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Eng vs IRE | IRE won by 3 wkts | Kevin O'Brien (113 off 63) reached the fastest hundred in WCs

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Eng 327/8(50) | IRE 329/7(49.1)
IRE won by 3 wkts

Ireland snatched victory against England held successfully track a target of 328.

Kevin O'Brien is the man of the match

Kevin O'Brien: Not able to believe it, I am quite speechless. I got a bit of luck and things went my way. If we would have gotten out soon, it would have been a boring game for the supporters and so I decided to chance my arm, it paid off. Mooney contributed both with the bat and the ball, he deserves some credit.

Porterfield: It was the happiest day of our lives, the best performance we put in place. We believed in ourselves, Kevin O'Brien was brilliant. We knew that we can win, we believed in ourselves. Cusack and Mooney and also provided credit to the guys for their effort. We still have four games to play, hoping to repeat this performance and remain competitive.

Andrew Strauss: We thought we had done a reasonable job with the bat and with the first ball. We did not expect a bunch of Kevin O'Brien. WC dreams are not yet complete, we must put things quickly. Kevin O'Brien has played really well and took advantage of power play. They deserve the victory, we can not do much, but to lick our wounds. We have a few niggles, PK and Swann hurts me today, we hope that will be installed for the next game.

Cusack: Feeling on top of the world, decided singles around and chasing bad balls. Kevin did all the big hits and all I had to do was rotate the strike. We are certainly in favor of the party.

England has done it again a level of how the game can be that the tables are turned against them in the same field who won a moral victory total pursues a similar few days back. Ireland held their nerve to record a famous victory and superlatives continue to flow when we remember that game in the future. For now we can only hope for victory to sink in as we bring brief presentations.

Enter O'Brien, who was unstoppable from the moment he entered and ably assisted by John Cusack. Together they set foot happy from 162 to around ten. None of the English bowlers had the answers and finally the points they needed through the limits of enforcement. O'Brien landed right on the edge of victory, but I felt I had done enough by then and for the Irish to sing his praises in the coming years.

You know you've done something special when the style of the likes of Sehwag, Tendulkar, Strauss and ABD probably the tone for the tournament so far. Improves when you add to this world, the fastest in the history of the baths and that while chasing a massive score. Kevin O'Brien, TAKE A BOW or a hundred, if possible. It was really a beautiful manga that England had no idea what hit them. England looked very comfortable after the publication of a good result and collect five windows cheaper.

What a game what was the Bangalore crowd were treated to some impressive cricket. Take a bow, Kevin O'Brien. Contributions Cussack Mooney and the rest. The Irish countryside, going crazy, boy! Are they happy?
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