Ireland vs New Zealand Highlights – Super 8s

Posted by admin on Jun 11, 2009 in Ze Archive | 3 comments

NZ Bat

Ireland Bat

Watch cricket highlights – Ireland vs New Zealand Highlights from the 2009 T20 cricket World Cup.

Scoreline: NZ 198/5 Aaron Redmond 63 (30), Martin Guptill 45 (32), Scott Styris 42 (25)
Ireland bowled out for 115 Andre Botha 28 (17) – Nathan McCullum 3-15-3

Domineering NZ despite missing players. Redmond walks into the team and the most ridiculous first couple of overs this World Cup results. No Ross Taylor and yet New Zealand had Guptill and Styris to push the score to a NRR boosting total. An unnerved Ireland carried on the feeling into their batting with several run-outs, though McCullum’s (Brendon) brilliance did have its role. Looks like Ryder will miss the tournament and that’s a shame. No Sehwag, no Ryder, no fun.

Pregame: Injury is the keyword. For Ireland, Johnston and Niall O’Brien will return, while according to a Ross Taylor column, they have only 11 players fit for selection. Two things result from that – no worries about whom to select, and Martin Guptill gets a serious shot at strutting his stuff at the top. It’s a pity for NZ fans that their best team doesn’t get a shot at the World Cup and personally for me too, cos pre-tournament I felt they were the ones capable of sneaking out with the cup this time.

Other teams in this group are Pakistan and Sri Lanka