ICC World Cup - Ireland v New Zealand

9 April 2007

RESULT: New Zealand won by 129 runs

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

Ireland

134

ALL OUT

New Zealand

8/263

Current Run Rate	3.56
Required Run Rate	10.54
Runs Required	130
Balls Remaining	74

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Rankin, B	0		3	1	0.00
	Langford-Smith, D	0		8	4	0.00
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Vettori, D	8.4	1	23	4	2.65
	Patel, J	7	1	32	2	4.57

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Providence Stadium
Weather: Fine, Wet	Pitch: Spinning	Outfield: Slow, Wet
Umpires: Bucknor, S (WI), Taufel, S (AUS), Doctrove, B (WI), Madugalle, R (SL)
Toss Won By: New Zealand		Decision: Bat

SCORECARD

NZ Innings IRE Innings

New Zealand		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Fleming, S	c. Porterfield, W b. Rankin, B	10	24	11	1	0	90.91
Fulton, P	lbw b. McCallan, K	83	152	110	9	0	75.45
Marshall, H	c. Morgan, E b. Langford-Smith, D	16	26	21	2	0	76.19
Styris, S	c. O'Brien, N b. Langford-Smith, D	10	26	15	1	0	66.67
McMillan, C	c. Johnston, T b. McCallan, K	22	32	29	1	1	75.86
Oram, J	c. Morgan, E b. White, A	20	54	48	0	0	41.67
McCullum, B	c. Morgan, E b. Johnston, T	47	51	37	2	1	127.03
Vettori, D	c. O'Brien, N b. White, A	5	9	7	0	0	71.43
Franklin, J	not out	34	34	22	3	1	154.55
Bond, S
Patel, J
Extras	(b 3,lb 1,w 12)	16
Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs)	263

F.O.W.

1/35 (Fleming, S), 2/59 (Marshall, H), 3/83 (Styris, S), 4/118 (McMillan, C), 5/172 (Fulton, P), 6/181 (Oram, J), 7/189 (Vettori, D), 8/260 (McCullum, B)

Ireland - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Langford-Smith, D	10	1	41	2	4.10	(1w)
Rankin, B	8	0	55	1	6.88	(7w)
Johnston, T	10	0	63	1	6.30	(1w)
McCallan, K	10	0	35	2	3.50	(1w)
White, A	10	0	45	2	4.50
O'Brien, K	2	0	20	0	10.00

