Summary

  • England win by seven wickets in Bristol - Hales 55, Root 49 not out

  • Ireland collapse from 81-2 to 126 all out in 33 overs

  • Rashid takes 5-27, second-best figures by an England spinner in ODIs

  • Two wickets for Root, one each for Wood, Willey and Ball

  • Chase takes all three England wickets to fall

  • England lead two-match ODI series 1-0 (second game at Lord's on Sunday)

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse

  1. Watch: Hales reaches his fifty with a boundary

    Watch as Alex Hales claims the first bat-lift of the international summer, shortly before he fell for 55 off 39 balls. 

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  3. Eng 82-2

    Target 127

    Short and wide from Chase, and Root leaps on it, pulling it away to the boundary. A slight cry of 'Roooooot' goes around the stands as he fist-bumps with his new batting partner, Eoin Morgan.

  4. Alan Lewis
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    That was a very good catch from Porterfield. The ball was straight up in the air but the wind is swirling. Will Porterfield has a very safe pair of hands.

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    Hales falls for 55

    Eng 78-2

    A miscue from Hales, looking to get things over quickly, and he skied the ball high into the air. It's windy out there and the ball was whirling around, but Porterfield judged it well. He came pedaling forward from backward point, saw the ball close to his chest before falling to the ground. Lovely work.

  6. wicket

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    Hales c Porterfield b Chase 55 (Eng 78-2)

    Oops. High into the air from Hales, and he's out. Well held, William Porterfield.

  7. Alan Lewis
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    I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with Test Match Special but this has been one of the more depressing days I've had. 

  8. Eng 78-1

    It's quite sedate out there now. Even the crowd have fallen quiet, just a gentle hum of noise. George Dockrell fires through another over, England content to take the singles. This will be over before lunch.

  9. 50 runs

    50 for Hales

    Eng 75-1

    That's 50 for Alex Hales, and it's a magnificent effort. He struggled in the first over and since then it's been brutal. He brings up a half-century in style, driving for yet another boundary. He's brought up his 50 from 33 deliveries, with ten boundaries.

  10. Eng 69-1

    Root 21, Hales 46

    Shot. Even Root stopped to admire that, an on-drive timed perfectly. Thompson brings his line a little straighter and fuller, and that's a relatively quiet over from Ireland's point of view.

  12. Eng 61-1

    Dearie me, George Dockrell is getting some treatment. Hales gets on one knee and sweeps hard, before smashing a straight drive past the tumbling bowler. More singles are worked here and there as more people gather on the balconies of the flats overlooking the ground.

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    Fenners: I suspect if they get the chance Ireland will bowl first at Lord's just to extend their playing time on the hallowed turf. 

  14. Eng 55-1

    Stuart Thompson is going to replace Tim Murtagh, who may still be smarting from that last over. Thompson, stockily built, charges in and he's worked away for a couple of singles by both batsmen. Root ends the over by yelling at somebody who is fidgeting around in front of the sightscreen.

  15. Eng 51-1

    Target 127

    Ireland turn to spin, with George Dockrell on for a twirl. Mind you, it's not made much difference, Hales unfurling an off-drive that races to the boundary and brings up England's 50. That seems to have come along in no time at all.

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  17. Eng 46-1

    Hales 32, Root 12

    Ooh. Perfect line and length from Murtagh and Hales, pushing forwards, just narrowly edges it past a diving Niall O'Brien. Hales responds by going aerial, lifting the ball up and over the close fielders. It's not going well for Ireland, and Hales adds insult to injury with another gorgeous cover drive.

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  19. Eng 31-1

    Shot! Oh, this is an expensive over. Root gets the runs going with a stonking cut, before Chase oversteps and the ball goes to the boundary. In fact the free hit has been given the same treatment - stand still, focus, bang. Away the ball goes.

    In the midst of all that, Niall O'Brien looks to have dropped a catch off Hales. Hales was trying to tickle a delivery down the leg side and it took a touch of glove. It was straight in and straight back out of O'Brien's gloves.

  20. Eng 17-1

    Murtagh continues, left arm bent, almost static at his side, and he gets Hales to waft loosely at a delivery that bounces on the batsman. Eurgh, that's ugly from Hales. He comes down the pitch, swings and misses by miles. Niall O'Brien throws down the stumps, but Hales was home.