04/08Result
3rd ODI (D/N), Ireland tour of England at Southampton, Aug 4 2020
Ireland won by 7 wkts (1b rem)
Player of the Match
Paul Stirling
Paul StirlingIreland
04/08Result
3rd ODI (D/N), Ireland tour of England at Southampton, Aug 4 2020
Ireland won by 7 wkts (1b rem)
Player of the Match
Paul Stirling
Paul StirlingIreland

5.57pm Interesting news from the England camp. Eoin Morgan felt tightness in his groin while batting in the first innings and he won't field. Moeen Ali will captain. Liam Livingstone sub fielder.

And in case you're looking forward to tomorrow's Test already, here's the preview from Danyal Rasool. Aren't you looking forward to Babar Azam v Broad?

5.43pm Before anything else, Matt reminds me Ireland need 329 - the same score they managed on that famous night in Bangalore. Phew, quite a few twists and turns there, but England the happier side eventually despite being 216 for 7 at one point after a stutter. Ireland were bowling first for the first time this series and did well with a couple of quick wickets before Eoin Morgan promoted himself to No. 4 for a swashbuckling 78-ball century with some spectacular pulls and cracking drives. But once he fell in the 27th over, Ireland bounced back with a few quick wickets before the lower order rescued England, led by David Willey and Tom Curran. Ireland's freebies towards the end didn't help and they have a pretty task at hand. Alan will kick off the chase while I get the last slip of pizza on my plate...

Yash Hirani: "Will Ireland chase this down or not? Only depends on one guy, Paul Stirling. He goes berserk, chase done in 45 overs, he gets out early... Ireland manage 225..." Pretty precise there

Rajiv S: "Curran's again not out... His ODI batting average is 47.2"

49.5
W
Little to Mahmood, OUT, and that's it, Mahmood goes for a big swing only to manage a leading edge to hand a simple, high catch to mid-off

S Mahmood c Balbirnie b Little 12 (22m 15b 1x4 0x6) SR: 80.00

49.4
1lb
Little to Curran, 1 leg bye, tries to whip this one to leg after moving to off again, but manages a leg bye
49.3
0
Little to Curran, no run, moves across to off yet again, and smart bowling there from Little. Wide and just short of yorker length which Curran can't connect with
49.2
0
Little to Curran, no run, too full and wide outside off, Curran goes after it and Ireland want to review this for caught behind! Not out, there's absolutely nothing there as Curran moves to off and goes down on a knee to drive, but no connection at all
49.1
2
Little to Curran, 2 runs, he does go wide and full but Curran walks to the off side as well to swing to leg but manages a thick edge towards deep point and returns for two

"Wide yorker plan here," Matt tells me. Let's see now, here's Little

END OF OVER:
49 | 7 Runs | ENG: 325/9 | RR: 6.63

  • Saqib Mahmood12 (14b)
  • Tom Curran36 (50b)
  • Craig Young10-1-53-3
  • Josh Little8-0-60-1
48.6
0
Young to Mahmood, no run, defends the length ball outside off and gets an inside edge to leg
48.5
1
Young to Curran, 1 run, outside off, lack of pace, he waits and taps it to third man for one

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Ireland 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st50PR StirlingGJ Delany
2nd214A BalbirniePR Stirling
3rd15A BalbirnieHT Tector
4th50KJ O'BrienHT Tector