2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Ireland

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April 15, 2007

Ireland have defeated Bangladesh by 74 runs in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. As a result of Bangladesh's loss, neither side can now reach the semi-final stage of the competition. This is the second victory over a Test playing nation that Ireland have achieved in their first appearence in the World Cup, having beaten Pakistan in the group stages.

Toss: Ireland won, and elected to bat first.
Ireland innings
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
William Porterfield c Mohammad Rafique b Mashrafe Mortaza 85 136 3 0 62.50
Jeremy Bray run out (Saqibul Hasan/Mushfiqur Rahim) 31 70 1 0 44.28
Eoin Morgan run out (Saqibul Hasan/Mushfiqur Rahim) 5 9 1 0 55.55
Niall O'Brien c Tamim Iqbal b Saqibul Hasan 10 14 0 0 71.42
Kevin O'Brien run out (sub/Mushfiqur Rahim) 48 44 2 2 109.09
Trent Johnston c Shahriar Nafees b Mashrafe Mortaza 30 23 2 1 130.43
Andrew White run out (sub/Mushfiqur Rahim) 4 4 0 0 100.00
Dave Langford-Smith not out 6 4 1 0 150.00
Andre Botha not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extras (b 1, lb 11, w 6, nb 5) 23
Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 243 10 3

Fall of wickets: 1-92 (Bray, 25.3 ov), 2-101 (Morgan, 27.5 ov), 3-128 (NJ O'Brien, 33.2 ov), 4-176 (Porterfield, 41.3 ov), 5-215 (KJ O'Brien, 47.1 ov), 6-233 (White, 48.5 ov), 7-237 (Johnston, 49.3 ov)

Did not bat: Kyle McCallan, Boyd Rankin
Bangladesh bowling
Bowler Overs Maiden Runs Wicket(s) Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza 10 1 38 2 3.80
Shahadat Hossain 9 1 51 0 5.66
Abdur Razzak 9 0 48 0 5.33
Mohammad Rafique 10 0 42 0 4.20
Saqibul Hasan 10 0 44 1 4.40
Aftab Ahmed 2 0 8 0 4.00
Bangladesh innings (Target: 244 runs from 50 overs)
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Tamim Iqbal b Johnston 29 59 4 0 49.15
Shahriar Nafees c NJ O'Brien b Rankin 7 18 1 0 38.88
Aftab Ahmed c NJ O'Brien b Botha 12 9 1 1 133.33
Saqibul Hasan run out (Botha) 3 8 0 0 37.50
Mohammad Ashraful c Langford-Smith b Rankin 35 36 5 1 97.22
Habibul Bashar b Johnston 32 57 2 0 56.14
Mushfiqur Rahim b McCallan 16 26 2 0 61.53
Mashrafe Mortaza c & b Langford-Smith 0 3 0 0 0.00
Mohammad Rafique c Johnston b Langford-Smith 2 0 0 0 22.22
Abdur Razzak b McCallan 11 21 0 0 52.38
Shahadat Hossain not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 4, w 18) 22
Total (all out; 41.2 overs) 169 15 2

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Shahriar Nafees, 6.3 ov), 2-45 (Aftab Ahmed, 10.1 ov), 3-48 (Saqibul Hasan, 12.4 ov), 4-93 (Tamim Iqbal, 20.0 ov), 5-102 (Mohammad Ashraful, 22.0 ov), 6-131 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 30.4 ov), 7-134 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 31.2 ov), 8-138 (Mohammad Rafique, 33.4 ov), 9-169 (Abdur Razzak, 40.4 ov), 10-169 (Habibul Bashar, 41.2 ov)
Ireland bowling
Bowler Overs Maiden Runs Wicket(s) Econ
Boyd Rankin 8 0 42 2 5.25
Dave Langford-Smith 10 1 27 2 2.70
A C Botha 8 0 31 1 3.87
Trent Johnston 7.2 0 40 2 5.45
Kyle McCallan 8 1 25 2 3.12

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Shahriar Nafees, Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Habibul Bashar (capt), Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Mohammad Rafique, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain
Ireland: W T S Porterfield, J P Bray, E J G Morgan, N J O'Brien (wkt), K J O'Brien, D T Johnston (capt), A R White, D Langford-Smith, A C Botha, W K McCallan, W B Rankin

Player of the match: W T S Porterfield (Ireland)

Umpires: S A Bucknor (West Indies) and B E Bowden (New Zealand)
TV umpire: S J A Taufel (Australia)
Match referee: J J Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire: R E Koertzen (South Africa)