a18182 o2572 wc294	Bangladesh v Ireland
	ICC World Cup 2006/07 (Super Eight)
Venue	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown on 15th April 2007 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ireland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Ireland won by 74 runs
Points	Bangladesh 0; Ireland 2
Umpires	BF Bowden (New Zealand), SA Bucknor
TV umpire	SJA Taufel (Australia)
Referee	JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire	RE Koertzen (South Africa)
Player of the Match	WTS Porterfield
Articles	Ireland qualifies for LG ICC ODI Championship
	Bashar hits out at ordinary Bangladesh
Pictures	William Porterfield plays a shot
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
WTS Porterfield	c Mohammad Rafique b Mashrafe Mortaza	85	136	175	3	-	76	62.50
JP Bray	run out (Shakib Al Hasan->Mushfiqur Rahim)	31	70	111	1	-	48	44.29
EJG Morgan	run out (Mushfiqur Rahim->Shahadat Hossain)	5	9	7	1	-	7	55.56
+NJ O'Brien	c Tamim Iqbal b Shakib Al Hasan	10	14	21	-	-	5	71.43
KJ O'Brien	run out (sub [Farhad Reza]->Mushfiqur Rahim)	48	44	58	2	2	16	109.09
*DT Johnston	c Shahriar Nafees b Mashrafe Mortaza	30	23	38	2	1	7	130.43
AR White	run out (sub [Farhad Reza]->Mushfiqur Rahim)	4	4	6	-	-	0	100.00
D Langford-Smith	not out	6	4	7	1	-	1	150.00
AC Botha	not out	1	1	2	-	-	0	100.00
WK McCallan	did not bat
WB Rankin	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 11 lb, 5 nb, 6 w)	23
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 220 minutes, 50 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-92 (Bray, 25.3 ov), 2-101 (Morgan, 27.5 ov), 3-128 (NJ O'Brien, 33.2 ov), 4-176 (Porterfield, 41.3 ov), 5-215 (KJ O'Brien, 47.1 ov), 6-233 (White, 48.5 ov), 7-237 (Johnston, 49.3 ov)

Bangladesh bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza	10	1	38	2	-	3	38	3	-	30.00	3.80
Shahadat Hossain	9	1	51	0	1	2	33	3	1	-	5.67
Abdur Razzak	9	0	48	0	2	-	28	2	2	-	5.33
Mohammad Rafique	10	0	42	0	2	-	27	1	-	-	4.20
Shakib Al Hasan	10	0	44	1	-	-	26	1	-	60.00	4.40
Aftab Ahmed	2	0	8	0	1	-	5	-	-	-	4.00

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Bangladesh innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
Tamim Iqbal	b Johnston	29	59	96	4	-	46	49.15
Shahriar Nafees	c NJ O'Brien b Rankin	7	18	29	1	-	15	38.89
Aftab Ahmed	c NJ O'Brien b Botha	12	9	20	1	1	5	133.33
Shakib Al Hasan	run out (Botha)	3	8	12	-	-	5	37.50
Mohammad Ashraful	c Langford-Smith b Rankin	35	36	43	5	1	23	97.22
*Habibul Bashar	b Johnston	32	57	92	2	-	31	56.14
+Mushfiqur Rahim	b McCallan	16	26	31	2	-	17	61.54
Mashrafe Mortaza	c and b Langford-Smith	0	3	5	-	-	3	0.00
Mohammad Rafique	c Johnston b Langford-Smith	2	9	9	-	-	7	22.22
Abdur Razzak	b McCallan	11	21	29	-	-	10	52.38
Shahadat Hossain	not out	0	2	3	-	-	2	0.00
Extras	(4 lb, 18 w)	22
Total	(all out, 189 minutes, 41.2 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Shahriar Nafees, 6.3 ov), 2-45 (Aftab Ahmed, 10.1 ov), 3-48 (Shakib Al Hasan, 12.4 ov), 4-93 (Tamim Iqbal, 19.6 ov), 5-102 (Mohammad Ashraful, 21.6 ov), 6-131 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 30.4 ov), 7-134 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 31.2 ov), 8-138 (Mohammad Rafique, 33.4 ov), 9-169 (Abdur Razzak, 40.4 ov), 10-169 (Habibul Bashar, 41.2 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Rankin	8	0	42	2	9	-	34	2	1	24.00	5.25
Langford-Smith	10	1	27	2	3	-	43	2	-	30.00	2.70
Botha	8	0	31	1	-	-	32	3	1	48.00	3.88
Johnston	7.2	0	40	2	2	-	23	5	-	22.00	5.45
McCallan	8	1	25	2	-	-	32	3	-	24.00	3.12

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Notes
--> Ireland powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (32/0)
--> Ireland powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 (32/0) to 15
--> Ireland powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> Bangladesh powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (45/1)
--> Bangladesh powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 (45/1) to 15
--> Bangladesh powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> Ireland innings: 50 in 13.3 overs
--> Ireland innings: 100 in 27.4 overs
--> Ireland innings: 150 in 38.3 overs
--> Ireland innings: 200 in 45.3 overs
--> Bangladesh innings: 50 in 13.5 overs
--> Bangladesh innings: 100 in 21 overs
--> Bangladesh innings: 150 in 37.1 overs
--> Shahadat Hossain made his debut in World Cup matches
--> Shahadat Hossain made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> WTS Porterfield passed his previous highest score of 31 in World Cup matches
--> WTS Porterfield 50 in 88 balls with 3 fours
--> WTS Porterfield passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 39
--> DT Johnston passed his previous highest score of 27 in World Cup matches
--> DT Johnston passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 27
--> Habibul Bashar passed his previous highest score of 24 in World Cup matches
--> Mashrafe Mortaza reached 100 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed DT Johnston, his 2nd wicket in the Ireland innings
--> WTS Porterfield (35) and JP Bray (10) added 50 in 85 balls for the Ireland 1st wicket

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Ireland innings
Bangladesh innings
Official Attendance - 15,541
WTS Porterfield (35) and JP Bray (10) added 50 in 85 balls for the Ireland 1st wicket