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Pakistan vs Ireland twenty20 worldcup 2009 Highlights

Pakistan vs Ireland – How Pakistan Lose wickets

Scoreline: Pakistan 159/5 Kamran Akmal 57 (51), Shahid Afridi 24 (13) – Boyd Rankin 4-11-0
Ireland 120/9 Porterfield 40 (36) – Ajmal 4-19-4, Umar Gul 4-19-2, Aamer 4-19-1

The most interesting aspect of the Pakistan batting in the early part was the respect they gave the Irish bowling, without going bananas as they often can do. Afridi who’d played a responsible knock in the game vs NZ, looked to be getting back into some sort of batting form if not striking form. And that’s super for viewers considering Yuvraj’s exit yesterday. Think Hasan at the top and Razzaq to come is making the difference as Afridi no longer sees himself as the lone-hitter around and feels he can afford to work his way into form.

Ireland like against SL came up against a spin attack and pacers, their relative inexperience couldn’t really cope with. End of the Irish this year, but there are some players there, worth looking forward to whenever they next play international cricket. Until then, will miss their anthem played on a cricket field.

The big win by Pakistan today means their presence in the semis is no longer dependent on SL vs NZ tomorrow cos their NRR is better than SL now.

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Pakistan vs Ireland Score Card

Match Information
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) & Rod Tucker (Aus)
Third Umpire: Mark Benson (Eng)
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL)
Toss: Pakistan (Elected to bat)
Match Status: Pakistan won by 39 runs
Man of the Match: Kamran Akmal
Pakistan Innings | Ireland Innings
Batting: Pakistan Innings
Batsmen Pakistan (159/5 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
Kamran Akmal (wk) b T Johnston 57 51 5 1 111.76
Shahzaib Hasan c K McCallan b A Cusack 23 19 3 1 121.05
Shahid Afridi c J Mooney b K McCallan 24 13 3 0 184.62
Younis Khan (c) b R West 10 8 1 0 125.00
Misbah Ul-Haq c N Obrien b K McCallan 20 14 1 1 142.86
Abdul Razzaq not out 15 9 0 1 166.67
Shoaib Malik not out 4 7 0 0 57.14
Fawad Alam
Umar Gul
Saeed Ajmal
Mohammad Aamer
Extras: b – 0, w – 2, nb – 1, lb – 3 6
Total: (159 for 5 in 20 overs) 159 Run Rate: 7.95
Fall Of Wickets
1/38 (Shahzaib Hasan, 5.4 ov.), 2/78 (Shahid Afridi, 9.3 ov.), 3/102 (Younis Khan, 12.5 ov.), 4/133 (Kamran Akmal, 16.5 ov.), 5/141 (Misbah Ul-Haq, 17.4 ov.)
Bowling: Ireland
Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER
Boyd Rankin 4 0 11 0 0 0 2.8
Trent Johnston 4 0 45 1 1 1 11.2
Alex Cusack 4 0 41 1 0 0 10.2
Regan West 4 0 33 1 0 1 8.2
Kyle McCallan 4 0 26 2 0 0 6.5
Power Play: Pakistan innings
Mandatory: (0.1 – 6) overs – 38 Runs
Batting: Ireland Innings
Batsmen Ireland (120/9 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
William Porterfield (c) c Y Khan b S Ajmal 40 36 2 0 111.11
Niall Obrien (wk) c & b M Aamer 7 10 1 0 70.00
Paul Stirling b S Afridi 17 16 2 0 106.25
Kevin Obrien st K Akmal b S Ajmal 26 30 1 0 86.67
John Mooney c A Razzaq b S Ajmal 2 8 0 0 25.00
Trent Johnston b U Gul 0 1 0 0 0.00
Andrew White b U Gul 5 7 0 0 71.43
Alex Cusack st K Akmal b S Ajmal 2 2 0 0 100.00
Kyle McCallan not out 2 6 0 0 33.33
Regan West run out (U Gul) 1 1 0 0 100.00
Boyd Rankin not out 5 5 0 0 100.00
Extras: b – 1, w – 3, nb – 2, lb – 7 13
Total: (120 for 9 in 20 overs) 120 Run Rate: 6.00
Fall Of Wickets
1/13 (Niall Obrien, 2.3 ov.), 2/42 (Paul Stirling, 6.6 ov.), 3/87 (William Porterfield, 13.1 ov.), 4/93 (John Mooney, 15.4 ov.), 5/99 (Trent Johnston, 16.2 ov.), 6/108 (Kevin Obrien, 17.4 ov.), 7/110 (Alex Cusack, 17.6 ov.), 8/110 (Andrew White, 18.1 ov.), 9/111 (Regan West, 18.3 ov.)
Bowling: Pakistan
Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER
Mohammad Aamer 4 0 19 1 0 1 4.8
Abdul Razzaq 3 0 18 0 0 0 6.0
Shahid Afridi 4 0 26 1 0 1 6.5
Saeed Ajmal 4 0 19 4 0 1 4.8
Shoaib Malik 1 0 11 0 0 0 11.0
Umar Gul 4 0 19 2 2 0 4.8
Power Play: Ireland innings
Mandatory: (0.1 – 6) overs – 37 Runs

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Pakistan v Ireland ICC World Cup Twenty20 2009

Ireland is now facing Pakistan in the Super Eight Series Match this Monday on ICC World Cup T20 2009 at The Oval.

