England v Bermuda: England win the toss and elect to bat first but lose Ed Joyce to Kevin Hurdle for seven Captain Michael Vaughan desperately needs time at the crease but he pulls a Hurdle delivery to David Hemp on 18 Kevin Pietersen comes in at 41-2 and plays some expansive shots with Ian Bell as England move past 100 at a run-a-ball Bell falls with the score on 112 and then 20-stone policeman Dwayne Leverock has Paul Collingwood caught behind Pietersen is stumped while trying to force the issue against Leverock as England slump to a less than impressive 132-5 Andrew Flintoff scores 24 before holing out at mid-wicket and Paul Nixon falls for 17 as England move past 250 The resurgence is chiefly down to Jamie Dalrymple who plays some inventive shots on his way to 76 as England post 286-8 James Anderson takes two early wickets and fellow opening bowler Liam Plunkett another as Bermuda slide to 23-3 Jon Lewis chips in with 3-7 and Flintoff, Saj Mahmood and Monty Panesar claim the rest as Bermuda are skittled for 45 South Africa v Ireland: David Langford-Smith sensationally rips out the Proteas' top order to reduce them to 42-3 And Trent Johnston continues the damage, claiming 4-38 as one of the pre-tournament favourites stutter to 91-8 Andrew Hall restores a modicum of pride with an unbeaten 67 and Robin Peterson's 29 pushes the score to 192 all out Ireland threaten in their run chase, but South Africa show enough nous in the closing stages, to win by 35 runs Sri Lanka v Scotland: Openers Upal Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya put on 117 for Sri Lanka's first wicket The Scottish bowlers take seven wickets in all, but Sri Lanka ultimately cruise to victory by 170 runs West Indies v Kenya: Marlon Samuels hits a 91-ball century before retiring as the hosts post 268-5 in Jamaica Kenya wickets fall regularly and they are unable to keep up with the run-rate and finish on 247-7, to lose by 21 runs
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