2007 Cricket World Cup: Pakistan vs Ireland

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Saturday, March 17, 2007

Ireland stunned Pakistan by beating them by 3 wickets (with 32 balls remaining) in Group D at the World Cup at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.

After rain and bad light delayed proceedings, Ireland's target was reduced by the Duckworth-Lewis method to 128 runs from 47 overs.

Ireland's eventual victory eliminates Pakistan from the World Cup.

This was Ireland's first ever win over a team with test match status, and their first win in a World Cup (this tournament being their first appearence).


Toss: Ireland won, and elected to field first.

Pakistan innings
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Mohammad Hafeez c NJ O'Brien b Langford-Smith 4 6 1 0 66.66
Imran Nazir c Morgan b Botha 24 51 3 0 47.05
Younis Khan c Botha b Rankin 0 3 0 0 0.00
Mohammad Yousuf c Porterfield b Johnston 15 31 2 0 48.38
Inzamam-ul-Haq c Morgan b Botha 1 3 0 0 33.33
Shoaib Malik c NJ O'Brien b KJ O'Brien 9 25 2 0 36.00
Kamran Akmal c Johnston b Rankin 27 53 4 0 50.94
Azhar Mahmood c Johnston b Rankin 2 15 0 0 13.33
Mohammad Sami c Bray b McCallan 12 34 1 0 35.29
Iftikhar Anjum not out 8 43 0 0 18.60
Umar Gul c sub b McCallan 1 13 0 0 7.69
Extras (lb 3; w 23; nb 3) 29
Total (all out; 45.4 overs) 132 13 0

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Mohammad Hafeez, 0.6 ov), 2-15 (Younis Khan, 3.3 ov), 3-56 (Mohammad Yousuf, 12.5 ov), 4-58 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 13.1 ov), 5-66 (Imran Nazir, 17.6 ov), 6-72 (Shoaib Malik, 20.3 ov), 7-103 (Azhar Mahmood, 30.2 ov), 8-105 (Kamran Akmal, 30.5 ov), 9-130 (Mohammad Sami, 43.1 ov), 10-132 (Umar Gul, 45.4 ov)

Ireland bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Dave Langford-Smith 10 1 31 1 3.10
Boyd Rankin 9 1 32 3 3.55
Andre Botha 8 4 5 2 0.62
Trent Johnston 7 1 20 1 2.85
Kevin O'Brien 6 0 29 1 4.83
Kyle McCallan 5.4 1 12 2 2.11

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Ireland innings (Revised target: 128 runs from 47 overs)
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Jeremy Bray lbw b Mohammad Sami 3 13 0 0 23.08
William Porterfield b Mohammad Hafeez 13 50 1 0 26.00
Eoin Morgan lbw b Mohammad Sami 2 5 0 0 40.00
Niall O'Brien st Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Malik 72 106 6 1 67.92
Andre Botha c Mohammad Hafeez b Mohammad Sami 0 6 0 0 0.00
Kevin O'Brien not out 16 53 2 0 30.19
Andrew White c Mohammad Hafeez b Iftikhar Anjum 4 3 1 0 133.33
Kyle McCallan c Younis Khan b Iftikhar Anjum 0 1 0 0 0.00
Trent Johnston not out 9 14 0 1 64.29
Extras (b0; lb 2; w 11; nb 1) 14
Total (7 Wickets; 41.4 overs) 133 251 10 2

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Bray, 3.1 ov), 2-15 (Morgan, 5.3 ov), 3-62 (Porterfield, 20.6 ov), 4-70 (Botha, 23.6 ov), 5-108 (NJ O'Brien, 33.6 ov), 6-113 (White, 34.5 ov), 7-113 (McCallan, 34.6 ov)

Pakistan bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Umar Gul 9 0 24 0 2.66
Mohammad Sami 10 0 29 3 2.90
Iftikhar Anjum 10 0 29 2 2.90
Azhar Mahmood 7.4 1 25 0 3.26
Mohammad Hafeez 4 0 15 1 3.75
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 1 0 9 1 9.00

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Nazir, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Inzamam-ul-Haq (capt), Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal (wkt), Azhar Mahmood, Mohammad Sami, Iftikhar Anjum, Umar Gul
Ireland: J P Bray, W T S Porterfield, E J G Morgan, N J O'Brien (wkt), K J O'Brien, A C Botha, W K McCallan, D T Johnston (capt), A R White, D Langford-Smith, W B Rankin

Player of the match: N J O'Brien (Ireland)

Umpires: B F Bowden (New Zealand) and B G Jerling (South Africa)
TV umpire: S J A Taufel (Australia)
Match referee: B C Broad (England)
Reserve umpire: I J Gould (England)

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