a18857 o2693	Bangladesh v Ireland
	Ireland in Bangladesh 2007/08 (1st ODI)
Venue	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on 18th March 2008 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ireland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bangladesh won by 8 wickets
Umpires	Enamul Haque, TH Wijewardene (Sri Lanka)
Referee	RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire	Nadir Shah
Man of the Match	Mashrafe Mortaza

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
WTS Porterfield	c Dhiman Ghosh b Mashrafe Mortaza	1	19	19	-	-	5.26
R Strydom	c Dhiman Ghosh b Mashrafe Mortaza	8	29	40	1	-	27.59
EJG Morgan	b Farhad Reza	35	55	72	1	1	63.64
+NJ O'Brien	c Farhad Reza b Mahmudullah	15	21	22	2	1	71.43
KJ O'Brien	lbw b Shakib Al Hasan	20	44	55	2	-	45.45
AC Botha	run out (Abdur Razzak)	22	28	35	2	-	78.57
AR Cusack	c Farhad Reza b Mashrafe Mortaza	38	61	80	-	1	62.30
*DT Johnston	not out	31	41	66	2	-	75.61
D Langford-Smith	not out	3	2	4	-	-	150.00
GJ Thompson	did not bat
WK McCallan	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 3 w)	12
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 204 minutes, 50 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Porterfield, 4.6 ov), 2-20 (Strydom, 10.2 ov), 3-43 (NJ O'Brien, 15.6 ov), 4-81 (Morgan, 25.6 ov), 5-97 (KJ O'Brien, 30.3 ov), 6-115 (Botha, 34.5 ov), 7-180 (Cusack, 49.1 ov)

Bangladesh bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza	10	4	22	3	-	-	20.00	2.20
Abdur Razzak	10	0	36	0	1	-	-	3.60
Mahmudullah	10	0	31	1	1	-	60.00	3.10
Shakib Al Hasan	10	1	38	1	-	-	60.00	3.80
Farhad Reza	10	0	49	1	1	-	60.00	4.90

Bangladesh innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
Tamim Iqbal	c Thompson b Langford-Smith	13	18	24	2	-	72.22
Shahriar Nafees	not out	90	121	172	11	-	74.38
Aftab Ahmed	c Strydom b Johnston	11	10	16	2	-	110.00
*Mohammad Ashraful	not out	64	90	130	8	-	71.11
Shakib Al Hasan	did not bat
Raqibul Hasan	did not bat
+Dhiman Ghosh	did not bat
Farhad Reza	did not bat
Abdur Razzak	did not bat
Mashrafe Mortaza	did not bat
Mahmudullah	did not bat
Extras	(8 w)	8
Total	(2 wickets, 172 minutes, 39.5 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Tamim Iqbal, 5.4 ov), 2-56 (Aftab Ahmed, 9.2 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
KJ O'Brien	5	0	30	0	2	-	-	6.00
Langford-Smith	7	0	49	1	5	-	42.00	7.00
Johnston	6	1	17	1	1	-	36.00	2.83
Botha	6	1	20	0	-	-	-	3.33
McCallan	8	0	28	0	-	-	-	3.50
Cusack	3.5	0	16	0	-	-	-	4.17
Thompson	4	0	26	0	-	-	-	6.50

Notes
--> Ireland powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10
--> Ireland powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 to 15
--> Ireland powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> Bangladesh powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10
--> Bangladesh powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 to 15
--> Bangladesh powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> Ireland innings: 50 in 18.5 overs, 72 minutes
--> Ireland innings: 100 in 31.5 overs, 125 minutes
--> Ireland innings: 150 in 43.1 overs, 174 minutes
--> Bangladesh innings: 50 in 8.5 overs, 37 minutes
--> Bangladesh innings: 100 in 24.1 overs, 106 minutes
--> Bangladesh innings: 150 in 34.3 overs, 151 minutes
--> R Strydom made his debut in ListA matches
--> R Strydom made his debut in ODI matches
--> AR Cusack passed his previous highest score of 36 in ListA matches
--> AR Cusack passed his previous highest score of 36 in ODI matches
--> GJ Thompson made his debut in ODI matches
--> Shahriar Nafees 50 in 75 balls, 111 minutes
--> Mohammad Ashraful 50 in 76 balls, 114 minutes
--> GJ Thompson made his debut for Ireland in ListA matches
--> NJ O'Brien made his debut in Bangladesh in ListA matches
--> NJ O'Brien made his debut in Bangladesh in ODI matches
--> WK McCallan made his debut in Bangladesh in ListA matches
--> WK McCallan made his debut in Bangladesh in ODI matches
--> EJG Morgan made his debut in Bangladesh in ListA matches
--> EJG Morgan made his debut in Bangladesh in ODI matches
--> Mahmudullah made his debut in Bangladesh in ODI matches
--> GJ Thompson made his debut in Bangladesh in ListA matches
--> KJ O'Brien made his debut in Bangladesh in ListA matches
--> KJ O'Brien made his debut in Bangladesh in ODI matches
--> WTS Porterfield made his debut in Bangladesh in ListA matches
--> WTS Porterfield made his debut in Bangladesh in ODI matches
--> AC Botha made his debut in Bangladesh in ListA matches
--> AC Botha made his debut in Bangladesh in ODI matches
--> DT Johnston made his debut in Bangladesh in ListA matches
--> DT Johnston made his debut in Bangladesh in ODI matches
--> D Langford-Smith made his debut in Bangladesh in ListA matches
--> D Langford-Smith made his debut in Bangladesh in ODI matches
--> AR Cusack made his debut in Bangladesh in ListA matches
--> AR Cusack made his debut in Bangladesh in ODI matches
--> Shakib Al Hasan reached 50 wickets in ListA matches when he dismissed KJ O'Brien, his 1st wicket in the Ireland innings

Ireland innings
Bangladesh innings