England vs Ireland, 2nd ODI at London, , May 07 2017 - Match Result

RESULT
2nd ODI, Lord's, May 07, 2017, Ireland tour of England
PrevNext
328/6
(46.1/50 ov, T:329) 243

England won by 85 runs

Player Of The Match
73 (73) & 3/52
joe-root
Match centre 
Scores: M Venkat Raghav | Comms: Andrew McGlashan
Scorecard summary
England 328/6(50 overs)
76 (79)
2/61 (10)
73 (73)
2/69 (10)
Ireland 243/10(46.1 overs)

England win by 85 runs and take this short series 2-0, as was expected. Two very efficient victories although they had to dig a little deeper at stages today. It was an improved display from Ireland with bat, ball and in the field even if a gulf still remained. England's innings was set up by Morgan and Root then finished off by Bairstow and Rashid. Ireland made a flyer with the bat before Jake Ball and Liam Plunkett slowed them, followed by Root's career-best with the ball. England's players (most of them) now head back to the Royal London Cup for a few days - Morgan and Billings back to the IPL - then they have a training camp in Spain ahead of the three-match series against South Africa. Their Champions Trophy campaign begins on June 1. For Ireland, it's back home for an important triangular series involving New Zealand and Bangladesh. A chance for more top-level cricket. Will Ireland's selectors decide to look at some new faces? I'll bring you the presentation shortly.

William Porterfield "I thought we were much improved today. We put a lot of things right. We kept going even through that big partnership. With the bat, just a couple of wickets behind the game. Lot of credit Barry McCarthy for coming in for a big game. We did a lot of hard work, not making easy for anyone to start, but credit to Bairstow and Rashid at the end. But lads put their hand up. After Friday it would have been easy to hide away, but we took a step forward. Even when we were six down."

Eoin Morgan "Today presented different challenges, cloud cover this morning and the openers did really well. We should have been more clinical, one of us should have got a big score, but Jonny and Adil led us home really well. [Jonny] is another selection headache, but it's a great position to be in. The quality of cricket coming up is extremely good and that's what we want. Great to see Woody back, getting more overs under his belt."

The Man of the Match is Joe Root. "If we've got guys who can bowl a few overs then it's great. Nice to be able to do that in last few days. It's been nice to get a few runs, a good stepping stone towards the Champions Trophy. The South Africa series will be really good for us to be under some pressure."

That just about wraps things up for today. A gentle start for England to their season. Here's Andrew Miller's report. We'll be back for the series against South Africa, while we will also have coverage of the tri-series from Ireland. For now, though, from Andrew McGlashan and Alan Gardner it's goodbye and thanks for joining us.

46.1
W
Wood to Dockrell, OUT

all over! That's a convincing way to end things as Wood spears a pinpoint yorker through Dockrell

George Dockrell b Wood 28 (30b 2x4 1x6 56m) SR: 93.33
end of over 468 runs
IRE: 243/9CRR: 5.28 RRR: 21.50
Peter Chase6 (11b 1x4)
George Dockrell28 (29b 2x4 1x6)
Liam Plunkett 8-0-23-3
Mark Wood 8-0-38-1
45.6
Plunkett to Chase, no run

spoons this just wide of Plunkett in his follow through

45.5
1
Plunkett to Dockrell, 1 run

a short ball, he pulls one bounce to deep square leg

45.4
1
Plunkett to Chase, 1 run

gets bat on another full, straight delivery and squirts it down to third man

45.3
Plunkett to Chase, no run

gets the yorker in, dug out to the off side

45.2
4
Plunkett to Chase, FOUR runs

wide outside off, takes a thick edge and Rashid at third man can't cut it off

45.2
1w
Plunkett to Chase, 1 wide

a bouncer that is just a little too far down the leg side

45.1
1
Plunkett to Dockrell, 1 run

moves well outside leg and clubs this down to long-off

end of over 453 runs
IRE: 235/9CRR: 5.22 RRR: 18.80
Peter Chase1 (7b)
George Dockrell26 (27b 2x4 1x6)
Mark Wood 8-0-38-1
Liam Plunkett 7-0-15-3
44.6
Wood to Chase, no run

skims past off stump with a yorker that's just a touch wide as Chase leaves his stumps exposed

44.5
1
Wood to Dockrell, 1 run

a shorter delivery, he gets a bottom edge as he works into the leg side...a new ODI best for Dockrell

44.4
1
Wood to Chase, 1 run

full and straight, driven to backward point

44.3
Wood to Chase, no run

this is through him for pace at 88mph, beats the inside edge and leg stump. Clips the back pad

44.2
1
Wood to Dockrell, 1 run

flicked from outside off into the leg side

44.1
Wood to Dockrell, no run

length ball at off stump, 89mph, defended

end of over 441 run • 1 wicket
IRE: 232/9CRR: 5.27 RRR: 16.16
Peter Chase0 (4b)
George Dockrell24 (24b 2x4 1x6)
Liam Plunkett 7-0-15-3
Mark Wood 7-0-35-1
43.6
Plunkett to Chase, no run

tries for the yorker, comes out a low full toss which is pushed to cover

43.5
Plunkett to Chase, no run

back of a length and quite sharp, skims past the outside edge

43.4
Plunkett to Chase, no run

pushed into the covers

43.3
Plunkett to Chase, no run

beats the drive with a full delivery outside off

43.2
1
Plunkett to Dockrell, 1 run

moves outside leg stump and steers a back-of-a-length delivery to point

Plunkett has been outstanding today. Chance of a career-best

43.1
W
Plunkett to Murtagh, OUT

spoons a simple catch to backward point, a third catch for Ball. Shimmying to the leg side, then plinks it off the toe of the bat, looping comfortable to the man inside the ring

Tim Murtagh c Ball b Plunkett 2 (4b 0x4 0x6 8m) SR: 50
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
WTS Porterfield
82 runs (83)
6 fours1 six
Productive shot
cover drive
23 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
87%
EJG Morgan
76 runs (79)
5 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
off drive
16 runs
2 fours1 six
Control
93%
Best performances - bowlers
LE Plunkett
O
8
M
0
R
23
W
3
ECO
2.87
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
JE Root
O
10
M
0
R
52
W
3
ECO
5.2
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
2W
Match details
Lord's, London
TossIreland, elected to field first
Series
Season2017
Player Of The Match
Series resultEngland won the 2-match series 2-0
Match numberODI no. 3865
Hours of play (local time)11.00 start, First Session 11.00-14.30 Interval 14.30-15.15, Second Session 15.15-18.45
Match days7 May 2017 - day (50-over match)
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