England win by seven wicketspublished at 20 overs

20 overs

Eng 127-3

Bairstow gets off strike with a single before Root cracks a short ball, looking for the boundary, but a fielder cuts it off on the ropes. The scores are level, Bairstow pops the ball up into the covers - and that's a very comfortable win for England!

Three runs to win, and it's Peter Chase who will bowl what you'd assume is the final over.

Free hit called as Thompson over-steps, and Bairstow slaps it away into the covers, but it's cut off by the fielder. That's four from Root though. He takes a step back, cracks the ball through square, and it races across the outfield.

Watch as England captain Eoin Morgan is caught by Kevin O’Brien as Peter Chase claims his third wicket.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

The good news is, if this game finishes early, there is a ticket for Bob Dylan waiting for me in Nottingham tonight. It's the only thing me and Bob Willis have in common - we both like Bob Dylan.

Bob added 'Dylan' as an extra middle name, such is his obsession with Bob. Graeme hasn't gone that far. Yet.

Porterfield takes an age to fiddle about with his field as he brings Stuart Thompson back on. All that arm-waving goes to waste, though, as Thompson bowls a horrible leg-side delivery that Root tickles down to the boundary. Bairstow then gets in on the act with a straight drive that makes a glorious sound off the bat. 

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

If I was a gambling man, I'd back England to finish this before lunch. And if I was Irish, I'd want this game to finish too. You don't want to wait for 40 minutes. 

100 up for England, courtesy of a Bairstow thwack into the covers. Chase then gets Root playing edgily and away from his body, but the ball ricochets into Gary Wilson's leg at slip and away for a boundary. Chase responds by tucking Root up for room.

Now, we were supposed to go off for lunch at 14:30 BST. But, rather than going off with England needing 28 runs, the umpires have taken the extra 15 minutes available. So now it's a question of, can England knock 28 runs off in 15 minutes? You'd like to think so, although I can't think of anything more cricket-y than England trooping off for a cuppa, still needing three runs to win.

Murtagh continues and Root is watchful, flicking into the on-side. It's been a belter of a day for his brother, Billy, who has made his first one-day century for Nottinghamshire.

Alan Lewis
Ex-Ireland batsman and chairman of selectors on BBC Test Match Special

The one heartening bit from an Ireland perspective has been Peter Chase, who has bowled with good direction. 

Here's Jonny Bairstow and he's struck on the pad first ball! Aleem Dar shakes his head though; it's sliding down leg.

It was a typically entertaining innings from Alex Hales but this is how it ended, caught by Ireland skipper William Poterfield off Peter Chase...

Alan Lewis
Ex-Ireland batsman and chairman of selectors on BBC Test Match Special

At Tim Murtagh's pace, you can't bowl that short to Eoin Morgan.

England aren't even strolling to victory. They're just meandering along. Murtagh continues and it's a quiet over before Morgan leans back and scythes his bat down on a short delivery. The ball flies in front of square and smacks into the boundary rope. Lunch is at half past two - can England knock the remaining runs off before then?

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Peter Chase has bowled tidily to pick up both wickets, but he just drifts slightly onto Morgan's pads and he's whipped away for a couple. He straightens his line up and Morgan and Root drop the ball here and there. There's a few glum faces in the Ireland line-up now.

Murtagh v Morgan - who will win the battle of the county team-mates? First strike goes to Morgan, who takes a step down and cracks a straight drive down to the boundary, Murtagh only able to stand and watch it fly past. Murtagh responds by playing a bit of football with the ball, and bowls tidily for the rest of the over.