Bairstow blasts Ireland for series win: 2nd ODI (Southampton)

Jonny Bairstow put Ireland to the sword by smashing 82 off 41 balls but England had to overcome a middle-order wobble before sealing a 2-0 series victory.

Bairstow equalled the record for the fastest fifty in this format by an Englishman off 21 balls. At 137-6, an unbroken 79-run stand between Sam Billings and David Willey helped the hosts to their target with four wickets and 17.3 overs to spare.

Earlier, Adil Rashid took 3-34 to reach 150 one-day international wickets and help restrict Ireland to 9-212,

England 216 for 6 (Bairstow 82, Billings 46*, Willey 47*, Little 3-60) beat Ireland 212 for 9 (Campher 68, Rashid 3-34) by four wickets.

Aug 2020.