World Cup: O’Brien record crushes English dreams
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Bengaluru: Ireland, riding on the shoulders of Kevin O'Brien’s fastest World Cup century, crushed England by three wickets on Wednesday.
Ireland have broken the record for the most runs batting second to win a World Cup match. The last record was 313-7 by Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe at New Plymouth in 1992 after this win against England.
O'Brien beat Australian Matthew Hayden's record of a century off 66 balls against South Africa at St Kitts in the 2007 tournament. The 26-year-old O'Brien hit 13 boundaries and six sixes during his blistering knock at the Chinnaswamy Stadium which was also the sixth fastest ODI ton of all time. He departed at 113, but the game had gone way too far from the demoralized English hands.
John Mooney and Trent Johnston just had to push in the sand into England’s grave.
Earlier, Jonathan Trott made 92 out of England's commanding 327 for eight against Ireland in the World Cup on Wednesday as he equalled the record for the fastest 1,000 runs in one-day internationals.
Trott drew level with West Indies great Vivian Richards and England team-mate Kevin Pietersen in taking just 21 innings to reach the landmark.
Trott shared a third wicket stand of 167 with Warwickshire teammate Ian Bell (81) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
But they both fell within sight of a hundred to medium-pacer John Mooney, with Bell well caught by Paul Stirling at midwicket and Trott bowled off-stump to end a run-a-ball knock featuring nine fours.
"It's nice to get some more time in the middle. We targeted at the start of the game to get some good runs on the board and carry on the form we've had with the bat and it was nice to do it again today," Bell said.
On batting with Trott, he said: "We've played with Warwickshire for a long time together as well so we know each other's games inside out. It's nice to put on another partnership today."
Mooney led the attack with four for 63 from nine overs while veteran Australia-born seamer Trent Johnston became the first Ireland bowler to take 50 ODI wickets when he dismissed Michael Yardy as the associates rallied late on.
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