tt1299 itt108 wctt46	Ireland v Sri Lanka
	ICC World Twenty20 2009 (Group F)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 14th June 2009 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lanka won by 9 runs
Points	Ireland 0; Sri Lanka 2
Umpires	M Erasmus (South Africa), AL Hill (New Zealand)
TV umpire	SJ Davis (Australia)
Referee	AG Hurst (Australia)
Reserve Umpire	EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka)
Man of the Match	DPMD Jayawardene
Articles	Sri Lanka win a close contest
Pictures	Rankin is over the moon
	Rankin in action
	Jayawardene is cleaned up
	Jayawardene playing a shot
	List of all pictures

Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
TM Dilshan	c NJ O'Brien b Rankin	0	2	1	-	-	0.00
ST Jayasuriya	lbw b McCallan	27	27	50	5	-	100.00
*+KC Sangakkara	c NJ O'Brien b Johnston	3	10	13	-	-	30.00
DPMD Jayawardene	b Cusack	78	53	60	9	1	147.17
LPC Silva	c Rankin b McCallan	4	6	9	-	-	66.67
J Mubarak	c NJ O'Brien b Cusack	7	9	11	-	-	77.78
AD Mathews	b Cusack	10	7	8	1	-	142.86
KMDN Kulasekara	c Mooney b Rankin	1	2	4	-	-	50.00
M Muralitharan	st NJ O'Brien b Cusack	0	1	3	-	-	0.00
SL Malinga	not out	1	2	2	-	-	50.00
BAW Mendis	not out	4	1	1	1	-	400.00
Extras	(5 lb, 4 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Dilshan, 0.2 ov), 2-14 (Sangakkara, 3.3 ov), 3-81 (Jayasuriya, 11.4 ov), 4-97 (Silva, 13.5 ov), 5-126 (Mubarak, 17.3 ov), 6-128 (Jayawardene, 17.6 ov), 7-132 (Kulasekara, 18.4 ov), 8-139 (Mathews, 19.2 ov), 9-140 (Muralitharan, 19.5 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Rankin	4	0	27	2	2	-	12.00	6.75
Johnston	4	1	18	1	1	-	24.00	4.50
West	4	0	34	0	1	-	-	8.50
McCallan	4	0	33	2	-	-	12.00	8.25
Cusack	3	0	18	4	-	-	4.50	6.00
KJ O'Brien	1	0	9	0	-	-	-	9.00

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*WTS Porterfield	c Sangakkara b Muralitharan	31	29	44	5	-	106.90
+NJ O'Brien	st Sangakkara b Mendis	31	37	69	4	-	83.78
AR White	c Sangakkara b Kulasekara	22	21	16	1	1	104.76
KJ O'Brien	c Dilshan b Mendis	0	2	1	-	-	0.00
JF Mooney	not out	31	21	25	4	-	147.62
DT Johnston	b Malinga	9	6	6	-	1	150.00
AC Botha	b Malinga	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
AR Cusack	run out (Sangakkara)	2	3	10	-	-	66.67
RM West	not out	1	1	1	-	-	100.00
WK McCallan	did not bat
WB Rankin	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	8
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-59 (Porterfield, 9.1 ov), 2-87 (White, 13.5 ov), 3-89 (KJ O'Brien, 14.3 ov), 4-91 (NJ O'Brien, 14.6 ov), 5-106 (Johnston, 17.2 ov), 6-106 (Botha, 17.3 ov), 7-129 (Cusack, 19.3 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Mathews	3	0	23	0	-	-	-	7.67
Kulasekara	4	0	47	1	-	1	24.00	11.75
Mendis	4	0	22	2	1	-	12.00	5.50
Malinga	4	0	19	2	2	-	12.00	4.75
Muralitharan	4	0	13	1	-	-	24.00	3.25
Jayasuriya	1	0	7	0	-	-	-	7.00

Notes
--> Sri Lanka powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (28/2)
--> Ireland powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (37/0)
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 8.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 14.5 overs
--> Ireland innings: 50 in 8.2 overs
--> Ireland innings: 100 in 16.5 overs
--> DPMD Jayawardene 50 in 33 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> DPMD Jayawardene passed his previous highest score of 65 in twenty20 matches
--> DPMD Jayawardene passed his previous highest score of 65 in twenty20 international matches
--> WTS Porterfield passed his previous highest score of 23 in twenty20 international matches
--> JF Mooney passed his previous highest score of 19 in twenty20 matches
--> JF Mooney passed his previous highest score of 19 in twenty20 international matches
--> AR Cusack achieved his best innings bowling analysis in twenty20 international matches in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 4-21)
--> AR Cusack achieved his best innings bowling analysis in twenty20 matches in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 4-21)

ST Jayasuriya (22) and DPMD Jayawardene (28) added 50 in 37 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket
WTS Porterfield (31) and NJ O'Brien (17) added 50 in 50 balls for the Ireland 1st wicket