Cricket: Opener William Porterfield top-scored with 85 to guide Ireland to a challenging 243 for seven against Bangladesh, as Adrian Birrell's side go ins earch of their first win in the Super Eights at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.
Ireland achieved their highest total of the tournament and the first double-figure opening partnership after Porterfield, dropped on 42, raised 92 runs with Jeremy Bray (31).
He missed the chance to emulate Bray with a century in the tournament when he skied an improvised sweep against paceman Mashrafe Mortaza to short fineleg in the 42nd over.
Kevin O'Brien hit 48 off 44 balls and skipper Trent Johnston, who elected to bat, 30 off 23 balls to add 77 in the last 10 overs.
Bangladesh were poor on the field and dropped three catches, although they achieved four run outs.
The contest began in front of a sparse crowd after more than 20,000 ticket holders from India and Pakistan, who had been scheduled to meet on Sunday but were eliminated in the first round, chose to stay away from the Kensington Oval.
But as the ground began to fill up after organisers distributed more than 10,000 free tickets, Ireland made sure they did not suffer a repeat performance of their batting collapse - when they were all out for 91 - against holders Australia.
Having earmarked the match against Bangladesh as the one Super Eights match they could win, Ireland began steadily.
The groundsmen heavily rolled the pitch until the toss and the surface barely provided the kind of bounce seen on adjacent tracks where champions Australia and England beat Ireland and Bangladesh respectively earlier in the week.
The openers were well-set until Bray and number three Eoin Morgan (5) were both run out.
Porterfield pulled Mortaza to squareleg and lofted left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak over mid-on for fours.
He was lucky on 42 after left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique dropped a simple return catch after a casual one-handed attempt.
Young paceman Shahadat Hossain, included at the last minute after left-arm seamer Syed Rasel tripped on the boundary rope and hurt his ankle during the warm-up, and Abdur Razzak both dropped catches at deep midwicket against Morgan and Kevin O'Brien respectively.
Bangladesh have two points after beating South Africa in the second round.
The seven-week tournaments ends in Barbados on April 28th.