IRE VS ENG - Only ODI, England tour of Ireland Only ODI, 2019

Ireland took England to the brink, but they couldn't nail the final coffin. But they have plenty of cricket coming up ahead and this loss could only spur them on. On the other hand, England's defence of their number one ODI ranking has started shakily, but they will only learn from this experience. Next up for Ireland is the tri-nation series, England go back home to host Pakistan and then the attention turns to the World Cup. Plenty of exciting action coming up. Do join us on Sunday for more cricket from both Ireland and England. For now, cheers and bye..

Eoin Morgan - At certain stages, we knew it would be challenging. The bowlers did a great job, 3 or 4 of us batted very poorly. Foakes and Curran put a great partership, his keeping was great as well. Jofra started well, it's difficult to start off on your debut, but it was a good day out, got some overs behind them. Cardiff is a great place to play cricket, we are looking forward to play against the number one ranked T20I team on Sunday.

William Porterfield - It was a tricky start, but we needed a partnership. Showed plenty of fight, especially the three debutants. The lads have a great future, just need to keep it on. Seven ODIs in the next 15-20 days, we need to keep going through with our work.

Ben Foakes - It was tricky conditions, but you'd expect those here. They were disciplined and it was a tough pitch, very slow indeed. We knew there was no run scoring pressure on us, started building a partnership and took the team through.

Ben Foakes is the Man of the Match

At 66 for 5, Ireland sensed an upset, at 101 for 6, they were well within reach. The pivotal moment came when England had reached 137, a big LBW shout was negated by umpire Dharmasena and the hosts decided against a review. Replays showed they erred big time and they were made to repent by Foakes and Curran. On debut, Foakes played very sensibly before opening up towards the end, Curran was the ideal partner and his 98-run stand took the match away from Ireland's grasp. Until this stand, Joshua Little had a debut to remember himself, grabbing four wickets in no time. Murtagh and Dockrell were disciplined, but the lack of wickets meant the batsmen were under no pressure to force the pace.

Joshua Little to Tom Curran, no ball, FOUR, England survive the banana skin, back of a length and at the stumps, heaved away wide of mid-wicket and there's no need to run for those. Little has overstepped as well, ends his day's work on a rather sombre note. England scrape home by 4 wickets

Mark Adair to Tom Curran, 1 run, full and at the stumps, Curran gets his left leg out of the way and drills it to the left of mid-on for a single

Mark Adair to Tom Curran, 2 runs, Adair shortens his length outside off, Curran reaches out and slugs it wide of mid-on for a couple of runs

Mark Adair to Foakes, 1 run, Adair shortens his length outside off, eased square on the off-side for a single

Mark Adair to Foakes, 2 runs, fuller length delivery outside off, Foakes was looking to drive and squirts it past the keeper for a couple of runs

Mark Adair to Tom Curran, 1 run, chance and Tucker has dropped it, wasn't a tough chance, he did all the hard yards, got into a great position and then shells it - short of a length and well outside off, Curran ran down the track, made room and flat-batted it towards deep cover

Mark Adair to Tom Curran, FOUR, clubbed, low full-toss from Adair, Curran presses forward and drills it over mid-on, one bounce and over the ropes

Joshua Little to Tom Curran, 1 run, short of a length and well outside off, punched in front of square on the off-side for a single

Joshua Little to Tom Curran, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, Curran brings his bootom hand into play and finds mid-off

Joshua Little to Tom Curran, no run, short of a length and holding its line outside off, Curran was looking to pull and missed

Joshua Little to Foakes, 1 run, short of a length and just outside off, eased down towards long-on for a single

Little, from round the wicket

Joshua Little to Foakes, 2 runs, tad too short from Little, Foakes swivels across and pulls it wide of mid-on, comes back for the second run

Joshua Little to Foakes, FOUR, lovely, fraction too short and just outside off, Foakes stands tall and whips it wide of mid-wicket - brought his wrists into play and the man at deep mid-wicket hardly had a chance