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ICC World Cup Qualifiers, 2009 / Scorecard

ICC World Cup Qualifiers - Final

Canada v Ireland

Ireland won by 9 wickets (with 45 balls remaining)

ODI no. 2843 | 2009 season
Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion (neutral venue)
19 April 2009 (50-over match)


Canada innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GEF Barnett	c †NJ O'Brien b Connell	19	24	21	2	1	90.47
6.2 outside off, full, solid drive to the off, does not get to it, edges, catch to keeper going away from him 36/1
AA Mulla	lbw b Johnston	36	52	38	4	1	94.73
11.6 gets back pushing to the off, ball cuts back, thuds into the pads, batsman almost looks guilty, must have known that was close, and he was right, finger of fate sends him packing 69/3
Rizwan Cheema	c KJ O'Brien b Johnston	8	16	9	2	0	88.88
9.6 outside off, short, gets back, that gets big on him, gets the shoulder of the bat, loops away to slip 61/2
IS Billcliff	b Johnston	10	25	10	1	0	100.00
15.2 gets forward defending, ball cuts back and is through the gate 78/4
A Bagai*†	c West b Johnston	4	35	28	0	0	14.28
19.2 outside off, short, on the cut, that flies to third man who hardly has to move 88/6
S Dhaniram	c Cusack b Johnston	7	17	10	1	0	70.00
19.1 short, goes on the pull, struck well to the long boundary, Cusack coming in does very well diving forward and right to take a good low catch 88/5
S Jyoti	c Johnston b Rankin	0	26	14	0	0	0.00
24.4 short leg side, hooks, bit of a top edge, straight to the man at fine leg 92/7
U Bhatti	run out (West/Cusack)	46	111	75	4	0	61.33
47.5 Cusack to Khurram Chohan, dabs to the on side, off the pad, appeal for lbw, looks up and sees Bhatti standing next to him, throw goes to the bowler and Bhatti is gone 185/9
HS Baidwan	lbw b Rankin	14	41	32	1	0	43.75
34.1 starts full and straight, plays across the line, misses, into the pads, that looks fairly dead 131/8
Khurram Chohan	run out (Porterfield)	26	48	51	1	1	50.98
47.6 from Cusack, drives into the covers, quick run, ends up short and another run out 185/9
H Osinde	not out	0	2	0	0	0	-

Extras	(b 1, lb 9, w 5)	15

Total	(all out; 48 overs; 203 mins)	185	(3.85 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-36 (Barnett, 6.2 ov), 2-61 (Rizwan Cheema, 9.6 ov), 3-69 (Mulla, 11.6 ov), 4-78 (Billcliff, 15.2 ov), 5-88 (Dhaniram, 19.1 ov), 6-88 (Bagai, 19.2 ov), 7-92 (Jyoti, 24.4 ov), 8-131 (Baidwan, 34.1 ov), 9-185 (Bhatti, 47.5 ov), 10-185 (Khurram Chohan, 47.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
PC Connell	8	0	55	1	6.87	(1w)
6.2 to Barnett, outside off, full, solid drive to the off, does not get to it, edges, catch to keeper going away from him 36/1
WB Rankin	10	3	34	2	3.40	(2w)
24.4 to Jyoti, short leg side, hooks, bit of a top edge, straight to the man at fine leg 92/7 34.1 to Baidwan, starts full and straight, plays across the line, misses, into the pads, that looks fairly dead 131/8
DT Johnston	10	4	14	5	1.40
9.6 to Rizwan Cheema, outside off, short, gets back, that gets big on him, gets the shoulder of the bat, loops away to slip 61/2 11.6 to Mulla, gets back pushing to the off, ball cuts back, thuds into the pads, batsman almost looks guilty, must have known that was close, and he was right, finger of fate sends him packing 69/3 15.2 to Billcliff, gets forward defending, ball cuts back and is through the gate 78/4 19.1 to Dhaniram, short, goes on the pull, struck well to the long boundary, Cusack coming in does very well diving forward and right to take a good low catch 88/5 19.2 to Bagai, outside off, short, on the cut, that flies to third man who hardly has to move 88/6
AR Cusack	7	0	29	0	4.14	(1w)

