ICC World Cup - 40th match, Super Eights

Australia v Ireland

Australia won by 9 wickets (with 226 balls remaining)

Ireland innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal JP Bray b McGrath 1 3 2 0 0 50.00
View dismissal WTS Porterfield lbw b Tait 1 14 11 0 0 9.09
View dismissal EJG Morgan c Hayden b McGrath 0 19 9 0 0 0.00
View dismissal NJ O'Brien b Tait 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
View dismissal KJ O'Brien c Hodge b Clark 16 51 25 3 0 64.00
View dismissal AR White c Hogg b McGrath 6 30 20 0 0 30.00
View dismissal DT Johnston* b Tait 17 30 25 2 0 68.00
View dismissal WK McCallan c Tait b Symonds 5 32 18 0 0 27.77
View dismissal JF Mooney run out (Tait) 23 53 44 2 0 52.27
View dismissal D Langford-Smith c Ponting b Hogg 2 8 7 0 0 28.57
WB Rankin not out 4 25 19 0 0 21.05
Extras (w 15, nb 1) 16
Total (all out; 30 overs; 138 mins) 91 (3.03 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-2 (Bray, 0.6 ov), 2-2 (Porterfield, 3.1 ov), 3-2 (NJ O'Brien, 3.2 ov), 4-12 (Morgan, 4.3 ov), 5-32 (White, 10.3 ov), 6-42 (KJ O'Brien, 13.2 ov), 7-54 (Johnston, 16.3 ov), 8-72 (McCallan, 20.6 ov), 9-80 (Langford-Smith, 23.1 ov), 10-91 (Mooney, 29.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
View wickets GD McGrath 7 1 17 3 2.42
View wickets SW Tait 6 1 39 3 6.50 (1nb, 9w)
View wicket SR Clark 8 1 19 1 2.37 (1w)
View wicket GB Hogg 6 2 9 1 1.50 (2w)
View wicket A Symonds 3 1 7 1 2.33
Australia innings (target: 92 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal AC Gilchrist b Johnston 34 38 25 4 0 136.00
MEK Hussey not out 30 57 41 3 1 73.17
A Symonds not out 15 17 9 1 1 166.66
Extras (lb 4, w 8, nb 1) 13
Total (1 wicket; 12.2 overs; 57 mins) 92 (7.45 runs per over)
Did not bat ML Hayden, RT Ponting*, MJ Clarke, BJ Hodge, GB Hogg, SR Clark, SW Tait, GD McGrath
Fall of wickets1-62 (Gilchrist, 8.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
D Langford-Smith 3 0 27 0 9.00 (2w)
WB Rankin 4.2 0 24 0 5.53 (4w)
View wicket DT Johnston 3 0 18 1 6.00 (1nb, 2w)
JF Mooney 1 0 14 0 14.00
WK McCallan 1 0 5 0 5.00
Match details
Toss Australia, who chose to field
Points Australia 2, Ireland 0
Player of the match GD McGrath (Australia)
Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and RE Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire SA Bucknor
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire SJA Taufel (Australia)
Match notes
  • Ireland innings
  • Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
  • Drinks: Ireland - 42/6 in 13.2 overs (DT Johnston 10)
  • Ireland: 50 runs in 14.4 overs (97 balls), Extras 9
  • Australia innings
  • Australia: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (47 balls), Extras 10
  • 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls (AC Gilchrist 27, MEK Hussey 14, Ex 10)
  • One Day International Scorers: Binoy George and S Raju
  • Official Attendance - 12,178
 
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Apr 13, 2007

Trent Johnston celebrates a wicket, Ireland v Australia, World Cup, Bridgetown, Barbados, 13 April, 2007

Trent Johnston celebrates a wicket

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Apr 13, 2007

An Australia fan holds aloft her country's flag after their crushing nine-wicket win, Australia v Ireland, Super Eights, Barbados, April 13, 2007

An Australia fan holds aloft her country's flag after their crushing nine-wicket win

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