The

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toured Ireland in May 2019 to play a one-off

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(ODI) match. The match took place ahead of Ireland's visit to England in July 2019, to play a one-off four-day

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. In September 2018, The Village in

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was named as the venue for the match. The ODI fixture was part of England's preparation for the

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. England won the one-off ODI match by four wickets. In addition to the provisional World Cup squad,

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and Chris Jordan were named in England's squads for this match and the subsequent series against Pakistan, and were in contention for a place in the World Cup side depending on their performances. England finalised their fifteen-man World Cup squad following the conclusion of the matches against Pakistan.

Squads

After the England squad was announced,

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suffered a dislocated shoulder which ruled him out of the match. He was replaced by Ben Foakes.

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was dropped from England's squad, following a 21-day ban for using recreational drugs.

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and Mark Wood were also withdrawn prior to the match and were replaced by

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and

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. The day before the match, Mark Adair was added to Ireland's squad, replacing

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, who was ruled out due to injury.

Only ODI

References

External links

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