- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.2 and it's the first wicket tries to defend coming forward but he plays the wrong line and his off stump is hit 4/16 and it's Craig Young's first wicket for Ireland, widish delivery which is slashed out but it's in the air to point who takes a good catch 16/211.2 dream debut for Young here, full delivery which smashes the middle stump and he has three 33/410 and another one goes, wonderful delivery right on the top of off stump and it's too good for the batsman 32/320.1 O'Brien gets in on the act, flashes at a delivery and the outside edge is found and White at second slip takes the catch 51/527 Wallace plays no shot to that one and the off stump is hit, not sure what he misjudged there but it didn't look too clever 68/724 pushes at that one outside off and the edge is found, O'Brien takes a good low catch at second slip 64/645.5 goes back in his crease to a full length straight ball and he's bowled, a great partnership ends 124/850.1 tries to defend on the front foot but only finds an edge and it's an easy take for the keeper 138/1047.1 and McCarter gets another thin outside edge is found and the keeper collects, Umpire Smith takes an age to give the decision. 126/9Extras8 (lb 8)TOTAL138 all out (50.1 Overs, RR: 2.75)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Hamish Gardiner, 2.2 ov), 2-16 (Freddie Coleman, 5.6 ov), 3-32 (Richie Berrington, 9.6 ov), 4-33 (Preston Mommsen, 11.2 ov), 5-51 (Calum MacLeod, 20.1 ov), 6-64 (Majid Haq, 23.6 ov), 7-68 (Craig Wallace, 26.6 ov), 8-124 (Moneeb Iqbal, 45.5 ov), 9-126 (Iain Wardlaw, 47.1 ov), 10-138 (Safyaan Sharif, 50.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MC Sorensen 13 4 35 1 2.69 0 0 CA Young 13.1 3 53 4 4.02 0 0 GJ McCarter 12 7 13 3 1.08 0 0 KJ O'Brien 12 4 29 2 2.41 0 0
11/09Result
ICC Intercontinental Cup at Dublin, Sep 11-14 2013
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11/09Result
ICC Intercontinental Cup at Dublin, Sep 11-14 2013
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![Scotland]( "Scotland")
138 & 168 (60.1 ov) -
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR12.2 and the Irish captain goes, that one maybe kept a bit low and he was struck on the pads, looked plum 49/137.5 short and it's pulled by Stirling in the air and straight to deep mid wicket who takes a nice catch 141/248.2 and spin works straight away, pushed at that outside off and the Scottish skipper takes the catch at first slip after the edge is found 175/360 and Haq gets his first, batsman tries to turn into the leg side but misses and his pads are struck, looked a close call, maybe going down leg but it's given 227/460.2 but he gets hime this time, another cut shot in the off side but this time it's straight to the fielder at cover 231/574 and another batsman makes a start but goes, Haq finds the outside edge as Balbirnie tried to defend, he's taken by the skipper at first slip 301/772.3 and Iqbal picks up another, a mistimed cover drive lands right into the hands of Coleman at extra cover 293/681.2 charges down the pitch and tries a straight drive but the spin is too much and the keeper does some smart work behind the stump 326/882.5 gets him with this one, batsman tries to come forward and defend but he misjudges the line and his off-stump is hit 333/985.3 tries a forward defensive but the pads are struck first and that one didn't turn, looked plum 350/10Extras13 (b 8, lb 4, nb 1)TOTAL350 all out (85.3 Overs, RR: 4.09)Fall of wickets: 1-49 (William Porterfield, 12.2 ov), 2-141 (Paul Stirling, 37.5 ov), 3-175 (John Anderson, 48.2 ov), 4-227 (Andrew White, 59.6 ov), 5-231 (Kevin O'Brien, 60.2 ov), 6-293 (Stuart Poynter, 72.3 ov), 7-301 (Andy Balbirnie, 73.6 ov), 8-326 (Andy McBrine, 81.2 ov), 9-333 (Graeme McCarter, 82.5 ov), 10-350 (Craig Young, 85.3 ov)
