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    21.4 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 75/1
    50 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. 142/2
    not out
    205
    336
    23
    2
    61.01
    104.2 Its a good length ball and Anderson is onto the front foot to defend. Takes the outside edge and the keeper takes the catch. 325/3
    122.5 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 401/4
    124.5 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. 417/5
    125 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. 417/6
    not out
    38
    22
    2
    3
    172.72
    Extras
    5 (lb 1, nb 1, w 3)
    TOTAL
    477/6d (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)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    LV van Beek1746703.9411
    S Snater36411653.2210
    QWM Gunning35413703.9110
    PW Borren2485712.3700
    MP O'Dowd1537304.8600
    Saqib Zulfiqar402606.5000
  • BATSMEN
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    3.4 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. 9/1
    35.2 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. 92/3
    5.4 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 9/2
    54.4 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. 149/6
    38.5 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 113/4
    42.2 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. 117/5
    97.4 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. 309/7
    99.5 Rankin gets another! Its slanted across van Beek, he can't help fending at the ball and Joyce takes the catch at first slip. 314/8
    113.5 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 375/10
    19
    24
    3
    0
    79.16
    107.5 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. 352/9
    not out
    13
    25
    1
    0
    52.00
    Extras
    3 (lb 3)
    TOTAL
    375 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)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    TJ Murtagh2595222.0800
    WB Rankin19.574952.4700
    PKD Chase23211014.7800
    KJ O'Brien1243302.7500
    J Mulder2649623.6900
    Simi Singh511903.8000
    J Anderson301304.3300
  • BATSMEN
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    2.4 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 12/1
    49.4 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 226/5
    33.1 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 125/2
    34.3 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 134/3
    35.1 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! 139/4
    51.3 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. 238/7
    50.3 although he doesn't get off the pair though! Charges down the pitch and gets a little edge to the keeper 227/6
    not out
    2
    4
    0
    0
    50.00
    not out
    1
    1
    0
    0
    100.00
    Extras
    6 (b 1, lb 2, w 3)
    TOTAL
    240/7d (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)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    LV van Beek803214.0000
    S Snater1305204.0030
    QWM Gunning1416324.5000
    MP O'Dowd1004804.8000
    W Barresi704236.0000

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