Pakistan wins their 2nd match in the super 8 over New Zealand last June 13 by 6 wickets while Ireland got their 2nd loss in the

Super Eight Last June 14 to Sri Lanka by 9 runs.

Will Pakistan still hangs on to the series?? Find out the Latest Updates……

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New Zealand Vs Ireland T20 Highlights

New Zealand Vs Ireland T20 Highlights

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New Zealand Vs Ireland T20 Match Scores

Match Information
Umpires: Asoka De Silva (SL) & Marais Erasmus (SA)
Third Umpire: Stephen Davis (Aus)
Match Referee: Alan Hurst (Aus)
Toss: Ireland (Elected to field)
Match Status: New Zealand won by 83 runs
Man of the Match: Aaron Redmond
Batting: New Zealand Innings
Batsmen New Zealand (198/5 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
Brendon McCullum (c) c R West b K McCallan 10 14 0 1 71.43
Aaron Redmond lbw b A Cusack 63 30 13 0 210.00
Martin Guptill not out 45 32 0 4 140.62
Scott Styris c K Obrien b K McCallan 42 25 1 3 168.00
Jacob Oram c A Botha b A Cusack 15 7 1 1 214.29
Peter McGlashan (wk) b T Johnston 5 5 0 0 100.00
James Franklin not out 7 7 0 0 100.00
Neil Broom
Nathan McCullum
Ian Butler
Kyle Mills
Extras: b – 3, w – 4, nb – 0, lb – 4 11
Total: (198 for 5 in 20 overs) 198 Run Rate: 9.90
Fall Of Wickets
1/51 (Brendon McCullum, 5.2 ov.), 2/91 (Aaron Redmond, 9.3 ov.), 3/152 (Scott Styris, 15.4 ov.), 4/168 (Jacob Oram, 16.6 ov.), 5/176 (Peter McGlashan, 17.6 ov.)
Bowling: Ireland
Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER
Peter Connell 1 0 14 0 0 0 14.0
Trent Johnston 4 0 43 1 0 0 10.8
Kevin Obrien 4 0 31 0 0 0 7.8
Kyle McCallan 4 0 33 2 0 0 8.2
Alex Cusack 4 0 43 2 0 1 10.8
Regan West 3 0 27 0 0 1 9.0
Power Play: New Zealand innings
Mandatory: (0.1 – 6) overs – 52 – Runs
Batting: Ireland Innings
Batsmen Ireland (115/10 in 16.4 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
William Porterfield (c) run out (K Mills) 1 1 0 0 100.00
Gary Wilson (wk) c J Franklin b S Styris 23 28 2 0 82.14
Niall Obrien c J Oram b K Mills 3 4 0 0 75.00
Andre Botha run out (P McGlashan) 28 17 5 0 164.71
Kevin Obrien c J Franklin b N McCullum 2 3 0 0 66.67
John Mooney run out (B McCullum) 12 14 1 0 85.71
Alex Cusack c B McCullum b N McCullum 20 12 1 1 166.67
Trent Johnston run out (B McCullum) 14 9 0 1 155.56
Kyle McCallan lbw b N McCullum 0 2 0 0 0.00
Regan West b K Mills 8 8 1 0 100.00
Peter Connell not out 1 2 0 0 50.00
Extras: b – 0, w – 1, nb – 0, lb – 2 3
Total: (115 for 10 in 16.4 overs) 115 Run Rate: 6.90
Fall Of Wickets
1/1 (William Porterfield, 0.4 ov.), 2/15 (Niall Obrien, 2.5 ov.), 3/57 (Gary Wilson, 7.5 ov.), 4/58 (Andre Botha, 8.2 ov.), 5/67 (Kevin Obrien, 10.2 ov.), 6/86 (John Mooney, 12.1 ov.), 7/104 (Alex Cusack, 14.2 ov.), 8/104 (Kyle McCallan, 14.4 ov.), 9/112 (Trent Johnston, 15.4 ov.), 10/115 (Regan West, 16.4 ov.)
Bowling: New Zealand
Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER
Kyle Mills 2.4 0 12 2 0 1 4.5
James Franklin 3 0 17 0 0 0 5.7
Ian Butler 2 0 15 0 0 0 7.5
Jacob Oram 3 0 25 0 0 0 8.3
Scott Styris 3 0 29 1 0 0 9.7
Nathan McCullum 3 0 15 3 0 0 5.0
Power Play: Ireland innings
Mandatory: (0.1 – 6) overs – 42 – Runs

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New Zealand Vs Ireland Live T20 Match

Ireland are out to take advantage of an injury-ravaged Black Caps but Jaymes Monte fancies that man-of-the-tournament Brendon McCullum might have something to say about that. Meanwhile, supporters should dig out their har hats…

Team News
The New Zealand dressing room bares more resemblance to a hospital ward than the retreat of a cricket side competing in a World Cup at present. Captain Daniel Vettori has yet to play a game in the competition, opener Jesse Ryder was taken to hospital before the game against South Africa with a groin injury and James Franklin also missed the match due to pain in his knee. Ross Taylor then picked up a hamstring strain whilst at the crease, causing him to require a runner.

