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Match Date : March 15, 2007
Venue : Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Toss : Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Ian Gould (Eng) and Brian Jerling (SA)
Match Result : Match Tied
Man of the Match : Jeremy Bray
Match Report : Ireland-Zimbabwe clash ends in a sensational tie!
Ireland (50 Overs Maximum)
William Porterfield c Sibanda b Mpofu 0 (6)
Jeremy Bray not out 115 (137) 10 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Eoin Morgan c Chigumbura b Brent 21 (27) 4 ‘4s’
Niall O’Brien (Wk) c Taylor b Chigumbura 1 (5)
Andre Botha b Chigumbura 1 (7)
Kevin O’Brien c Taylor b Rainsford 10 (28) 2 ‘4s’
Andrew White lbw b Brent 28 (48) 3 ‘4s’
Trent Johnston (C) run out (Williams/Mpofu) 20 (24) 2 ‘4s’
Kyle McCallan st Taylor b Williams 0 (3)
D Langford-Smith c Taylor b Mpofu 15 (17) 1 ‘4s’
Boyd Rankin
Extras : 10 (Wides : 5 No Balls: 3 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 221/9 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-0 (Porterfield, 0.6 ovs), 2-43 (Morgan, 9.5 ovs), 3-44 (Niall O’Brien, 10.4 ovs), 4-64 (Botha, 14.3 ovs), 5-89 (Kevin O’Brien, 21.6 ovs), 6-145 (White, 37.3 ovs), 7-182 (Johnston, 43.6 ovs), 8-182 (McCallan, 44.3 ovs), 9-221 (Langford-Smith, 49.6 ovs)
Zimbabwe Bowling
Mpofu 10-3-58-2 (2wd)
Rainsford 7-0-44-1 (1wd 1nb)
Chigumbura 6-2-21-2 (2nb)
Brent 10-1-40-2 (2wd)
Utseya 10-0-29-0
Williams 6-1-21-1
Matsikenyeri 1-0-6-0
Zimbabwe (Target : 222 from 50 Overs)
Terrence Duffin c Niall O’Brien b Rankin 12 (22) 2 ‘4s’
Vusimuzi Sibanda hit wkt b White 67 (84) 9 ‘4s’
Justice Chibhabha c Langford-Smith b Johnston 12 (36) 1 ‘4s’
Sean Williams c Rankin b McCallan 14 (13) 2 ‘4s’
Stuart Matsikenyeri not out 73 (76) 9 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Elton Chigumbura c Bray b McCallan 4 (9)
Brendan Taylor (WK) run out (McCallan) 24 (40) 3 ‘4s’
Gary Brent lbw b Botha 3 (12)
Prosper Utseya (C) c Morgan b Kevin O’Brien 1 (3)
Christopher Mpofu run out (Johnston/Niall O’Brien) 0 (5)
Edward Rainsford run out (Niall O’Brien/White) 1 (1)
Extras : 10 (Wides : 7 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 221 all out (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-26 (Duffin, 5.6 ovs), 2-92 (Chibhabha, 20.5 ovs), 3-107 (Williams, 23.2 ovs), 4-128 (Sibanda, 28.1 ovs), 5-133 (Chigumbura, 29.6 ovs), 6-203 (Taylor, 43.4 ovs), 7-212 (Brent, 47.3 ovs), 8-213 (Utseya, 48.1 ovs), 9-213 (Mpofu, 48.6 ovs), 10-221 (Rainsford, 49.6 ovs)
Ireland Bowling
Langford-Smith 9-0-34-0 (5wd)
Rankin 7-1-43-1 (2wd)
Botha 10-2-32-1 (2nb)
Johnston 10-2-32-1
McCallan 9-1-56-2
White 3-1-15-1
Kevin O’Brien 2-1-8-1