a18177 o2570 wc292	Australia v Ireland
	ICC World Cup 2006/07 (Super Eight)
Venue	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown on 13th April 2007 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 9 wickets
Points	Australia 2; Ireland 0
Umpires	BF Bowden (New Zealand), RE Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire	SA Bucknor
Referee	RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire	SJA Taufel (Australia)
Man of the Match	GD McGrath
Articles	Aussies steamroller Irish to storm into semi-finals
Pictures	Andrew Symonds congratulates Mike Hussey after victory over Ireland
	Glenn McGrath celebrates the wicket of Jeremy Bray

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JP Bray	b McGrath	1	2	3	-	-	50.00
WTS Porterfield	lbw b Tait	1	11	14	-	-	9.09
EJG Morgan	c Hayden b McGrath	0	9	19	-	-	0.00
+NJ O'Brien	b Tait	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
KJ O'Brien	c Hodge b Clark	16	25	51	3	-	64.00
AR White	c Hogg b McGrath	6	20	30	-	-	30.00
*DT Johnston	b Tait	17	25	30	2	-	68.00
WK McCallan	c Tait b Symonds	5	18	32	-	-	27.78
JF Mooney	run out (Tait)	23	44	53	2	-	52.27
D Langford-Smith	c Ponting b Hogg	2	7	8	-	-	28.57
WB Rankin	not out	4	19	25	-	-	21.05
Extras	(1 nb, 15 w)	16
Total	(all out, 140 minutes, 30 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Bray, 0.6 ov), 2-2 (Porterfield, 3.1 ov), 3-2 (NJ O'Brien, 3.2 ov), 4-12 (Morgan, 4.3 ov), 5-32 (White, 10.3 ov), 6-42 (KJ O'Brien, 13.2 ov), 7-54 (Johnston, 16.3 ov), 8-72 (McCallan, 20.6 ov), 9-80 (Langford-Smith, 23.1 ov), 10-91 (Mooney, 30 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McGrath	7	1	17	3	-	-	14.00	2.43
Tait	6	1	39	3	9	1	12.00	6.50
Clark	8	1	19	1	1	-	48.00	2.38
Hogg	6	2	9	1	2	-	36.00	1.50
Symonds	3	1	7	1	-	-	18.00	2.33

Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+AC Gilchrist	b Johnston	34	25	38	4	-	136.00
MEK Hussey	not out	30	41	57	3	1	73.17
A Symonds	not out	15	9	17	1	1	166.67
ML Hayden	did not bat
*RT Ponting	did not bat
MJ Clarke	did not bat
BJ Hodge	did not bat
GB Hogg	did not bat
SR Clark	did not bat
SW Tait	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 8 w)	13
Total	(1 wicket, 57 minutes, 12.2 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-62 (Gilchrist, 8.5 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Langford-Smith	3	0	27	0	2	-	-	9.00
Rankin	4.2	0	24	0	4	-	-	5.54
Johnston	3	0	18	1	2	1	18.00	6.00
Mooney	1	0	14	0	-	-	-	14.00
McCallan	1	0	5	0	-	-	-	5.00

Notes
--> Ireland powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (30/4)
--> Ireland powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 (30/4) to 15
--> Ireland innings: 50 in 14.4 overs
--> Australia innings: 50 in 6.5 overs
--> SR Clark made his debut in World Cup matches
--> SR Clark made his debut in West Indies in ListA matches
--> SR Clark made his debut in West Indies in ODI matches
--> SW Tait achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches in the Ireland innings (previous best was 3-41)
--> SW Tait achieved his best innings bowling analysis in World Cup matches in the Ireland innings (previous best was 3-41)

Ireland innings
AC Gilchrist (27) and MEK Hussey (14) added 50 in 41 balls for the Australia 1st wicket