- BATSMENRB4s6sSR21.4 This time Joyce is gone! Its a short ball from Borren and Joyce pulls the ball towards square leg. This time Saqib dives to his left and takes an excellent catch 75/150 the breakthrough! Its a good length ball and takes the outside edge of Porterfield's bat. van Beek dives forward at second slip and takes the catch. 142/2104.2 Its a good length ball and Anderson is onto the front foot to defend. Takes the outside edge and the keeper takes the catch. 325/3122.5 Wilson gets another short ball from Snater. This time he takes him on and tries to clear the long leg boundary. Can't get enough on it and Gunning doesn't have to move as it picks him out perfectly 401/4124.5 O'Brien decides that he is going to keep attacking. Pulls the ball towards the mid-wicket boundary, the ball holds up in the wind and Saqib takes the catch. 417/5125 Singh stays back in the crease and looks to defend the ball. Keeps low and hits Singh in front of the stumps. No doubt on that one as the Umpires finger goes up. 417/6Extras5 (lb 1, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL477/6d (131 Overs, RR: 3.64)Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Ed Joyce, 21.4 ov), 2-142 (William Porterfield, 49.6 ov), 3-325 (John Anderson, 104.2 ov), 4-401 (Gary Wilson, 122.5 ov), 5-417 (Kevin O'Brien, 124.5 ov), 6-417 (Simi Singh, 124.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB LV van Beek 17 4 67 0 3.94 1 1 S Snater 36 4 116 5 3.22 1 0 QWM Gunning 35 4 137 0 3.91 1 0 PW Borren 24 8 57 1 2.37 0 0 MP O'Dowd 15 3 73 0 4.86 0 0 Saqib Zulfiqar 4 0 26 0 6.50 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.4 Its another good length ball, Barresi goes back in the crease and gets an edge on the ball. Balbirnie is at second slip and takes the catch in his bread-basket. 9/135.2 ter Braak plays back in the crease and looks to defend forward. Is hit on the pad in front of the stumps and the Umpires finger goes up. 92/35.4 goes back in the crease and looks to keep out a short ball, can only help the ball into the air. Anderson is under the lid at short leg and takes the catch 9/254.4 no mistake this this time. Murtagh gets the edge of Cooper's bat. Balbirnie has to go to his right at second slip and takes the catch. Cooper can't believe that he did it again and trudges off. 149/638.5 its a bit of a nothing ball from Mulder, Myburgh pulls the ball into O'Brien's hands at short mid-wicket. Terrible delivery and an even worse shot means the Dutch lose another wicket 113/442.2 Borren gets down and looks to sweep the ball, can't get over the top of the ball and it flies up high in the air. Chase goes back at square leg, keeps his eye on the ball and takes the catch. 117/597.4 What a catch from Balbirnie! Rankin angles the ball across O'Dowd, yets the outside edge and Balbirnie dives to his right at second slip and takes a one-handed catch. 309/799.5 Rankin gets another! Its slanted across van Beek, he can't help fending at the ball and Joyce takes the catch at first slip. 314/8113.5 Rankin bowls it short again and Visee swings hard at the ball. It goes a mile in the air and Wilson wanders towards square leg to complete the catch. Rankin gets his five for and the Dutch are all out 375/10107.5 played on! Snater goes back in the crease to a full ball, gets the bat down and can only play the ball back onto the stumps. Snater just looks down at the pitch before going back to the pavilion. It was a full delivery and did keep a little low. 352/9Extras3 (lb 3)TOTAL375 all out (113.5 Overs, RR: 3.29)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Wesley Barresi, 3.4 ov), 2-9 (Saqib Zulfiqar, 5.4 ov), 3-92 (Daniel ter Braak, 35.2 ov), 4-113 (Stephan Myburgh, 38.5 ov), 5-117 (Peter Borren, 42.2 ov), 6-149 (Ben Cooper, 54.4 ov), 7-309 (Max O'Dowd, 97.4 ov), 8-314 (Logan van Beek, 99.5 ov), 9-352 (Shane Snater, 107.5 ov), 10-375 (Tobias Visee, 113.