ICC World Cup - Ireland v Sri Lanka

18 April 2007

RESULT: Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

Sri Lanka

2/81

(10.0 overs)

Ireland

Current Run Rate	8.10
Required Run Rate	0.00
Runs Required	0
Balls Remaining	240

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Jayasuriya, S	24		48	20	120.00
	Jayawardene, M	39		30	27	144.44
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	O'Brien, K	1	0	4	0	4.00
	Carroll, K	1	0	8	0	8.00

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: National Cricket Stadium
Weather: Fine	Pitch: Normal	Outfield: Normal
Umpires: Benson, M (ENG), Doctrove, B (WI), Harper, D (AUS), Broad, C (ENG)
Toss Won By: Sri Lanka		Decision: Bowl

SCORECARD

IRE Innings SL Innings

Ireland		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Bray, J	c. Arnold, R b. Maharoof, F	20	6	29	4	0	68.97
Porterfield, W	c. Jayasuriya, S b. Maharoof, F	17	31	51	1	0	33.33
Botha, A	c. Sangakkara, K b. Maharoof, F	0	0	2	0	0	0.00
Morgan, E	c. Sangakkara, K b. Maharoof, F	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
O'Brien, N	c. Sangakkara, K b. Muralitharan, M	4	29	28	0	0	14.29
O'Brien, K	c. Jayasuriya, S b. Muralitharan, M	2	16	4	0	0	50.00
Carroll, K	b. Muralitharan, M	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Johnston, T	run out (Maharoof, F)	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
McCallan, K	lbw b. Muralitharan, M	0	12	9	0	0	0.00
Langford-Smith, D	lbw b. Vaas, C	18	29	21	2	1	85.71
Rankin, B	not out	7	21	17	1	0	41.18
Extras	(lb 5,w 2,nb 2)	9
Total	(10 wickets; 27 overs)	77

F.O.W.

1/28 (Bray, J), 2/28 (Botha, A), 3/28 (Morgan, E), 4/46 (Porterfield, W), 5/48 (O'Brien, N), 6/48 (Carroll, K), 7/49 (Johnston, T), 8/49 (O'Brien, K), 9/54 (McCallan, K), 10/77 (Langford-Smith, D)

Sri Lanka - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Vaas, C	8.4	2	22	1	2.75	(1nb)
Kulasekara, N	4	2	6	0	1.50
Maharoof, F	10	3	25	4	2.50	(1nb)
Muralitharan, M	5	0	19	4	3.80	(2w)

