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ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2009 / Scorecard

ICC World Cup Qualifiers - 21st match, Group A

Canada v Ireland

Ireland won by 6 wickets (with 54 balls remaining)

ODI no. 2836 | 2009 season
Played at Willowmoore Park, Benoni (neutral venue)
6 April 2009 (50-over match)


Canada innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
Rizwan Cheema	c KJ O'Brien b Rankin	3	14	14	0	0	21.42
3.4 gets another short ball, gets up into the elbow, appeals, and he is given, stands looking at the umpire, so would I, that was a terrible decision 8/1
JM Davison	b Johnston	41	83	49	6	0	83.67
20.1 drives at the fuller ball, plays over the top of it 100/2
GEF Barnett	c Wilson b Johnston	49	80	63	7	0	77.77
22.3 on the drive, does not get over it, man at point goes down on the knees to take a low catch 107/3
IS Billcliff	b Rankin	38	74	56	4	0	67.85
37.4 short ball, gets set to pull from the front foot, inside edge drags it on 174/5
A Bagai*†	run out (KJ O'Brien/†NJ O'Brien)	17	33	29	3	0	58.62
31.3 from White, drives firmly at the very wide ball, sets off for the run, K O'Brien at short cover dives across, great pick-up, fires back at the keeper, Bagai is diving to get back, does not make it 137/4
S Dhaniram	c Porterfield b Connell	25	46	29	3	0	86.20
41.5 outside off, slaps at the drive, not over it, great catch well above the head by Porterfield at backward point 191/6
S Jyoti	run out (Morgan/†NJ O'Brien)	6	21	16	0	0	37.50
42.6 from Cusack, outside off, pushes to the off, Porterfield dives, gets fingers to it, causes the hesitation, Morgan recovers and Jyoti is well short in taking the second 194/6
U Bhatti	run out (Cusack/Connell)	12	27	16	1	0	75.00
47.3 Connell to Khurram Chohan, well forward on the off, where is the non-striker going, half-way down the pitch, ball is back at the bowler via Cusack, hardly a need to appeal 217/9
WD Balaji Rao	run out (Cusack)	3	9	8	0	0	37.50
45.3 from Connell, drives into the covers, another great bit of fielding from Porterfield, Batsmen stranded, throw comes in from Cusack, direct hit, GAAAWWWWNNN 201/8
Khurram Chohan	not out	9	13	8	1	0	112.50

H Osinde	st †NJ O'Brien b Cusack	0	3	0	0	0	-
48.1 leg side ball, pushes at it, beaten, foot leaves the crease 220/10
Extras	(b 3, lb 7, w 7)	17

Total	(all out; 48 overs; 195 mins)	220	(4.58 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-8 (Rizwan Cheema, 3.4 ov), 2-100 (Davison, 20.1 ov), 3-107 (Barnett, 22.3 ov), 4-137 (Bagai, 31.3 ov), 5-174 (Billcliff, 37.4 ov), 6-191 (Dhaniram, 41.5 ov), 7-194 (Jyoti, 42.6 ov), 8-201 (Balaji Rao, 45.3 ov), 9-217 (Bhatti, 47.3 ov), 10-220 (Osinde, 47.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Connell	10	1	33	1	3.30	(2w)
41.5 to Dhaniram, outside off, slaps at the drive, not over it, great catch well above the head by Porterfield at backward point 191/6
WB Rankin	10	0	36	2	3.60	(2w)
3.4 to Rizwan Cheema, gets another short ball, gets up into the elbow, appeals, and he is given, stands looking at the umpire, so would I, that was a terrible decision 8/1 37.4 to Billcliff, short ball, gets set to pull from the front foot, inside edge drags it on 174/5
DT Johnston	10	2	37	2	3.70
20.1 to Davison, drives at the fuller ball, plays over the top of it 100/2 22.3 to Barnett, on the drive, does not get over it, man at point goes down on the knees to take a low catch 107/3
KJ O'Brien	3	0	25	0	8.33

