2007 Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs Sri Lanka
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Sri Lanka have defeated Ireland today in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at Queen's Park, St. George's, Grenada.
77 is the lowest score in this world cup for an opening batting team. It has also confirmed that South Africa will finish fourth in the Super 8 stage, however Sri Lanka's position may change after the Australia vs New Zealand match.
Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first.
| File:Flag of Ireland cricket team.svg Ireland innings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Jeremy Bray | c Arnold b Maharoof | 20 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 68.96 | |
| William Porterfield | c Jayasuriya b Maharoof | 17 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Andre Botha | c Sangakkara b Maharoof | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Eoin Morgan | c Sangakkara b Maharoof | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Niall O'Brien | c Sangakkara b Muralitharan | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| Kevin O'Brien | c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Kenny Carroll | b Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Trent Johnston | run out (Maharoof) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Kyle McCallan | lbw b Muralitharan | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Dave Langford-Smith | lbw b Vaas | 18 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 85.71 | |
| Boyd Rankin | not out | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 41.17 | |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 2, nb 2) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 27.4 overs) | 77 | 8 | 1 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Bray, 7.3 ov), 2-28 (Botha, 7.5 ov), 3-28 (Morgan, 8.0 ov), 4-46 (Porterfield, 18.0 ov), 5-48 (NJ O'Brien, 18.2 ov), 6-48 (Carroll, 18.4 ov), 7-49 (Johnston, 19.4 ov), 8-49 (KJ O'Brien, 20.1 ov), 9-54 (McCallan, 22.4 ov), 10-77 (Langford-Smith, 27.4 ov)
 Sri Lanka bowling
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Chaminda Vaas | 5.4 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3.17 | |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1.42 | |
| Farveez Maharoof | 10 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 2.50 | |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 5 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3.80 | |
| Sri Lanka innings (Target: 78 from 50 overs)
| |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Upul Tharanga | c Porterfield b Rankin | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | not out | 24 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 120.00 | |
| Kumar Sangakkara | c Caroll b Langford-Smith | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 111.11 | |
| Mahela Jayawardene | not out | 39 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 144.44 | |
| Extras | (w 5; nb 3) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (2 Wickets; 10 overs) | 81 | 10 | 2 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Tharanga, 0.6 ov), 2-25 (Sangakkara, 3.2 ov)
Did not bat: Chamara Silva, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Russel Arnold, Farveez Maharoof, Nuwan Kulasekara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas
| File:Flag of Ireland cricket team.svg Ireland bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Boyd Rankin | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 9.00 | |
| Dave Langford-Smith | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 9.66 | |
| A C Botha | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | |
| Kevin O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | |
| Kenny Carroll | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | |
Ireland: W T S Porterfield, J P Bray, E J G Morgan, N J O'Brien (wkt), A C Botha, K J O'Brien, D T Johnston (capt), W K McCallan, K E D Carroll, D Langford-Smith, W B Rankin
Sri Lanka: W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt), D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, M F Maharoof, R P Arnold, W P U J C Vaas, K M D N Kulasekara, M Muralitharan
Player of the match: M F Maharoof (Sri Lanka)
Umpires: M R Benson (England) and B R Doctrove (West Indies)
TV umpire: D J Harper (Australia)
Match referee:B C Broad (England)
Reserve umpire: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Sources
[edit]- "45th Match, Super Eights: Ireland v Sri Lanka at St George's, Apr 18, 2007" — Cricinfo, April 18, 2007
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