ICC World Cup - 45th Match, Super Eights
Ireland v Sri Lanka
courtesy SNNI-Melbourne

 
 
 

Played at National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada (neutral venue), on 18 April 2007 (50-over match)

Result Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 240 balls remaining)

 Ireland innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
JP Bray c Arnold b Maharoof 20 32 29 4 0 68.96
WTS Porterfield c Jayasuriya b Maharoof 17 79 51 1 0 33.33
AC Botha c wicket-keeperSangakkara b Maharoof 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
EJG Morgan c wicket-keeperSangakkara b Maharoof 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
wicket-keeper NJ O'Brien c wicket-keeperSangakkara b Muralitharan 4 46 28 0 0 14.28
KJ O'Brien c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 2 14 4 0 0 50.00
KED Carroll b Muralitharan 0 1 2 0 0 0.00
captain DT Johnston run out (Maharoof) 0 5 4 0 0 0.00
WK McCallan lbw b Muralitharan 0 10 9 0 0 0.00
D Langford-Smith lbw b Vaas 18 29 21 2 1 85.71
WB Rankin not out 7 20 17 1 0 41.17
    Extras (lb 5, w 2, nb 2) 9
Total (all out; 27.4 overs; 125 mins) 77

Fall of wickets1-28 (Bray, 7.3 ov), 2-28 (Botha, 7.5 ov), 3-28 (Morgan, 7.6 ov), 4-46 (Porterfield, 17.6 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)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 WPUJC Vaas 5.4 1 18 1 3.17 (1nb)
 KMDN Kulasekara 7 3 10 0 1.42
 MF Maharoof 10 3 25 4 2.50 (1nb)
 M Muralitharan 5 0 19 4 3.80 (2w)

 Sri Lanka innings (target: 78 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
WU Tharanga c Porterfield b Rankin 0 5 7 0 0 0.00
ST Jayasuriya not out 24 51 20 3 1 120.00
wicket-keeper KC Sangakkara c Carroll b Langford-Smith 10 15 9 1 0 111.11
captain DPMD Jayawardene not out 39 30 27 6 1 144.44
    Extras (w 5, nb 3) 8
 Total (2 wickets; 10 overs; 51 mins) 81

Did not bat LPC Silva, TM Dilshan, RP Arnold, MF Maharoof, WPUJC Vaas, KMDN Kulasekara, M Muralitharan

Fall of wickets1-1 (Tharanga, 0.6 ov), 2-25 (Sangakkara, 3.2 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 WB Rankin 4 0 36 1 9.00 (3nb, 2w)
 D Langford-Smith 3 0 29 1 9.66 (3w)
 AC Botha 1 0 4 0 4.00
 KJ O'Brien 1 0 4 0 4.00
 KED Carroll 1 0 8 0 8.00

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field first
Points Sri Lanka 2, Ireland 0

Player of the match MF Maharoof (Sri Lanka)

Umpires MR Benson (England) and BR Doctrove
TV umpire DJ Harper (Australia)
Match referee BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire Aleem Dar (Pakistan)

 Match notes

  • Ireland innings
  • Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
  • Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
  • Drinks: Ireland - 44/3 in 17.0 overs (WTS Porterfield 16, NJ O'Brien 3)
  • Ireland: 50 runs in 20.4 overs (127 balls), Extras 6
  • Sri Lanka innings
  • Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (43 balls), Extras 8
  • 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (ST Jayasuriya 15, DPMD Jayawardene 35, Ex 2)
  • Official Attendance - 8,000