Ireland chased the highest run score in the World Cup history as they beat England by 3 wickets with 5 balls remaining chasing 327 runs as Kevin O'Brien hit 63 balls 113 runs with 13 fours and 6 sixes.
Minnows Ireland successfully chased 327 runs, highest run chase in the Cricket World Cup history, would you believe this...?, Yes Ireland have done it, they made 329/7 chasing England's 327 runs with 5 balls remaining in the 15th match of 2011 Cricket World Cup in Group B game on Wednesday, 2nd Marc, 2011 at Bangalore.

Bangalore is the same ground where England just missed to create history against India when tey tied at 338 runs but today they were on the reverse side and Ireland shocked them with a big chase. England made 327/8 in 50 overs thanks to Trott 92, Bell 81 and Pietersen 59 runs. But Ireland have other plans as they chased and O'Brien played a fiery inning of 63 balls 113 runs with 13 fours and 6 sixes.

Match Summary:

England - 327/8 in 50 overs (Trott 92, Bell 81, Pietersen 59)

Ireland - 329/7 in 49.1 overs (O'Brien 113, Cusack 47)

Toss - England won the toss and elected to bat first.

Man of the Match - KevinO'Brien (Ireland)

Result - Ireland won by 3 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

Points - Ireland 2, England 0










South Africa v Netherlands 2011 World Cup Live Score at Mohali - SAF v NED CWC 16th Match Live Commentary

In an another unmatched 16th match of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, title favorite South Africa will take Netherlands in the first game of Thursday, 3rd March, 2011 at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh in a day game starting from 04:00 GMT, 09:30 local, 09:30 IST.

South Africa won comfortably against West Indies and will now looking for a big win to further increase their run rate while Holland on the other hand played really well against England with 292 runs but disappointed against West Indies with 215 runs lost.

South Africa v Holland World Cup 16th Match Live Score with ball by ball Commentary:



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England vs Netherlands – Match 5, Group B| England win not enough for WC2011

ICC World Cup 2011
England vs Netherlands – Match 5, Group B
Played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, 22 Feb 2011
Toss - Netherlands have won the toss and elected to Bat

Result – England beat Netherlands by 6 wickets

Netherlands Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Alexei Kervezee c M Prior b T Bresnan 16 25 2 0 64.00
Wesley Barresi (W) st M Prior b G Swann 29 25 6 0 116.00
Tom Cooper c J Anderson b P Collingwood 47 73 3 0 64.38
Ryan ten Doeschate c R Bopara b S Broad 119 110 9 3 108.18
Bas Zuiderent c P Collingwood b G Swann 1 10 0 0 10.00
Tom de Grooth b Stuart Broad 28 31 3 0 90.32
Peter Borren (C) Not Out 35 24 4 0 145.83
Mudassar Bukhari Not Out 6 5 0 0 120.00
Pieter Seelaar





Bernard Loots





Berend Westdijk





Extras (b 3,lb 3,w 2, nb 3) 11



Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 292 (5.84 runs per over)
Fall of Wickets (Netherlands) -
1-36 (Kervezee, 6.2 ov), 2-58 (Barresi, 11.4 ov), 3-136 (Cooper, 28.1 ov), 4-149 (Zuiderent, 32.5 ov), 5-213 (de Grooth, 42.5 ov), 6-274 (ten Doeschate, 48.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
James Anderson 10 0 72 0 7.20 (nb 2)
Stuart Broad 10 2 65 2 6.50 (nb 1, w 1)
Tim Bresnan 10 0 49 1 4.90 (w 1)
Graeme Swann 10 0 35 2 3.50
Paul Collingwood 8 0 46 1 5.75
Kevin Pietersen 2 0 19 0 9.50
Powerplay: 1-10, 11-15 (Bowling), 43-47 (Batting)

England Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Andrew Strauss (C) c T Cooper b M Bukhari 88 83 9 0 106.02
Kevin Pietersen c P Borren b P Seelaar 39 61 5 0 63.93
Jonathan Trott st W Barresi b R ten Doeschate 62 65 4 0 95.38
Ian Bell b R ten Doeschate 33 40 1 0 82.50
Paul Collingwood Not Out 30 23 3 0 130.43
Ravi Bopara Not Out 30 20 2 1 150.00
Matt Prior (W)
Tim Bresnan
Stuart Broad
Graeme Swann
James Anderson
Extras (b 1,lb 2,w 11, nb 0) 14



Total (4 wickets; 48.4 overs) 296 (6.08 runs per over)
Fall of wickets (England):
1-105 (Pietersen, 17.4 ov), 2-166 (Strauss, 29.2 ov), 3-224 (Trott, 40.1 ov), 4-241 (Bell, 42.6 ov)
 Bowling O M R W Econ
Mudassar Bukhari 9 0 54 1 6.00
Berend Westdijk 7 0 41 0 5.86
Bernard Loots 9.4 0 74 0 7.65 (w 2)
Pieter Seelaar 10 0 54 1 5.40 (w 2)
Ryan ten Doeschate 10 0 47 2 4.70 (w 1)
Tom Cooper 3 0 23 0 7.67
Powerplay: 1-10, 11-15 (Bowling), 41-45 (Batting)
Teams:
England (Playing XI): Andrew Strauss(c), Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Ravi Bopara, Matt Prior(w), Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson
Netherlands (Playing XI): Alexei Kervezee, Wesley Barresi(w), Tom Cooper, Ryan ten Doeschate, Bas Zuiderent, Tom de Grooth, Peter Borren(c), Mudassar Bukhari, Pieter Seelaar, Bernard Loots, Berend Westdijk