West Indies vs Ireland (Mohali) (11th March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 11^th March

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

Played at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh,

West Indies won by 44 runs;

Ireland won the toss and selected to bowl first;

Scoreboard:

West Indies            275/10    (50 over)

West Indies Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
DS Smith	b KJ O'Brien	107	133	11	1	80.45
S Chanderpaul	c Porterfield b KJ O'Brien	35	62	3	0	56.45
DM Bravo	b KJ O'Brien	0	3	0	0	0.00
RR Sarwan	c Mooney b Dockrell	10	19	1	0	52.63
KA Pollard	c Rankin b Mooney	94	55	8	5	170.90
DJG Sammy*	c Dockrell b KJ O'Brien	4	3	1	0	133.33
DC Thomas†	c †NJ O'Brien b Rankin	2	8	0	0	25.00
AD Russell	b Mooney	3	7	0	0	42.85
NO Miller	not out	5	6	0	0	83.33
SJ Benn	run out (Botha/Mooney)	2	2	0	0	100.00
KAJ Roach	c Stirling b Botha	1	2	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 6, w 3)	12

Total (all out; 50 over) 275 (5.50 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-89 (Chanderpaul, 24.2 over), 2-89 (Bravo, 24.5 over), 3-130 (Sarwan, 31.6 over), 4-218 (Smith, 42.3 over), 5-222 (Sammy, 42.6 over), 6-228 (Thomas, 44.6 over), 7-267 (Pollard, 48.1 over), 8-267 (Russell, 48.2 over), 9-272 (Benn, 49.2 over), 10-275 (Roach, 49.6 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
WB Rankin	10	1	35	1	3.50
AR Cusack	7	1	22	0	3.14
JF Mooney	9	0	58	2	6.44	(2w)
AC Botha	10	0	56	1	5.60
KJ O'Brien	9	0	71	4	7.88
PR Stirling	2	0	9	0	4.50
GH Dockrell	3	0	15	1	5.00	(1w)

Ireland            231/10    (49.0 over)    (lost by 44 runs)

Ireland Innings	(target: 276 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
WTS Porterfield*	c sub (R Rampaul) b Sammy	11	34	2	0	32.35
PR Stirling	c Sammy b Benn	5	6	1	0	83.33
EC Joyce	b Russell	84	106	9	0	79.24
NJ O'Brien†	b Benn	25	31	2	0	80.64
GC Wilson	lbw b Sammy	61	62	6	1	98.38
KJ O'Brien	c Pollard b Sammy	5	9	0	0	55.55
AR Cusack	st †Thomas b Benn	2	5	0	0	40.00
JF Mooney	b Roach	6	7	1	0	85.71
AC Botha	run out (Sammy)	0	7	0	0	0.00
GH Dockrell	b Benn	19	19	3	0	100.00
WB Rankin	not out	5	9	0	0	55.55
Extras	(lb 4, w 3, nb 1)	8

Total (all out; 49 over) 231 (4.71 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-6 (Stirling, 1.4 over), 2-42 (Porterfield, 11.6 over), 3-86 (NJ O'Brien, 20.6 over), 4-177 (Joyce, 37.3 over), 5-187 (KJ O'Brien, 39.4 over), 6-199 (Wilson, 41.4 over), 7-199 (Cusack, 42.2 over), 8-201 (Botha, 43.4 over), 9-215 (Mooney, 45.5 over), 10-231 (Dockrell, 48.6 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
KAJ Roach	8	0	34	1	4.25
SJ Benn	10	0	53	4	5.30	(2w)
DJG Sammy	10	3	31	3	3.10
AD Russell	10	2	37	1	3.70	(1nb)
KA Pollard	5	0	32	0	6.40	(1w)
NO Miller	6	0	40	0	6.66

Player of the match:    KA Pollard (West Indies)

Umpires:        EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka) and SK Tarapore (India)

TV umpire:        BNJ Oxenford (Australia)

West Indies opener Devon Smith made a maiden century whereas Kieron Pollard played fiery shots to make West Indies to elevated score 275 which Ireland could not make in chasing of 275 before West Indian bowlers. West Indies achieved their third win in their four games to put themselves for quarter-final spot. Ireland kept fighting even when hopes of a victory were vanished, reducing the line of defeat to 44 runs.

The choice to replace the injured Chris Gayle with bowling all-rounder Andre Russell destined West Indies had a long tail. Ireland would have been the happier side when West Indies crawled to 142 for 3 by the 35th over. The batsmen gambled by taking the batting Powerplay then; a wicket at that stage could have scupper the innings, but Ireland couldn't make the vital breakthrough and were helpless as the power of Pollard helped ransack 55 runs in five over to shift the stability of the game.