- BATSMENRB4s6sSR21 a flash outside off and pouched at gully 58/167.5 good diving catch after a mistimed shot 289/297.5 a full toe crusher and Ed Joyce's magnificent innings comes to n end 424/486.3 leading edge back to the bowler and O'Brien departs. 374/399.4 another full ball, Balbirnie looks to force to leg and is pinned in front of his stumps 427/5101.1 waft at a ball outside off that lifts and Wilson edges to the wicketkeeper 430/6112.1 and the bowling change works immediately as he traps O'Brien in front 470/8104.1 drive at a full ball and the chance is gobbled up at gully 435/7117.2 mistimed lofted chip to mid on, who pouches the catch easily 489/9Extras9 (lb 6, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL492 all out (118.3 Overs, RR: 4.15)Fall of wickets: 1-58 (William Porterfield, 20.6 ov), 2-289 (Paul Stirling, 67.5 ov), 3-374 (Niall O'Brien, 86.3 ov), 4-424 (Ed Joyce, 97.5 ov), 5-427 (Andy Balbirnie, 99.4 ov), 6-430 (Gary Wilson, 101.1 ov), 7-435 (John Mooney, 104.1 ov), 8-470 (Kevin O'Brien, 112.1 ov), 9-489 (Tim Murtagh, 117.2 ov), 10-492 (Craig Young, 118.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mohammad Naveed 23 6 75 2 3.26 0 0 AM Guruge 19 6 72 0 3.78 0 0 Amjad Javed 24.3 4 117 4 4.77 0 1 Mohammad Tauqir 24 5 104 2 4.33 1 0 Fayyaz Ahmed 21 3 85 2 4.04 1 0 Khurram Khan 7 1 33 0 4.71 0 0
02/06Result
ICC Intercontinental Cup at Dublin, Jun 2-5 2015
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![Ireland]( "Ireland")
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![United Arab Emirates]( "United Arab Emirates")
213 & 253 (100.4 ov) (f/o)
Player of the Match
02/06Result
ICC Intercontinental Cup at Dublin, Jun 2-5 2015
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![Ireland]( "Ireland")
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![United Arab Emirates]( "United Arab Emirates")
213 & 253 (100.4 ov) (f/o)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR28.5 pitched up more this time and it cuts back and beats Asif for pace 75/210.5 Mooney's bouncer is pulled straight to Murtagh at short midwicket 18/130.5 a quick delivery raps the pads, as Saqib seems to lose the flight of the ball 76/340.5 short ball and the attempted pull is gloved to second slip 127/443 Patil checks a defensive shot and the ball loops up for Young to take the catch at mid on 130/570.5 a forcing shot straight to Mooney at cover point 213/945.2 Fayyaz misses a ball that spins through the gate 147/654.4 mistimes shot down the ground and Mooney catches at mid on 162/755.4 and the veteran UAE skipper is pinned in front by Dockrell 162/871.3 a mistimed shot over the top steeples into the air to Porterfield running round from mid off 213/10Extras8 (b 4, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL213 all out (71.3 Overs, RR: 2.97)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Amjad Ali, 10.5 ov), 2-75 (Asif Iqbal, 28.5 ov), 3-76 (Saqib Ali, 30.5 ov), 4-127 (Khurram Khan, 40.5 ov), 5-130 (Swapnil Patil, 42.6 ov), 6-147 (Fayyaz Ahmed, 45.2 ov), 7-162 (Amjad Javed, 54.4 ov), 8-162 (Mohammad Tauqir, 55.4 ov), 9-213 (Shaiman Anwar, 70.5 ov), 10-213 (Manjula Guruge, 71.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TJ Murtagh 11 4 32 0 2.90 0 0 CA Young 16 4 51 4 3.18 2 2 JF Mooney 12 1 36 3 3.00 0 0 KJ O'Brien 10 2 32 0 3.20 0 0 GH Dockrell 19.3 7 48 3 2.46 0 0 PR Stirling 3 0 10 0 3.33 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR14.3 tries a drive but is through the shot too early and is caught by Porterfield low and coming forward at short cover 40/120.3 gets a top edge to a sweep and Niall O'Brien runs back behind square, falls over, but manages to catch the ball while lying on the floor! 