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TJ Murtagh 25 9 52 2 2.08 0 0 WB Rankin 19.5 7 49 5 2.47 0 0 PKD Chase 23 2 110 1 4.78 0 0 KJ O'Brien 12 4 33 0 2.75 0 0 J Mulder 26 4 96 2 3.69 0 0 Simi Singh 5 1 19 0 3.80 0 0 J Anderson 3 0 13 0 4.33 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.4 Joyce looks to continue the attack, pulls a short ball and it goes high in the air. Classen goes back at mid-wicket and makes an excellent tumbling catch 12/149.4 Porterfield looks to keep agressive and hits the ball towards cow corner. Can't get enough on it and Klaassen is in the perfect position to take the catch 226/533.1 Balbirnie looks to sweep a legstump ball into the legside. Misses and gets bowled round his legs! Barresi throws both hands in the air and is delighted with that 125/234.3 Anderson gets onto the front foot and looks to defend, gets the outside edge and its a simple catch for Visee behind the stumps. Two quick wickets for the Dutch here 134/335.1 Where have they been hiding this mystery spinner? Wilson gets down early and looks to paddle the ball down to long leg. Once again the batsman misses the ball and gets bowled round his legs! 139/451.3 hits the ball towards deep mid-wicket and is always coming back for the second. The throw comes in from Gunning to the keeper end and he is run out by a couple of yards. 238/750.3 although he doesn't get off the pair though! Charges down the pitch and gets a little edge to the keeper 227/6Extras6 (b 1, lb 2, w 3)TOTAL240/7d (52 Overs, RR: 4.61)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Ed Joyce, 2.4 ov), 2-125 (Andy Balbirnie, 33.1 ov), 3-134 (John Anderson, 34.3 ov), 4-139 (Gary Wilson, 35.1 ov), 5-226 (William Porterfield, 49.4 ov), 6-227 (Simi Singh, 50.3 ov), 7-238 (Kevin O'Brien, 51.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB LV van Beek 8 0 32 1 4.00 0 0 S Snater 13 0 52 0 4.00 3 0 QWM Gunning 14 1 63 2 4.50 0 0 MP O'Dowd 10 0 48 0 4.80 0 0 W Barresi 7 0 42 3 6.00 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.3 What a start from Ireland! Barresi goes back in the crease and looks to defend back down the pitch. Gets hit on the pads in front of the stumps and the Umpires finger goes up 0/131.2 ter Braak looks to defend the ball, spins past the bat and knocks off the bails. ter Braak's long vigil is over. 107/239 Myburgh looks to give himself some room and plays the cut. Gets a thin edge on the ball and Wilson takes a bobbling catch. 121/343.2 must be something about these part-time spinners! Saqib doesn't look comfortable and goes back in the crease to the ball. Hits the edge and Wilson takes the catch. 126/4Extras11 (b 5, lb 5, w 1)TOTAL186/4 (76 Overs, RR: 2.44)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Wesley Barresi, 0.3 ov), 2-107 (Daniel ter Braak, 31.2 ov), 3-121 (Stephan Myburgh, 38.6 ov), 4-126 (Saqib Zulfiqar, 43.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TJ Murtagh 7 2 20 1 2.85 0 0 WB Rankin 13 2 35 0 2.69 0 0 PKD Chase 6 0 31 0 5.16 1 0 J Mulder 26 6 55 1 2.11 0 0 Simi Singh 14 6 19 2 1.35 0 0 A Balbirnie 4 2 5 0 1.25 0 0 J Anderson 6 3 11 0 1.83 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Netherlands , elected to field first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11am start, Lunch 11.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days
15,16,17,18 August 2017 (4-day match)
First-class debut
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Ireland 9, Netherlands 3
Close of Play
- Tue, 15 Aug - day 1 - Ireland 1st innings 292/2 (A Balbirnie 130*, J Anderson 57*, 96 ov)
- Wed, 16 Aug - day 2 - Netherlands 1st innings 140/5 (BN Cooper 81*, MP O'Dowd 12*, 51 ov)
- Thu, 17 Aug - day 3 - Ireland 2nd innings 167/4 (WTS Porterfield 89*, KJ O'Brien 10*, 41 ov)
- Fri, 18 Aug - day 4 - Netherlands 2nd innings 186/4 (76 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Ireland First Innings
- WTS Porterfield 50 off 131 balls (9x4)
- A Balbirnie 50 off 122 balls (6x4)
- A Balbirnie 100 off 176 balls (13x4, 1x6)
- J Anderson 50 off 101 balls (7x4)
- A Balbirnie 150 off 268 balls (19x4, 1x6)
- A Balbirnie 200 off 332 balls (23x4, 2x6)
- Netherlands First Innings
- BN Cooper 50 off 81 balls (10x4)
- MP O'Dowd 50 off 75 balls (8x4, 1x6)
- LV van Beek 50 off 84 balls (9x4)
- MP O'Dowd 100 off 139 balls (16x4, 1x6)
- Ireland second Innings
- WTS Porterfield 50 off 75 balls (5x4, 1x6)
- A Balbirnie 50 off 93 balls (4x4)
- Netherlands second innings
- SJ Myburgh 50 off 56 balls (10x4)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsBalbirnie's double-ton, Rankin's five-for lift Ireland to top
Andy Balbirnie's maiden three-figure score in first-class cricket, and Boyd Rankin's five-wicket haul gave Ireland a 102-run first-innings lead, and the extra points, in their drawn Intercontinental Cup match