| Ireland Vs United Arab Emirates |
| 2-Innings Match Played At Wanderers CC Windhoek, 23-Oct-2005, Intercontinental Cup |
| Match Drawn |
| Toss won by | Ireland |
| Umpires | R Dill (Bermuda) & RB Tiffin (Zimbabwe) |
| Man of the Match | Ireland:Bray, JP |
| Comment | Three day match 23, 24 & 25 October Second semi final Ireland progress to the final |
| Points Awarded | Ireland 20, United Arab Emirates 13 |
| Ireland 1st Innings 350/7 Declared (Overs 87.4) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| DI Joyce | c Sameer Zia | b Ali Asad | 38 | 128 | 106 | 5 | 0 |
| JP Bray | lbw | b V Sockalingam | 78 | 156 | 138 | 11 | 0 |
| EJG Morgan | lbw | b Ali Asad | 151 | 186 | 150 | 18 | 1 |
| NJ O'Brien+ | c& | b Ali Asad | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| PG Gillespie | lbw | b Kashif Ahmed | 11 | 35 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| DT Johnston* | c V Sockalingam | b Ali Asad | 30 | 67 | 47 | 1 | 1 |
| CM Armstrong | b Ali Asad | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| WK McCallan | not out | 16 | 49 | 29 | 1 | 0 | |
| PJK Mooney | not out | 5 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| GJ Thompson | dnb | - | |||||
| AGAM McCoubrey | dnb | - | |||||
| extras | (b7 lb7 w0 nb0) | 14 | |||||
| TOTAL | 7 wickets for | 350 |
| FOW |
| 1-111(DI Joyce) 2-143(JP Bray) 3-146(NJ O'Brien) 4-189(PG Gillespie) |
| 5-283(DT Johnston) 6-294(CM Armstrong) 7-343(EJG Morgan) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| Ali Asad | 28 | 8 | 93 | 5 | - | - |
| Usman Saleem | 6 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - |
| Fahad Alhashmi | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - |
| Rizwan Latif | 16 | 1 | 56 | 0 | - | - |
| Sameer Zia | 10 | 1 | 44 | 0 | - | - |
| Arshad Ali | 9.4 | 1 | 34 | 0 | - | - |
| V Sockalingam | 6 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - | - |
| Kashif Ahmed | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | - |
| Fahad Usman | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - |
| United Arab Emirates 1st Innings 189/10 All Out (Overs 51.1) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| Arshad Ali* | lbw | b PJK Mooney | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Taskeen+ | b GJ Thompson | 47 | 114 | 79 | 8 | 0 | |
| Sameer Zia | b PJK Mooney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| V Sockalingam | c DI Joyce | b DT Johnston | 16 | 44 | 29 | 4 | 0 |
| Kashif Ahmed | c PG Gillespie | b WK McCallan | 8 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Rameed Shahzad | c CM Armstrong | b WK McCallan | 41 | 93 | 73 | 6 | 1 |
| Fahad Usman | c PJK Mooney | b DT Johnston | 15 | 46 | 47 | 1 | 1 |
| Usman Saleem | c NJ O'Brien | b DT Johnston | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ali Asad | c NJ O'Brien | b DT Johnston | 1 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Rizwan Latif | not out | 13 | 47 | 42 | 2 | 0 | |
| Fahad Alhashmi | b DT Johnston | 21 | 37 | 28 | 3 | 0 | |
| extras | (b0 lb2 w0 nb22) | 24 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 189 |
| FOW |
| 1-3(Arshad Ali) 2-3(Sameer Zia) 3-56(V Sockalingam) 4-77(Kashif Ahmed) |
| 5-103(Mohammad Taskeen) 6-145(Fahad Usman) 7-145(Usman Saleem) |
| 8-149(Rameed Shahzad) 9-149(Ali Asad) 10-181(Fahad Alhashmi) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| AGAM McCoubrey | 11 | 0 | 56 | 0 | - | 8 |
| PJK Mooney | 7 | 1 | 36 | 2 | - | 3 |
| DT Johnston | 10.1 | 3 | 33 | 5 | - | 11 |
| WK McCallan | 12 | 3 | 23 | 2 | - | - |
| GJ Thompson | 11 | 1 | 39 | 1 | - | - |
| Ireland 2nd Innings 444/4 Declared (Overs 104.1) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| DI Joyce | c Rizwan Latif | b Fahad Alhashmi | 38 | 80 | 69 | 4 | 1 |
| JP Bray | lbw | b Ali Asad | 190 | 310 | 251 | 23 | 0 |
| EJG Morgan | lbw | b V Sockalingam | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| NJ O'Brien+ | b Sameer Zia | 176 | 196 | 277 | 15 | 1 | |
| PG Gillespie | not out | 18 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
| DT Johnston* | dnb | - | |||||
| CM Armstrong | dnb | - | |||||
| WK McCallan | dnb | - | |||||
| PJK Mooney | dnb | - | |||||
| GJ Thompson | dnb | - | |||||
| AGAM McCoubrey | dnb | - | |||||
| extras | (b4 lb6 w2 nb0) | 12 | |||||
| TOTAL | 4 wickets for | 444 |
| FOW |
| 1-37(EJG Morgan) 2-341(JP Bray) 3-394(DI Joyce) 4-444(NJ O'Brien) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| Ali Asad | 16 | 1 | 75 | 1 | - | - |
| Fahad Alhashmi | 8 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 1 | - |
| V Sockalingam | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | - |
| Rameed Shahzad | 8 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - |
| Rizwan Latif | 24 | 1 | 93 | 0 | - | - |
| Sameer Zia | 20.1 | 0 | 72 | 1 | - | - |
| Usman Saleem | 7 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - |
| Kashif Ahmed | 11 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - |
| Arshad Ali | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - |
| Fahad Usman | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - |
| United Arab Emirates 2nd Innings 227/8 Closed (Overs 79) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| Arshad Ali* | c& | b GJ Thompson | 59 | 117 | 86 | 7 | 0 |
| Mohammad Taskeen+ | c NJ O'Brien | b PJK Mooney | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Usman Saleem | lbw | b WK McCallan | 68 | 183 | 137 | 5 | 0 |
| V Sockalingam | c PG Gillespie | b WK McCallan | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kashif Ahmed | run out CM Armstrong | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rameed Shahzad | c NJ O'Brien | b WK McCallan | 30 | 69 | 54 | 3 | 0 |
| Fahad Usman | c NJ O'Brien | b DT Johnston | 25 | 67 | 57 | 4 | 0 |
| Sameer Zia | not out | 12 | 105 | 92 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rizwan Latif | c PG Gillespie | b DT Johnston | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Ali Asad | not out | 4 | 32 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fahad Alhashmi | dnb | - | |||||
| extras | (b4 lb3 w1 nb20) | 28 | |||||
| TOTAL | 8 wickets for | 227 |
| FOW |
| 1-4(Mohammad Taskeen) 2-102(Arshad Ali) 3-102(V Sockalingam) 4-118(Kashif Ahmed) |
| 5-177(Usman Saleem) 6-182(Rameed Shahzad) 7-214(Fahad Usman) 8-220(Rizwan Latif) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| DT Johnston | 19 | 2 | 73 | 2 | - | 12 |
| PJK Mooney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| AGAM McCoubrey | 12 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| CM Armstrong | 6 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | 2 |
| PG Gillespie | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - |
| GJ Thompson | 12 | 5 | 33 | 1 | - | - |
| WK McCallan | 22 | 11 | 32 | 3 | - | - |
| JP Bray | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - |
| DI Joyce | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - |