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FAQ : Ireland vs Bangladesh : Twenty20 World Cup : 8 June 2009Filed under
Bdesh v Ireland-WT20-8 June 09
Big tournaments like World Cups frequently throw up mismatch, with a giant team playing a minnow team, which fans generally ignore. but some times, in same long tournaments, when two minnows come head to head, mismatch becomes a don't miss match!Ireland vs Bangladesh, on 8th June 2009 in Twenty20 World Cup, should decide which one of them qualifies for next round (super 8 stage) as both Ireland and Bangladesh are supposed to lose to defending Champions India, the third team in Group A. Bangladesh, on one side, have been full time ICC member for last 3 years but haven't improved as much as they should have. Ireland, on other hand, are next in line to get full time ICC membership with string of good performances. Ireland have a settled side consisting several players with International experience. Building up to to this don't miss minnows match, following are some FAQs related to it :- Ireland T20 World cup squad = William Porterfield (captain), Tent Johnston, Niall O'Brien (wicket keeper), Jeremy Bray, Kyle McCallan, Andre Botha, Kevin O'Brien, Boyd Rankin, Andrew White, Paul Stirling, Regan West, Jon Mooney, Peter Connell, Alex Cusack and Gary Wilson (wicket keeper).. more info. Bangladesh T20 World cup squad = Mohammad Asharful (captain), Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wicket keeper), Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Shamshur Rahman, Mithun Ali, Raqibul Hasan, Naeem Islam, Syed Rasel, Mahmudullah and Rubel Hossain.. more info. Previous T20 meeting : none. ODI head to head : Ireland won the first time these two teams met in World cup 2007 in Caribbean but then, a 3 ODI bilateral series in Bangladesh went 3-0 to home team. Hence, Bangladesh lead 3-1 over Ireland in ODIs. Start Time : It will be a afternoon match between Bangladesh and Ireland in T20 World cup at Trent Bridge, commencing at 1.30pm local time which turns into 6pm Bangladesh time, 8.30pm Malaysia/Singapore time, 10.30pm Sydney time and 2.30pm South Africa time. Match : Game 7 of Twenty20 world cup and second of Group A. Ireland T20 report card = 4 played, 3 won, 0 lost, 1 no result = 100% success rate before the starting of this 2009 tournament. Bangladesh T20 report card = 10 played, 3 won, 7 lost excluding the result of first game Bangladesh play in the tournament against India on 6th June. Ground realities = With capacity of little over 15 thousand spectators, Trent Bridge in Nottingham has a reputation of being one of the most delightful cricket grounds in England where first ever cricket game was played way back in year 1840. Trent Bridge also hosted the first ever International test match in year 1899, so history is one thing Trent Bridge isn't short of. A new spectator stand at the River trent has been made recently and interestingly, ECB has reserved some tickets specially for Ireland fans for this upcoming match! Latest scores : of this Ireland vs Bangaldesh match will be available here on itsonlycricket.com as soon as the match begins. live cricket scores. Prediction : With defending champions India in the Group who are expected to beat both these lesser teams, this Ireland vs Bangaldesh match will virtually decide who becomes second team to qualify for super 8s round from Group A. somehow, knowing that Ireland play more cricket in English conditions than asian team Bangaldesh, Irish seems to have the upper hand on paper!
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