47/282.3 that's the big wicket as Young finds the edge and Kevin O'Brien takes the catch at second slip 188/730 a straightforward edge snapped up at slip by Joyce 65/368.3 a rush of blood to the head as he comes down the wicket to Dockrell, misses it and is stumped by Wilson 165/470.5 defensive push that gets the edge and is caught by Balbirnie at short leg 165/581.5 the swinging ball is edged and caught behind by Wilson 188/698 Stirling traps Amjad in front 246/993.1 Young is trapped in front even though Tauqir intimates he hit it 217/8100.4 comes down the pitch to hit over the top and the match is over after just four deliveries this morning. 253/10Extras4 (lb 2, w 2)TOTAL253 all out (f/o) (100.4 Overs, RR: 2.51)Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Asif Iqbal, 14.3 ov), 2-47 (Amjad Ali, 20.3 ov), 3-65 (Khurram Khan, 29.6 ov), 4-165 (Swapnil Patil, 68.3 ov), 5-165 (Shaiman Anwar, 70.5 ov), 6-188 (Fayyaz Ahmed, 81.5 ov), 7-188 (Saqib Ali, 82.3 ov), 8-217 (Mohammad Tauqir, 93.1 ov), 9-246 (Amjad Javed, 97.6 ov), 10-253 (Mohammad Naveed, 100.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TJ Murtagh 16 9 22 1 1.37 0 0 CA Young 17.4 5 59 3 3.33 0 0 JF Mooney 10 3 32 0 3.20 0 0 GH Dockrell 34 13 93 4 2.73 0 0 KJ O'Brien 6 2 14 0 2.33 2 0 PR Stirling 17 4 31 2 1.82 0 0
Match Details
Toss
United Arab Emirates , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days
2,3,4,5 June 2015 (4-day match)
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Ireland 20, United Arab Emirates 0
Close of Play
- Tue, 2 Jun - day 1 - Ireland 1st innings 420/3 (EC Joyce 229*, A Balbirnie 7*, 94 ov)
- Wed, 3 Jun - day 2 - United Arab Emirates 1st innings 207/8 (Shaiman Anwar 52*, AM Guruge 13*, 69 ov)
- Thu, 4 Jun - day 3 - United Arab Emirates 2nd innings 251/9 (AM Guruge 18*, Mohammad Naveed 0*, 100 ov)
- Fri, 5 Jun - day 4 - United Arab Emirates 2nd innings 253 (100.4 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- PR Stirling 100 off 146 balls, 14x4, 1x6
- EC Joyce 100 off 135 balls, 11x4, 1x6
- EC Joyce 200 off 210 balls, 24x4, 3x6
Match Coverage
All Match NewsKhurram Khan retires from international cricket
Khurram Khan, the UAE batsman, has retired from international cricket after a 14-year career
Joyce's record double blows UAE away
Ed Joyce's 231 starred in Ireland's convincing innings and 26-run win over UAE in their ICC Intercontinental Cup clash in Dublin
Dockrell leads Ireland closer to victory
Ireland bowled UAE out for 213, enforced the follow-on courtesy a whopping 279-run lead and George Dockrell's 4 for 93 brought the hosts one strike away from kicking off their defence of the Intercontinental Cup defence with a victory
Ireland eye big lead after seamers strike
Ireland tightened their grip over the Intercontinental Cup game against UAE in Dublin, seamers Craig Young and John Mooney chipping away at the visitors' batting to reduce them to 207 for 8 in pursuit of the hosts' massive total
Joyce double-ton puts Ireland in command
Ireland bossed the first day of their intercontinental Cup match against UAE as Ed Joyce struck his third first-class double-century and Paul Stirling racked up a ninth ton of his own
