Teenage leg-spinner Ahmed collected 4 for 54 as Ireland have been all out for 286 in 46.4 overs at Trent Bridge towards England’s understudies, for whom Phil Salt was probably the most skilled in his fifteenth ODI.
Ahead of this de facto sequence opener after a washout at Headingley earlier this week, England’s XI contained a mixed 38 ODI appearances – in contrast with Ireland’s 720 – because the hosts made use of their deep pool of reserves, with their World Cup stars resting forward of travelling to India subsequent week.
Hain took high billing among the many 4 England debutants however George Scrimshaw had fluctuating fortunes, bowling six entrance foot no-balls in his first two overs earlier than rebounding with figures of 8.4-0-66-3.
Jamie Smith and Tom Hartley had extra modest outings however this was nonetheless a powerful show amid an anticipated altering of the guard after the World Cup, whereas Jacks’ dazzling innings could have given the selectors a nudge about being on standby ought to damage befall the primary group within the subcontinent.
Tipped because the successors to Jason Roy and Alex Hales, Jacks and Salt paid a becoming tribute to the pair who revolutionised opening the batting for England within the shorter codecs, feasting on Ireland’s fruitless pursuit of early swing with a rash of fours to convey up the 50 stand within the sixth over.
Jacks sumptuously drove the costly Josh Little for 3 successive fours however Craig Young discovered a greater size, drawing the splice of Salt’s bat on 28 earlier than stand-in captain Zak Crawley was lbw for a two-ball duck in his first England innings since main their run-charts on this summer time’s Ashes.
England ended the powerplay with Jacks dismissively swiping Barry McCarthy for six as he and Ben Duckett steadily rebuilt from Young’s double strike.
Put down on 44, Jacks went to fifty in model by clearing further cowl off Andy McBrine, who additionally went the gap off Duckett.
Fellow spinner Dockrell had extra luck as Duckett paddled to quick fine-leg on 48 to finish a run-a-ball 102-run stand with Jacks, who slog swept the sluggish left-armer for his fourth six to maneuver into the 90s.
Attempting a repeat to achieve three figures in Dockrell’s subsequent over, Jacks top-edged to Andy Balbirnie, who took a steepler a number of ft in from the deep midwicket boundary.
England added simply 140 within the ultimate 20 overs however 15 of these got here with Hain as the one frontline batter left after Smith holed out.
Hain, whose List A common of 57.96 is the second highest ever, had a single from his first 11 balls and was put down by a diving Harry Tector from his twelfth however he steadily began to search out rhythm.
Hain used his ft properly to offset the bowlers’ lengths in an unobtrusive 52-ball fifty and whereas there have been few large hits – he managed simply eight fours in complete – he was answerable for England going previous 300. Needing 11 off the final over for his century, he miscued McCarthy to mid-off.
While England had their highest rating in ODIs towards Ireland, the vacationers have been aided by Scrimshaw’s repeated front-foot faults.
There have been 4 no-balls in his first over in an England shirt and two, plus a large, in his subsequent as he leaked an eye-watering 35 having despatched down simply 11 authorized deliveries.
When he drew Balbirnie’s exterior edge together with his twelfth, Scrimshaw forlornly turned spherical to Rod Tucker after Ben Duckett snaffled the possibility however the umpire gave a thumb’s up and patted him on his shoulder.
From the subsequent ball, Paul Stirling, whose 250 List A appearances earlier than Saturday was simply 29 fewer than England’s XI mixed, chopped on for 25 off 17 balls after Matthew Potts discovered lavish inward motion.
Ireland have been up with the speed however wickets fell at common intervals, with Ahmed into the act when the harmful Tector was out for 39 after skewing to a backtracking Jacks.
Googlies from Ahmed snared McBrine and Mark Adair, whereas the youngest member of England’s XI had his fourth from his penultimate supply as Dockrell clothed one other mistaken’un to Salt.
From 188 for eight, England have been unable to complete proceedings rapidly as Ireland’s final three batters McCarthy (41), Young (40 not out) and Little (29) all recorded ODI bests. But Scrimshaw took the ultimate wicket as Little slammed to long-on to banish ideas of a exceptional Ireland comeback.
