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England vs Ireland, 28th Match, Super Eights at Providence, , Mar 30 2007 - Cricket Photos

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28th Match, Super Eights, Providence, March 30, 2007, ICC World Cup

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England

266/7

Ireland

(48.1/50 ov, T:267) 218

England won by 48 runs

Player Of The Match

Paul Collingwood

, ENG

90 (82) & 1/38

Andrew White sweeps one over Paul Nixon•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

Andrew Flintoff offers Trent Johnston a consoling pat on the back, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Andrew Flintoff offers Trent Johnston a consoling pat on the back•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

Trent Johnston lines up a cut, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Trent Johnston lines up a cut•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

Monty Panesar enjoyed his wicket of Kevin O'Brien, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Monty Panesar enjoyed his wicket of Kevin O'Brien•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

Niall O'Brien works through the on side during his half-century, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Niall O'Brien works through the on side during his half-century•Mar 30, 2007•AFP

Niall O'Brien dives full length to just beat the direct hit, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Niall O'Brien dives full length to just beat the direct hit•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

Trent Johnston does his jig after bowling Andrew Flintoff, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Trent Johnston does his jig after bowling Andrew Flintoff•Mar 30, 2007•AFP

Andrew Flintoff is bowled by Trent Johnston, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Andrew Flintoff is bowled by Trent Johnston•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

Paul Collingwood launches one of his three sixes, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Paul Collingwood launches one of his three sixes•Mar 30, 2007•AFP

Paul Collingwood cuts behind point, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Paul Collingwood cuts behind point•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell show their amusement at Michael Vaughan picking up a wicket, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell show their amusement at Michael Vaughan picking up a wicket•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

Trent Johnston lashes one through the covers, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Trent Johnston lashes one through the covers•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

Michael Vaughan enjoys a rare wicket for England, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Michael Vaughan enjoys a rare wicket for England•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

Niall O'Brien cuts hard but Ireland fell behind the required rate, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Niall O'Brien cuts hard but Ireland fell behind the required rate•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

William Porterfield pulls as he defies England's bowlers, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

William Porterfield pulls as he defies England's bowlers•Mar 30, 2007•AFP

James Anderson struck in his first over, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

James Anderson struck in his first over•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

Paul Nixon struck valuable late runs, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Paul Nixon struck valuable late runs•Mar 30, 2007•AFP

Paul Collingwood swept the Irish medium-pacers, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Paul Collingwood swept the Irish medium-pacers•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

Kyle McCallan (right) congratulates William Porterfield on taking the catch to dismiss Kevin Pietersen, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Kyle McCallan (right) congratulates William Porterfield on taking the catch to dismiss Kevin Pietersen•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

Andrew Flintoff finally spent some time in the middle, England v Ireland, Super Eights, Guyana, March 30, 2007

Andrew Flintoff finally spent some time in the middle•Mar 30, 2007•Getty Images

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Johnston wants a lift but enjoys the party

Twenty-five percent more from his team, and this game might just have gone the other way, suggested Trent Johnston after what might be called Ireland's impressive loss against England at Guyana's National Stadium

Outstanding Collingwood keeps England in the hunt

For Ireland, the Cinderella story continues despite this defeat, while England will once again look back ruefully at their failure to demolish opposition supposedly there for the taking

High Rankin no minnow

It was meant to be England v Pakistan today at Providence, so the sight of a formidable fast bowler in green first thing in the morning was in a way fitting. The bowler was a 22-year-old farmer called Boyd Rankin

England's tentative top order remains a worry

The defensive approach by England's top order against the good-length deliveries could hurt them against better teams

Auld enemies and the pluck of the Irish

Dileep Premachandran picks out the Plays of the Day as England beat Ireland by 48 runs at Guyana

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England needed to beat Ireland convincingly

Ireland Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
WTS Porterfield	caught	31	68
JP Bray	caught	0	1
EJG Morgan	run out	2	7
NJ O'Brien	stumped	63	88
AC Botha	caught	18	39
KJ O'Brien	lbw	12	19
DT Johnston	bowled	27	21
AR White	caught	38	35
WK McCallan	bowled	5	6
D Langford-Smith	lbw	1	2
WB Rankin	not out	4	8
Extras	(lb 3, nb 5, w 9)
Total	218(10 wkts; 48.1 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	7	1	35	1	5
SI Mahmood	8	2	34	0	4.25 (1 nb)
A Flintoff	8.1	1	43	4	5.26 (4 nb)
PD Collingwood	6	0	38	1	6.33
MS Panesar	10	1	31	2	3.1
MP Vaughan	9	0	34	1	3.77

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	6	Jeremy Bray	William Porterfield
2nd	5	Eoin Morgan	William Porterfield
3rd	61	Niall O'Brien	William Porterfield
4th	44	Andre Botha	Niall O'Brien
5th	23	Niall O'Brien	Kevin O'Brien
6th	0	Trent Johnston	Niall O'Brien
7th	58	Trent Johnston	Andrew White
8th	12	Kyle McCallan	Andrew White
9th	1	Kyle McCallan	Dave Langford-Smith
10th	8	Kyle McCallan	Boyd Rankin

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ICC World Cup

Super Eights

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	7	7	0	14	2.400
SL	7	5	2	10	1.483
NZ	7	5	2	10	0.253
SA	7	4	3	8	0.313
ENG	7	3	4	6	-0.394
WI	7	2	5	4	-0.566
BAN	7	1	6	2	-1.514
IRE	7	1	6	2	-1.730

Group A

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	3	3	0	6	3.433
SA	3	2	1	4	2.403
NED	3	1	2	2	-2.527
SCOT	3	0	3	0	-3.793

Group B

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SL	3	3	0	6	3.493
BAN	3	2	1	4	-1.523
IND	3	1	2	2	1.206
BER	3	0	3	0	-4.345

Group C

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
NZ	3	3	0	6	2.138
ENG	3	2	1	4	0.418
KENYA	3	1	2	2	-1.194
CAN	3	0	3	0	-1.389

Group D

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
WI	3	3	0	6	0.764
IRE	3	1	1	3	-0.092
PAK	3	1	2	2	0.089
ZIM	3	0	2	1	-0.886

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