English cricket team in Ireland in 2013

English cricket team in Ireland in 2013
		England		Ireland
Dates		3 September 2013
Captains		Eoin Morgan		William Porterfield
One Day International series
Result		England won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs		Eoin Morgan (124)		William Porterfield (112)
Most wickets		Boyd Rankin (4)		Tim Murtagh (3)
Player of the series		Eoin Morgan (Eng)

The England cricket team visited Ireland on 3 September 2013 for a one-match One Day International series against the Ireland cricket team at Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin. The match served as a warm-up for England ahead of their five-match ODI series against Australia later in the month. After Ireland opener William Porterfield scored 112 to get the hosts to a total of 269/7, England responded with unbeaten centuries from captain Eoin Morgan (playing against his country of origin) and Ravi Bopara to win the match by 6 wickets.

Squads

Ireland[1]	England[2]
William Porterfield (c) George Dockrell Trent Johnston Ed Joyce John Mooney Tim Murtagh Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien (wk) Eddie Richardson Max Sorensen Paul Stirling Andrew White Gary Wilson (wk)	Eoin Morgan (c) Gary Ballance Ravi Bopara Danny Briggs Jos Buttler (wk) Michael Carberry Steven Finn Chris Jordan Jamie Overton Boyd Rankin Ben Stokes James Taylor James Tredwell Luke Wright

ODI series

Only ODI

3 September 2013 10:30 Scorecard

Ireland  269/7 (50 overs)	v	England 274/4 (43 overs)
William Porterfield 112 (142) Boyd Rankin 4/46 (9 overs)		Eoin Morgan 124* (106) Tim Murtagh 3/33 (10 overs)

England won by 6 wickets The Village, Malahide, Dublin Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL) Player of the match: Eoin Morgan (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• This was the first One Day International to be held at Malahide.^[3]
  
• Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara's 226-run stand was the highest fifth-wicket partnership in ODI cricket.
• Gary Ballance, Michael Carberry (both Eng) and Max Sorensen (Ire) made their ODI debuts.

References

1. "Eddie Richardson named in Ireland squad to face England". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
2. "Rankin and Morgan in England squad to play Ireland". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
3. "Ireland to play England at revamped Malahide in 2013". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2013.