Related Link : ICC Twenty20 World Championship 2009
Venue : Lord’s, St John’s Wood
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Marais Erasmus (SA) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Match Result : Sri Lanka won by 9 runs
Man of the Match : Mahela Jayawardene
Sri Lanka (20 Overs Maximum)
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Niall O’Brien b Rankin 0 (2)
Sanath Jayasuriya lbw b McCallan 27 (27) 5 ‘4s’
Kumar Sangakkara (C&WK) c Niall O’Brien b Johnston 3 (10)
Mahela Jayawardene b Cusack 78 (53) 9 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Chamara Silva c Rankin b McCallan 4 (6)
Jehan Mubarak c Niall O’Brien b Cusack 7 (9)
Angelo Mathews b Cusack 10 (7) 1 ‘4s’
Nuwan Kulasekara c Mooney b Rankin 1 (2)
Muttiah Muralidaran st Niall O’Brien b Cusack 0 (1)
Lasith Malinga not out 1 (2)
Ajantha Mendis not out 4 (1) 1 ‘4s’
Extras: 9 (Wides : 4 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 5)
Total : 144/9 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-0 (Dilshan, 0.2 ovs), 2-14 (Sangakkara, 3.3 ovs), 3-81 (Jayasuriya, 11.4 ovs), 4-97 (Silva, 13.5 ovs), 5-126 (Mubarak, 17.3 ovs), 6-128 (Jayawardene, 17.6 ovs), 7-132 (Kulasekara, 18.4 ovs), 8-139 (Mathews, 19.2 ovs), 9-140 (Muralitharan, 19.5 ovs)
Ireland Bowling
Rankin 4-0-27-2 (2w)
Johnston 4-1-18-1 (1w)
Regal West 4-0-34-0 (1w)
McCallan 4-0-33-2
Cusack 3-0-18-4
Kevin O’Brien 1-0-9-0
Ireland (Target : 145 from 20 Overs)
William Porterfield (C) c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 31 (29) 5 ‘4s’
Niall O’Brien (WK) st Sangakkara b Mendis 31 (37) 4 ‘4s’
Andrew White c Sangakkara b Kulasekara 22 (21) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Kevin O’Brien c Dilshan b Mendis 0 (2)
John Mooney not out 31 (21) 4 ‘4s’
Trent Johnston b Malinga 9 (6) 1 ‘6s’
Andre Botha b Malinga 0 (1)
Alex Cusack run out (Sangakkara) 2 (3)
Regal West not out 1 (1)
Kyle McCallan
Boyd Rankin
Extras: 8 (Wides : 3 No Balls: 1 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 135/7 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-59 (Porterfield, 9.1 ovs), 2-87 (White, 13.5 ovs), 3-89 (Kevin O’Brien, 14.3 ovs), 4-91 (Niall O’Brien, 14.6 ovs), 5-106 (Johnston, 17.2 ovs), 6-106 (Botha, 17.3 ovs), 7-129 (Cusack, 19.3 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Mathews 3-0-23-0
Kulasekara 4-0-47-1 (1nb)
Mendis 4-0-22-2 (1w)
Malinga 4-0-19-2 (2w)
Muralidaran 4-0-13-1
Jayasuriya 1-0-7-0