another well-directed yorker, through a indecisive swish, and the leg stump is sent spinning
England vs Ireland, 28th Match, Super Eights at Providence, Mar 30 2007 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
28th Match, Super Eights, Providence, March 30, 2007, ICC World Cup
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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
W
Flintoff to McCallan, OUT
Kyle McCallan b Flintoff 5 (6b 0x4 0x6 16m) SR: 83.33
end of over 483 runs
IRE: 218/9CRR: 4.54 • RRR: 24.50
Kyle McCallan5 (5b)
Boyd Rankin4 (8b)
Sajid Mahmood 8-2-34-0
Andrew Flintoff 8-1-43-3
The last rites being played out now, the crowd are quiet and it's all unsurprisingly subdued.
47.6
1
Mahmood to McCallan, 1 run
into the off side for a strolled single
47.5
1
Mahmood to Rankin, 1 run
steered to point where Vaughan misfields
47.4
•
Mahmood to Rankin, no run
Rankin moves towards leg stump and misses outside off
47.3
•
Mahmood to Rankin, no run
outside off, misses with an attempted prod
47.2
1
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
•
Mahmood to McCallan, no run
onto the front foot and played to cover
end of over 475 runs • 1 wicket
IRE: 215/9CRR: 4.57 • RRR: 17.33
Boyd Rankin3 (5b)
Kyle McCallan3 (2b)
Andrew Flintoff 8-1-43-3
Paul Collingwood 6-0-38-1
46.6
2
Flintoff to Rankin, 2 runs
a step to leg and pushed to the man in the deep in the covers
46.5
•
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
•
Flintoff to Rankin, no run
beats him outside off, but this time not near the edge
46.3
•
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
1
Flintoff to Rankin, 1 run
full, jammed into the off side for a quick single
46.1
W
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
end of over 4611 runs • 1 wicket
IRE: 210/8CRR: 4.56 • RRR: 14.25
Dave Langford-Smith1 (1b)
Kyle McCallan2 (1b)
Paul Collingwood 6-0-38-1
Andrew Flintoff 7-1-38-2
45.6
1
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
W
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
2
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
•
PD Collingwood to White, no run
Collingwood goers wide again, White misses but that should be a wide if there is consistency
45.2
4
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
4
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