Friends Provident Trophy, Dublin: Middlesex 179-4 (37.1 ovs) bt Ireland 175 (47 ovs) by 6 wktsEngland spinner Jamie Dalrymple shone with bat and ball as Middlesex secured a six-wicket victory over Ireland.
Dom Joyce was caught by his brother Ed as Ireland were dismissed for 175 with three overs unused, only William Porterfield's calm 68 lifting them.
Dalrymple dismissed Peter Gillespie first ball and finished with 4-39.
Eoin Morgan then blasted two fours and a six against his compatriots, while Dalrymple hit three fours in his 17 to seal the win with almost 13 overs left.
India spinner Murali Kartik made the early in-roads after Trent Johnston chose to bat in Dublin.
Porterfield's near two-and-a-half vigil ended when he was the fifth wicket to fall, stumped by David Nash off Dalrymple.
South African Nantie Hayward took a sharp catch to dismiss Nick Compton in the Middlesex reply but the visitors had few alarms as Ireland, who reached the Super 8 phase of the World Cup, remained without a victory in the competition.