Ireland record famous win

IRELAND recorded a famous win over Surrey in the C&G Trophy when they cruised to victory with 10 balls to spare at Clontarf yesterday.

The five-wicket triumph sets up a home third-round tie against either Northamptonshire or Cambridgeshire and ranks among the greatest achievements in Irish cricket history.

They once famously bowled out Clive Lloyd’s West Indies tourists for 25, while last season they beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in a tourists game at Stormont. But claiming the scalp of a first-class English county will eclipse all that. Captain and opener Jason Molins set about chasing Ireland’s 261 overnight target with relish. He scored at just over a run a ball before Azhar Mahmood ended a 100-run first-wicket partnership with Jeremy Bray with Molins on 58.