12 Biggest Upsets by Associate Nations in ODIs
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12 Biggest Upsets by Associate Nations in ODIs

7. Kenya vs Sri Lanka at Nairobi, ICC World Cup 2003: Kenya win by 53 runs

Kenya was playing first World Cup Match on their home soil. Sri Lanka winning the toss and invited Kenya to bat first. Though Kenya team had the beat of the start but still they managed to post modest total of 210 on the board. Otieno was the star of the match as he contributed 60 runs to the team total.

Sri Lanka were going well at the start but soon after 17th over Sri Lankan team wickets started falling rapidly as leg spinner Collins Obuyo picked fifer and break the back bone of Sri Lankans.

He trapped the middle-order and left the Sri Lankans in tatters. Sri Lanka surrendered under pressure and were all out for 157. Kenya celebrated their only World Cup game in front of their home fans with a comfortable victory over the Sri Lankans. Kenya had a great World Cup went up to the semi-final.

Brief scores: Kenya 201 for 9 in 50 overs (Kennedy Otieno 60; Chaminda Vaas 3 for 41, Muttiah Muralitharan 4 for 28) beat Sri Lanka 157 in 45 overs (Aravinda de Silva 41; Collins Obuya 5 for 24) by 53 runs.

8. Bangladesh vs India at Port-of-Spain, ICC World Cup 2007: Bangladesh win by 5 wickets

Indian team was the favourites for the World Cup 2007 looking their previous world cup performance. This time they had two minnows in qualification group Bangladesh and Bermuda.

India chose to bat first and the decision totally went in favour of Bangladesh as Mashrafe Mortaza and the left-arm spinners muffled their neighbours. India were bowled out for 191 with Mortaza taking 4/38.  Indian team had just one big partnership of 85 runs between Sourav Gangully (66) and Yuvraj Singh (47) and no other bastman could even reach to 20’s.

In reply Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal shocked the Indians with a fifty upfront. Later Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim got their fifties to clinch an easy five-wicket victory. India were left embarrassed and went on to lose to Sri Lanka to be knocked out in the first round.

Brief scores: India 191 in 49.3 overs (Sourav Ganguly 66, Yuvraj Singh 47; Mashrafe Mortaza 4 for 38) lost to Bangladesh 192 for 5 in 48.3 overs (Tamim Iqbal 51, Mushfiqur Rahim 56*, Shakib Al Hasan 53; Munaf Patel 2 for 39, Virender Sehwag 2 for 17) by 5 wickets.

9. Ireland vs Pakistan at Kingston, ICC World Cup 2007: Ireland win by 3 wickets

The Ireland bowled Pakistan out for a trifling 132. Boyd Rankin stood out with three wickets. Ireland were batting well and sailing smoothly towards the target but there was twist in a game as Pakistan don’t want to give it up so easily as Ireland batting crumbled, they were reduced to 113 for 7 from 108 for 4. then battled during a dramatic chase that saw Pakistan fight tooth and nail.

Neil O’Brien 72 was the hero of the match and at the end it was Trent Johnston and Kevin O’Brien taking team to home with the 3 wickets victory over Pakistan. Pakistan were knocked out of the tournament, but that was soon forgotten with the death of their coach Bob Woolmer the next day.

Brief scores: Pakistan 132 in 45.4 overs (Kamran Akmal 27; Boyd Rankin 3 for 32) lost to Ireland 133 for 7 in 41.4 overs (Niall O’Brien 72; Mohammad Sami 3 for 29) by 3 wickets.

10. Bangladesh vs South Africa at Providence, ICC World Cup 2007: Bangladesh win by 67 runs

Beating India, Bangladesh made it through to the second round of the ICC World Cup 2007 and they weren’t expected to trouble the bigger opponents. But, story was all different, first Bangladesh put up a fighting total of 251 with Mohammad Ashraful leading from front making 87 of 83 balls.

Andre Nel put some breaks on Bangladesh batsman at the end. In reply, South Africa don’t start well and lose half the side under 100 score. Syed Rasel’s provided the break throughs at the start and rest was done by Abdur Razzak and Shakib Al Hasan. Herschelle Gibbs was the sole man standing with an unbeaten 56 as Bangladesh won by 67 runs.

Brief scores: Bangladesh 251 for 8 in 50 overs (Mohammad Ashraful 87; Andre Nel 5 for 45) beat South Africa 184 in 48.4 overs (Herschelle Gibbs 56*; Abdur Razzak 3 for 25, Syed Rasel 2/41) by 67 runs.

11. Ireland vs England at Bangalore, ICC World Cup 2011: Ireland win by three wickets

Kevin O’Brien smashed the fastest ever World Cup century off just 50 balls to instigate Ireland to an astonishing World Cup victory over England in Bengaluru.

England were favourites to win the match quite comfortably as they amassed 327-8 off their 50 overs, Jonathan Trott (92) and Ian Bell (81) had been England’s main batting contributors.

England had a grip in match after redusing Ireland 111/5 but some extraordinary big hitting from O’Brien saw them to a three-wicket win. It was triumph to trump Ireland’s memorable win over Pakistan at the 2007 World Cup.

Brief scores: England 327 for 8 in 50 overs (Kevin Pietersen 59, Jonathan Trott 92, Ian Bell 81; John Mooney 4 for 63) lost to Ireland 329 for 7 in 49.1 overs (Kevin O’Brien 113, Alex Cussack 47; Graeme Swann 3 for 47) by 3 wickets.

12. Scotland vs England at Edinburgh, Only ODI 2018: Scotland win by 6 runs

In the only ODI match played between England and Scotland, the Scotland team scored 371 runs in 50 overs after losing 5 wickets in 50 overs. For Scotland Calum MacLeod

Made brilliant hundred and remained unbeaten on 140 runs of just 94 balls. In reply, England’s team could only manage 365 runs in 48.5 overs and lost the match by six runs. This is Scotland’s historic victory over England and it has defeated the English team for the first time. Johnny Bairstow scored highest 105 runs from England. Apart from Alex Hales 52, Liam Plunkett scored an unbeaten 47 and Moin Ali scored 46. Mark Watt took three wickets from Scotland.

Brief scores: Scotland 371 for 5 in 50 overs (Calum MacLeod 140*, Kyle Coetzer 58; George Munsey 55, Adil Rashi 2 for 72, Liam Plunkett 2 for 85) won to England 365 in 48.5 overs (Jonny Bairstow105, Alex Hales 52, Liam Plunkett 47, Mark Watt 3/55, Alasdair Evans 2/50)

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