tt1292 itt101 wctt39	India v Ireland
	ICC World Twenty20 2009 (Group A)
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 10th June 2009 (20-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to field
Result	India won by 8 wickets
Points	India 2; Ireland 0
Umpires	IJ Gould, NJ Llong
TV umpire	BF Bowden (New Zealand)
Referee	BC Broad
Reserve Umpire	SJA Taufel (Australia)
Man of the Match	Z Khan
Articles	India post an easy win

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*WTS Porterfield	c YK Pathan b Khan	5	8	13	-	-	62.50
JP Bray	b Khan	0	7	8	-	-	0.00
+GC Wilson	b Harbhajan Singh	19	23	29	1	-	82.61
AC Botha	c YK Pathan b Khan	8	5	3	1	-	160.00
KJ O'Brien	b Ojha	2	4	8	-	-	50.00
JF Mooney	c Yuvraj Singh b Ojha	19	22	30	1	-	86.36
AR White	c Dhoni b Khan	29	25	29	3	1	116.00
RM West	run out (Raina->Dhoni)	1	1	1	-	-	100.00
AR Cusack	not out	12	6	15	2	-	200.00
WK McCallan	not out	9	7	6	1	-	128.57
WB Rankin	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 18 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Bray, 1.6 ov), 2-9 (Porterfield, 3.1 ov), 3-17 (Botha, 3.6 ov), 4-28 (O'Brien, 6.1 ov), 5-48 (Wilson, 9.4 ov), 6-72 (Mooney, 14.4 ov), 7-73 (West, 14.5 ov), 8-92 (White, 16.2 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
IK Pathan	3	0	22	0	1	-	-	7.33
Khan	3	0	19	4	1	-	4.50	6.33
I Sharma	3	0	18	0	-	-	-	6.00
Yuvraj Singh	1	0	4	0	-	-	-	4.00
Ojha	4	0	18	2	-	-	12.00	4.50
Harbhajan Singh	4	0	25	1	-	-	24.00	6.25

India innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
G Gambhir	c Rankin b West	37	31	42	3	1	119.35
RG Sharma	not out	52	45	61	4	1	115.56
*+MS Dhoni	c Bray b McCallan	14	13	9	1	-	107.69
Yuvraj Singh	not out	3	4	7	-	-	75.00
SK Raina	did not bat
YK Pathan	did not bat
IK Pathan	did not bat
Harbhajan Singh	did not bat
Z Khan	did not bat
PP Ojha	did not bat
I Sharma	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 3 w)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 15.3 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-77 (Gambhir, 10.5 ov), 2-100 (Dhoni, 13.4 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Rankin	4	0	28	0	-	-	-	7.00
O'Brien	2	0	17	0	-	-	-	8.50
Cusack	2	0	13	0	-	-	-	6.50
West	4	0	23	1	2	-	24.00	5.75
McCallan	3.3	0	28	1	1	-	21.00	8.00

Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 18 overs per side
--> Ireland powerplay 1: overs 1 to 5 (24/3)
--> India powerplay 1: overs 1 to 5 (38/0)
--> Ireland innings: 50 in 10.2 overs
--> Ireland innings: 100 in 17.2 overs
--> India innings: 50 in 6.6 overs
--> India innings: 100 in 13.2 overs
--> JP Bray made his last appearance in twenty20 matches
--> JP Bray made his last appearance in twenty20 international matches
--> GC Wilson passed his previous highest score of 14 in twenty20 matches
--> GC Wilson passed his previous highest score of 14 in twenty20 international matches
--> JF Mooney passed his previous highest score of 17 in twenty20 matches
--> JF Mooney passed his previous highest score of 17 in twenty20 international matches
--> AR White passed his previous highest score of 11 in twenty20 international matches
--> AR White passed his previous highest score of 27 in twenty20 matches
--> RG Sharma 50 in 44 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> RG Sharma passed his previous highest score of 50 in twenty20 international matches
--> AR White made his debut in England in twenty20 international matches
--> AC Botha made his debut in England in twenty20 international matches
--> AC Botha made his debut in England in twenty20 matches
--> Z Khan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in twenty20 international matches when he dismissed AC Botha in the Ireland innings (previous best was 2-15)
--> Z Khan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in twenty20 matches when he dismissed AR White in the Ireland innings (previous best was 3-31)

G Gambhir (26) and RG Sharma (20) added 50 in 42 balls for the India 1st wicket