India bowl out Ireland for 259

Hamilton, March 10 , 2015: India bowled out Ireland for 259 runs in 49 overs in a World Cup Pool B match at the Seddon Park here on Tuesday. Opting to bat, Niall O'Brien top scored for the Irish with 75 while captain William Porterfield hit 67. Pacer Mohammed Shami was the pick of the Indian bowlers, clinching 3/41. Following is the scoreboard : Ireland William Porterfield c Yadav b Mohit Sharma 67 Paul Stirling c Rahane b Ashwin 42 Ed Joyce b Raina 2 Niall O'Brien c Yadav b Mohammed Shami 75 Andy Balbirnie c Mohammed Shami b Ashwin 24 Kevin O'Brien c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami 1 Gary Wilson c Rahane b Jadeja 6 Stuart Thompson run out (Kohli) 2 John Mooney not out 12 George Dockrell c Dhoni b Yadav 6 Alex Cusack c Yadav b Mohammed Shami 11 Extras (lb 2, w 9) 11 Total (all out in 49 overs) 259 Fall of wickets: 1-89 (Stirling, 14.6 overs), 2-92 (Joyce, 17.2), 3-145 (Porterfield, 31.2), 4-206 (Balbirnie, 38.6), 5-208 (Kevin O'Brien, 39.3), 6-222 (Wilson, 41.2), 7-226 (Niall O'Brien, 42.1), 8-227 (Thompson, 42.3), 9-238 (Dockrell, 45.3), 10-259 (Cusack, 48.6) Bowling Umesh Yadav 4-0-34-1 Mohammed Shami 9-0-41-3 Mohit Sharma 6-0-38-1 Ravindra Jadeja 7-0-45-1 Ravichandran Ashwin 10-1-38-2 Suresh Raina 10-0-40-1 Rohit Sharma 3-0-21-0 Match details: Toss: Ireland chose to bat Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Richard Kettleborough (England) TV umpire: Johan Cloete (South Africa) Match referee: Chris Broad (England) Reserve umpire: Nigel Llong (England)