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England men · ODI · International series · 1st ODI

England
v Ireland⁠

Result

England won by 6 wickets

England
174/4
Ireland
172
Date
Thursday 30 July 2020 · England in 2020
Start
14:00 UK
Venue
The Ageas Bowl, Southampton
Competition
ODI · International series · 1st ODI

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Ireland ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Ireland · Innings 172 all out (44.4 overs)

Ireland · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
PR Stirling c EJG Morgan b DJ Willey 2 4 0 0 50.0
GJ Delany c T Banton b DJ Willey 22 16 5 0 137.5
A Balbirnie c JM Bairstow b DJ Willey 3 7 0 0 42.9
HT Tector b S Mahmood 0 9 0 0 0.0
KJ O'Brien c DJ Willey b AU Rashid 22 36 0 0 61.1
L Tucker lbw b DJ Willey 0 1 0 0 0.0
C Campher not out 59* 118 4 0 50.0
Simi Singh run out 0 4 0 0 0.0
AR McBrine c SW Billings b TK Curran 40 48 3 1 83.3
BJ McCarthy c JM Vince b S Mahmood 3 11 0 0 27.3
CA Young c JJ Roy b DJ Willey 11 14 1 0 78.6
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 4, nb 0) 10
Total 44.4 overs 172

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (PR Stirling, 0.4 ov), 2-7 (A Balbirnie, 2.1 ov), 3-28 (HT Tector, 5.4 ov), 4-28 (GJ Delany, 6.2 ov), 5-28 (L Tucker, 6.3 ov), 6-79 (KJ O'Brien, 21.1 ov), 7-79 (Simi Singh, 21.5 ov), 8-145 (AR McBrine, 37.6 ov), 9-156 (BJ McCarthy, 41.2 ov), 10-172 (CA Young, 44.4 ov)

Ireland · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
David Willey 8.4 2 30 5 3.46 2 0
Saqib Mahmood 9 1 36 2 4.00 1 0
Adil Rashid 10 3 26 1 2.60 0 0
Tom Curran 7 0 37 1 5.29 1 0
Moeen Ali 10 0 37 0 3.70 0 0

England · Innings 174/4 (27.5 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jason Roy lbw b CA Young 24 22 2 1 109.1
Jonny Bairstow lbw b AR McBrine 2 7 0 0 28.6
James Vince c L Tucker b CA Young 25 21 5 0 119.0
Tom Banton c L Tucker b C Campher 11 24 1 0 45.8
Sam Billings not out 67* 54 11 0 124.1
Eoin Morgan not out 36* 40 4 2 90.0
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 2, nb 1) 9
Total 27.5 overs 174/4

Did not bat: MM Ali, DJ Willey, AU Rashid, TK Curran, S Mahmood

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (JM Bairstow, 2.5 ov), 2-34 (JJ Roy, 5.3 ov), 3-59 (JM Vince, 9.5 ov), 4-78 (T Banton, 13.4 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
BJ McCarthy 0.5 0 3 0 3.60 0 1
PR Stirling 0.1 0 1 0 6.00 0 0
CA Young 8 0 56 2 7.00 0 0
AR McBrine 8 0 47 1 5.88 1 0
C Campher 5 0 26 1 5.20 1 0
Simi Singh 3.5 0 23 0 6.00 0 0
GJ Delany 2 0 12 0 6.00 0 0

Player of the match: David Willey · Umpires: M Burns, AG Wharf · TV umpire: MJ Saggers · Match referee: Phil Whitticase. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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