We played a perfect game, says Johnston

[suraj]

Ireland skipper Trent Johnston said his team played a "perfect game" to romp to victory against Bangladesh in a Super Eight clash of the cricket World Cup. Johnston, who played a cameo innings of 30 runs from 23 balls and captured two important Bangladeshi wickets, expressed satisfaction over his team's performance after their defeat to Australia. "We more or less played a perfect game today and are happy to come out on top," the Irish skipper, who is known for his chicken dance on the field, said after their win here yesterday. Showering praise on William Porterfield, who was adjudged the man of the match, Johnston said the left-handed opener set the stage for their win. "Porterfield set the foundation and we tried to put up a competitive score and did it," he said. Looking forward to the next match against the powerful Sri Lankan side, Johnston said Ireland would give their best in the honour of their outgoing South African coach Adrian Birrell. "That's a big game, the last game for our coach. Hopefully we can do it again. We will work hard against Sri Lanka," he said. Giving full credit to Ireland for the victory, Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar blamed the top order batting failure for the defeat. "Our performance was pretty ordinary, we deserved to be beaten. Full credit to Ireland," he said. "We kept losing too many wickets early in the match and that was reason why we lost. "Our last game is against the West Indies and we hope to do everything right in that match," he said. Man of the match Porterfield wished that his side's success stories in the World Cup would provide a boost to cricket in his country. "Although it was not very easy but we put a good score. We though 240-250 would be a good total and we did it. "Hopefully, back home, cricket will kick off from here," he said. http://203.200.89.67/pti_news.asp?id=465583

[kumble_rocks]

Re: We played a perfect game, says Johnston I am impressed by this Johnston fella. Inspirational captain who is able to steward his not so talented resource in a very efficient way. Dravid needs to learn from him on how to lead from the front.

[suraj]

Re: We played a perfect game, says Johnston yup very impressive captaincy by Johnston

[The Outsider]

Re: We played a perfect game, says Johnston He is a good captain and a handy player too. If Ireland had a better batting lineup they would have done even better in the tournament. I think they have it in them to be a consistent ODI unit by the time of the next WC.