Ireland vs Netherlands (Kolkata) (18th March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 18^th March

37^th Match – Group B     (50-over match)

Played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata,

Ireland won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining);

Ireland won the toss and preferred to bowl first;

Scoreboard:

Netherlands            306/10    (50 over)

Netherlands Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
ES Szwarczynski	c †NJ O'Brien b Johnston	1	4	0	0	25.00
W Barresi	lbw b Stirling	44	49	4	2	89.79
TLW Cooper	c Porterfield b Rankin	5	5	1	0	100.00
RN ten Doeschate	c Mooney b Stirling	106	108	13	1	98.14
AN Kervezee	c KJ O'Brien b Mooney	12	16	2	0	75.00
PW Borren*	c Porterfield b Mooney	84	82	10	0	102.43
AF Buurman†	run out (†NJ O'Brien)	26	30	4	0	86.66
Mudassar Bukhari	run out (Mooney/†NJ O'Brien)	11	8	0	1	137.50
PM Seelaar	run out (Mooney)	0	1	0	0	0.00
Adeel Raja	run out (Joyce/KJ O'Brien)	0	0	0	0	-
BP Loots	not out	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 8, w 5, nb 3)	17

Total (all out; 50 over) 306 (6.12 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

0-7* (Barresi, retired not out, 1.3 over), 1-7 (Szwarczynski, 1.3 over), 2-12 (Cooper, 2.3 over), 3-53 (Kervezee, 10.1 over), 4-113 (Barresi, 21.5 over), 5-234 (ten Doeschate, 39.5 over), 6-287 (Borren, 46.5 over), 7-305 (Buurman, 49.3 over), 8-305 (Seelaar, 49.4 over), 9-305 (Adeel Raja, 49.5 over), 10-306 (Mudassar Bukhari, 49.6 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
WB Rankin	9	0	74	1	8.22	(3nb, 3w)
DT Johnston	10	1	50	1	5.00
JF Mooney	10	0	59	2	5.90
GH Dockrell	3.4	0	15	0	4.09
PR Stirling	10	0	51	2	5.10
AR Cusack	2.2	0	15	0	6.42
KJ O'Brien	5	0	33	0	6.60	(2w)

Ireland                307/4    (47.4 over)    (won by 6 wickets)

Ireland Innings	(target: 307 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
WTS Porterfield*	c †Buurman b Cooper	68	93	10	0	73.11
PR Stirling	c Kervezee b Seelaar	101	72	14	2	140.27
EC Joyce	c †Buurman b Cooper	28	33	3	0	84.84
NJ O'Brien†	not out	57	58	7	0	98.27
GC Wilson	c †Buurman b ten Doeschate	27	21	2	2	128.57
KJ O'Brien	not out	15	9	0	2	166.66
Extras	(lb 10, w 1)	11

Total (4 wickets; 47.4 over) 307 (6.44 runs per over)

Did not bat:

AR Cusack, DT Johnston, JF Mooney, GH Dockrell, WB Rankin

Fall of wickets:

1-177 (Porterfield, 26.6 over), 2-179 (Stirling, 27.3 over), 3-233 (Joyce, 38.1 over), 4-279 (Wilson, 44.3 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Mudassar Bukhari	7	0	42	0	6.00
Adeel Raja	8	1	44	0	5.50
BP Loots	2	0	29	0	14.50
RN ten Doeschate	9	1	58	1	6.44	(1w)
PM Seelaar	9.4	1	55	1	5.68
PW Borren	5	0	38	0	7.60
TLW Cooper	7	1	31	2	4.42

Player of the match:    PR Stirling (Ireland)

Umpires:        BR Doctrove (West Indies) and IJ Gould (England)

TV umpire:        HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)

Two luminous centuries amused the spectators at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Both associate teams Ireland and Netherlands played their finale group game of World Cup 2011. Ryan ten Doeschate secured his second ton of the tournament before Paul Stirling launched a blazing innings of 101 while faced 72 deliveries. Ireland proved themselves boom in all departments like fielding, bowling and batting and made differences between two sides, Ireland wrapped their second triumph by six wickets with more than two over to spare.

Ireland openers blasted Netherlands bowlers by hitting elevated shots, they shared 177-runs opening stand to make Netherlands panicky, Ireland continued their momentum although they lost wickets. Netherlands could not abandon their striking shots. Netherlands should have had a breakthrough as early as the third over, but Adeel Raja put down a top edge off William Porterfield's bat at third man and Ireland were soon rocketing along at eight an over. Stirling endowed with the main impulsion in that regard.