ICC World Cup - Australia v Ireland

13 April 2007

RESULT: Australia won by 9 wickets

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

Australia

1/92

(12.2 overs)

Ireland

Current Run Rate	7.46
Required Run Rate	0.00
Runs Required	0
Balls Remaining	226

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Hussey, M	30		56	41	73.17
	Symonds, A	15		18	9	166.67
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Rankin, B	4.2	0	24	0	5.54
	McCallan, K	1	0	5	0	5.00

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Kensington Oval
Weather: Fine	Pitch: Normal, Bouncy	Outfield: Normal, Fast
Umpires: Bowden, B (NZ), Koertzen, R (RSA), Bucknor, S (WI), Madugalle, R (SL)
Toss Won By: Australia		Decision: Bowl

SCORECARD

IRE Innings AUS Innings

Ireland		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Bray, J	b. McGrath, G	1	5	2	0	0	50.00
Porterfield, W	lbw b. Tait, S	1	14	11	0	0	9.09
Morgan, E	c. Hayden, M b. McGrath, G	0	19	9	0	0	0.00
O'Brien, N	b. Tait, S	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
O'Brien, K	c. Hodge, B b. Clark, S	16	51	25	3	0	64.00
White, A	c. Hogg, B b. McGrath, G	6	31	20	0	0	30.00
Johnston, T	b. Tait, S	17	31	25	2	0	68.00
McCallan, K	c. Tait, S b. Symonds, A	5	34	18	0	0	27.78
Mooney, J	run out (Tait, S)	23	53	44	2	0	52.27
Langford-Smith, D	c. Ponting, R b. Hogg, B	2	7	7	0	0	28.57
Rankin, B	not out	4	26	19	0	0	21.05
Extras	(w 15,nb 1)	16
Total	(10 wickets; 30 overs)	91

F.O.W.

1/2 (Bray, J), 2/2 (Porterfield, W), 3/2 (O'Brien, N), 4/12 (Morgan, E), 5/32 (White, A), 6/42 (O'Brien, K), 7/54 (Johnston, T), 8/72 (McCallan, K), 9/80 (Langford-Smith, D), 10/91 (Mooney, J)

Australia - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
McGrath, G	7	1	17	3	2.43
Tait, S	6	1	39	3	6.50	(1nb,9w)
Clark, S	8	1	19	1	2.38	(1w)
Hogg, B	6	2	9	1	1.50	(2w)
Symonds, A	3	1	7	1	2.33