WK McCallan	8	0	25	0	3.12	(1w)

RM West	5	0	18	0	3.60


Ireland innings (target: 186 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
WTS Porterfield*	not out	104	164	133	13	0	78.19

GC Wilson	c Billcliff b Jyoti	38	97	67	2	2	56.71
24.1 goes on the cut, top edges, loops away towards third man who makes a few steps forward 89/1
NJ O'Brien†	not out	38	66	55	3	0	69.09

Extras	(lb 2, w 6)	8

Total	(1 wicket; 42.3 overs; 164 mins)	188	(4.42 runs per over)

Did not bat KJ O'Brien, AR White, AR Cusack, DT Johnston, WK McCallan, RM West, PC Connell, WB Rankin

Fall of wickets 1-89 (Wilson, 24.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
U Bhatti	10	2	23	0	2.30

H Osinde	6	1	20	0	3.33	(3w)

Khurram Chohan	7.3	0	56	0	7.46	(1w)

Rizwan Cheema	5	0	21	0	4.20	(1w)

HS Baidwan	3	0	14	0	4.66

S Jyoti	7	1	26	1	3.71
24.1 to Wilson, goes on the cut, top edges, loops away towards third man who makes a few steps forward 89/1
S Dhaniram	4	0	26	0	6.50

Match details

Toss Ireland, who chose to field
Series Ireland won the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifiers

Player of the match DT Johnston (Ireland)
Player of the series E Schiferli

Umpires M Erasmus and RJ Tucker (Australia)
Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire JJ Luck (Namibia)

Match notes

Canada Innings
Canada 50, 33 minutes, 49 balls, 8x4, 1x6
Power Play 2 overs 11 to 15
Best bowling figures for Ireland by Trent Johnson, previous best was 4-19 by AC Botha vs Kenya in 2008
Canada 100, 127 minutes, 167 balls, 11x4, 2x6
Canada 150, 174 minutes, 239 balls, 16x4, 2x6
Power Play 3, overs 46 to 50
50 partnership, 9th wicket, 43 minutes, 80 balls, 1x4, 1x6
Ireland Innings
Power Play 2 overs 11 to 15
Ireland 50, 57 minutes, 87 balls, 6x4, 2x6
Porterfield 50, 103 minutes, 80 balls, 7x4
Ireland 100, 107 minutes, 166 balls, 9x4, 2x6
50 Partnership, 2nd wicket, 31 minutes, 60 balls, 5x4
Ireland 150, 135 minutes, 217 balls, 15x4, 2x6
Porterfield 100, 163 minutes, 132 balls, 13X4

Tournament Results

Afghanistan v Scotland at Benoni - Apr 19, 2009
Afghanistan won by 89 runs

Canada v Ireland at Centurion - Apr 19, 2009
Ireland won by 9 wickets (with 45 balls remaining)

Kenya v Netherlands at Potchefstroom - Apr 19, 2009
Netherlands won by 6 wickets (with 107 balls remaining)

Namibia v U.A.E. at Krugersdorp - Apr 19, 2009
U.A.E. won by 4 wickets (with 51 balls remaining)

Afghanistan v Namibia at Krugersdorp - Apr 17, 2009
Afghanistan won by 21 runs

Canada v Netherlands at Johannesburg - Apr 17, 2009
Netherlands won by 6 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)

Ireland v Kenya at Pretoria - Apr 17, 2009
Kenya won by 6 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

Scotland v U.A.E. at Benoni - Apr 17, 2009
Scotland won by 122 runs

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Match Coverage

Report - Porterfield and Johnston lead Ireland romp

- Canada home | squad
- Ireland home | squad
- Match officials

Photos

Apr 19, 2009

William Porterfield (centre) leads Ireland's celebrations

Apr 19, 2009

William Porterfield led Ireland to the title with an unbeaten 104

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