2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs Ireland

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)

Sources

• "21st Match, Group D: West Indies v Ireland at Kingston - Mar 23, 2007" — Cricinfo, March 23, 2007
• "ICC World Cup: Ireland v West Indies" — BBC, March 23, 2007