37.4	Vettori to Rankin, OUT! Vettori delivers the ball on a good line and full. Rankin is lbw to Vettori for a duck off 1 ball. Vettori has figures of 4/23. The score limps to 10/134 after Ireland lose their last wicket.
37.3	Vettori to McCallan, OUT! Vettori delivers the ball on a good line and full. McCallan is bowled by Vettori for a duck off 8. Vettori has figures of 3/23. New Zealand take another wicket, Ireland are 9/134.
37.2	Vettori to McCallan, no run. Vettori pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
37.1	Vettori to McCallan, no run. Vettori delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Taken by McCullum. The keeper fields the ball.
36.6	Patel to Langford-Smith, no run. Patel bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Through to McCullum. The keeper fields the ball. Patel finishes the 37th over of the innings. The bowler has figures of 2 for 32 from his 7 overs.
36.5	Patel to Langford-Smith, no run. Patel bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Langford-Smith strikes it towards mid-on not far from the wicket.
36.4	Patel to Langford-Smith, no run. Patel bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Play and miss by Langford-Smith, taken by the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
36.3	Patel to McCallan, 1 leg bye. Patel delivers the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Fielded by Franklin.
36.2	Patel to McCallan, no run. Patel bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. McCallan lets it go through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
36.1	Patel to McCallan, no run. Patel pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Ball travels through to McCullum. The keeper fields the ball.
35.6	Vettori to Langford-Smith, no run. Vettori pitches the ball towards leg stump and fuller than a good length. Langford-Smith hits the delivery fine on the legside inside the circle. Gathered by Franklin in the field. 36th over finished. Vettori has figures of 2/23 from his 8 overs.
35.5	Vettori to Gillespie, OUT! Vettori bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Gillespie is lbw to Vettori for 2 runs from 8 deliveries. The bowler has figures of 2 for 23. New Zealand snare their eighth wicket, Ireland are 8 for 133.
35.4	Vettori to Gillespie, no run. Vettori delivers the ball wide outside off and fuller than a good length. Gillespie plays the ball in front of square on the offside inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Oram.
35.3	Vettori to Gillespie, no run. Vettori bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Gillespie plays the ball for no run. Fleming fields it.
35.2	Vettori to Gillespie, no run. Vettori pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Gillespie strikes the delivery towards mid-wicket close to the pitch. Fielded by Oram.
35.1	Vettori to Gillespie, no run. Vettori pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Gillespie strikes the delivery square on the offside inside the circle. Fielded by Fulton.
34.6	Patel to McCallan, no run. Patel delivers the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. McCallan plays the delivery straight inside the circle. Fielded by Vettori. Patel finishes the 35th over. He has figures of 2/32 from his 6 overs.
34.5	Patel to McCallan, no run. Patel pitches the delivery in the corridor, full toss length. McCallan hits the delivery towards mid-on inside the circle. Ball is gathered by Styris.
34.4	Patel to Johnston, OUT! Patel bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Johnston is lbw to Patel for 13 from 19. The bowler has figures of 2 for 32. New Zealand snare their seventh wicket, Ireland are 7 for 133.
34.3	Patel to Johnston, 4 runs! Patel bowls it fuller than a good length, outside off stump. Johnston plays it through mid-off to the boundary for four runs. The score moves to 6 for 133.
34.2	Patel to Gillespie, 1 run. Patel bowls it fuller than a good length, outside off stump. Gillespie plays it square on the offside inside the circle for one run. The scoreboard displays 6 for 129.
34.1	Patel to Gillespie, no run. Patel delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Ball goes through to McCullum. The keeper fields the ball.
33.6	Vettori to Johnston, no run. Vettori bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Taken by the keeper. The keeper fields the ball. 34 overs completed. The bowler has figures of 1 for 23 from his 7 overs.
33.5	Vettori to Johnston, no run. Vettori pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
33.4	Vettori to Gillespie, 1 run. Vettori pitches the delivery outside off stump, fuller than a good length. Gillespie plays the delivery square on the offside halfway to the boundary for a single. Gillespie gets off the mark. McMillan fields it. Ireland is 6 for 128.
33.3	Vettori to White, OUT! Vettori pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. White is lbw to Vettori for a duck from 4 balls. The bowler has figures of 1 for 22. New Zealand snare their sixth wicket, Ireland are 6 for 127.
33.2	Vettori to White, no run. Vettori pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. White plays the ball down the ground close to the wicket. Vettori fields the ball.
33.1	Vettori to Johnston, 1 run. Vettori pitches the delivery in the corridor, fuller than a good length. Johnston strikes it through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for one run. Fielded by Franklin. The score moves to 5 for 127.
32.6	Patel to White, no run. Patel delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Through to McCullum. The keeper fields the ball. 33rd over completed. Patel has figures of 1/27 from his 5 overs.
32.5	Patel to White, no run. Patel bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. White lets it go through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
32.4	Patel to Johnston, 1 run. Patel delivers the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Johnston plays the delivery through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for a single. Fielded by McMillan. The scoreboard tells us it's 5/126.
32.3	Patel to O'Brien, OUT! Patel pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. O'Brien plays the ball through mid-on most of the way to the boundary in the air. O'Brien is caught by Oram from the bowling of Patel for 30 off 75 balls. The bowler has figures of 1 for 26. Ireland lose their fifth wicket, they are 5 for 125.
32.2	Patel to O'Brien, 2 runs. Patel bowls it on a good length, towards leg stump. O'Brien plays the delivery through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for a two. The score is 4 for 125.
32.1	Patel to Johnston, 1 run. Patel bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Johnston hits it in front of square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Styris collects the ball. The scoreboard displays 4 for 123.
31.6	Vettori to O'Brien, no run. Vettori bowls it on a good length, towards leg stump. O'Brien plays the delivery well behind square on the legside inside the circle. Fielded by Fleming. Vettori has completed his over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 21 from his 6 overs.
31.5	Vettori to Johnston, 1 run. Vettori bowls it short of a good length, outside off stump. Johnston plays the delivery behind square on the offside halfway to the boundary for a single. Fielded by Marshall. The score is 4 for 122.

Ireland		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Bray, J	c. McCullum b. Bond	1	10	5	0	0	20.00
Porterfield, W	c. Styris b. Bond	11	35	22	0	0	50.00
Morgan, E	c. McCullum b. Oram	15	45	37	2	0	40.54
O'Brien, N	c. Oram b. Patel	30	109	75	2	0	40.00
O'Brien, K	run out (Marshall)	49	70	45	2	3	108.89
Johnston, T	lbw b. Patel	13	28	19	1	0	68.42
White, A	lbw b. Vettori	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Gillespie, P	lbw b. Vettori	2	10	8	0	0	25.00
McCallan, K	b. Vettori	0	10	8	0	0	0.00
Langford-Smith, D	Not Out	0	8	4	0	0	0.00
Rankin, B	lbw b. Vettori	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3,w 8,nb 2)	13
Total	(10 wickets; 37 overs)	134

New Zealand - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Bond, S	5	0	18	2	3.60	(1nb,3w)
Franklin, J	8	1	27	0	3.38	(1nb)
Oram, J	6	2	15	1	2.50	(1w)
Patel, J	7	1	32	2	4.57
Vettori, D	8.4	1	23	4	2.65	(4w)
Styris, S	3	0	16	0	5.33

New Zealand		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Fleming, S	Fulton, P	1st	35	24	34	102.94	1/35
Marshall, H	Fulton, P	2nd	24	26	32	75.00	2/59
Styris, S	Fulton, P	3rd	24	26	33	72.73	3/83
McMillan, C	Fulton, P	4th	35	32	49	71.43	4/118
Fulton, P	Oram, J	5th	54	44	81	66.67	5/172
Oram, J	McCullum, B	6th	9	10	15	60.00	6/181
Vettori, D	McCullum, B	7th	8	9	11	72.73	7/189
McCullum, B	Franklin, J	8th	71	32	43	165.12	8/260