2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Ireland
{{date|March 30, 2007}}

[[w:England cricket team|England]] beat [[w:Ireland cricket team|Ireland]] by 48 runs in the Super 8 phase of the [[w:2007 Cricket World Cup|World Cup]] at the [[w:Providence Stadium|Providence Stadium]], [[w:Georgetown|Georgetown]], [[w:Guyana|Guyana]].

This is both teams first game in this phase, and both begin the stage without any points, having both lost to their fellow group qualifiers - New Zealand and West Indies, respectively.

'''Toss: '''England won, and elected to bat first.

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{{Cricket match box end}}

'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-6 (Joyce, 1.1 ov), 2-23 (Vaughan, 5.2 ov), 3-89 (Bell, 21.2 ov), 4-113 (Pietersen, 26.3 ov), 5-194 (Flintoff, 43.3 ov), 6-245 (Nixon, 48.2 ov), 7-258 (Collingwood, 49.3 ov)

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{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Boyd Rankin|Boyd Rankin]]|overs=7|maiden=1|runs=28|wickets=2|econ=4.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Trent Johnston|Trent Johnston]]|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=70|wickets=1|econ=7.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Andre Botha (cricketer)|Andre Botha]]|overs=10|maiden=1|runs=56|wickets=1|econ=5.60}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Kevin O'Brien (cricketer)|Kevin O'Brien]]|overs=4|maiden=0|runs=26|wickets=1|econ=6.50}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Kyle McCallan|Kyle McCallan]]|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=38|wickets=1|econ=3.80}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Andrew White (cricketer)|Andrew White]]|overs=2|maiden=0|runs=8|wickets=0|econ=4.00}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

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{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Niall O'Brien (cricketer)|Niall O'Brien]]|status=st Nixon b Vaughan|runs=63|balls=88|4s=4|6s=0|strike_rate=71.59}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Andre Botha (cricketer)|Andre Botha]]|status=c Flintoff b Panesar|runs=18|balls=39|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=46.15}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Kevin O'Brien (cricketer)|Kevin O'Brien]]|status=lbw b Panesar|runs=12|balls=19|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=63.15}}
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{{Cricket match box end}}

<b>Fall of wickets:</b> 1-6 (Bray, 0.5 ov), 2-11 (Morgan, 3.4 ov), 3-72 (Porterfield, 18.5 ov), 4-116 (Botha, 29.5 ov), 5-139 (KJ O'Brien, 35.6 ov), 6-139 (NJ O'Brien, 36.2 ov), 7-197 (Johnston, 44.5 ov), 8-209 (White, 45.5 ov), 9-210 (Langford-Smith, 46.1 ov), 10-218 (McCallan, 48.1 ov)

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{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Sajid Mahmood|Sajid Mahmood]]|overs=8|maiden=2|runs=34|wickets=0|econ=4.25}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Andrew Flintoff|Andrew Flintoff]]|overs=8.1|maiden=1|runs=43|wickets=4|econ=5.26}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Paul Collingwood|Paul Collingwood]]|overs=6|maiden=0|runs=38|wickets=1|econ=6.33}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Monty Panesar|Monty Panesar]]|overs=10|maiden=1|runs=31|wickets=2|econ=3.10}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Michael Vaughan|Michael Vaughan]]|overs=9|maiden=0|runs=34|wickets=1|econ=3.77}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

'''England:''' [[w:Ed Joyce|E C Joyce]], [[w:Michael Vaughan|M P Vaughan]] (capt), [[w:Ian Bell (cricketer)|I R Bell]], [[w:Kevin Pietersen|K P Pietersen]], [[w:Andrew Flintoff|A Flintoff]], [[w:Paul Collingwood|P D Collingwood]], [[w:Ravinder Bopara|R S Bopara]], [[w:Paul Nixon|P A Nixon]] (wkt), [[w:Sajid Mahmood|S I Mahmood]], [[w:James Anderson (cricketer)|J M Anderson]], [[w:Monty Panesar|M S Panesar]] <br>
'''Ireland:''' [[w:William Porterfield|W T S Porterfield]], [[w:Jeremy Bray (cricketer)|J P Bray]], [[w:Eoin Morgan|E J G Morgan]], [[w:Niall O'Brien (cricketer)|N J O'Brien]] (wkt), [[w:Andre Botha (cricketer)|A C Botha]], [[w:Kevin O'Brien (cricketer)|K J O'Brien]], [[w:Trent Johnston|D T Johnston]] (capt), [[w:Kyle McCallan|W K McCallan]],  [[w:Andrew White (cricketer)|A R White]], [[w:Dave Langford-Smith|D Langford-Smith]], [[w:Boyd Rankin|W B Rankin]]

Player of the match: [[w:Paul Collingwood|P D Collingwood]] (England)

Umpires: [[w:Billy Doctrove|B R Doctrove]] (West Indies) and [[w:Simon Taufel|S J A Taufel]] (Australia) <br>
TV umpire: [[w:Daryl Harper|D J Harper]] (Australia) <br>
Match referee: [[w:Ranjan Madugalle|R S Madugalle]] (Sri Lanka) <br>
Reserve umpire: [[w:Steve Bucknor|S A Bucknor]] (West Indies)<br>

== Sources ==
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[[Category:West Indies]]
[[Category:England]]
[[Category:Ireland]]
[[Category:Cricket]]
[[Category:2007 Cricket World Cup]]
England beat Ireland by 48 runs in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana.

This is both teams first game in this phase, and both begin the stage without any points, having both lost to their fellow group qualifiers - New Zealand and West Indies, respectively.

'Toss: 'England won, and elected to bat first.

'Fall of wickets:' 1-6 (Joyce, 1.1 ov), 2-23 (Vaughan, 5.2 ov), 3-89 (Bell, 21.2 ov), 4-113 (Pietersen, 26.3 ov), 5-194 (Flintoff, 43.3 ov), 6-245 (Nixon, 48.2 ov), 7-258 (Collingwood, 49.3 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Bray, 0.5 ov), 2-11 (Morgan, 3.4 ov), 3-72 (Porterfield, 18.5 ov), 4-116 (Botha, 29.5 ov), 5-139 (KJ O'Brien, 35.6 ov), 6-139 (NJ O'Brien, 36.2 ov), 7-197 (Johnston, 44.5 ov), 8-209 (White, 45.5 ov), 9-210 (Langford-Smith, 46.1 ov), 10-218 (McCallan, 48.1 ov)


'England:' E C Joyce, M P Vaughan (capt), I R Bell, K P Pietersen, A Flintoff, P D Collingwood, R S Bopara, P A Nixon (wkt), S I Mahmood, J M Anderson, M S Panesar 
'Ireland:' W T S Porterfield, J P Bray, E J G Morgan, N J O'Brien (wkt), A C Botha, K J O'Brien, D T Johnston (capt), W K McCallan,  A R White, D Langford-Smith, W B Rankin

Player of the match: P D Collingwood (England)

Umpires: B R Doctrove (West Indies) and S J A Taufel (Australia) 
TV umpire: D J Harper (Australia) 
Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka) 
Reserve umpire: S A Bucknor (West Indies)
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