a18223	Ireland v Essex
	Friends Provident Trophy 2007 (South Division)
Venue	Castle Avenue, Dublin on 13th May 2007 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Ireland 0; Essex 2
Umpires	VA Holder, G Sharp (England)
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), S Downes

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
WTS Porterfield	c Cook b Bopara	88	134	152	12	-	65.67
KED Carroll	c Bopara b Napier	7	31	34	-	-	22.58
JD Ryder	b Bopara	2	9	22	-	-	22.22
KJ O'Brien	st Foster b Middlebrook	37	46	52	5	-	80.43
PG Gillespie	not out	47	53	64	5	-	88.68
*DT Johnston	b Danish Kaneria	1	3	1	-	-	33.33
AR White	not out	25	25	24	3	-	100.00
+GC Wilson	did not bat
D Langford-Smith	did not bat
RK Whelan	did not bat
M Hayward	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 2 nb, 10 w)	20
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Carroll), 2-43 (Ryder), 3-117 (O'Brien), 4-166 (Porterfield), 5-174 (Johnston)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Nel	10	2	38	0	3	-	-	3.80
Napier	9	1	34	1	-	-	54.00	3.78
Bopara	8	0	43	2	2	1	24.00	5.38
Danish Kaneria	10	2	33	1	2	-	60.00	3.30
ten Doeschate	5	0	27	0	3	-	-	5.40
Middlebrook	8	0	44	1	-	-	48.00	5.50

Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AN Cook	lbw b Langford-Smith	14	24	21	2	-	58.33
*RC Irani	not out	90	124	156	11	2	72.58
ML Pettini	c Whelan b Langford-Smith	4	3	7	1	-	133.33
RS Bopara	lbw b Whelan	101	101	122	12	2	100.00
+JS Foster	not out	0	0	1	-	-	0.00
RN ten Doeschate	did not bat
JD Middlebrook	did not bat
TJ Phillips	did not bat
GR Napier	did not bat
Danish Kaneria	did not bat
A Nel	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 6 nb, 3 w)	19
Total	(3 wickets, 41.3 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Cook), 2-46 (Pettini), 3-226 (Bopara)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hayward	6	0	38	0	-	1	-	6.33
Langford-Smith	7	0	44	2	1	-	21.00	6.29
Johnston	8	1	27	0	-	-	-	3.38
Whelan	9	0	54	1	1	1	54.00	6.00
White	8.3	1	31	0	1	-	-	3.65
O'Brien	3	0	24	0	-	1	-	8.00

Notes
--> AR White passed 500 runs in ListA matches when he reached 21
--> RS Bopara 100 in 99 balls, 120 minutes with 12 fours and 2 sixes
--> RS Bopara equalled his previous highest score of 101 in ListA matches
--> RS Bopara passed 1500 runs in ListA matches when he reached 60
--> RK Whelan made his debut for Ireland in ListA matches
--> Danish Kaneria made his debut in Ireland in ListA matches
--> ML Pettini made his debut in Ireland in ListA matches
--> RC Irani made his debut in Ireland in ListA matches
--> RS Bopara made his debut in Ireland in ListA matches
--> AN Cook made his debut in Ireland in ListA matches
--> RK Whelan made his debut in Ireland in ListA matches
--> KED Carroll made his debut in Ireland in ListA matches
--> A Nel made his debut in Ireland in ListA matches
--> GR Napier made his debut in Ireland in ListA matches
--> JD Middlebrook made his debut in Ireland in ListA matches
--> TJ Phillips made his debut in Ireland in ListA matches
--> JS Foster made his debut in Ireland in ListA matches