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ICC Intercontinental Cup 2007 / Scorecard

ICC Intercontinental Cup, 2007 - final

Ireland v Namibia

Ireland won by 9 wickets

First-class match | 2008/09 season
Played at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth (neutral venue)
30,31 October, 1,2 November 2008 (5-day match)


Namibia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Burger	b Johnston	13	70	57	2	0	22.80
17.3 picks the wrong line, ball hits middle stump 37/2
LP van der Westhuizen	c KJ O'Brien b Rankin	18	52	36	3	0	50.00
13.6 a bouncer, ball comes back at the batsman, who fends away the ball but spoons a catch to Kevin O'Brien at backward point 36/1
SF Burger	c Porterfield b Connell	21	89	60	2	0	35.00
35.2 keeps low outsid eoff as Burger cuts, trhe ball travels sharply to 3rd slip where Porterfieldbtakes a greaty catch at ankle height 82/4
C Williams	c Cusack b Connell	25	62	51	4	0	49.01
33.1 cuts hard but the ball goes straight into the hands of Cusack standing at backward point 81/3
G Snyman	c Connell b Botha	9	43	31	2	0	29.03
44.1 goes on a big drive, but not middled neatly and the ball skies tobwide of mid off where Connell is able to take a simple catch 104/5
LJ Burger*	not out	74	241	179	10	1	41.34

DB Kotze	c Johnston b Cusack	5	28	21	0	0	23.80
50.5 keeps low after clipping the bat outside off, well taken at 1st slip 119/6
BL Kotze	lbw b Rankin	43	131	102	4	1	42.15
85.1 shuffles across and pays the price when he misses 210/7
T Verwey†	c West b Connell	0	7	7	0	0	0.00
86.3 drives, a top edge sees the ball go high into the atmosphere before comiing down to meet a patient West's hands at mid off 211/8
L Klazinga	lbw b Connell	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
86.6 beatas the bat and traps the batsman in front 212/9
KB Burger	b Connell	29	33	21	6	0	138.09
94.3 what a terrible delivery, rank full toss is played and missed 250/10
Extras	(b 5, lb 8)	13

Total	(all out; 94.3 overs; 388 mins)	250	(2.64 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-36 (van der Westhuizen, 13.6 ov), 2-37 (AJ Burger, 17.3 ov), 3-81 (Williams, 33.1 ov), 4-82 (SF Burger, 35.2 ov), 5-104 (Snyman, 44.1 ov), 6-119 (DB Kotze, 50.5 ov), 7-210 (BL Kotze, 85.1 ov), 8-211 (Verwey, 86.3 ov), 9-212 (Klazinga, 86.6 ov), 10-250 (KB Burger, 94.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Connell	20.3	5	54	5	2.63
33.1 to Williams, cuts hard but the ball goes straight into the hands of Cusack standing at backward point 81/3 35.2 to SF Burger, keeps low outsid eoff as Burger cuts, trhe ball travels sharply to 3rd slip where Porterfieldbtakes a greaty catch at ankle height 82/4 86.3 to Verwey, drives, a top edge sees the ball go high into the atmosphere before comiing down to meet a patient West's hands at mid off 211/8 86.6 to Klazinga, beatas the bat and traps the batsman in front 212/9 94.3 to KB Burger, what a terrible delivery, rank full toss is played and missed 250/10
WB Rankin	21	3	68	2	3.23
13.6 to van der Westhuizen, a bouncer, ball comes back at the batsman, who fends away the ball but spoons a catch to Kevin O'Brien at backward point 36/1 85.1 to BL Kotze, shuffles across and pays the price when he misses 210/7
AC Botha	20	8	41	1	2.05
44.1 to Snyman, goes on a big drive, but not middled neatly and the ball skies tobwide of mid off where Connell is able to take a simple catch 104/5
DT Johnston	19	6	43	1	2.26
17.3 to AJ Burger, picks the wrong line, ball hits middle stump 37/2
RM West	6	1	14	0	2.33

AR Cusack	6	2	9	1	1.50
50.5 to DB Kotze, keeps low after clipping the bat outside off, well taken at 1st slip 119/6
WK McCallan	2	0	8	0	4.00


Ireland 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
WTS Porterfield*	b Snyman	12	42	31	1	0	38.70
10.3 goes forward to defend, ball comes back a bit, gets the inside edge bonto off stump 27/2
NJ O'Brien†	lbw b Snyman	0	11	3	0	0	0.00
2.3 beaten, hits the pads, the appeal is upheld. O'Brien is clearly unhappy 11/1
AR Cusack	not out	95	273	230	15	0	41.30

