Australia Vs Ireland 40Th Match Super Eights
ICC World Cup in West Indies - 2007 (2006/07) · Kensington Oval, Bridgetown · 13 April 2007
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 226 balls remaining)
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 226 balls remaining). Adam Gilchrist top-scored with 34 for Australia.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
- Date
- 13 April 2007
- Toss
- Australia, chose to field
- Result
- Australia won by 9 wickets (with 226 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Glenn McGrath
- Captains
- Trent Johnston (Ireland), Ricky Ponting (Australia)
- Umpires
- BF Bowden and RE Koertzen
- Match referee
- RS Madugalle
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Australia won the toss and chose to field.
Ireland batted first and made 91 all out. John Mooney top-scored with 23 off 44 balls. Glenn McGrath took 3 for 17 for Australia. From 0 for 0 they lost 4 wickets for 12 runs, to 12 for 4. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Kensington Oval, 215 across 16 ODIs.
Chasing 92, Australia made 92 for 1. Adam Gilchrist top-scored with 34 off 25 balls, and Michael Hussey made 30.
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 226 balls remaining). Ireland's 91 all out is the lowest completed total at Kensington Oval.
IRELAND: 91 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Bray | b Glenn McGrath | 1 | 2 |
| William Porterfield | lbw b Shaun Tait | 1 | 11 |
| Eoin Morgan | c Matthew Hayden b Glenn McGrath | 0 | 9 |
| Niall O'Brien | b Shaun Tait | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin O'Brien | c Brad Hodge b Stuart Clark | 16 | 25 |
| Andrew White | c Brad Hogg b Glenn McGrath | 6 | 20 |
| Trent Johnston | b Shaun Tait | 17 | 25 |
| Kyle McCallan | c Shaun Tait b Andrew Symonds | 5 | 18 |
| John Mooney | run out (Shaun Tait) | 23 | 44 |
| Dave Langford-Smith | c Ricky Ponting b Brad Hogg | 2 | 7 |
| Boyd Rankin | not out | 4 | 19 |
Extras 16 · Total 91 all out
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath | 7 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
| Shaun Tait | 6 | 1 | 39 | 3 |
| Stuart Clark | 8 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Brad Hogg | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Andrew Symonds | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-2 (Jeremy Bray, 0.6 ov), 2-2 (William Porterfield, 3.1 ov), 3-2 (Niall O'Brien, 3.2 ov), 4-12 (Eoin Morgan, 4.3 ov), 5-32 (Andrew White, 10.3 ov), 6-42 (Kevin O'Brien, 13.2 ov), 7-54 (Trent Johnston, 16.3 ov), 8-72 (Kyle McCallan, 20.6 ov), 9-80 (Dave Langford-Smith, 23.1 ov), 10-91 (John Mooney, 29.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Jeremy Bray (1) and William Porterfield (1) | 2 | 6 |
| second | Eoin Morgan (0) and William Porterfield (0) | 0 | 13 |
| third | Niall O'Brien (0) and Eoin Morgan (0) | 0 | 1 |
| fourth | Eoin Morgan (0) and Kevin O'Brien (8) | 10 | 7 |
| fifth | Andrew White (6) and Kevin O'Brien (8) | 20 | 37 |
| sixth | Trent Johnston (10) and Kevin O'Brien (0) | 10 | 17 |
| seventh | Kyle McCallan (3) and Trent Johnston (7) | 12 | 19 |
| eighth | Kyle McCallan (2) and John Mooney (13) | 18 | 27 |
| ninth | John Mooney (6) and Dave Langford-Smith (2) | 8 | 13 |
| tenth | John Mooney (4) and Boyd Rankin (4) | 11 | 40 |
AUSTRALIA: 92 FOR 1
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Gilchrist | b Trent Johnston | 34 | 25 |
| Michael Hussey | not out | 30 | 41 |
| Andrew Symonds | not out | 15 | 9 |
Did not bat: Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, Stuart Clark, Shaun Tait, Glenn McGrath
Extras 13 · Total 92 for 1
| Bowler (Ireland) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Langford-Smith | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Boyd Rankin | 4.2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Trent Johnston | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| John Mooney | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Kyle McCallan | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-62 (Adam Gilchrist, 8.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Adam Gilchrist (34) and Michael Hussey (18) | 62 | 53 |
| second | Andrew Symonds (15) and Michael Hussey (12) | 30 | 22 |
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