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World Cup 2006/07 / Scorecard

ICC World Cup - 45th match, Super Eights

Ireland v Sri Lanka

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

ODI no. 2575 | 2006/07 season
Played at National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada (neutral venue)
18 April 2007 (50-over match)


Ireland innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
JP Bray	c Arnold b Maharoof	20	32	29	4	0	68.96
7.3 slower ball, Bray gets a leading edge which loops into the off side and Arnold races in from cover and takes a good catch diving forward, inches from the ground 28/1
WTS Porterfield	c Jayasuriya b Maharoof	17	79	51	1	0	33.33
17.6 goddim. A frustrated sort of shot, skipping down the pitch and trying to flick him over midwicket. But he got a leading edge to Jayasuriya at mid-on who only had to jog back three or four metres to take a simple catch 46/4
AC Botha	c †Sangakkara b Maharoof	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
7.5 short of a length outside off, no foot movement and Sangakkara takes an oh-so-routine catch. Two balls, no runs ... the experiment of promoting Botha up the order might not be seen as a complete success ... 28/2
EJG Morgan	c †Sangakkara b Maharoof	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
7.6 the normally cynical office leap up as one at a quite brilliant one-handed catch from Sangakkara. Eion Morgan nicked the ball, Sangakkara was heading to leg, but readjusted and dived to his left, clutching the ball in the fingertips of his left hand. It was almost past him as he grabbed it. Amazing 28/3
NJ O'Brien†	c †Sangakkara b Muralitharan	4	46	28	0	0	14.28
18.2 goddim! A beautiful delivery, albeit not very well played. On off stump, angling across the left hander and turning further away from his meek defensive poke, handing the keeper an easy catch just to his left 48/5
KJ O'Brien	c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan	2	14	4	0	0	50.00
20.1 another leading edge; another wicket. He tried to turn it to leg but the spin was too great...the ball flies to Jayasuriya at mid-on who takes a useful catch diving forward 49/8
KED Carroll	b Muralitharan	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
18.4 gone! Oh dear. Carroll tried to sweep but lost his balance and the doosra from Murali crept beneath his bat to knock over leg stump 48/6
DT Johnston*	run out (Maharoof)	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
19.4 from Maharoof, what a piece of work that is! That's quite brilliant. Punched back to Maharoof who dived to his right, plucked it out of the air and threw down the stumps in one fluid motion. It actually ricocheted off Johnston's boot. Sri Lanka have been so slick in the field today 49/7
WK McCallan	lbw b Muralitharan	0	10	9	0	0	0.00
22.4 oh dear. He shoulders arms, attempting to pad it away and he's trapped absolutely plumb in front. Mark Benson, the umpire, raises his finger as quick as a cat...almost before Murali appealed, even 54/9
D Langford-Smith	lbw b Vaas	18	29	21	2	1	85.71
27.4 and he's rapped on the back pad, trying to pull it, and that's utterly, completely plumb 77/10
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	(2.78 runs per over)

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)
27.4 to Langford-Smith, and he's rapped on the back pad, trying to pull it, and that's utterly, completely plumb 77/10
KMDN Kulasekara	7	3	10	0	1.42

MF Maharoof	10	3	25	4	2.50	(1nb)
7.3 to Bray, slower ball, Bray gets a leading edge which loops into the off side and Arnold races in from cover and takes a good catch diving forward, inches from the ground 28/1 7.5 to Botha, short of a length outside off, no foot movement and Sangakkara takes an oh-so-routine catch. Two balls, no runs ... the experiment of promoting Botha up the order might not be seen as a complete success ... 28/2 7.6 to Morgan, the normally cynical office leap up as one at a quite brilliant one-handed catch from Sangakkara. Eion Morgan nicked the ball, Sangakkara was heading to leg, but readjusted and dived to his left, clutching the ball in the fingertips of his left hand. It was almost past him as he grabbed it. Amazing 28/3 17.6 to Porterfield, goddim. A frustrated sort of shot, skipping down the pitch and trying to flick him over midwicket. But he got a leading edge to Jayasuriya at mid-on who only had to jog back three or four metres to take a simple catch 46/4
M Muralitharan	5	0	19	4	3.80	(2w)
18.2 to NJ O'Brien, goddim! A beautiful delivery, albeit not very well played. On off stump, angling across the left hander and turning further away from his meek defensive poke, handing the keeper an easy catch just to his left 48/5 18.4 to Carroll, gone! Oh dear. Carroll tried to sweep but lost his balance and the doosra from Murali crept beneath his bat to knock over leg stump 48/6 20.1 to KJ O'Brien, another leading edge; another wicket. He tried to turn it to leg but the spin was too great...the ball flies to Jayasuriya at mid-on who takes a useful catch diving forward 49/8 22.4 to McCallan, oh dear. He shoulders arms, attempting to pad it away and he's trapped absolutely plumb in front. Mark Benson, the umpire, raises his finger as quick as a cat...almost before Murali appealed, even 54/9


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
0.6 short, cut to gully off the back foot and that's a very tidy catch indeed! 1/1
ST Jayasuriya	not out	24	51	20	3	1	120.00

KC Sangakkara†	c Carroll b Langford-Smith	10	15	9	1	0	111.11
3.2 outside off, driven on the up and that's taken in the covers, snapped up. That was travelling and that's a marvellous catch 25/2
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	(8.10 runs per over)

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)
0.6 to Tharanga, short, cut to gully off the back foot and that's a very tidy catch indeed! 1/1
D Langford-Smith	3	0	29	1	9.66	(3w)
3.2 to Sangakkara, outside off, driven on the up and that's taken in the covers, snapped up. That was travelling and that's a marvellous catch 25/2
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

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field
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