2007 Cricket World Cup: Pakistan vs Ireland
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Ireland stunned Pakistan by beating them by 3 wickets (with 32 balls remaining) in Group D at the World Cup at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.
After rain and bad light delayed proceedings, Ireland's target was reduced by the Duckworth-Lewis method to 128 runs from 47 overs.
Ireland's eventual victory eliminates Pakistan from the World Cup.
This was Ireland's first ever win over a team with test match status, and their first win in a World Cup (this tournament being their first appearance).
Toss: Ireland won, and elected to field first.
 Pakistan innings
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | c NJ O'Brien b Langford-Smith | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| Imran Nazir | c Morgan b Botha | 24 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 47.05 | |
| Younis Khan | c Botha b Rankin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Mohammad Yousuf | c Porterfield b Johnston | 15 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 48.38 | |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | c Morgan b Botha | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Shoaib Malik | c NJ O'Brien b KJ O'Brien | 9 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 36.00 | |
| Kamran Akmal | c Johnston b Rankin | 27 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 50.94 | |
| Azhar Mahmood | c Johnston b Rankin | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 | |
| Mohammad Sami | c Bray b McCallan | 12 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 35.29 | |
| Iftikhar Anjum | not out | 8 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 18.60 | |
| Umar Gul | c sub b McCallan | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 | |
| Extras | (lb 3; w 23; nb 3) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 45.4 overs) | 132 | 13 | 0 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Mohammad Hafeez, 0.6 ov), 2-15 (Younis Khan, 3.3 ov), 3-56 (Mohammad Yousuf, 12.5 ov), 4-58 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 13.1 ov), 5-66 (Imran Nazir, 17.6 ov), 6-72 (Shoaib Malik, 20.3 ov), 7-103 (Azhar Mahmood, 30.2 ov), 8-105 (Kamran Akmal, 30.5 ov), 9-130 (Mohammad Sami, 43.1 ov), 10-132 (Umar Gul, 45.4 ov)
| File:Flag of Ireland cricket team.svg Ireland bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Dave Langford-Smith | 10 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 3.10 | |
| Boyd Rankin | 9 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 3.55 | |
| Andre Botha | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0.62 | |
| Trent Johnston | 7 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2.85 | |
| Kevin O'Brien | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 4.83 | |
| Kyle McCallan | 5.4 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2.11 | |
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| File:Flag of Ireland cricket team.svg Ireland innings (Revised target: 128 runs from 47 overs) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Jeremy Bray | lbw b Mohammad Sami | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.08 | |
| William Porterfield | b Mohammad Hafeez | 13 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 26.00 | |
| Eoin Morgan | lbw b Mohammad Sami | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Niall O'Brien | st Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Malik | 72 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 67.92 | |
| Andre Botha | c Mohammad Hafeez b Mohammad Sami | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Kevin O'Brien | not out | 16 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 30.19 | |
| Andrew White | c Mohammad Hafeez b Iftikhar Anjum | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| Kyle McCallan | c Younis Khan b Iftikhar Anjum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Trent Johnston | not out | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 64.29 | |
| Extras | (b0; lb 2; w 11; nb 1) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (7 Wickets; 41.4 overs) | 133 | 251 | 10 | 2 | ||
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Bray, 3.1 ov), 2-15 (Morgan, 5.3 ov), 3-62 (Porterfield, 20.6 ov), 4-70 (Botha, 23.6 ov), 5-108 (NJ O'Brien, 33.6 ov), 6-113 (White, 34.5 ov), 7-113 (McCallan, 34.6 ov)
| Pakistan bowling
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Umar Gul | 9 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2.66 | |
| Mohammad Sami | 10 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 2.90 | |
| Iftikhar Anjum | 10 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 2.90 | |
| Azhar Mahmood | 7.4 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 3.26 | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3.75 | |
| Rana Naved-ul-Hasan | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9.00 | |
Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Nazir, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Inzamam-ul-Haq (capt), Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal (wkt), Azhar Mahmood, Mohammad Sami, Iftikhar Anjum, Umar Gul
Ireland: J P Bray, W T S Porterfield, E J G Morgan, N J O'Brien (wkt), K J O'Brien, A C Botha, W K McCallan, D T Johnston (capt), A R White, D Langford-Smith, W B Rankin
Player of the match: N J O'Brien (Ireland)
Umpires: B F Bowden (New Zealand) and B G Jerling (South Africa)
TV umpire: S J A Taufel (Australia)
Match referee: B C Broad (England)
Reserve umpire: I J Gould (England)
Sources
- "9th Match, Group D: Ireland v Pakistan at Kingston - Mar 17, 2007" — Cricinfo, March 17, 2007
- "ICC World Cup: Ireland v Pakistan" — BBC, March 17, 2007
