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As the stewards litter pick the stands, and the players pack up, time for us to go too. A decent performance in the end by an inexperienced England side with four new caps, despite that frustrating last-wicket stand by Ireland.
Brilliant for Will Jacks and Sam Hain, who both narrowly fell short of their hundreds, though the momentum dipped towards the end of the innings. With the ball, Rehan Ahmed was the stardust – four wickets in a zipping ten over spell. As Eoin Morgan said, it was great to watch him “get a groove for the fifty over game.” Steady accuracy from Hartley, familiar speed and power from Potts and Carse, and a really brave and impressive comeback from Scrimshaw after those agonising first two overs. I liked Crawley’s comments: “You give people a chance, not everyone gets off to a flier. I know that’s the case with my career.”
For Ireland, a poor start with the ball was hard to claw back, though they gave England a scare with that last-wicket stand in the final overs. A very good day for George Dockrell.
We’ll be back for the final ODI at Bristol on Tuesday, till then – goodnight!
Paul Stirling “We didn’t really rock up for the first half hour…proud of how the lads came back. It’s our last game of the season so the energy levels should be right up [for the next match]love the fight in the second innings, just need to do that for longer periods of time. Dockrell had a great game with both bat and ball.”
Zak Crawley “I thought anything above 300 was a good score, they played well. Rehan brave with his fields. Really impressed with how Scrimshaw bounced back, you give people a chance, not everyone gets off to a flier. I know that’s the case with my career.”
Nicely done.
God that was quick, it must be cold at Trent Bridge, we’re already on to the presentations….the player of the match is Will Jacks
“We got off to a great start, once the Irish guys found their length it was much harder from there. It was nice to try and find the flow of 50 over cricket, we don’t play much, we’re learning on the job. We thought we had a really good score, we weren’t perfect but good enough.”
WICKET! Little c Carse b Scrimshaw 29 (Ireland 286 all out) England win by 48 runs!
46.4 over: Ireland 286 (Young 40) The fifty partnership comes up from 48 balls. Little flays Scrimshaw over cover for four, before finally cracking the ball to long-on. After all the early trauma, Scrimshaw finishes with three, and what was suddenly feeling like a dangerous situation turns into an easy England win.
46th over: Ireland 280-9 (Young 39, Little 25) In a day of unusual England bowling, Potts releases a wide Mr Blobby of a ball. And BANG six more by Josh Little. Ireland need 55 from 24 and er, is this possible?
45th over: Ireland 267-9 (Young 33, Little 17) This last Irish pair frustating England, who just can’t take the final wicket. Little defends away Carse’s 88mph yorker in an infuriating puff of dust.
44th over: Ireland 264-9 (Young 32, Little 17) Potts now, surely the executioner. And yet no. Scrimshaw on the rope slides inelegantly and accidentally knocks the ball over the rope.
43rd over: Ireland 257-9 (Young 31, Little 12) Carse again, fires in, walks slowly back. Ireland defend and remain. The required run-rate, in the unlikely event it should be needed, is 11.
42nd over: Ireland 246-9 (Young 27, Little 4) Little misses a reverse-sweep off Jacks, Smith whips off the bails, but he’s safe. Four from an ugly but effective whoop straight.
41st over: Ireland 245-9 (Young 27, Little 4) The game dying a slow death here, as Carse sprints in from the shade. Little, still in the sun, upper cuts him, magnificently, back over his head for four.
40th over: Ireland 241-9 (Young 27, Little 0) Eventful – a wide, a no-ball and a thud-of-the-club six from Young. Apparently this is first time any team has bowled nine no balls in an innings since Pakistan in 2016 – which actually doesn’t seem that long ago.
39th over: Ireland 231-9 (Young 18, Little 0) Excellent from Carse, fast – 89mph – and accurate. Little lucky to survive his third ball as the ball nearly rolls back into the stumps.
WICKET! McCarthy b Carse 41 (Ireland 231-9)
Neck and crop, teapot and spout. Middle stump out of the ground. Smashing little innings by McCarthy off just 38 balls.
37th over: Ireland 219-8 (McCarthy 38, Young 13) Carse is the latest to feel the thwack of McCarthy’s bat, this time through midwicket for four. An lbw appeal by Carse, captain Crawley calls for the review, but it would have missed leg stump.
36th over: Ireland 214-8 (McCarthy 33, Young 13) Scrimshaw, feet carefully lined up at the top of his mark, picks up. Risks a smile. Singles, then McCarthy muscles into a shorter one and powers it square for four.
35th over: Ireland 205-8 (McCarthy 26, Young 12) Hartley resumes, tall, slim, curate-esque. In the shady parts of the crowd, fleeces are ON.McCarthy has a dart to tje last ball but it falls short of the fielder and that’s the end of his maiden international spell, nicely tidy: 10-0-48-0.
