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Bangladesh v Ireland 2007-08 / Scorecard

Ireland in Bangladesh ODI Series - 1st ODI

Bangladesh v Ireland

Bangladesh won by 8 wickets (with 61 balls remaining)

ODI no. 2693 | 2007/08 season
Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
18 March 2008 (50-over match)


Ireland innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
WTS Porterfield	c †Dhiman Ghosh b Mashrafe Mortaza	1	19	19	0	0	5.26
4.6 first strike! excellent line and length from Mortaza, in the channel outside the off stump and Porterfield is drawn forward into the drive, thick edge produced and the ball goes straight to the keeper 6/1
R Strydom	c †Dhiman Ghosh b Mashrafe Mortaza	8	40	29	1	0	27.58
10.2 edged to the keeper 18/2
EJG Morgan	b Farhad Reza	35	72	55	1	1	63.63
25.6 yorker length delivery and Morgan plays all over it 81/4
NJ O'Brien†	c Farhad Reza b Mahmudullah	15	22	21	2	1	71.42
15.6 gone! line and length delivery and O'Brien' drives hard and staright to Reze at cover 43/3
KJ O'Brien	lbw b Shakib Al Hasan	20	55	44	2	0	45.45
30.3 got'm! tossed up and on the stumps, O'Brien goes for the sweep but fails to make contact - loud appeal and up goes the finger 97/5
AC Botha	run out (Abdur Razzak)	22	35	28	2	0	78.57
34.5 Mashrafe Mortaza to Cusack, run out! goes for a quick run, Razzak's throw from mid-off is spot on and Botha has to walk back this time 115/6
AR Cusack	c Farhad Reza b Mashrafe Mortaza	38	80	61	0	1	62.29
49.1 good length delivery and Cusack goes hard at it, not a well timed shot in the end and the ball balloons up towards deep cover where Reza nicely settles under it 180/7
DT Johnston*	not out	31	66	41	2	0	75.60

D Langford-Smith	not out	3	4	2	0	0	150.00

Extras	(b 5, lb 4, w 3)	12

Total	(7 wickets; 50 overs; 204 mins)	185	(3.70 runs per over)

Did not bat GJ Thompson, WK McCallan

Fall of wickets1-8 (Porterfield, 4.6 ov), 2-20 (Strydom, 10.2 ov), 3-43 (NJ O'Brien, 15.6 ov), 4-81 (Morgan, 25.6 ov), 5-97 (KJ O'Brien, 30.3 ov), 6-115 (Botha, 34.5 ov), 7-180 (Cusack, 49.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza	10	4	22	3	2.20
4.6 to Porterfield, first strike! excellent line and length from Mortaza, in the channel outside the off stump and Porterfield is drawn forward into the drive, thick edge produced and the ball goes straight to the keeper 6/1 10.2 to Strydom, edged to the keeper 18/2 49.1 to Cusack, good length delivery and Cusack goes hard at it, not a well timed shot in the end and the ball balloons up towards deep cover where Reza nicely settles under it 180/7
Abdur Razzak	10	0	36	0	3.60	(1w)

Mahmudullah	10	0	31	1	3.10	(1w)
15.6 to NJ O'Brien, gone! line and length delivery and O'Brien' drives hard and staright to Reze at cover 43/3
Shakib Al Hasan	10	1	38	1	3.80
30.3 to KJ O'Brien, got'm! tossed up and on the stumps, O'Brien goes for the sweep but fails to make contact - loud appeal and up goes the finger 97/5
Farhad Reza	10	0	49	1	4.90	(1w)
25.6 to Morgan, yorker length delivery and Morgan plays all over it 81/4


Bangladesh innings (target: 186 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
Tamim Iqbal	c Thompson b Langford-Smith	13	24	18	2	0	72.22
5.4 now Ireland draw the first blood as Tamim tries to cut and does not roll his wrists properly and it goes straight to point where Thomson does no mistakes 25/1
Shahriar Nafees	not out	90	172	121	11	0	74.38

Aftab Ahmed	c Strydom b Johnston	11	16	10	2	0	110.00
9.2 Gone ! drives in the air to mid on where Strydom snaps the catch 56/2
Mohammad Ashraful*	not out	64	130	90	8	0	71.11

Extras	(w 8)	8

Total	(2 wickets; 39.5 overs; 172 mins)	186	(4.66 runs per over)

Did not bat Shakib Al Hasan, Raqibul Hasan, Dhiman Ghosh†, Farhad Reza, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mahmudullah

Fall of wickets1-25 (Tamim Iqbal, 5.4 ov), 2-56 (Aftab Ahmed, 9.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
KJ O'Brien	5	0	30	0	6.00	(2w)

D Langford-Smith	7	0	49	1	7.00	(5w)
5.4 to Tamim Iqbal, now Ireland draw the first blood as Tamim tries to cut and does not roll his wrists properly and it goes straight to point where Thomson does no mistakes 25/1
DT Johnston	6	1	17	1	2.83	(1w)
9.2 to Aftab Ahmed, Gone ! drives in the air to mid on where Strydom snaps the catch 56/2
AC Botha	6	1	20	0	3.33

WK McCallan	8	0	28	0	3.50

AR Cusack	3.5	0	16	0	4.17

GJ Thompson	4	0	26	0	6.50