After the coronavirus hiatus, E🎉ngland made a phenomenal return to ODI c🦩ricket with a six-wicket victory over Ireland at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton on Thursday.
Chasing🉐 just 173 to win, and without a number of regulars who are 𒐪away with the Test squad, England were stuttering at 78-4.
But captain Eoin Morgan (36 not out) and Sam Billings, who scored unbeaten 67, shared an unbroken fifth-💎wicket stand of 96 to seal the victory with 22.1 overs to spare.
Returning players making a big impression! 👏
Full highlights:
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Left-arm fast bowler David Willey earlier marked his Englan🌠d recall by taking his maiden five-wicket haul in international cricket.
Willey, playing his first international gam🦹e since being left out of the 2019 World Cup squad, took four wickets in his first four overs with the🍌 new ball and then returned to pick up the final wicket of the Ireland innings, finishing with 5-30.
FIVE for ! 🖐
His maiden ODI five-for 👍
Scorecard/clips:
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The Irish side was reel🌳ing on 28/5 at one stage and could have suffered a far heavier defeat but was saved by an unbeaten 59 from 21-year-old debutant Curtis Campher. Tog🍸ether with Andy McBrine (40), Campher shared a stand of 66 runs for the eighth wicket, taking Ireland over 140+ score.
5️⃣0️⃣ on debut for Curtis Campher! 🎉
A tremendous innings under pressure from the 21-year-ol𓃲♑d 👏
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The win against Irela🏅nd has given England 10 points in their first game of the newly formed ICC Wor൲ld Cup Super League and a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Like the recent Test series against West Indies, all these matche▨s are being played behind closed doors in a bio-secure bubble with two more ODIs to follow at the same venue on Saturday (Au💎gust 1) and Tuesday (August 4).
Brief scores: Ireland 172 in🌳 44.4 overs (Curtis Campher 59 not out; David Willey 5-30, Saqib Mahmood 2-36) lost to England 174/4 i💖n 27.5 overs (Sam Billings 67 not out, Eoin Morgan 36 not out; Craig Young 2-56) by six wickets.
