New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming wins the toss in Guyana and decides to bat first against Ireland The Black Caps start solidly, until Fleming falls to Boyd Rankin and Dave Langford-Smith removes Hamish Marshall Eoin Morgan's athletic catch to dismiss Marshall for 16 has New Zealand wobbling slightly at 59-2 Langford-Smith also gets the better of Scott Styris with a crafty slower ball, reducing New Zealand to 84-3 Craig McMillan threatens to cut loose but Kyle McCallan has him back in the pavilion for 22, caught at gully by Johnston Opener Peter Fulton grafts to a dogged 83 but finally falls lbw to McCallan, just as rain interrupt proceedings briefly A scratchy 20 from Jacob Oram takes the score to 180-6 as Ireland keep up the pressure with tight fielding and bowling Daniel Vettori departs for 5, but Brendon McCullum's 47 and 34 not out from James Franklin boosts the score to 263-8 Ireland struggle in the chase and Oram has Morgan caught behind, after Shane Bond removes both openers cheaply The O'Brien brothers, Niall and Kevin, share a fifty partnership and keep Ireland in the hunt after a nervous start A direct hit from Marshall runs out Kevin O'Brien for 47 and brings an end to his 75-run stand with his brother Niall O'Brien is caught by Oram for 30 and Jeetan Patel and Vettori mop up the tail, taking six wickets for nine runs Vettori finishes with figures of 4-23 as Ireland are all out for 134, leaving them stuck at the bottom of the Super 8 table
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