a18182 o2575 wc297	Ireland v Sri Lanka
	ICC World Cup 2006/07 (Super Eight)
Venue	Queen's Park (New), St George's on 18th April 2007 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Points	Ireland 0; Sri Lanka 2
Umpires	MR Benson (England), BR Doctrove
TV umpire	DJ Harper (Australia)
Referee	BC Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire	Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Man of the Match	MF Maharoof
Articles	Maharoof and Murali run through Ireland
Audio-Video	English Tenth Audio Summary
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Pictures	Farveez Maharoof delivers a ball

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JP Bray	c Arnold b Maharoof	20	29	32	4	-	68.97
WTS Porterfield	c Jayasuriya b Maharoof	17	51	79	1	-	33.33
AC Botha	c Sangakkara b Maharoof	0	2	2	-	-	0.00
EJG Morgan	c Sangakkara b Maharoof	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
+NJ O'Brien	c Sangakkara b Muralitharan	4	28	46	-	-	14.29
KJ O'Brien	c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan	2	4	14	-	-	50.00
KED Carroll	b Muralitharan	0	2	1	-	-	0.00
*DT Johnston	run out (Maharoof)	0	4	5	-	-	0.00
WK McCallan	lbw b Muralitharan	0	9	10	-	-	0.00
D Langford-Smith	lbw b Vaas	18	21	29	2	1	85.71
WB Rankin	not out	7	17	20	1	-	41.18
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(all out, 125 minutes, 27.4 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Bray, 7.3 ov), 2-28 (Botha, 7.5 ov), 3-28 (Morgan, 7.6 ov), 4-46 (Porterfield, 17.6 ov), 5-48 (NJ O'Brien, 18.2 ov), 6-48 (Carroll, 18.4 ov), 7-49 (Johnston, 19.4 ov), 8-49 (KJ O'Brien, 20.1 ov), 9-54 (McCallan, 22.4 ov), 10-77 (Langford-Smith, 27.4 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Vaas	5.4	1	18	1	-	1	34.00	3.18
Kulasekara	7	3	10	0	-	-	-	1.43
Maharoof	10	3	25	4	-	1	15.00	2.50
Muralitharan	5	0	19	4	2	-	7.50	3.80

Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
WU Tharanga	c Porterfield b Rankin	0	7	5	-	-	0.00
ST Jayasuriya	not out	24	20	51	3	1	120.00
+KC Sangakkara	c Carroll b Langford-Smith	10	9	15	1	-	111.11
*DPMD Jayawardene	not out	39	27	30	6	1	144.44
LPC Silva	did not bat
TM Dilshan	did not bat
RP Arnold	did not bat
MF Maharoof	did not bat
WPUJC Vaas	did not bat
KMDN Kulasekara	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb, 5 w)	8
Total	(2 wickets, 51 minutes, 10 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Tharanga, 0.6 ov), 2-25 (Sangakkara, 3.2 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Rankin	4	0	36	1	2	3	24.00	9.00
Langford-Smith	3	0	29	1	3	-	18.00	9.67
Botha	1	0	4	0	-	-	-	4.00
KJ O'Brien	1	0	4	0	-	-	-	4.00
Carroll	1	0	8	0	-	-	-	8.00

Notes
--> Ireland powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (34/3)
--> Ireland powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 (34/3) to 15
--> Ireland powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> Ireland innings: 50 in 20.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 5.5 overs
--> KED Carroll made his debut in World Cup matches
--> D Langford-Smith passed his previous highest score of 17 in ODI matches
--> D Langford-Smith passed his previous highest score of 17 in World Cup matches
--> DPMD Jayawardene passed 500 runs in World Cup matches when he reached 2
--> KED Carroll made his debut in West Indies in ListA matches
--> KED Carroll made his debut in West Indies in ODI matches
--> MF Maharoof reached 100 wickets in ListA matches when he dismissed EJG Morgan, his 3rd wicket in the Ireland innings
--> M Muralitharan reached 450 wickets in ODI matches when he dismissed KJ O'Brien, his 3rd wicket in the Ireland innings
--> M Muralitharan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in World Cup matches in the Ireland innings (previous best was 4-28)

Ireland innings
Official Attendance - 8,000
ST Jayasuriya (15) and DPMD Jayawardene (35) added 50 in 37 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket