A fairly comfortable win for England, but they were made to work hard by a determined Irish side. England's bowlers lost their way in the middle of the innings, and had it not been for Paul Collingwood's late onslaught then it would have been a much tighter match - at 40 overs the two teams' scores were almost neck-to-neck, but England, crucially had wickets in hand and heaps more experience. A good contest and Ireland showed doubters that they are worth their place in the Super Eights.

That's it from us this afternoon. Tomorrow it's another of the surprise packages, Bangladesh, against Australia. Will it be Cardiff 2005 all over again? From Martin Williamson and Will Luke, it's goodbye.

48.1

Flintoff to McCallan, OUT

another well-directed yorker, through a indecisive swish, and the leg stump is sent spinning

Kyle McCallan b Flintoff 5 (6b 0x4 0x6 16m) SR: 83.33

Over48

3 runs

IRE 218/9CRR: 4.54 RRR: 24.50

Kyle McCallan 5 (5b)Boyd Rankin 4 (8b)

Sajid Mahmood0/34 (8)

The last rites being played out now, the crowd are quiet and it's all unsurprisingly subdued.

47.6

Mahmood to McCallan, 1 run

into the off side for a strolled single

47.5

Mahmood to Rankin, 1 run

steered to point where Vaughan misfields

47.4

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Mahmood to Rankin, no run

Rankin moves towards leg stump and misses outside off

47.3

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Mahmood to Rankin, no run

outside off, misses with an attempted prod

47.2

Mahmood to McCallan, 1 run

steered to point for a quick single, and had the throw at the bowler's end hit, then the batsman, who was ambling, would have gone

47.1

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Mahmood to McCallan, no run

onto the front foot and played to cover

Over47

5 runs, 1 wicket

IRE 215/9CRR: 4.57 RRR: 17.33

Boyd Rankin 3 (5b)Kyle McCallan 3 (2b)

Andrew Flintoff3/43 (8)

46.6

Flintoff to Rankin, 2 runs

a step to leg and pushed to the man in the deep in the covers

46.5

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Flintoff to Rankin, no run

full toss, a thick edge flies to the left of Nixon and he is down and across quickly to gather one handed. A good stop made to look easy

46.4

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Flintoff to Rankin, no run

beats him outside off, but this time not near the edge

46.3

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Flintoff to Rankin, no run

outside off stump, a bit of a push, Nixon and Flintoff both go up for the catch but Billy Doctrove remains unphased

46.3

2nb

Flintoff to McCallan, (no ball) 1 run

again full - Flintoff has a rhythm now - and a single to the off

46.2

Flintoff to Rankin, 1 run

full, jammed into the off side for a quick single

46.1

Flintoff to D Langford-Smith, OUT

super yorker-length delivery, the bat comes down just in time and the ball squirts away fine on the off side ... Flintoff and Nixon appeal and the umpire gives it out. I would like to see that again ... well, the replay looks for all the world that the ball came off the outside edge, but perhaps there was boot first ... all a bit incolnclusive

Dave Langford-Smith lbw b Flintoff 1 (2b 0x4 0x6 1m) SR: 50

Over46

11 runs, 1 wicket

IRE 210/8CRR: 4.56 RRR: 14.25

Dave Langford-Smith 1 (1b)Kyle McCallan 2 (1b)

Paul Collingwood1/38 (6)

45.6

PD Collingwood to D Langford-Smith, 1 run

tipped into the off side, he pinches the strike

Lovely little cameo from White. England are almost there now ...

45.5

PD Collingwood to White, OUT

White tries to paddle the ball round to leg, Collingwood bowls wide outside off stump and there is no way the batsman can scoop it round from there, it lobs off the face of the bat high into the air and Nixon runs ten yards back to take the simplest of catches

Andrew White c †Nixon b Collingwood 38 (35b 4x4 0x6 39m) SR: 108.57

45.4

PD Collingwood to White, 2 runs

slower ball, White leans back and hammers that into the leg side, long-on has to run 30 yards to his right to field five yards in from the rope

45.3

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PD Collingwood to White, no run

Collingwood goers wide again, White misses but that should be a wide if there is consistency

45.2

PD Collingwood to White, FOUR runs

far too wide, White swishes and a thick edge scurries along the ground for four, too fine for the man at wide third man

45.1

PD Collingwood to White, FOUR runs

leg stumpish, swung high over square leg. Collingwood was fooled by White's first movement, which was to leg, and he then shuffled to the off

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