I am quite speechless, says Kevin O?Brian

Kevin O?Brian, hero of Ireland?s historic win over England, said he couldn?t believe that he struck the fastest century in the World Cup. He did century in just 50 balls and broke existing world record of Matthew Hayden (66 balls) against South Africa.

?Not able to believe it, I am quite speechless. I got a bit of luck and things went my way. If we would have gotten out soon, it would have been a boring game for the supporters and so I decided to chance my arm, it paid off,? he said.

Ireland captain William Porterfield said this was the biggest Irish cricket history.

“It has been the greatest day of our lives, the best performance that we have put up. We believed in ourselves, Kevin O’Brien was brilliant. We knew that we are capable of winning, we believed in ourselves. Cusack and Mooney too chipped in and credit to the lads for their effort. We have still got four games left, hoping to repeat such performances and stay in the race,” said Porterfield.

England captain Andrew Strauss was completely exhausted but put up a brave face.

“We thought we had done a reasonable job with the bat and also with the ball initially. We weren’t expecting such an innings from Kevin O’Brien. Our World Cup dreams are not over yet, we need to set things right soon. Kevin O’Brien played really well and made the most of the powerplay.

“They deserve the victory, we can’t do much but to lick our wounds. We have a couple of niggles, KP (Kevin Pietersen) and (Graeme) Swann got injured today, hopefully they will be fit for the next game.”