9.6	Carroll to Jayawardene, 4 runs! Carroll delivers the ball wide outside off and on a good length. Jayawardene strikes the ball square on the offside to the boundary for a four. That finishes the over. Carroll has figures of 0/8 from his 1 over. The score advances to 2/81.
9.5	Carroll to Jayawardene, no run. Carroll pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Jayawardene strikes it square on the offside inside the circle.
9.4	Carroll to Jayawardene, no run. Carroll pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Taken by O'Brien. The keeper fields the ball.
9.3	Carroll to Jayawardene, no run. Carroll pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Ball goes through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
9.2	Carroll to Jayawardene, 4 runs! Carroll bowls it on a good length, wide outside off stump. Jayawardene plays the ball square on the offside to the boundary for four runs. Sri Lanka progresses to 2 for 77.
9.1	Carroll to Jayawardene, no run. Carroll pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Ball goes through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
8.6	O'Brien to Jayasuriya, no run. O'Brien delivers the ball outside off and short of a good length. Jayasuriya plays the delivery square on the offside halfway to the boundary. O'Brien completes the over. He has figures of 0/4 from his 1 over.
8.5	O'Brien to Jayasuriya, no run. O'Brien bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Jayasuriya lets it go through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
8.4	O'Brien to Jayasuriya, 4 runs! O'Brien bowls it fuller than a good length, wide outside off stump. Jayasuriya strikes it in front of square on the offside to the boundary for four runs. The score is 2 for 73.
8.3	O'Brien to Jayasuriya, no run. O'Brien delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Jayasuriya plays the delivery well behind square on the offside halfway to the boundary.
8.2	O'Brien to Jayasuriya, no run. O'Brien pitches the ball wide outside off and fuller than a good length. Jayasuriya strikes it towards mid-off halfway to the boundary. Rankin fields the ball.
8.1	O'Brien to Jayasuriya, no run. O'Brien pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Jayasuriya hits it towards the covers close to the wicket.
7.6	Botha to Jayawardene, no run. Botha pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Jayawardene plays the delivery towards mid-on close to the pitch. Ball is gathered by Botha. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 4 from his 1 over.
7.5	Botha to Jayawardene, no run. Botha pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Jayawardene plays it towards mid-on inside the circle. Rankin fields the ball.
7.4	Botha to Jayawardene, no run. Botha bowls it fuller than a good length, in the corridor. Jayawardene hits the delivery straight inside the circle.
7.3	Botha to Jayawardene, no run. Botha pitches the delivery outside off stump, fuller than a good length. Jayawardene plays it in front of square on the offside inside the circle. Collected by O'Brien.
7.2	Botha to Jayawardene, 4 runs! Botha delivers the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Jayawardene strikes it fine on the legside close to the boundary for a four. The scoreboard tells us it's 2/69.
7.1	Botha to Jayawardene, no run. Botha delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Jayawardene strikes the delivery towards the covers not far from the wicket.
6.6	Rankin to Jayawardene, 1 run. Rankin pitches the delivery towards leg stump, fuller than a good length. Jayawardene strikes it fine on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Rankin finishes his 4th over. The bowler has figures of 1 for 36. The scoreboard says 2 for 65.
6.5	Rankin to Jayawardene, no run. Rankin pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Ball travels through to O'Brien. The keeper fields the ball.
6.4	Rankin to Jayawardene, 2 runs. Rankin delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Jayawardene strikes it square on the offside close to the boundary for two runs. Ball is fielded by White. The score is 2/64.
6.3	Rankin to Jayawardene, 6 runs! Rankin bowls it short, in the corridor. Jayawardene plays it behind square on the legside over the boundary for six runs. The score moves to 2 for 62.
6.2	Rankin to Jayasuriya, 1 run. Rankin bowls it short of a good length, outside off stump. Jayasuriya plays the delivery for a single. Fielded by O'Brien. The score is 2 for 56.
6.1	Rankin to Jayasuriya, 2 runs. Rankin delivers the ball wide outside off and short of a good length. Jayasuriya plays it for two runs. Bray collects the ball in the field. The score goes to 2/55.
5.6	Langford-Smith to Jayawardene, no run. Langford-Smith pitches the ball on a good line and short of a good length. Jayawardene plays it towards mid-wicket inside the circle. Langford-Smith completes the over. He has figures of 1/29 from his 3 overs.
5.5	Langford-Smith to Jayawardene, 4 runs! Langford-Smith pitches the delivery outside off stump, fuller than a good length. Jayawardene plays the delivery through mid-off to the boundary for 4 runs. Sri Lanka is 2 for 53.
5.4	Langford-Smith to Jayawardene, 2 runs. Langford-Smith delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Jayawardene plays the delivery through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for a two. The scoreboard tells us it's 2/49.
5.3	Langford-Smith to Jayawardene, 4 runs! Dropped catch by Carroll! Langford-Smith delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Jayawardene hits the ball through mid-on to the boundary for a four. Sri Lanka advances to 2/47.
5.2	Langford-Smith to Jayawardene, 2 runs. Langford-Smith pitches the delivery towards leg stump, on a good length. Jayawardene hits the delivery through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for a two. Ball is fielded by Johnston. The scoreboard says 2 for 43.
5.1	Langford-Smith to Jayawardene, no run. Langford-Smith bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Jayawardene plays the delivery straight close to the pitch. Langford-Smith fields the ball.
4.6	Rankin to Jayasuriya, no run. Rankin pitches the ball on a good line and short of a good length. Jayasuriya plays the ball down the ground close to the pitch. That is the end of the over. Rankin has figures of 1/24 from his 3 overs.
4.5	Rankin to Jayasuriya, no run. Rankin delivers the ball outside off and short of a good length. Jayasuriya hits the delivery square on the offside inside the circle. Fielded by Porterfield.
4.4	Rankin to Jayasuriya, 4 runs! Rankin bowls it short of a good length, wide outside off stump. Jayasuriya strikes the delivery for four runs. The score is 2 for 41.
4.3	Rankin to Jayawardene, 1 run. Rankin bowls it short of a good length, in the corridor. Jayawardene hits the ball square on the legside inside the circle for one. Ball is fielded by Porterfield. The score is 2 for 37.
4.3	Rankin to Jayawardene, 1 no ball. Rankin delivers the ball outside off and short of a good length. O'Brien takes the ball. The keeper fields the ball.
4.2	Rankin to Jayawardene, 4 runs! Rankin pitches the ball on a good line and short of a good length. Jayawardene strikes the delivery in front of square on the legside to the boundary for 4 runs. The scoreboard shows 2/35.

Ireland - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Rankin, B	4	36	1	9.00	(3nb,2w)
Langford-Smith, D	3	29	1	9.67	(3w)
Botha, A	1	4	0	4.00
O'Brien, K	1	4	0	4.00
Carroll, K	1	8	0	8.00

Ireland		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Bray, J	Porterfield, W	1st	28	6	46	60.87	1/28
Botha, A	Porterfield, W	2nd	0	0	2	0.00	2/28
Morgan, E	Porterfield, W	3rd	0	0	1	0.00	3/28
Porterfield, W	O'Brien, N	4th	18	25	61	29.51	4/46
O'Brien, N	O'Brien, K	5th	2	4	2	100.00	5/48
Carroll, K	O'Brien, K	6th	0	1	2	0.00	6/48
Johnston, T	O'Brien, K	7th	1	5	6	16.67	7/49
O'Brien, K	McCallan, K	8th	0	6	3	0.00	8/49
McCallan, K	Langford-Smith, D	9th	5	6	15	33.33	9/54
Langford-Smith, D	Rankin, B	10th	23	23	30	76.67	10/77

Sri Lanka		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Tharanga, U	Jayasuriya, S	1st	1	4	7	14.29	1/1
Sangakkara, K	Jayasuriya, S	2nd	24	14	15	160.00	2/25
Jayasuriya, S	Jayawardene, M	3rd	56	30	41	136.6