2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs Ireland
{{date|March 23, 2007}}

[[w:West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] beat [[w:Ireland cricket team|Ireland]] by 8 wickets (with 59 balls remaining) in the final Group D match of the [[w:2007 Cricket World Cup|2007 Cricket World Cup]] at [[w:Sabina Park|Sabina Park]], [[w:Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[w:Jamaica|Jamaica]].

As both teams had already sealed their progress to the Super 8 stage, this match was effectively a Super 8 encounter, as the points won today were carried through to the next stage.

Ireland were missing their captain [[w:Trent Johnson|Trent Johnson]] after he failed to recover from a shoulder injury. Johnson was replaced by [[w:John_Mooney_(cricketer)|John Mooney]], while [[w:Kyle McCallan|Kyle McCallan]] deputised as captain.

Rain delays toward the end of Ireland's innings meant the game was reduced to a 48 over match. West Indies' target was therefore revised under the [[w:Duckworth-Lewis method|Duckworth-Lewis method]] to 190 runs from their 48 overs.


<b>Toss:</b> Ireland won, and decided to bat first.

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<b>Fall of wickets:</b> 1-3 (Porterfield, 1.2 ov), 2-61 (Morgan, 15.3 ov), 3-76 (NJ O'Brien, 20.2 ov), 4-82 (Bray, 21.6 ov), 5-129 (KJ O'Brien, 35.4 ov), 6-139 (Botha, 39.2 ov), 7-163 (White, 45.5 ov), 8-163 (Mooney, 45.6 ov)

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<b>Fall of wickets:</b> 1-24 (Gayle, 4.3 ov), 2-143 (Sarwan, 27.4 ov)

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{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Kevin O'Brien (cricketer)|Kevin O'Brien]]|overs=3|maiden=0|runs=13|wickets=0|econ=4.33}}
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<b>West Indies:</b> [[w:Chris Gayle|C H Gayle]], [[w:Shivnarine Chanderpaul|S Chanderpaul]], [[w:Ramnaresh Sarwan|R R Sarwan]], [[w:Marlon Samuels|M N Samuels]], [[w:Brian Lara|B C Lara]] (capt), [[w:Dwayne Bravo|D J Bravo]], [[w:Dwayne Smith|D R Smith]], [[w:Denesh Ramdin|D Ramdin]] (wkt), [[w:Ian Bradshaw|I D R Bradshaw]], [[w:Jerome Taylor|J E Taylor]], [[w:Daren Powell|D B Powell]]<br>
<b>Ireland:</b> [[w:Jeremy Bray (cricketer)|J P Bray]], [[w:William Porterfield|W T S Porterfield]], [[w:Eoin Morgan|E J G Morgan]], [[w:Niall O'Brien (cricketer)|N J O'Brien]] (wkt), [[w:Kevin O'Brien (cricketer)|K J O'Brien]], [[w:Andre Botha (cricketer)|A C Botha]], [[w:Kyle McCallan|W K McCallan]] (capt), [[w:John_Mooney_(cricketer)|J F Mooney]], [[w:Andrew White (cricketer)|A R White]], [[w:Dave Langford-Smith|D Langford-Smith]], [[w:Boyd Rankin|W B Rankin]]

<b>Player of the match:</b> [[w:Shivnarine Chanderpaul|S Chanderpaul]] (West Indies)

Umpires: B F Bowden (New Zealand) and I J Gould (England) <br>
TV umpire: B G Jerling (South Africa)<br>
Match referee: R S Mahanama (Sri Lanka)<br>
Reserve umpire: S J A Taufel (Australia)<br>

== Sources ==
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*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2007/3/13055/html/scorecard.stm|title=ICC World Cup: Ireland v West Indies|author=|pub=BBC|date=March 23, 2007}}
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West Indies beat Ireland by 8 wickets (with 59 balls remaining) in the final Group D match of the 2007 Cricket World Cup at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.

As both teams had already sealed their progress to the Super 8 stage, this match was effectively a Super 8 encounter, as the points won today were carried through to the next stage.

Ireland were missing their captain Trent Johnson after he failed to recover from a shoulder injury. Johnson was replaced by John Mooney, while Kyle McCallan deputised as captain.

Rain delays toward the end of Ireland's innings meant the game was reduced to a 48 over match. West Indies' target was therefore revised under the Duckworth-Lewis method to 190 runs from their 48 overs.


Toss: Ireland won, and decided to bat first.


Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Porterfield, 1.2 ov), 2-61 (Morgan, 15.3 ov), 3-76 (NJ O'Brien, 20.2 ov), 4-82 (Bray, 21.6 ov), 5-129 (KJ O'Brien, 35.4 ov), 6-139 (Botha, 39.2 ov), 7-163 (White, 45.5 ov), 8-163 (Mooney, 45.6 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Gayle, 4.3 ov), 2-143 (Sarwan, 27.4 ov)

West Indies: C H Gayle, S Chanderpaul, R R Sarwan, M N Samuels, B C Lara (capt), D J Bravo, D R Smith, D Ramdin (wkt), I D R Bradshaw, J E Taylor, D B Powell
Ireland: J P Bray, W T S Porterfield, E J G Morgan, N J O'Brien (wkt), K J O'Brien, A C Botha, W K McCallan (capt), J F Mooney, A R White, D Langford-Smith, W B Rankin

Player of the match: S Chanderpaul (West Indies)

Umpires: B F Bowden (New Zealand) and I J Gould (England) 
TV umpire: B G Jerling (South Africa)
Match referee: R S Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire: S J A Taufel (Australia)
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