RM West	4	0	27	0	6.75	(1w)

AR White	4	0	14	0	3.50

AR Cusack	7	0	38	1	5.42	(2w)
48.1 to Osinde, leg side ball, pushes at it, beaten, foot leaves the crease 220/10


Ireland innings (target: 221 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
WTS Porterfield*	c Barnett b Bhatti	10	10	12	2	0	83.33
2.2 drives in the air, cover dives forward and holds on, great start for Canada 10/2
GC Wilson	c Dhaniram b Osinde	0	8	2	0	0	0.00
1.6 short again, gets back on the cut, gets under it, man at third man, having just dropped Porterfield, takes this one 10/1
EJG Morgan	not out	84	160	100	10	1	84.00

NJ O'Brien†	b Bhatti	32	25	26	5	1	123.07
8.4 and can you believe it, a full pitched ball, gets inside the bat and thuds into the stumps 42/3
AR Cusack	c †Bagai b Bhatti	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
8.6 pitched full outside off, pushes at it, gets the edge and taken by a diving keeper 42/4
KJ O'Brien	not out	89	130	104	9	1	85.57

Extras	(lb 2, w 6)	8

Total	(4 wickets; 41 overs; 169 mins)	223	(5.43 runs per over)

Did not bat AR White, DT Johnston, RM West, P Connell, WB Rankin

Fall of wickets1-10 (Wilson, 1.6 ov), 2-10 (Porterfield, 2.2 ov), 3-42 (NJ O'Brien, 8.4 ov), 4-42 (Cusack, 8.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
U Bhatti	10	3	28	3	2.80
2.2 to Porterfield, drives in the air, cover dives forward and holds on, great start for Canada 10/2 8.4 to NJ O'Brien, and can you believe it, a full pitched ball, gets inside the bat and thuds into the stumps 42/3 8.6 to Cusack, pitched full outside off, pushes at it, gets the edge and taken by a diving keeper 42/4
H Osinde	7	1	31	1	4.42	(2w)
1.6 to Wilson, short again, gets back on the cut, gets under it, man at third man, having just dropped Porterfield, takes this one 10/1
Khurram Chohan	6	0	43	0	7.16

WD Balaji Rao	3	0	31	0	10.33	(1w)

JM Davison	4	0	34	0	8.50	(1w)

Rizwan Cheema	4	0	21	0	5.25

S Dhaniram	7	0	33	0	4.71	(1w)

Match details

Toss Ireland, who chose to field
Points Ireland 2, Canada 0

ODI debut Khurram Chohan (Canada)
Player of the match EJG Morgan (Ireland)

Umpires HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and AM Saheba (India)
Match referee BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire SR Modi (Kenya)

Match notes

Canada innings
Power Play 2 overs 11 to 15
Canada 50 , 52 minutes, 78 balls, 4x6
50 partnership, 49 mins, 73 balls, 4x6
Canada 100, 82 minutes, 121 balls, 13x4
Canada 150, 137 minutes, 200 balls, 18x4
Power Play 3 overs 46 to 50
Canada 200, 188 minutes, 274 balls, 23x4
Ireland innings
Power Play 2 overs 11 to 15
Ireland 50 51 minutes, 71 balls, 8x4, 1x6
Canada 100, 99 minutes, 135 balls, 14x4, 2x6
50 partnership, 56 minutes, 76 balls, 6x4, 1x6
Ireland 150, 124 minutes, 177 balls, 19x4, 3x6
Morgan 50, 113 minutes, 71 balls, 6x4, 1x6
O'Brien 50, 85 minutes, 60 balls, 6x4,1x6
100 partnership, 83 minutes, 119 balls, 12x4, 1x6
Canada 200 156 minutes, 231 balls, 24x4, 3x6
Man of the Match EJG Morgan

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