It means that the Black Caps are now looking at the possibility of making a surprise call up to the recently exonerated Shane Bond. Bond officially terminated his contract with the ICL earlier this week, and is very much back in the minds of the selectors.

For the Irish, Niall O’Brien appears to have shaken off any injury worries and I’d expect to see a similar side to the one that beat Bangladesh in heroic fashion.

Conditions
Despite a gloomy start to the day, the forecast looks positive for the afternoon with the rain apparently clearing up by midday.

Top Batsman
Brendon McCullum is the man for Newzeland Where Niall O’Brien is the class act in the Ireland side; it was his 40 from 25 balls that set them on their way to victory over Bangladesh and a super 8’s birth.,

Teams:

Ireland : Jeremy Bray, William Porterfield(w), Niall Obrien(c), Gary Wilson, John Mooney, Kevin Obrien, Trent Johnston, Alex Cusack, Kyle McCallan, Regan West, Boyd Rankin, Andre Botha, Peter Connell, Paul Stirling, Andrew White
New Zealand : Brendon McCullum(c), Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Neil Broom, Scott Styris, Jacob Oram, Peter McGlashan(w), Nathan McCullum, James Franklin, Ian Butler, Kyle Mills, Jesse Ryder, Daniel Vettori, Iain O’Brien, Brendon Diamanti

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India Vs Ireland T20 Scorecard

Match Information
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) & Nigel Llong (Eng)
Third Umpire: Billy Bowden (NZ)
Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng)
Toss: India (Elected to field)
Match Status: India won by 8 wkts
Match State: Rain reduced game (18 overs)
Man of the Match: Zaheer Khan
Batting: Ireland Innings
Batsmen Ireland (112/8 in 18 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
William Porterfield (c) c Y Pathan b Z Khan 5 8 0 0 62.50
Jeremy Bray b Z Khan 0 7 0 0 0.00
Gary Wilson (wk) b H Singh 19 23 1 0 82.61
Andre Botha c Y Pathan b Z Khan 8 5 1 0 160.00
Kevin Obrien b P Ojha 2 4 0 0 50.00
John Mooney c Y Singh b P Ojha 19 22 1 0 86.36
Andrew White c M Dhoni b Z Khan 29 25 3 1 116.00
Regan West run out (S Raina/M Dhoni) 1 1 0 0 100.00
Alex Cusack not out 12 6 2 0 200.00
Kyle McCallan not out 13 7 2 0 185.71
Boyd Rankin
Extras: b – 0, w – 2, nb – 0, lb – 2 4
Total: (112 for 8 in 18 overs) 112 Run Rate: 6.22
Fall Of Wickets
1/4 (Jeremy Bray, 1.6 ov.), 2/9 (William Porterfield, 3.1 ov.), 3/17 (Andre Botha, 3.6 ov.), 4/28 (Kevin Obrien, 6.1 ov.), 5/48 (Gary Wilson, 9.4 ov.), 6/72 (John Mooney, 14.4 ov.), 7/73 (Regan West, 14.5 ov.), 8/92 (Andrew White, 16.2 ov.)
Bowling: India
Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER
Irfan Pathan 3 0 22 0 0 1 7.3
Zaheer Khan 3 0 19 4 0 1 6.3
Ishant Sharma 3 0 18 0 0 0 6.0
Yuvraj Singh 1 0 4 0 0 0 4.0
Pragyan Ojha 4 0 18 2 0 0 4.5
Harbhajan Singh 4 0 29 1 0 0 7.2
Power Play: Ireland innings
Mandatory: (0.1 – 6) overs – 28 – Runs
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Batting: India Innings
Batsmen India (113/2 in 15.3 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR
Gautam Gambhir c B Rankin b R West 37 31 3 1 119.35
Rohit Sharma not out 52 45 4 1 115.56
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) (wk) c J Bray b K McCallan 14 13 1 0 107.69
Yuvraj Singh not out 3 4 0 0 75.00
Suresh Raina
Yusuf Pathan
Irfan Pathan
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Ishant Sharma
Pragyan Ojha
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 4 7
Total: (113 for 2 in 15.3 overs) 113 Run Rate: 7.29
Fall Of Wickets
1/77 (Gautam Gambhir, 10.5 ov.), 2/100 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 13.4 ov.)
Bowling: Ireland
Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER
Boyd Rankin 4 0 28 0 0 0 7.0
Kevin Obrien 2 0 17 0 0 0 8.5
Alex Cusack 2 0 13 0 0 0 6.5
Regan West 4 0 23 1 0 2 5.8
Kyle McCallan 3.3 0 28 1 0 1 8.0
Power Play: India innings
Mandatory: (0.1 – 6) overs – 45 – Runs

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