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.3 and the first one goes down, pushed at one outside off and the edge flies low to first slip who takes a nice catch 6/12.5 and the second one in the over, keeps a bit low and he can't get the bat to it in time, big appeal and Umpire Smith raises the finger 7/28.3 bit straighter that time, full delivery crashes into the off stump, Mommsen didn't get close 21/317.4 missed a straight one there, huge appeal and the umpire agrees with the shouts 41/610.4 brilliant spell by Sorensen continues another lbw success, the batsman came down the pitch a fair bit but the umpire was obviously sure enough to raise the finger 27/413.4 short one going down leg and the batsman tries a hook shot but can only find an edge which the keeper collects with ease 40/560.1 big heave outside off and another edge is found and O'Brien takes another smart catch in the slips 168/1024 tries another cover drive but this time he only can edge it to White at first slip and that was a nice catch 64/750.3 and a great partnership ends, pushed into the covers but in the air and Porterfield takes a truly catch diving to his left at short extra cover 143/853.3 has a waft outside off and the outside edge is picked up and O'Brien takes a handy catch at second slip 148/9Extras11 (b 4, lb 5, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL168 all out (60.1 Overs, RR: 2.79)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Hamish Gardiner, 2.3 ov), 2-7 (Freddie Coleman, 2.5 ov), 3-21 (Preston Mommsen, 8.3 ov), 4-27 (Calum MacLeod, 10.4 ov), 5-40 (Craig Wallace, 13.4 ov), 6-41 (Richie Berrington, 17.4 ov), 7-64 (Moneeb Iqbal, 23.6 ov), 8-143 (Safyaan Sharif, 50.3 ov), 9-148 (Iain Wardlaw, 53.3 ov), 10-168 (Majid Haq, 60.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MC Sorensen 18.1 4 37 5 2.03 1 0 CA Young 17 4 57 2 3.35 0 0 GJ McCarter 6 1 17 2 2.83 0 1 KJ O'Brien 4 2 12 0 3.00 0 0 AR McBrine 7 3 21 0 3.00 0 0 A Balbirnie 4 1 5 0 1.25 0 0 AR White 2 1 7 0 3.50 0 0 J Anderson 2 0 3 1 1.50 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
11,12,13,14 September 2013 (4-day match)
First-class debut
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Ireland 20, Scotland 0
Close of Play
- Wed, 11 Sep - day 1 - Ireland 1st innings 35/0 (WTS Porterfield 23*, PR Stirling 11*, 6 ov)
- Thu, 12 Sep - day 2 - Ireland 1st innings 99/1 (PR Stirling 50*, J Anderson 17*, 27 ov)
- Fri, 13 Sep - day 3 - Scotland 2nd innings 143/8 (RM Haq 31*, 50.3 ov)
- Sat, 14 Sep - day 4 - Scotland 2nd innings 168 (60.1 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Ireland 1st innings
- PR Stirling 50 off 73 balls, 8x4
- J Anderson 50 off 103 balls, 5x4
- Scotland 2nd innings
- SM Sharif 50 off 76 balls, 8x4, 1x6
Match Coverage
All Match NewsSorensen five sets up innings win for Ireland
Ireland needed just under 10 overs on day four to bowl Scotland out and thump the visitors by an innings and 44 runs in Dublin
Ireland poised for big win
A strong batting display from Ireland, followed by an incisive spell of 4 for 32 from Max Sorensen left the hosts on the cusp of victory against Scotland in their Intercontinental Cup match in Dublin
Rain claims most of day two
Just 21 overs were possible on day two in Dublin as Ireland were robbed of the chance to build a solid first innings lead over Scotland.
Young shines on Ireland debut
Craig Young made an impressive debut for Ireland, taking 4 for 53 against Scotland, as they took control of their Intercontinental Cup meeting at Clontarf
