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Match Date : April 18, 2007
Venue : Grenada National Stadium, St George’s
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Mark Benson (Eng) and Billy Doctrove (WI)
Match Result : Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Man of the Match : Farveez Maharoof
Match Report : Sri Lanka take two hours to wrap up Ireland!
Ireland (50 Overs Maximum)
Jeremy Bray c Arnold b Maharoof 20 (29) 4 ‘4s’
William Porterfield c Jayasuriya b Maharoof 17 (51) 1 ‘4s’
Andre Botha c Sangakkara b Maharoof 0 (2)
Eoin Morgan c Sangakkara b Maharoof 0 (1)
Niall O’Brien (Wk) c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 4 (28)
Kevin O’Brien c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 2 (4)
Kenneth Carroll b Muralitharan 0 (2)
Trent Johnston (C) run out (Maharoof) 0 (4)
Kyle McCallan lbw b Muralitharan 0 (9)
D Langford-Smith lbw b Vaas 18 (21) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Boyd Rankin not out 7 (17) 1 ‘4s’
Extras : 9 (Wides : 2 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 5)
Total : 77 all out (Overs : 27.4)
Fall of Wickets : 1-28 (Bray, 7.3 ovs), 2-28 (Botha, 7.5 ovs), 3-28 (Morgan, 7.6 ovs), 4-46 (Porterfield, 17.6 ovs), 5-48 (Niall O’Brien, 18.2 ovs), 6-48 (Carroll, 18.4 ovs), 7-49 (Johnston, 19.4 ovs), 8-49 (Kevin O’Brien, 20.1 ovs), 9-54 (McCallan, 22.4 ovs), 10-77 (Langford-Smith, 27.4 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Vaas 5.4-1-18-1 (1nb)
Kulasekara 7-3-10-0
Maharoof 10-3-25-4 (1nb)
Muralitharan 5-0-19-4 (2wd)
Sri Lanka (Target : 78 from 50 Overs)
Upul Tharanga c Porterfield b Rankin 0 (7)
Sanath Jayasuriya not out 24 (20) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) c Carroll b Langford-Smith 10 (9) 1 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene (C) not out 39 (27) 6 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Chamara Silva
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Russel Arnold
Farveez Maharoof
Chaminda Vaas
Nuwan Kulasekara
Muttiah Muralitharan
Extras : 8 (Wides : 5 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 0)
Total : 81/2 (Overs : 10.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-1 (Tharanga, 0.6 ovs), 2-25 (Sangakkara, 3.2 ovs)
Ireland Bowling
Rankin 4-0-36-1 (2wd 3nb)
Langford-Smith 3-0-29-1 (3wd)
Botha 1-0-4-0
Kevin O’Brien 1-0-4-0
Carroll 1-0-8-0