Ireland yakatamba mutambo wayo wekutanga weOne Day International musi wa13 Chikumi 2006. vairwa neEngland iyo England yakakunda nemakundano makumi matatu nemasere, ichipedzisa kukunda pamberi pevanhu vazhinji kuStormont. Mooney akatora mavhiketi matatu mumutambo - avo vaMarcus Trescothick, Paul Collingwood, naIan Bell - uye akazozivisa mutambo uyu seimwe yezvinhu zvakakosha zvebasa rake. Akapedza aine 30 asina kubuda kubva mumabhora 26. Mooney aive chikamu chechikwata chevarume gumi nevashanu cheIreland chakaenda kuWest Indies muna Kukadzi 2007 kunotamba muWorld Cup yekutanga yenyika
. Vakaita tie neZimbabwe uye vakakunda Pakistan neBangladesh, uye vakapedza mutambo uyu vari pachinzvimbo chegumi pakurongwa kwepamutemo kweICC, vachishamisa vazhinji uye vachigamuchira "magamba ekugamuchirwa" pavakadzokera kumba. Ireland yakanga iri zvikurukuru boka ravasingaiti basa panguva iyoyo. Mushure meNdebe yeNyika, Mooney akabva muchikwata kuti apedzise kudzidza kwake zvemagetsi.