12.2	Rankin to Hussey, 6 runs! Rankin bowls it short of a good length, outside off stump. Hussey strikes it in front of square on the legside over the boundary for six runs. The score is 1 for 92.
12.1	Rankin to Hussey, no run. Rankin pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Hussey hits the ball towards mid-off close to the pitch. Fielded by Rankin.
11.6	McCallan to Hussey, 1 run. McCallan pitches the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Hussey plays the ball towards mid-wicket inside the circle for one. Morgan fields the ball. McCallan completes the over. He has figures of 0/5 from his 1 over. The score advances to 1/86.
11.5	McCallan to Hussey, no run. McCallan pitches the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Hussey hits the delivery in front of square on the offside not far from the wicket.
11.4	McCallan to Hussey, 4 runs! McCallan delivers the ball towards leg stump and short of a good length. Hussey plays it through mid-wicket to the boundary for a four. Australia goes to 1/85.
11.3	McCallan to Hussey, no run. McCallan pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Hussey plays the delivery in front of square on the offside inside the circle. Gathered by Johnston in the field.
11.2	McCallan to Hussey, no run. McCallan pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Hussey plays it in front of square on the offside inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Johnston.
11.1	McCallan to Hussey, no run. McCallan pitches the delivery in the corridor, fuller than a good length. Hussey strikes it towards mid-off close to the pitch. Fielded by McCallan.
10.6	Johnston to Symonds, no run. Johnston pitches the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Symonds plays the delivery towards mid-wicket inside the circle. Gathered by Morgan in the field. Johnston completes the over. He has figures of 1/18 from his 3 overs.
10.6	Johnston to Symonds, 1 wide. Johnston delivers the ball wide down legside and short of a good length. O'Brien takes the ball. The keeper fields the ball.
10.5	Johnston to Symonds, no run. Johnston bowls it fuller than a good length, outside off stump. Symonds plays the ball for no run. Collected by White in the field.
10.4	Johnston to Hussey, 1 run. Johnston delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Hussey plays it towards the covers inside the circle for one run. O'Brien fields it. Australia goes to 1/80.
10.3	Johnston to Hussey, no run. Johnston pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Hussey plays it square on the offside inside the circle. Collected by Porterfield.
10.2	Johnston to Hussey, no run. Johnston bowls it short of a good length, outside off stump. Ball travels through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
10.2	Johnston to Hussey, 1 no ball. Johnston pitches the ball outside off and short of a good length. Through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
10.1	Johnston to Hussey, no run. Johnston pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Hussey lets it go through to O'Brien. The keeper fields the ball.
10.1	Johnston to Hussey, 1 wide. Johnston bowls it on a good length, wide outside off stump. Taken by the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
9.6	Mooney to Symonds, 6 runs! Mooney pitches the delivery outside off stump, short of a good length. Symonds hits it straight down the ground over the boundary for six runs. 10 overs finished. The bowler has figures of 0 for 14 from his 1 over. The score is 1 for 77.
9.5	Mooney to Symonds, no run. Mooney bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Ball travels through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
9.4	Mooney to Symonds, 2 runs. Dropped catch by Bray! Mooney bowls it on a good length, wide outside off stump. Symonds plays the ball towards the covers inside the circle for 2 runs. Bray fields it. Australia progresses to 1 for 71.
9.3	Mooney to Symonds, 2 runs. Mooney bowls it fuller than a good length, outside off stump. Symonds plays the ball for 2 runs. Collected by Langford-Smith in the field. The score is 1 for 69.
9.2	Mooney to Symonds, 4 runs! Mooney delivers the ball outside off and short of a good length. Symonds strikes it in front of square on the legside to the boundary for a four. The scoreboard tells us it's 1/67.
9.1	Mooney to Symonds, no run. Mooney pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Symonds plays the ball down the ground close to the pitch. Mooney fields the ball.
8.6	Johnston to Symonds, 1 run. Johnston pitches the delivery in the corridor, fuller than a good length. Symonds plays the ball towards mid-on inside the circle for one. Symonds is off the mark. Fielded by Langford-Smith. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 1 for 14 from his 2 overs. The score is 1 for 63.
8.5	Johnston to Gilchrist, OUT! Johnston delivers the ball outside off and short of a good length. Gilchrist is bowled by Johnston for 34 from 25 balls. Johnston has figures of 1/13. Australia are 1/62 after Ireland take their first wicket.
8.4	Johnston to Hussey, 1 run. Johnston delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Hussey hits the delivery towards mid-off inside the circle for a single. Langford-Smith fields the ball. Australia are showing their strength in the middle, the score is 0/62.
8.3	Johnston to Hussey, no run. Johnston pitches the delivery outside off stump, short of a good length. Taken by O'Brien. The keeper fields the ball.
8.2	Johnston to Hussey, no run. Johnston bowls it fuller than a good length, outside off stump. Hussey hits the delivery towards the covers inside the circle. White receives the ball in the field.
8.1	Johnston to Gilchrist, 1 run. Johnston bowls it fuller than a good length, towards leg stump. Gilchrist strikes it fine on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Rankin fields the ball. The score is 0 for 61.
7.6	Rankin to Gilchrist, 1 run. Rankin bowls it fuller than a good length, outside off stump. Gilchrist hits the delivery fine on the legside most of the way to the boundary for a single. Fielded by Bray. 8 overs completed. The bowler has figures of 0 for 18 from his 4 overs. The score is 0 for 60.
7.5	Rankin to Gilchrist, 4 runs! Rankin bowls it fuller than a good length, in the corridor. Gilchrist strikes the delivery straight to the boundary for four runs. Australia is 0 for 59.
7.4	Rankin to Gilchrist, no run. Rankin delivers the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Gilchrist plays the ball towards mid-off close to the pitch.
7.3	Rankin to Hussey, 3 runs. Rankin pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Hussey strikes the delivery through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for a three. Fielded by Mooney. The score moves along to 0/55.
7.2	Rankin to Hussey, no run. Rankin pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. The keeper takes the ball. The keeper fields the ball.
7.1	Rankin to Gilchrist, 1 run. Rankin pitches the delivery towards leg stump, on a good length. Gilchrist plays the ball well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one. Ball is fielded by Bray. The scoreboard says 0 for 52.
6.6	Johnston to Hussey, no run. Johnston pitches the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Hussey plays the delivery towards mid-wicket inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Langford-Smith. That finishes the over. Johnston has figures of 0/11 from his 1 over.

Australia		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Gilchrist, A	b. Johnston	34	38	25	4	0	136.00
Hussey, M	Not Out	30	56	41	3	1	73.17
Symonds, A	Not Out	15	18	9	1	1	166.67
Hayden, M
Ponting, R
Clarke, M
Hodge, B
Hogg, B
Clark, S
Tait, S
McGrath, G
Extras	(lb 4,w 8,nb 1)	13
Total	(1 wickets; 12 overs)	92

Ireland - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Langford-Smith, D	3	27	0	9.00	(2w)
Rankin, B	4.2	24	0	5.54	(4w)
Johnston, T	3	18	1	6.00	(1nb,2w)
Mooney, J	1	14	0	14.00
McCallan, K	1	5	0	5.00

Ireland		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Bray, J	Porterfield, W	1st	2	5	6	33.33	1/2
Porterfield, W	Morgan, E	2nd	0	9	13	0.00	2/2
O'Brien, N	Morgan, E	3rd	0	1	1	0.00	3/2
Morgan, E	O'Brien, K	4th	10	9	7	142.86	4/12
White, A	O'Brien, K	5th	20	31	37	54.05	5/32
O'Brien, K	Johnston, T	6th	10	11	17	58.82	6/42
Johnston, T	McCallan, K	7th	12	20	19	63.16	7/54
McCallan, K	Mooney, J	8th	18	14	27	66.67	8/72
Langford-Smith, D	Mooney, J	9th	8	7	13	61.54	9/80
Mooney, J	Rankin, B	10th	11	32	41	26.83	10/91

Australia		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Gilchrist, A	Hussey, M	1st	62	38	53	116.98	1/62
Hussey, M	Symonds, A	2nd	30	18	22	136.4