2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Ireland

April 15, 2007

Ireland have defeated Bangladesh by 74 runs in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. As a result of Bangladesh's loss, neither side can now reach the semi-final stage of the competition. This is the second victory over a Test playing nation that Ireland have achieved in their first appearance in the World Cup, having beaten Pakistan in the group stages and now means that Ireland have qualified for the ICC ODI Championship.

Toss: Ireland won, and elected to bat first.

Fall of wickets: 1-92 (Bray, 25.3 ov), 2-101 (Morgan, 27.5 ov), 3-128 (NJ O'Brien, 33.2 ov), 4-176 (Porterfield, 41.3 ov), 5-215 (KJ O'Brien, 47.1 ov), 6-233 (White, 48.5 ov), 7-237 (Johnston, 49.3 ov)

Did not bat: Kyle McCallan, Boyd Rankin

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Shahriar Nafees, 6.3 ov), 2-45 (Aftab Ahmed, 10.1 ov), 3-48 (Saqibul Hasan, 12.4 ov), 4-93 (Tamim Iqbal, 20.0 ov), 5-102 (Mohammad Ashraful, 22.0 ov), 6-131 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 30.4 ov), 7-134 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 31.2 ov), 8-138 (Mohammad Rafique, 33.4 ov), 9-169 (Abdur Razzak, 40.4 ov), 10-169 (Habibul Bashar, 41.2 ov)

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Shahriar Nafees, Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Habibul Bashar (capt), Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Mohammad Rafique, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain Ireland: W T S Porterfield, J P Bray, E J G Morgan, N J O'Brien (wkt), K J O'Brien, D T Johnston (capt), A R White, D Langford-Smith, A C Botha, W K McCallan, W B Rankin

Player of the match: W T S Porterfield (Ireland)

Umpires: S A Bucknor (West Indies) and B E Bowden (New Zealand) TV umpire: S J A Taufel (Australia) Match referee: J J Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire: R E Koertzen (South Africa)