven wickets; 49.1 overs) 329
Did not bat: G. Dockrell, B. Rankin
Fall of wickets: 1-0 2-62 3-103 4-106 5-111 6-273 7-317
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
England won the toss and elected to bat.
Result: Ireland won by three wickets
World Cup results, standings, fixtures
Results, standings and fixtures in the 2011 World Cup (times in GMT; top four in each group qualify for quarter-finals):
Wednesday
Group B
Standings (played, won, lost, tied, no result, points, net run rate)
Group A
Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 0 4 +2.663
Pakistan 2 2 0 0 0 4 +2.160
Australia 2 2 0 0 0 4 +1.813
New Zealand 2 1 1 0 0 2 +1.507
Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0 0 2 +0.840
Canada 2 0 2 0 0 0 -3.850
Kenya 3 0 3 0 0 0 -4.825
Group B
India 2 1 0 1 0 3 +0.870
England 3 1 1 1 0 3 +0.035
West Indies 2 1 1 0 0 2 +1.879
South Africa 1 1 0 0 0 2 +0.766
Ireland 2 1 1 0 0 2 -0.207
Bangladesh 2 1 1 0 0 2 -0.600
Netherlands 2 0 2 0 0 0 -2.275
Still to play:
Mar 3 : South Africa v Netherlands, Mohali (0400)
Mar 3 : Pakistan v Canada, Colombo (0900)
Mar 4 : Bangladesh v West Indies, Dhaka (0830)
Mar 4 : New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Ahmedabad (0400)
Mar 5 : Sri Lanka v Australia, Colombo (0900)
Mar 6 : England v South Africa, Chennai (0400)
Mar 6 : India v Ireland, Bangalore (0900)
Mar 7 : Kenya v Canada, New Delhi (0900)
Mar 8 : Pakistan v New Zealand, Pallekele (0900)
Mar 9 : India v Netherlands, New Delhi (0900)
Mar 10: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, Pallekele (0900)
Mar 11: West Indies v Ireland, Mohali (0400)
Mar 11: Bangladesh v England, Chittagong (0830)
Mar 12: India v South Africa, Nagpur (0900)
Mar 13: New Zealand v Canada, Mumbai (0400)
Mar 13: Australia v Kenya, Bangalore (0900)
Mar 14: Bangladesh v Netherlands, Chittagong (0330)
Mar 14: Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Pallekele (0900)
Mar 15: South Africa v Ireland, Kolkata (0900)
Mar 16: Australia v Canada, Bangalore (0900)
Mar 17: England v West Indies, Chennai (0900)
Mar 18: Ireland v Netherlands, Kolkata (0400)
Mar 18: Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Mumbai (0900)
Mar 19: Bangladesh v South Africa, Dhaka (0330)
Mar 19: Australia v Pakistan, Colombo (0900)
Mar 20: Zimbabwe v Kenya, Kolkata (0400)
Mar 20: India v West Indies, Chennai (0900)
Mar 23: First quarter-final, A1 v B4, Dhaka (0830)
Mar 24: Second quarter-final, A2 v B3, Ahmedabad (0900)
Mar 25: Third quarter-final, A3 v B2, Dhaka (0830)
Mar 26: Fourth quarter-final, A4 v B1, Colombo (0900)
Mar 29: First semi-final, Colombo (0900)
Mar 30: Second semi-final, Mohali (0900)
Apr 2 : Final, Mumbai (0900)