- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.1 outside off, gets up from back of a length, defends from the back foot but drags that into the stumps, huge wicket for Ireland 3/13.3 shortish outside the off, slashes the cut at the wide lifter, gets the bottom of the bat to slip 10/221.1 fullish on the legs, clips firmly but in the air, Morgan at midwicket pulls off a catch well above his head 68/56.3 outside off, slightly short, ball moves away, flashes the cut from the back foot but all he gets is the edge to slip 22/38.1 another big slash outside off as he tries to cut, taken well at 2nd slip 24/441 lofted on side drive, got too much under that, skies one towards long on who has time to get under that 154/644.5 drives to cover, quick run taken, Johnston races in gathers with one hand, fires at the bowlers end and just clips the stump, well short 176/7Extras25 (lb 10, nb 1, w 14)TOTAL232/7 (50 Overs, RR: 4.64)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Gavin Hamilton, 1.1 ov), 2-14 (Ryan Watson, 3.3 ov), 3-22 (Navdeep Poonia, 6.3 ov), 4-24 (Colin Smith, 8.1 ov), 5-68 (Kyle Coetzer, 21.1 ov), 6-154 (Craig Wright, 40.6 ov), 7-176 (Moneeb Iqbal, 44.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB PC Connell 10 2 51 2 5.10 3 0 WB Rankin 10 1 27 2 2.70 3 0 DT Johnston 10 2 32 0 3.20 0 1 KJ O'Brien 7 0 40 1 5.71 1 0 RM West 8 1 31 0 3.87 3 0 AR Cusack 5 0 41 1 8.20 3 0
01/04Result
4th Match, Group A, ICC World Cup Qualifiers at Benoni, Apr 1 2009
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![Scotland]( "Scotland")
232/7 -
![Ireland]( "Ireland")
233/3 (37.4/50 ov)
01/04Result
4th Match, Group A, ICC World Cup Qualifiers at Benoni, Apr 1 2009
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![Scotland]( "Scotland")
232/7 -
![Ireland]( "Ireland")
233/3 (37.4/50 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR34.1 gets a fullish ball but he is playing across the line, you miss I hit, off stump takes a bow 205/37.4 gets one pitching on line, gets forward but beaten by slight away swing 43/126.2 tries the reverse sweep once too often, misses and pays the price 174/2Extras18 (lb 3, w 15)TOTAL233/3 (37.4 Overs, RR: 6.18)Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Gary Wilson, 7.4 ov), 2-174 (Eoin Morgan, 26.2 ov), 3-205 (William Porterfield, 34.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JD Nel 6.4 0 44 0 6.60 0 0 CS MacLeod 7 0 30 1 4.28 4 0 CM Wright 5 0 48 1 9.60 7 0 RR Watson 10 0 45 1 4.50 0 0 JH Stander 3 0 18 0 6.00 0 0 MM Iqbal 6 0 45 0 7.50 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Ireland , elected to field first
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, First Session 09.30-13.00 Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15
Match days
1 April 2009 (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Ireland 2, Scotland 0
Match Notes
- Scotland 50 - 66 minutes, 96 balls, 6x4, 1x6
- Scotland 100 - 121 minutes, 176 balls, 11x4, 1x6
- partnership, 6th wicket, 50 runs, 47 minutes, 75 balls, 6x4
- Scotland 150 runs, 171 minutes, 254 balls, 15x4, 2x6
- Power Play 2 - over 11 to 15
- Power Play 3 over 41 to 45
- McCullum 50 98 minutes, 83 balls, 7x4
- McCullum 100, 165 minutes, 129 balls, 11X4, 1x6
- Scotland 200 - 205 minutes, 304 balls, 17x4, 3x6
- 8th wicket partnership 50 in 19 minutes off 27 balls, 1x4, 3x6
- Ireland innings
- Ireland 50 in 33 minutes off 53 balls, 8x4, 1x6
- Power Play 2 - overs 11 to 15
- Porterfield 50 in 48 minutes off 35 balls, 9x4, 1x6
- 50 partnership, 2nd wicket, 50 in 30 minutes off 45 balls, 7x4
- Ireland 100 in 59 minutes off 96 balls, 13x4, 2x6
- Ireland 150 in 87 minutes off 145 balls 15x4, 5x6
- Ireland 200 in 112 minutes off 199 balls 19x4, 7x6
- Power Play 3 overs 34 to 38
- E Morgan 50 in 64 minutes off 48 balls, 2x4, 3x6
- W Porterfield 100 in 110 minutes off 87 balls, 12X4, 3X6
- 2nd wicket partnership 100 runs in 54 minutes in 88 balls, 9x4, 4x6
Match Coverage
All Match NewsPorterfield hundred sinks Scotland
William Porterfield led from the front with a fine 101 as Ireland cruised to a seven-wicket thumping of their old rivals Scotland in the opening fixture of the World Cup Qualifiers. Ireland, chasing a below-par 233 on a flat deck, reached their target for
