2007 Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka have defeated Ireland today in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at Queen's Park, St. George's, Grenada. 77 is the lowest score in this world cup for an opening batting team. It has also confirmed that South Africa will finish fourth in the Super 8 stage, however Sri Lanka's position may change after the Australia vs New Zealand match. Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first. Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Bray, 7.3 ov), 2-28 (Botha, 7.5 ov), 3-28 (Morgan, 8.0 ov), 4-46 (Porterfield, 18.0 ov), 5-48 (NJ O'Brien, 18.2 ov),
Sri Lanka have defeated Ireland today in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at Queen's Park, St. George's, Grenada.
77 is the lowest score in this world cup for an opening batting team. It has also confirmed that South Africa will finish fourth in the Super 8 stage, however Sri Lanka's position may change after the Australia vs New Zealand match.
Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first.
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Bray, 7.3 ov), 2-28 (Botha, 7.5 ov), 3-28 (Morgan, 8.0 ov), 4-46 (Porterfield, 18.0 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)
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Tharanga, 0.6 ov), 2-25 (Sangakkara, 3.2 ov)
Did not bat: Chamara Silva, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Russel Arnold, Farveez Maharoof, Nuwan Kulasekara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas
Ireland: W T S Porterfield, J P Bray, E J G Morgan, N J O'Brien (wkt), A C Botha, K J O'Brien, D T Johnston (capt), W K McCallan, K E D Carroll, D Langford-Smith, W B Rankin
Sri Lanka: W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt), D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, M F Maharoof, R P Arnold, W P U J C Vaas, K M D N Kulasekara, M Muralitharan
Player of the match: M F Maharoof (Sri Lanka)
Umpires: M R Benson (England) and B R Doctrove (West Indies)
TV umpire: D J Harper (Australia)
Match referee:B C Broad (England)
Reserve umpire: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
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