AC Botha	b Snyman	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
10.4 beaten all ends up, middle stump goes 27/3
KJ O'Brien	b Snyman	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
10.6 beaten, and the stumps are shattered 27/4
AR White	c Williams b Snyman	8	14	7	1	0	114.28
14.3 nicks, ball goes low to Williams at 2nd slip 37/5
DT Johnston	b DB Kotze	58	158	129	9	0	44.96
60.1 has a look to pull, fails to connect properly and the ball skids into the stumps dislodging the bails 178/6
WK McCallan	lbw b SF Burger	2	11	13	0	0	15.38
63.3 comes forward to defend, misss, the ball hits the pads to trap the batsman well in front 181/7
RM West	c †Verwey b SF Burger	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
63.5 drives but only to edge to the keeper 181/8
P Connell	b SF Burger	1	27	17	0	0	5.88
71.4 goes forward but misses, the ball doesn't and Connell has to make his way back to to the change rooms 187/9
WB Rankin	c †Verwey b SF Burger	4	8	5	1	0	80.00

Extras	(b 8, lb 5, w 2)	15

Total	(all out; 73.3 overs; 279 mins)	195	(2.65 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-11 (NJ O'Brien, 2.3 ov), 2-27 (Porterfield, 10.3 ov), 3-27 (Botha, 10.4 ov), 4-27 (KJ O'Brien, 10.6 ov), 5-37 (White, 14.3 ov), 6-178 (Johnston, 60.1 ov), 7-181 (McCallan, 63.3 ov), 8-181 (West, 63.6 ov), 9-187 (Connell, 71.4 ov), 10-195 (Rankin, 73.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
G Snyman	15	2	53	5	3.53
2.3 to NJ O'Brien, beaten, hits the pads, the appeal is upheld. O'Brien is clearly unhappy 11/1 10.3 to Porterfield, goes forward to defend, ball comes back a bit, gets the inside edge bonto off stump 27/2 10.4 to Botha, beaten all ends up, middle stump goes 27/3 10.6 to KJ O'Brien, beaten, and the stumps are shattered 27/4 14.3 to White, nicks, ball goes low to Williams at 2nd slip 37/5
KB Burger	8	0	33	0	4.12	(1w)

L Klazinga	11	1	35	0	3.18

SF Burger	19.3	9	23	4	1.17
63.3 to McCallan, comes forward to defend, misss, the ball hits the pads to trap the batsman well in front 181/7 63.5 to West, drives but only to edge to the keeper 181/8 71.4 to Connell, goes forward but misses, the ball doesn't and Connell has to make his way back to to the change rooms 187/9
BL Kotze	7	1	26	0	3.71

DB Kotze	13	7	12	1	0.92
60.1 to Johnston, has a look to pull, fails to connect properly and the ball skids into the stumps dislodging the bails 178/6


Namibia 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Burger	b Rankin	34	181	128	2	0	26.56
42.1 beaten by a peach of a delivery, voming back from the off 85/6
LP van der Westhuizen	lbw b Connell	0	9	6	0	0	0.00
2.1 ball nips back beating the covering bat and raps the pads 1/1
L Klazinga	lbw b Connell	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
2.5 great ball, never looked happy gainst the bowler, beaten and trapped in front going onto the back foot 1/2
SF Burger	c Porterfield b Rankin	6	35	26	1	0	23.07
11.4 ball comes across the batsman who has a cut, ball goes to Porterfield's right at 2nd slip, a great diving catch 14/3
C Williams	c Cusack b Botha	14	68	46	2	0	30.43
27.4 cuts but well enough goes to Cusack at point 43/4
G Snyman	c †NJ O'Brien b Botha	31	46	37	3	2	83.78
51.1 drives to a ball going down off, a faint touch presents the Irish keeper with his first catch of the innings 111/7
LJ Burger*	lbw b Rankin	1	58	32	0	0	3.12
40.2 shuffles into line and pays the price 68/5
DB Kotze	lbw b Connell	18	64	45	2	0	40.00
56.4 caught well in front and on the back foot 131/8
BL Kotze	not out	17	45	32	2	0	53.12

