Thursday, March 3, 2011

Ireland won a historical match in world cup 2011 aganist England..........



Everyone knows that  cricket is a uncertainty  game this proverb also proved in the 15th match of World cup 2011 against England vs Ireland. In the previous match of England  showed a good performance it was  a historical match in world cup cricket. Andrew Strauss made a unbitten score 158 by 148 balls but Kevin O'Brien stunned England with the fastest hundred in World Cup history as Ireland secured their greatest victory with a monumental three-wicket triumph. England won the toss and chose to bat first after England pick up 327 runs by 8 wickets it was not a easy target for Ireland but they do it. Ireland’s player  Kevin O'Brien  showed a  magical bating in the World cup history, he took a century with only 50 balls it is the  most fastest century in the world cup. Kevin O'Brien’s superb bating give Ireland a great victory against England, they are blown by the superb bating line of Ireland. O'Brien clubbed a magnificent 113 off 63 deliveries as Ireland earned the highest World Cup run-chase with four balls to spare. After he'd added a match-changing 162 with Alex Cusack, John Mooney joined him to play the innings of his life and help write another famous chapter in Irish sport.
When the partnership was broken with 55 still needed Ireland could have lost their way, especially when O'Brien couldn't get the strike back. However, after struggling to get the ball away Mooney suddenly started locating the boundary, firstly off the outside edge but then with two nerveless drives through the covers, each coming after England had strung together a few dot balls to build pressure. He was the dominant partner in the seven-wicket stand.
There was a final twist when O'Brien was run out in the penultimate over. Trent Johnston, however, drove his first ball, a full toss from Stuart Broad, for four as the equation came down to below a run-a-ball for the first time in the entire chase. The final over started with just three needed and off the second ball Mooney clipped Anderson through midwicket to set off. O'Brien's innings was breathtaking. He entered when Ed Joyce, seemingly Ireland's last chance of making the chase a contest, was stumped off Graeme Swann to leave their run-chase floundering at 106 for 4, which soon became 111 for 5 when Gary Wilson fell lbw. But O'Brien proceeded to tear the England attack apart. He showed power reminiscent of Kieron Pollard but with a calmer head and better technique, bringing up his hundred off 50 balls with a tuck for two into the leg side to beat Matthew Hayden's World Cup record of 66 deliveries.
He showed his intent early when he thumped Swann through the covers second-ball and the tucked into the off spinner’s ninth over with two sixes over midwicket. O'Brien was on 35 off 22 balls when Ireland took the batting Power play and it was during those five overs that the chance of the impossible became possible as 62 runs surged onto the total.
England captain Andrew Strauss admitted to being shocked and disappointed at his side's three-wicket defeat to Ireland in Bangalore, as Kevin O'Brien's record-breaking hundred highlighted lapses in the field and a worrying lack of penetration with the ball. Strauss backed his side to bounce back from the loss, however, and insisted "we're not out of the World Cup by any means".The inability of his bowlers to stem the flow of runs towards the end of the innings will be a particular worry for Strauss and 62 runs came from the batting Powerplay, effectively bringing Ireland back into the game. Strauss pointed out that bowlers on both sides had struggled, and would continue to do so on wickets tailored to suit batsmen.

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