34th over: Ireland 201-8 (McCarthy 24, Young 10) Two hundred up in decent time, but not too much to come for Ireland in the batting locker. Scimshaw paddled here and there for a handful of singles and a two. They take DRINKS.
33rd over: Ireland 195-8 (McCarthy 22, Young 6) Young doesn’t hang around, laying into Hartley and pinging him for six.
32nd over: Ireland 188-8 (McCarthy 21, Young 0) A sensationally dramatic tumble and throw by Phil Salt in the field cuts off a four, and two balls later Salt is in the action again catching Dockrell for a fine 43. Ahmed’s fourth wicket in a fabulous little spell, full of spitting googlies and cocky temptation.
WICKET! Dockrell c Salt b Ahmed 43 (Ireland 188-8)
Dockrell is tempted, goes for it, but it is the magic googly again and he fluffs the connection, hitting out just to the waiting Phil Salt. Ireland down and nearly out.
31st over: Ireland 185-7 (Dockrell 42, McCarthy 19) Hartley drags one short which is pulled to square leg by Dockrell for four. And we tick over.
30th over: Ireland 176-7 (Dockrell 35, McCarthy 17) Ahmed making it tricky for the batters to settle, mixing up the pace, in that golden hour before the sun sets, a huge diagonal shadow about to cross the pitch. I hope people have remember their gloves – it’ll be very chilly soon, if it isn’t already.
29th over: Ireland 176-7 (Dockrell 35, McCarthy 17) This time McCarthy goes one better, stepping down to Hartley and chunking it over long on for six.
28th over: Ireland 169-7 (Dockrell 34, McCarthy 11) McCarthy having a good old slog, and why not, tucks into Ahmed with two consecutive fours. Ireland might as well go for this, no point in a slow death.
27th over: Ireland 161-7 (Dockrell 34,McCarthy 3) Ireland back to just plucking singles from HArtley.
26th over: Ireland 158-7 (Dockrell 33,McCarthy 1) Beautiful bowling by Ahmed, despite being smashed for six by Dockrell first ball.
An email! “Why do you never see a bowler in no ball trouble, even as deep as Scrimshaw, just start his run, say, a foot further back. Is it because of those marks painted on the field, or would they find it too hard to bowl the right length? I’m sure in past times I’ve seen a bowler move the marker they used to use.” I’m afraid this isn’t my area of speciality Adrian Riley – but I guess it is quite an exact science so you can’t just faff about.
WICKET! Adair lbw Ahmed 12 (Ireland 157-7)
The googly again… umpires call for impact,and the review shows plumply hitting leg stump. And that’s Ahmed’s first three-wicket haul in only his ninth 50-over match.
REVIEW LBW! Adair lbw Ahmed 12
A googly, given out, but Adair calls for a replay….
25th over: Ireland 150-6 (Dockrell 26, Adair 12) Already a surprise when Hartley goes for runs, Adair doesn’t want to die quietly, slamming six over midwicket, shovelled for four more. Just escapes being caught at midwicket.
24th over: Ireland 138-6 (Dockrell 25, Adair 1) Great little ball from Ahmed, who takes the wicket in his stride, chewing his gum as he jogs down the pitch to celebrate.
WICKET! McBrine b Ahmed 4 (Ireland 137-6)
The googly! McBrine prods tentatively and the ball pitches, rips, enough, and pings into off stump.
23rd over: Ireland 136-5 (Dockrell 24, McBrine 4) Tom Hartley: to the manner born. 4-0-9-0, as the sun starts to slip towards the horizon.
22nd over: Ireland 135-5 (Dockrell 23, McBrine 4) Dockrell smacks Ahmed’s googly with a dismissive ping of the grill pan, up it goes, and over long on, where it seems to have disappeared. The umpires bring new balls out, but then the old one is found. Seven from the over
21st over: Ireland 128-5 (Dockrell 16, McBrine 4) Four dots for Mr Accuracy Hartley, and some fabulous fielding from Sam Hain stops a sweep from crossing the rope.
20th over: Ireland 124-5 (Dockrell 15, McBrine 1 ) A back-tapping victory for team Ahmed-Crawley for not pushing the field back. Some nice relay- fielding in the deep too – this young England side have been excellent in the field today.
WICKET! Tector c Jacks b Ahmed 39 (Ireland 121-5)
Ahmed asks the question, Tector goes big, and high, but not long enough as Jacks runs backwards in the bright autumn sunlight and holds on with his right hand! Temptation – so difficult to resist.
19th over: Ireland 121-4 (Tector 39, Dockrell 13) Both Hartley and Ahmed whizzing through their overs here. And just two from it.
18th over: Ireland 119-4 (Tector 38, Dockrell 12) Rehan Ahmed is bashed for two hook-a-duck fours over the top of mid-on. Will Crawley push mid-on back? No. Bazball till the end.
17th over: Ireland 109-4 (Tector 37, Dockrell 3)The tall slim Tom Hartley, another debutant, gets his chance and it passes by both parsimoniously and without incident,.
