Irish eyes are smiling ... What a stunning knock from Kevin. He thrashed this one over mid-off for the match-winning boundary. Kevin and Niall with the bat have completed the job started by their bowlers
Bangladesh vs Ireland, 7th Match, Group A at Nottingham, Jun 08 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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7th Match, Group A, Nottingham, June 08, 2009, ICC World Twenty20
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Long after the game ends, Ireland will celebrate and Bangladesh will question certain captaincy decisions made by Ash. Was he right in bringing in the seamers against Kevin ? Should he have continued with the spinners? But that's for later. In the here and now, let's celebrate the Ireland victory. What nerves. What chutzpah. And what joy. The dug out erupted when Kevin smashed that last ball. The crowd are dancing and singing. The tournament, which has already seen Netherlands beat England and Australia on the brink, watches another Associate country deliver the sucker punch. For Bangladesh, it's sad deja-vu. They experienced the same sinking feeling against this very team in World Cup.
They bowled with skill and lots of heart to restrict Bangladesh to 137. Mashrafee hit out in the end and started well with the ball to give hope to Bangladesh. Niall counterattacked. And later, his brother Kevin closed the lid on Bangladesh.
Ashraful: We didn't bat well today. Ireland played very good cricket and all credit to them. When Mortaza batted really well, we thought if we can bowl well and field well we can win but they played really well. First of all, we didn't bat too well. Shakib bowled well but I guess they batted really well today."
Ash has been very gracious in defeat.
Porterfield: The target didn't seem steep. The bowlers got to swing it up front and they did really well. They {O'Briens} batted really well to take the game away from Bangladeshis." He also thanks the crowd for coming in to support the team.
Man of the Match Niall -: "It's been a brilliant team performance. We have been watching the tournament for a few days now and itching to come in and do well. The conditions certainly favoured us. Everyone batted really well.
The boys did well. The crowd have been brilliant again today. They follow us. We have belief in our selves. We will give a good game against India. "
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18.2
4
Rubel to K O'Brien, FOUR runs
18.1
2
Rubel to K O'Brien, 2 runs
Another short delivery, Kevin stands tall to carve it high over cover point. The Irish in the crowd are singing now. Great scenes here
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end of over 1814 runs
IRE: 132/4CRR: 7.33 • RRR: 3.00
Kevin O'Brien33 (15b 3x4 2x6)
John Mooney17 (14b 2x4)
Shakib Al Hasan 3-0-23-1
Rubel Hossain 3-0-25-0
17.6
1
Shakib to K O'Brien, 1 run
retains the strike with a drive through the on side
17.5
6
Shakib to K O'Brien, SIX runs
Kevin the hero! He moved to the off side and had one almighty big swing over deep square leg. Whaddaplayyaaaa!
17.4
1
Shakib to Mooney, 1 run
turned to fineleg and they rush across for a quick single. It needed a direct hit to catch him short of the crease
17.3
1
Shakib to K O'Brien, 1 run
moves to the off stump - he has shown a liking to do that against the left-arm spinner - but adjusts to the ball outside off and pushes it calmly to cover point
17.2
1
Shakib to Mooney, 1 run
pushed through the point region for a single
17.1
4
Shakib to Mooney, FOUR runs
What a top shot! Under pressure, he has pulled off a reverse sweep in style. It was on the off and middle, he opened up his stance and crashed it over short third man
Sabbir: "Why Rubel?! As Shakib and Naeem, both have 2 overs in their hand...ashraful is going to hand over the match to Ireland..Strange Captaincy"
end of over 1713 runs
IRE: 118/4CRR: 6.94 • RRR: 6.66
John Mooney11 (11b 1x4)
Kevin O'Brien25 (12b 3x4 1x6)
Rubel Hossain 3-0-25-0
Abdur Razzak 3-0-18-1
16.6
1lb
Rubel to Mooney, 1 leg bye
length delivery on the middle and leg, shapes to tap it to the on side but it goes to the off side off the pad ...
16.5
1
Rubel to K O'Brien, 1 run
full and on the middle, dragged to deep midwicket for a single..
16.4
4
Rubel to K O'Brien, FOUR runs
Fabulicious hit! Take a bow Kevin. He moves outside leg stump, Rubel put this in the slot and Kevin whacked it inside-out through wide mid-off. That screamed to the boundary
16.3
•
Rubel to K O'Brien, no run
Yet another short delivery , Rubel goes for the pull but cant' put bat to ball ...
16.3
1w
Rubel to K O'Brien, 1 wide
Another short delivery attempted by the youngster but he pushes it wide outside off. Pressure.
16.2
4
Rubel to K O'Brien, FOUR runs
Kevin Kevin goes the chant here .. Rubel drags in another short delivery and this time, Kevin lashes it superbly over extra cover... fine fine shot under pressure. ash has a chat with Rubel
16.1
2
Rubel to K O'Brien, 2 runs
bangs it short around off, Kevin pulls it high in the air, all the fielders look up but it falls safely in the wide midwicket region
Ash goes for another quick bowler .. Rubel to bowl
end of over 169 runs
IRE: 105/4CRR: 6.56 • RRR: 8.25
Kevin O'Brien14 (7b 1x4 1x6)
John Mooney11 (10b 1x4)
Abdur Razzak 3-0-18-1
Mashrafe Mortaza 4-0-30-2
15.6
1
Razzak to K O'Brien, 1 run
he moves towards the off stump again but this time just paddles it for a single .. but he retains the strike.
15.5
•
Razzak to K O'Brien, no run
leans forward to push to point
15.4
6
Razzak to K O'Brien, SIX runs
What a biggie from Kevin! He walked towards the off stump, fetched the full delivery from the off stump and swung it high over midwicket boundary
15.3
1
Razzak to Mooney, 1 run
goes for the reverse sweep this time and gets a single to deep backward point
15.2
•
Razzak to Mooney, no run
from over the wicket, full, really full outside off, big swing attempted but no wood on leatehr
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