T Verwey†	run out (KJ O'Brien)	6	20	16	1	0	37.50
61.6 West to BL Kotze, push to point, the non-striker sets off and short cover picks up the ball and as the striker has not run we find both batsman standing next to each other 145/8
KB Burger	c Johnston b Rankin	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
62.3 edged to the slips 145/10
Extras	(b 6, lb 7, w 5)	18

Total	(all out; 62.3 overs; 270 mins)	145	(2.32 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-1 (van der Westhuizen, 2.1 ov), 2-1 (Klazinga, 2.5 ov), 3-14 (SF Burger, 11.4 ov), 4-43 (Williams, 27.4 ov), 4-43* (Snyman, retired not out, 28.6 ov), 5-68 (LJ Burger, 40.2 ov), 6-85 (AJ Burger, 42.1 ov), 7-111 (Snyman, 51.1 ov), 8-131 (DB Kotze, 56.4 ov), 9-145 (Verwey, 61.5 ov), 10-145 (KB Burger, 62.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Connell	18	9	36	3	2.00
2.1 to van der Westhuizen, ball nips back beating the covering bat and raps the pads 1/1 2.5 to Klazinga, great ball, never looked happy gainst the bowler, beaten and trapped in front going onto the back foot 1/2 56.4 to DB Kotze, caught well in front and on the back foot 131/8 62.3 to KB Burger, edged to the slips 145/10
WB Rankin	16.3	4	39	4	2.36	(1w)
11.4 to SF Burger, ball comes across the batsman who has a cut, ball goes to Porterfield's right at 2nd slip, a great diving catch 14/3 40.2 to LJ Burger, shuffles into line and pays the price 68/5 42.1 to AJ Burger, beaten by a peach of a delivery, voming back from the off 85/6
DT Johnston	8	4	8	0	1.00

AC Botha	14	5	28	2	2.00
27.4 to Williams, cuts but well enough goes to Cusack at point 43/4 51.1 to Snyman, drives to a ball going down off, a faint touch presents the Irish keeper with his first catch of the innings 111/7
AR Cusack	1	1	0	0	0.00

RM West	5	1	21	0	4.20


Ireland 2nd innings (target: 201 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
WTS Porterfield*	c BL Kotze b DB Kotze	34	58	53	7	0	64.15
14.5 going for a big hit, ball goes high to a waiting Bjon Kotze at deeoish mid on 68/1
NJ O'Brien†	not out	119	215	165	15	2	72.12

AR Cusack	not out	39	156	130	5	0	30.00

Extras	(b 3, lb 1, w 4, nb 1)	9

Total	(1 wicket; 58 overs; 215 mins)	201	(3.46 runs per over)

Did not bat AC Botha, KJ O'Brien, AR White, DT Johnston, WK McCallan, RM West, WB Rankin, P Connell

Fall of wickets1-68 (Porterfield, 14.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
G Snyman	12	0	41	0	3.41	(1nb, 2w)

KB Burger	3	0	23	0	7.66	(1w)

SF Burger	4	1	14	0	3.50	(1w)

DB Kotze	24	6	47	1	1.95
14.5 to Porterfield, going for a big hit, ball goes high to a waiting Bjon Kotze at deeoish mid on 68/1
L Klazinga	7	0	29	0	4.14

AJ Burger	4	0	27	0	6.75

C Williams	3	0	12	0	4.00

LJ Burger	1	0	4	0	4.00

Match details

Toss Namibia, who chose to bat
Series Ireland won the 2007 ICC Intercontinental Cup

Player of the match AR Cusack (Ireland)

Umpires PK Baldwin (Germany) and IL Howell
Match referee DT Jukes (England)
Reserve umpire CL Joubert

Close of play
30 Oct day 1 - Namibia 1st innings 241/9 (LJ Burger 72*, KB Burger 22*, 90 ov)
31 Oct day 2 - Namibia 2nd innings 14/2 (AJ Burger 7*, SF Burger 6*, 9 ov)
1 Nov day 3 - Ireland 2nd innings 134/1 (NJ O'Brien 77*, AR Cusack 19*, 36 ov)
2 Nov day 4 - Ireland 2nd innings 201/1 (58 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4

150 runs in 47.6 overs (175 mins, 288 balls, 19x4,1x6)
NJ O'Brien: 100 runs off 144 balls in 185 mins (13x4, 1x6)
2nd wicket partnership 100 runs from 219 balls in 131 mins (NJ O'Brien 71, AR Cusack 23, Extras 6, 12x4, 0x6)
200 runs in 57.6 overs (215 mins, 352 balls, 27x4,1x6)