- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.3 first man goes here as Johnson's accurate delivery has the batsman in two minds and he ends up edging the ball onto his own stumps 10/112.3 Afgahnistan in tatters here as Cusack's swinging delivery beats the batsman all ends up and the stumps are smashed 37/44.2 great delivery from Sorensen which the batsman tries to play straight to but gets it all wrong and his off-stump is shattered 18/211.5 this time the outside edge is found and the keeper takes an easy catch 37/316.3 very fast delivery and the batsman misses and the bowler hits, so much so that he breaks leg-stump in half! 48/517.2 superb diving catch from Wilson after the edge is found by the bowler, all Ireland's bowlers in the wickets here 48/618.4 another one gone here as again the outside edge is found and it's a smart catch at third slip by White who dropped one earlier 48/722 and this time the outside edge goes to Mooney at fourth slip who makes no mistake and takes the catch 74/921 and what was looking like a great over for Afghanistan ends with a wicket. Cusack again finds the top of off-stump and the batsman has no answer for it. 66/829.1 top edge which flies down to third man who takes an easy catch 84/10Extras4 (lb 2, nb 2)TOTAL84 all out (29.1 Overs, RR: 2.88)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Karim Sadiq, 1.3 ov), 2-18 (Asghar Afghan, 4.2 ov), 3-37 (Afsar Zazai, 11.5 ov), 4-37 (Javed Ahmadi, 12.3 ov), 5-48 (Mohammad Shahzad, 16.3 ov), 6-48 (Mohammad Nabi, 17.2 ov), 7-48 (Najibullah Zadran, 18.4 ov), 8-66 (Gulbadin Naib, 20.6 ov), 9-74 (Samiullah Shinwari, 21.6 ov), 10-84 (Izatullah Dawlatzai, 29.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MC Sorensen 10.1 2 39 4 3.83 0 2 DT Johnston 8 4 7 2 0.87 0 0 AR Cusack 10 3 31 4 3.10 0 0 JF Mooney 1 0 5 0 5.00 0 0
09/07Result
ICC Intercontinental Cup at Dublin, Jul 9-12 2012
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
84 & 208/7 (67 ov) -
![Ireland]( "Ireland")
251/4d
09/07Result
ICC Intercontinental Cup at Dublin, Jul 9-12 2012
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
84 & 208/7 (67 ov) -
![Ireland]( "Ireland")
251/4d
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR20.5 slashes hard at that one again and this time gets an edge which flies to first slip who takes a good catch 65/215.5 and the first one goes as Balbirnie swings at a widish ball and he's out caught at second slip 49/134.2 and an early breakthrough for Afghanistan as Cusack's outside edge is found and the keeper takes a smart catch 132/360.1 Wilson tries a big heave over deep midwicket but the man there is under it and takes the catch 251/4Extras15 (b 7, lb 6, nb 2)TOTAL251/4d (60.1 Overs, RR: 4.17)Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Andy Balbirnie, 15.5 ov), 2-65 (Paul Stirling, 20.5 ov), 3-132 (Alex Cusack, 34.2 ov), 4-251 (Gary Wilson, 60.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Izatullah Dawlatzai 18 4 73 1 4.05 0 2 Shapoor Zadran 13 3 36 0 2.76 0 0 Gulbadin Naib 6 0 33 1 5.50 0 0 Karim Sadiq 11 2 36 1 3.27 0 0 Samiullah Shinwari 5 0 33 0 6.60 0 0 Asghar Afghan 1 0 3 0 3.00 0 0 Mohammad Nabi 6.1 0 24 1 3.89 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR33 big slog by the batsman but Mooney takes a wonderful catch at deep midwicket and looks to have hurt himself in the process 106/133.3 and the other opener goes as Thompson's full delivery knocks his off-stump. His first wicket for Ireland 110/235.4 this time the outside edge is found and it's a very good catch at head height by O'Brien at second slip. 120/343.3 tries to smash him over the covers but only finds McCann at deep cover who takes the catch 140/448 this time the outside edge is found and Stirling takes a routine catch at first slip 157/555.4 tries an expansive drive but only finds a thin outside edge which Wilson collects 181/661.4 and the change to spin works as White finds the outside edge and Stirling takes a good catch at first slip 185/7Extras8 (b 2, lb 6)TOTAL208/7 (67 Overs, RR: 3.1)Fall of wickets: 1-106 (Karim Sadiq, 32.6 ov), 2-110 (Javed Ahmadi, 33.3 ov), 3-120 (Afsar Zazai, 35.4 ov), 4-140 (Mohammad Shahzad, 43.3 ov), 5-157 (Mohammad Nabi, 47.6 ov), 6-181 (Najibullah Zadran, 55.4 ov), 7-185 (Shapoor Zadran, 61.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MC Sorensen 16 3 36 2 2.25 0 0 DT Johnston 13 4 23 0 1.76 0 0 AR Cusack 9 1 28 0 3.11 0 0 A van der Merwe 8 2 24 1 3.00 0 0 JF Mooney 3 0 17 0 5.66 0 0 SR Thompson 12 2 51 3 4.25 0 0 AR White 3 2 2 1 0.66 0 0 PR Stirling 3 0 19 0 6.33 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Ireland , elected to field first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days
9,10,11,12 July 2012 (4-day match)
First-class debut
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Ireland 13, Afghanistan 7
Close of Play
- Mon, 9 Jul - day 1 - no play
- Tue, 10 Jul - day 2 - no play
- Wed, 11 Jul - day 3 - Ireland 1st innings 126/2 (AR Cusack 34*, GC Wilson 21*, 32 ov)
- Thu, 12 Jul - day 4 - Afghanistan 2nd innings 208/7 (67 ov) - end of match
Match Coverage
All Match NewsScrappy Afghanistan secure draw
The Ireland-Afghanistan Intercontinental Cup match in Dublin, which lost two days to rain, ended in a draw
Bowlers tear through Afghanistan
Max Sorensen and Alex Cusack each took four wickets to help Ireland skittle Afghanistan for 84, as their rain-hit Intercontinental Cup match got underway on day three
