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Match Date : April 09, 2007
Venue : Providence Stadium, Guyana
Toss : New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Steve Bucknor (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Match Result : New Zealand won by 129 runs
Man of the Match : Peter Fulton
Match Report : Fulton, Vettori star in a big win over Ireland
New Zealand (50 Overs Maximum)
Peter Fulton lbw b McCallan 83 (110) 9 ‘4s’
Stephen Fleming (C) c Porterfield b Rankin 10 (11) 1 ‘4s’
Hamish Marshall c Morgan b Langford-Smith 16 (21) 2 ‘4s’
Scott Styris c Niall O’Brien b Langford-Smith 10 (15) 1 ‘4s’
Craig McMillan c Johnston b McCallan 22 (29) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Jacob Oram c Morgan b White 20 (48)
Brendon McCullum (WK) c Morgan b Johnston 47 (37) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Daniel Vettori c Niall O’Brien b White 5 (7)
James Franklin not out 34 (22) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Shane Bond not out 0 (0)
Jeetan Patel
Extras : 16 (Wides : 12 No Balls: 0 Byes: 3 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 263/8 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-35 (Fleming, 5.4 ovs), 2-59 (Marshall, 10.6 ovs), 3-83 (Styris, 16.3 ovs), 4-118 (McMillan, 24.4 ovs), 5-172 (Fulton, 38.1 ovs), 6-181 (Oram, 40.4 ovs), 7-189 (Vettori, 42.3 ovs), 8-260 (McCullum, 49.4 ovs)
Ireland Bowling
Langford-Smith 10-1-41-2 (1wd)
Rankin 8-0-55-1 (7wd)
Johnston 10-0-63-1 (1wd)
McCallan 10-0-35-2 (1wd)
White 10-0-45-2
Kevin O’Brien 2-0-20-0
Ireland (Target : 264 from 50 Overs)
William Porterfield c Styris b Bond 11 (22)
Jeremy Bray c McCullum b Bond 1 (5)
Eoin Morgan c McCullum b Oram 15 (37) 2 ‘4s’
Niall O’Brien (Wk) c Oram b Jeetan Patel 30 (75) 2 ‘4s’
Kevin O’Brien run out (Styris/Marshall) 49 (45) 2 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Trent Johnston (C) lbw b Jeetan Patel 13 (19) 1 ‘4s’
Andrew White lbw b Vettori 0 (4)
Peter Gillespie lbw b Vettori 2 (8)
Kyle McCallan b Vettori 0 (8)
D Langford-Smith not out 0 (4)
Boyd Rankin lbw b Vettori 0 (1)
Extras : 13 (Wides : 8 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 134 all out (Overs : 37.4)
Fall of Wickets : 1-5 (Bray, 1.6 ovs), 2-22 (Porterfield, 7.2 ovs), 3-35 (Morgan, 12.5 ovs), 4-110 (Kevin O’Brien, 28.4 ovs), 5-125 (Niall O’Brien, 32.3 ovs), 6-127 (White, 33.3 ovs), 7-133 (Johnston, 34.4 ovs), 8-133 (Gillespie, 35.5 ovs), 9-134 (McCallan, 37.3 ovs), 10-134 (Rankin, 37.4 ovs)
New Zealand Bowling
Franklin 8-1-27-0 (1nb)
Bond 5-0-18-2 (2wd 1nb)
Oram 6-2-15-1 (1wd)
Jeetan Patel 7-1-32-2
Vettori 8.4-1-23-4 (1wd)
Styris 3-0-16-0