- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5 first strike! excellent line and length from Mortaza, in the channel outside the off stump and Porterfield is drawn forward into the drive, thick edge produced and the ball goes straight to the keeper 6/110.2 edged to the keeper 18/226 yorker length delivery and Morgan plays all over it 81/416 gone! line and length delivery and O'Brien' drives hard and staright to Reze at cover 43/330.3 got'm! tossed up and on the stumps, O'Brien goes for the sweep but fails to make contact - loud appeal and up goes the finger 97/534.5 run out! goes for a quick run, Razzak's throw from mid-off is spot on and Botha has to walk back this time 115/649.1 good length delivery and Cusack goes hard at it, not a well timed shot in the end and the ball balloons up towards deep cover where Reza nicely settles under it 180/7Extras12 (b 5, lb 4, w 3)TOTAL185/7 (50 Overs, RR: 3.7)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (William Porterfield, 4.6 ov), 2-20 (Reinhardt Strydom, 10.2 ov), 3-43 (Niall O'Brien, 15.6 ov), 4-81 (Eoin Morgan, 25.6 ov), 5-97 (Kevin O'Brien, 30.3 ov), 6-115 (Andre Botha, 34.5 ov), 7-180 (Alex Cusack, 49.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mashrafe Mortaza 10 4 22 3 2.20 0 0 Abdur Razzak 10 0 36 0 3.60 1 0 Mahmudullah 10 0 31 1 3.10 1 0 Shakib Al Hasan 10 1 38 1 3.80 0 0 Farhad Reza 10 0 49 1 4.90 1 0
18/03Result
1st ODI, Ireland tour of Bangladesh at Dhaka, Mar 18 2008
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![Ireland]( "Ireland")
185/7 -
![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
186/2 (39.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
18/03Result
1st ODI, Ireland tour of Bangladesh at Dhaka, Mar 18 2008
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![Ireland]( "Ireland")
185/7 -
![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
186/2 (39.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.4 now Ireland draw the first blood as Tamim tries to cut and does not roll his wrists properly and it goes straight to point where Thomson does no mistakes 25/19.2 Gone ! drives in the air to mid on where Strydom snaps the catch 56/2Extras8 (w 8)TOTAL186/2 (39.5 Overs, RR: 4.66)Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Tamim Iqbal, 5.4 ov), 2-56 (Aftab Ahmed, 9.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB KJ O'Brien 5 0 30 0 6.00 2 0 D Langford-Smith 7 0 49 1 7.00 5 0 DT Johnston 6 1 17 1 2.83 1 0 AC Botha 6 1 20 0 3.33 0 0 WK McCallan 8 0 28 0 3.50 0 0 AR Cusack 3.5 0 16 0 4.17 0 0 GJ Thompson 4 0 26 0 6.50 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Ireland , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Bangladesh led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, First Session 09.30-13.00 Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15
Match days
18 March 2008 (50-over match)
ODI debut
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- 50 runs in 18.5 overs, 72 mins
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- 100 runs in 31.5 overs, 125 mins
- 150 runs in 43.1 overs, 174 mins
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- 50 runs in 8.5 overs, 37 mins
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- 100 runs in 24.1 overs, 106 mins
- 150 runs in 34.3 overs, 151 mins
- Shahriar Nafees 50 off 75 balls in 111 mins
- Mohammad Ashraful 50 off 76 balls in 114 mins
Ireland tour of Bangladesh 2007-08 News
Johnston takes a break from cricket
Trent Johnston, Ireland's captain, has decided to take an indefinite break from international cricket
Tamim's maiden ton charges Bangladesh to series win
Tamim Iqbal's maiden century propelled Bangladesh to a formidable 293 for 7 in Mirpur and left them well placed to complete a clean sweep over Ireland
Reza bowls Bangladesh to series win
A five-wicket haul by the right-arm medium pacer Farhad Reza, backed by restrictive spells by the left-arm spinners shot out Ireland for 162 to claim an 84-run victory in the second one-dayer at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium and a 2-0 series win
Nafees and Ashraful seal big win
Shahriar Nafees struck a fluent unbeaten 90 while Mohammad Ashraful signalled his return to form with 64 not out, as Bangladesh avenged their loss to Ireland in the World Cup with a convincing eight-wicket win in Mirpur
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