June 14, 2006	Wednesday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 17, 1427

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BELFAST, June 13: Opener Marcus Trescothick scored 113 on Tuesday to help England to a 38-run win over Ireland in the one-off One-day International. Trescothick hit 12 fours and put on 142 with Ian Bell (80) in an England total of 301 for seven in the Belfast match, the first between the two countries.

Both men were dismissed by medium-pacer John Mooney who finished with three for 79.

Dublin-born opener Ed Joyce was dismissed by Dave Langford-Smith for 10 and captain Andrew Strauss went for four.

Ireland replied with a creditable 263 for nine, although all the batsman struggled against Steve Harmison who returned to the side after missing the three-test series against Sri Lanka through injury.

Harmison took three for 57, including the wicket of Joyce's brother Dominick for a duck. He also delivered eight wides, two of them costing five runs each when they shot past wicket-keeper Geraint Jones.

Scoreboard

ENGLAND:

M.E. Trescothick c P. Mooney b J. Mooney 113

E. Joyce c O'Brien b Langford-Smith 10

A.J. Strauss c Botha b O'Brien 4

P.D. Collingwood c Johnston b J. Mooney 10

I.R. Bell c D. Joyce b J. Mooney 80

J. Dalrymple c P. Mooney b Langford-Smith 17

G.O. Jones not out 20

G. Chapple c O'Brien b Langford-Smith 14

L.E. Plunkett not out 3

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-9, W-18, NB-2) 30

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 301

FALL OF WKTS: 1-36, 2-63, 3-92, 4-234, 5-258, 6-264, 7-285.

DID NOT BAT: S.J. Harmison, S.I. Mahmood.

BOWLING: Johnston 10-2-59-0 (1w); Langford-Smith 10-0-63-3 (1nb, 3w); J Mooney 10-0-79-3 (1nb, 5w); O'Brien 10-0-47-1 (4w); P Mooney 5-0-17-0; McCallan 5-0-26-0.

IRELAND:

D. Joyce b Harmison 0

J. Bray c Collingwood b Mahmood 22

A. Botha b Collingwood 52

K. McCallan c Jones b Harmison 24

P. Gillespie c Joyce b Collingwood 0

T. Johnston c Collingwood b Harmison 5

A. White c Jones b Bell 40

K. O'Brien c Plunkett b Bell 35

D. Langford-Smith st Jones b Dalrymple 12

J. Mooney not out 30

P. Mooney not out 11

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-17, NB-9) 32

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 263

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-60, 3-118, 4-121, 5-127, 6-135, 7-209, 8-210, 9-235.

BOWLING: Harmison 10-0-58-3 (3nb, 8w); Chapple 4-0-14-0; Plunkett 10-0-48-0 (1nb); Mahmood 7-1-21-1 (2nb); Collingwood 5-0-26-2 (1nb, 1w); Dalrymple 9-0-51-1; Bell 5-0-39-2 (2nb).

RESULT: England won by 38 runs

UMPIRES: R. Dill (Bermuda) and D.B. Hair (Australia).

TV UMPIRE: A. Christopher (West Indies).

MATCH REFEREE: C.H. Lloyd (West Indies).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Marcus Trescothick.—AFP