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Match Date : April 13, 2007
Venue : Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Billy Bowden (NZ)
Match Result : Australia won by 9 wickets
Man of the Match : Glenn McGrath
Match Report : Aussies blow away Ireland
Ireland (50 Overs Maximum)
Jeremy Bray b McGrath 1 (2)
William Porterfield lbw b Tait 1 (11)
Eoin Morgan c Hayden b McGrath 0 (9)
Niall O’Brien (Wk) b Tait 0 (1)
Kevin O’Brien c Hodge b Clark 16 (25) 3 ‘4s’
Andrew White c Hogg b McGrath 6 (20)
Trent Johnston (C) b Tait 17 (25) 2 ‘4s’
Kyle McCallan c Tait b Symonds 5 (18)
John Mooney run out (Tait) 23 (44) 2 ‘4s’
D Langford-Smith c Ponting b Hogg 2 (7)
Boyd Rankin not out 4 (19)
Extras : 16 (Wides : 15 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 0)
Total : 91 all out (Overs : 30.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-2 (Bray, 0.6 ovs), 2-2 (Porterfield, 3.1 ovs), 3-2 (Niall O’Brien, 3.2 ovs), 4-12 (Morgan, 4.3 ovs), 5-32 (White, 10.3 ovs), 6-42 (Kevin O’Brien, 13.2 ovs), 7-54 (Johnston, 16.3 ovs), 8-72 (McCallan, 20.6 ovs), 9-80 (Langford-Smith, 23.1 ovs), 10-91 (Mooney, 29.6 ovs)
Australia Bowling
McGrath 7-1-17-3
Tait 6-1-39-3 (9wd 1nb)
Clark 8-1-19-1 (1wd)
Hogg 6-2-9-1 (2wd)
Symonds 3-1-7-1
Australia (Target : 92 from 50 Overs)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) b Johnston 34 (25) 4 ‘4s’
Michael Hussey not out 30 (41) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Andrew Symonds not out 15 (9) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Mathew Hayden
Ricky Ponting (C)
Michael Clarke
Brad Hodge
Brad Hogg
Stuart Clark
Shaun Tait
Glenn McGrath
Extras : 13 (Wides : 8 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 92/1 (Overs : 12.2)
Fall of Wickets : 1-62 (Gilchrist, 8.5 ovs)
Ireland Bowling
Langford-Smith 3-0-27-0 (2wd)
Rankin 4.2-0-24-0 (4wd)
Johnston 3-0-18-1 (2wd 1nb)
Mooney 1-0-14-0
McCallan 1-0-5-0