ICC World Cup 2011 highlights: Bangladesh vs. Ireland

# Ireland have won two and lost seven games out of ten played at the world cup - success % 25.00 (Tied 1).

# Ireland (178) have posted their lowest total against Bangladesh at the World Cup.  Their lowest ever at the World Cup is 77 against Sri Lanka at St. George's on April 18, 2007.

# Tamim Iqbal (44) took his world cup aggregate to 286 in eleven games at an average of 26.00 in the World Cup.  His tally is second behind Mohammad Ashraful (288 at 26.18 in 15 matches).

# Tamim's aforesaid knock is the highest individual score for Bangladesh against Ireland in the world cup.

# Tamim has received his seventh Man of the Match award - his second against Ireland.

# Bangladesh have posted their first win against Ireland in the World Cup. They had lost by 74 runs to Ireland at Bridgetown in the last edition.

# Bangladesh have won one game each against India, Pakistan, Scotland, Ireland, South Africa, Bermuda

# Bangladesh have won six and lost 15 out of 22 contested at the World Cup (NR 1) - success % 28.57.

# Andre Botha (3/32) has recorded his best bowling performance against Bangladesh in ODIs.

# The aforesaid performance is the best for Ireland against Bangladesh in ODIs, bettering the 3 for 43 by Langford-Smith at Dhaka on March 20, 2008.

# Botha's above performance is his best in a world cup game, eclipsing the two for five against Pakistan at Kingston on March 17, 2007.

# Boyd Rankin's figures of 9-0-62-0 are his worst in a world cup game.

# Johnston (2/40) has emulated his previous best world cup performance.  Against Bangladesh at Bridgetown on April 15, 2007, he had taken two for 40.

# Abdur Razzak took his tally to 14  (ave.32.00) in eleven matches - the most by a Bangladeshi bowler in the world cup.

# Mushfiqur Rahim and Raqibul Hasan were associated in a partnership of 61 for the fifth wicket - Bangladesh's best against Ireland in the world cup.

# Niall Brien (38) has recorded his highest world cup innings against Bangladesh. 

# John Mooney has posted his third duck in ODIs - one each against Bangladesh, West Indies and Netherlands.

# Mooney has registered his second duck in the world cup - one each against West Indies and Bangladesh.

# Shafiul Islam (4/21) has recorded his career-best bowling performance in ODIs, eclipsing the 4 for 43 against Zimbabwe at Dhaka on December 6, 2010.

# Islam has taken four wickets in an innings four times in ODIs - twice against Ireland and once each against Zimbabwe and New Zealand.

# Islam's excellent figures of 4 for 21 are the best for Bangladesh in the world cup.  Mashrafe Mortaza (4/38 against India at Port of Spain on March 17, 2007) is the only other Bangladeshi bowler to bag four wickets in a World Cup game.