2007 Cricket World Cup: New Zealand vs Ireland

April 9, 2007

New Zealand beat Ireland by 129 runs in the Super 8 phase in the World Cup at the Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana.

Toss: New Zealand won, and elected to bat first.

Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Fleming, 5.4 ov), 2-59 (Marshall, 11.0 ov), 3-83 (Styris, 16.3 ov), 4-118 (McMillan 24.4 ov), 5-172 (Fulton, 38.1 ov), 6-181 (Oram, 40.4 ov), 7-189 (Vettori, 42.3 ov), 8-260 (McCullum, 49.4 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Bray, 2.0 ov), 2-22 (Porterfield, 7.2 ov), 3-35 (Morgan, 12.5 ov), 4-110 (K O'Brien, 28.4 ov), 5-125 (N O'Brien, 32.3 ov), 6-127 (White, 33.3 ov), 7-133 (Johnston, 34.4 ov), 8-133 (Gillespie, 35.5 ov), 9-134 (McCallan, 37.3 ov), 10-134 (Rankin, 37.4 ov)

New Zealand: P G Fulton, S P Fleming (capt), H J H Marshall, S B Styris, J D P Oram, C D McMillan, B B McCullum (wkt), D L Vettori, J E C Franklin, S E Bond, J S Patel Ireland: J P Bray, W T S Porterfield, E J G Morgan, N J O'Brien (wkt), A R White, P G Gillespie, K J O'Brien, W K McCallan, D T Johnston (capt), D Langford-Smith, W B Rankin

Player of the match: P G Fulton (New Zealand)

Umpires: S A Bucknor (West Indies) and S J A Taufel (South Africa) TV umpire: B R Doctrove (West Indies) Match referee: RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire: G E Greaves (West Indies)