2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs Ireland

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Friday, March 23, 2007

West Indies beat Ireland by 8 wickets (with 59 balls remaining) in the final Group D match of the 2007 Cricket World Cup at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.

As both teams had already sealed their progress to the Super 8 stage, this match was effectively a Super 8 encounter, as the points won today were carried through to the next stage.

Ireland were missing their captain Trent Johnson after he failed to recover from a shoulder injury. Johnson was replaced by John Mooney, while Kyle McCallan deputised as captain.

Rain delays toward the end of Ireland's innings meant the game was reduced to a 48 over match. West Indies' target was therefore revised under the Duckworth-Lewis method to 190 runs from their 48 overs.


Toss: Ireland won, and decided to bat first.

File:Flag of Ireland cricket team.svg Ireland innings
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Jeremy Bray c sub b Taylor 41 72 7 0 56.94
William Porterfield c Gayle b Powell 0 2 0 0 0.00
Eoin Morgan c Ramdin b Powell 18 34 0 1 52.94
Niall O'Brien c Ramdin b Bradshaw 11 19 2 0 57.89
Andre Botha c Ramdin b Gayle 28 56 1 1 50.00
Kevin O'Brien c Sarwan b Gayle 17 46 1 0 36.95
Andrew White b Bravo 18 29 0 0 62.06
Kyle McCallan not out 20 24 2 0 83.33
John Mooney c Ramdin b Bravo 0 1 0 0 0.00
Dave Langford-Smith not out 8 7 1 0 114.28
Extras (b 4; lb 10; w 6; nb 2) 22
Total (8 Wickets; 48 overs) 183 14 2

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Porterfield, 1.2 ov), 2-61 (Morgan, 15.3 ov), 3-76 (NJ O'Brien, 20.2 ov), 4-82 (Bray, 21.6 ov), 5-129 (KJ O'Brien, 35.4 ov), 6-139 (Botha, 39.2 ov), 7-163 (White, 45.5 ov), 8-163 (Mooney, 45.6 ov)

File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Jerome Taylor 8 0 37 1 4.62
Daren Powell 9 2 24 2 2.66
Ian Bradshaw 9 0 27 1 3.00
Dwayne Bravo 7 1 35 2 5.00
Chris Gayle 10 0 23 2 2.30
Marlon Samuels 5 0 23 0 4.60
File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies innings (Target: 190 runs from 48 overs)
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Chris Gayle c White b Langford-Smith 18 14 3 0 128.57
Shivnarine Chanderpaul not out 102 113 10 4 90.26
Ramnaresh Sarwan c KJ O'Brien b McCallan 36 71 2 1 50.70
Marlon Samuels not out 27 31 2 2 87.09
Extras (lb 1; w 6) 7
Total (2 Wickets; 38.1 overs) 190 17 7

Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Gayle, 4.3 ov), 2-143 (Sarwan, 27.4 ov)

File:Flag of Ireland cricket team.svg Ireland bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Dave Langford-Smith 9 1 33 1 3.66
Boyd Rankin 5 0 38 0 7.60
Andre Botha 6 0 35 0 5.83
John Mooney 4 1 22 0 5.50
Kyle McCallan 10 0 35 1 3.50
Kevin O'Brien 3 0 13 0 4.33
Andrew White 1.1 0 13 0 11.14

West Indies: C H Gayle, S Chanderpaul, R R Sarwan, M N Samuels, B C Lara (capt), D J Bravo, D R Smith, D Ramdin (wkt), I D R Bradshaw, J E Taylor, D B Powell
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 (capt), J F Mooney, A R White, D Langford-Smith, W B Rankin

Player of the match: S Chanderpaul (West Indies)

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

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