2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Ireland

Sunday, 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.

File:Flag of Ireland cricket team.svg 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	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	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	9	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)

File:Flag of Ireland cricket team.svg Ireland bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	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)

Sources

• "42nd Match, Super Eights: Bangladesh v Ireland at Bridgetown, Apr 15, 2007" — Cricinfo, April 15, 2007
• James Fitzgerald. "Ireland qualifies for LG ICC ODI Championship" — ICC, April 16, 2007