Ireland's Kevin O'Brien hit a sensational 113 from 63 balls to give his team an improbable three-wicket win over England and one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history.
Ireland looked down and out at 111-5 in reply to England's 327-8 but O'Brien clubbed six sixes and 13 fours to power his side to victory with 329-7 — smashing Matthew Hayden's record for the quickest World Cup century on the way.
O'Brien was run out in the penultimate over but his sixth-wicket stand of 162 with Alex Cusack effectively clinched the Group B match for a win even more memorable than Ireland's victory against Pakistan at the last World Cup.
England could have won but for four dropped catches and must now regroup for Sunday's match with in-form South Africa.
It won't be a big surprise to me If they won the world Cup with this form
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