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 appearance in the World Cup, having beaten Pakistan in the group stages and now means that Ireland have qualified for the ICC ODI Championship.

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)