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First-class match

ICC Intercontinental Cup, 2007
United Arab Emirates v Ireland

2007/08 season

Played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on 6,7,8,9 March 2008 (4-day match)

Result Ireland won by 9 wickets


United Arab Emirates 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	HSGS Silva	lbw b Langford-Smith	4	1	4	1	0	100.00
	Amjad Ali	c NJ O'Brien b Johnston	12	40	30	3	0	40.00
	Naeemuddin Aslam	lbw b Thompson	49	175	124	7	0	39.51
	Rashid Khan	c KJ O'Brien b Langford-Smith	23	62	51	2	0	45.09
	Saqib Ali	c Stirling b Johnston	7	49	26	1	0	26.92
	N Fernandes	c KJ O'Brien b McCallan	14	44	30	2	0	46.66
	Sameer Zia	b Cusack	56	108	80	9	0	70.00
	Ahmed Raza	c Porterfield b Botha	46	109	83	7	0	55.42
	Shoaib Sarwar	b Cusack	0	9	7	0	0	0.00
	Zahid Shah	run out (Stirling)	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
	Fahad Alhashmi	not out	0	6	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 5, lb 4, w 4, nb 4)	17

	Total	(all out; 72 overs)	228	(3.16 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-4 (Silva), 2-29 (Amjad Ali), 3-70 (Rashid Khan), 4-97 (Saqib Ali), 5-111 (Naeemuddin Aslam), 6-121 (Fernandes), 7-218 (Sameer Zia), 8-218 (Shoaib Sarwar), 9-218 (Zahid Shah), 10-228 (Ahmed Raza, 71.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
D Langford-Smith	9	3	26	2	2.88	(2nb, 2w)
DT Johnston	15	4	40	2	2.66	(1w)
KJ O'Brien	8	1	29	0	3.62	(1nb, 1w)
AR Cusack	7	4	13	2	1.85
GJ Thompson	13	2	62	1	4.76
AC Botha	12	5	32	1	2.66	(1nb)
WK McCallan	8	2	17	1	2.12


Ireland 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	WTS Porterfield	lbw b Zahid Shah	25	109	62	1	1	40.32
	PR Stirling	b Fahad Alhashmi	2	18	18	0	0	11.11
	EJG Morgan	lbw b Ahmed Raza	47	164	95	6	0	49.47
	NJ O'Brien	c Amjad Ali b Sameer Zia	174	487	293	23	0	59.38
	KJ O'Brien	c Amjad Ali b Ahmed Raza	33	66	58	4	0	56.89
	AC Botha	lbw b Saqib Ali	19	42	32	2	0	59.37
	AR Cusack	lbw b Zahid Shah	4	19	17	0	0	23.52
	DT Johnston	c Amjad Ali b Saqib Ali	69	181	95	10	0	72.63
	WK McCallan	not out	52	143	107	6	0	48.59
	GJ Thompson	b Sameer Zia	1	7	6	0	0	16.66
	D Langford-Smith	c Ahmed Raza b Saqib Ali	15	38	37	2	0	40.54
	Extras	(b 3, lb 11, w 2, nb 17)	33

	Total	(all out; 134.3 overs)	474	(3.52 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-8 (Stirling), 2-67 (Porterfield), 3-102 (Morgan), 4-166 (KJ O'Brien), 5-197 (Botha), 6-203 (Cusack), 7-366 (Johnston, 100.2 ov), 8-443 (NJ O'Brien), 9-447 (Thompson), 10-474 (Langford-Smith, 134.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Zahid Shah	27	3	126	2	4.66	(12nb)
Fahad Alhashmi	13	3	40	1	3.07	(2w)
Shoaib Sarwar	14	2	59	0	4.21	(1nb)
Sameer Zia	24	2	87	2	3.62
Saqib Ali	26.3	3	84	3	3.16
Ahmed Raza	30	5	64	2	2.13


United Arab Emirates 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	HSGS Silva	c KJ O'Brien b McCallan	16	101	68	3	0	23.52
	Amjad Ali	c Cusack b McCallan	23	49	45	2	0	51.11
	Naeemuddin Aslam	lbw b Johnston	0	12	9	0	0	0.00
	Saqib Ali	c Morgan b Cusack	195	456	358	26	4	54.46
	Rashid Khan	lbw b Cusack	17	43	36	1	1	47.22
	Sameer Zia	b Cusack	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	Ahmed Raza	c McCallan b Botha	1	19	13	0	0	7.69
	Shoaib Sarwar	b McCallan	9	21	12	2	0	75.00
	Zahid Shah	lbw b Thompson	28	288	166	4	1	16.86
	Fahad Alhashmi	b Thompson	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	N Fernandes	not out	6	37	27	1	0	22.22
	Extras	(b 4, w 3, nb 4)	11

	Total	(all out; 122.2 overs)	306	(2.50 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-37 (Amjad Ali), 2-38 (Naeemuddin Aslam), 3-64 (Silva), 4-108 (Rashid Khan), 5-108 (Sameer Zia), 6-113 (Ahmed Raza), 7-127 (Shoaib Sarwar), 8-286 (Zahid Shah), 9-286 (Fahad Alhashmi), 10-306 (Saqib Ali, 122.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
D Langford-Smith	10	1	38	0	3.80	(2nb)
KJ O'Brien	15	5	40	0	2.66	(2nb)
WK McCallan	42	12	104	3	2.47	(1w)
DT Johnston	3	1	5	1	1.66	(1w)
GJ Thompson	21	4	60	2	2.85
AR Cusack	16.2	7	19	3	1.16	(1w)
AC Botha	13	8	24	1	1.84
PR Stirling	2	0	12	0	6.00


Ireland 2nd innings (target: 61 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	WTS Porterfield	not out	40	77	54	5	0	74.07
	PR Stirling	c Amjad Ali b Sameer Zia	10	57	22	2	0	45.45
	EJG Morgan	not out	4	19	12	1	0	33.33
	Extras	(b 5, w 2, nb 3)	10

	Total	(1 wicket; 14.2 overs; 77 mins)	64	(4.46 runs per over)

Did not bat

NJ O'Brien, AC Botha, KJ O'Brien, AR Cusack,

DT Johnston, WK McCallan, GJ Thompson, D Langford-Smith

Fall of wickets1-40 (Stirling)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Zahid Shah	5	0	20	0	4.00	(1nb, 1w)
Fahad Alhashmi	3	1	12	0	4.00	(1w)
Shoaib Sarwar	4	1	17	0	4.25	(1nb)
Sameer Zia	2.2	1	10	1	4.28

Toss United Arab Emirates, who chose to bat first
Points Ireland 20, United Arab Emirates 0

First-class debut PR Stirling (Ireland)
Player of the match Saqib Ali (United Arab Emirates)

Umpires Shahul Hameed (Indonesia) and Zameer Haider (Pakistan)

Close of play
6 Mar day 1 - Ireland 1st innings 46/1 (WTS Porterfield 16*, EJG Morgan 21*, 16 ov)
7 Mar day 2 - Ireland 1st innings 366/7 (NJ O'Brien 37*, 100.2 ov)
8 Mar day 3 - United Arab Emirates 2nd innings 186/7 (Saqib Ali 98*, Zahid Shah 14*, 60 ov)
9 Mar day 4 - Ireland 2nd innings 64/1 (14.2 ov) - end of match

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