| UAE v Ireland |
| 2-Innings Match Played At Sheikh Zayed Stadium, 06-Mar-2008, Intercontinental Cup |
| Ireland Win Outright by 9 wkts |
| Toss won by | UAE |
| Umpires | Shahul Hameed (Indonesia) & Zameer Haider (Pakistan) |
| Comment | 4-day match 6, 7, 8 & 9 March First-class debut: PR Stirling (Ireland) Day 1: UAE 228, Ireland 46-1 (WTS Porterfield 16*, EJG Morgan 21*) Day 2: Ireland 366-7 (NJ O'Brien 137*) Day 3: Ireland 474, UAE 186-7 (Saqib Ali 98*, Zahid Shah 14*) |
| Points Awarded | UAE 0, Ireland 20 |
| UAE 1st Innings 228/10 All Out (Overs 72) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| HSGS Silva | lbw | b D Langford-Smith | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Amjad Ali+ | c NJ O'Brien | b DT Johnston | 12 | 40 | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| Naeemuddin Aslam | lbw | b GJ Thompson | 49 | 160 | 124 | 7 | 0 |
| Rashid Khan | c KJ O'Brien | b D Langford-Smith | 23 | 62 | 51 | 2 | 0 |
| Saqib Ali* | c PR Stirling | b DT Johnston | 7 | 34 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| N Fernandes | c KJ O'Brien | b WK McCallan | 14 | 44 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| Sameer Zia | b AR Cusack | 56 | 108 | 80 | 9 | 0 | |
| Ahmed Raza | c WTS Porterfield | b AC Botha | 46 | 109 | 83 | 6 | 0 |
| Shoaib Sarwar | b AR Cusack | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zahid Shah | run out PR Stirling | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fahad Alhashmi | not out | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| extras | (b5 lb4 w4 nb4) | 17 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 228 |
| FOW |
| 1-4(HSGS Silva) 2-29(Amjad Ali) 3-70(Rashid Khan) 4-97(Saqib Ali) |
| 5-111(Naeemuddin Aslam) 6-121(N Fernandes) 7-218(Sameer Zia) 8-218(Shoaib Sarwar) |
| 9-219(Zahid Shah) 10-228(Ahmed Raza) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| D Langford-Smith | 9 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| DT Johnston | 15 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 1 | - |
| KJ O'Brien | 8 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| AR Cusack | 7 | 4 | 13 | 2 | - | - |
| GJ Thompson | 13 | 2 | 62 | 1 | - | - |
| AC Botha | 12 | 5 | 32 | 1 | - | 1 |
| WK McCallan | 8 | 2 | 17 | 1 | - | - |
| Ireland 1st Innings 474/10 All Out (Overs 134.3) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| WTS Porterfield | lbw | b Zahid Shah | 25 | 109 | 62 | 1 | 1 |
| PR Stirling | b Fahad Alhashmi | 2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| EJG Morgan+ | lbw | b Ahmed Raza | 47 | 164 | 95 | 6 | 0 |
| NJ O'Brien | c Amjad Ali | b Sameer Zia | 174 | 468 | 293 | 23 | 0 |
| KJ O'Brien | c Amjad Ali | b Ahmed Raza | 33 | 66 | 58 | 4 | 0 |
| AC Botha | lbw | b Saqib Ali | 19 | 42 | 32 | 2 | 0 |
| AR Cusack | lbw | b Zahid Shah | 4 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| DT Johnston* | c Amjad Ali | b Saqib Ali | 69 | 181 | 95 | 10 | 0 |
| WK McCallan | not out | 52 | 143 | 107 | 6 | 0 | |
| GJ Thompson | b Sameer Zia | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| D Langford-Smith | c Ahmed Raza | b Saqib Ali | 15 | 38 | 37 | 2 | 0 |
| extras | (b5 lb9 w2 nb17) | 33 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 474 |
| FOW |
| 1-8(PR Stirling) 2-67(WTS Porterfield) 3-102(EJG Morgan) 4-166(KJ O'Brien) |
| 5-197(AC Botha) 6-203(AR Cusack) 7-366(DT Johnston) 8-443(NJ O'Brien) |
| 9-447(GJ Thompson) 10-474(D Langford-Smith) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| Zahid Shah | 27 | 3 | 126 | 2 | - | - |
| Fahad Alhashmi | 13 | 3 | 40 | 1 | - | - |
| Shoaib Sarwar | 14 | 2 | 59 | 0 | - | - |
| Sameer Zia | 24 | 2 | 87 | 2 | - | - |
| Saqib Ali | 26.3 | 3 | 84 | 3 | - | - |
| Ahmed Raza | 30 | 5 | 64 | 2 | - | - |
| UAE 2nd Innings 306/10 All Out (Overs 122.2) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| HSGS Silva | c KJ O'Brien | b WK McCallan | 16 | 101 | 68 | 3 | 0 |
| Amjad Ali+ | c AR Cusack | b WK McCallan | 23 | 49 | 45 | 2 | 0 |
| Naeemuddin Aslam | lbw | b DT Johnston | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Saqib Ali* | c EJG Morgan | b AR Cusack | 195 | 456 | 358 | 26 | 4 |
| Rashid Khan | lbw | b AR Cusack | 17 | 43 | 36 | 1 | 1 |
| Sameer Zia | b AR Cusack | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ahmed Raza | c WK McCallan | b AC Botha | 1 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Sarwar | b WK McCallan | 9 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
| Zahid Shah | lbw | b GJ Thompson | 28 | 288 | 166 | 4 | 1 |
| Fahad Alhashmi | b GJ Thompson | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| N Fernandes | not out | 6 | 37 | 27 | 1 | 0 | |
| extras | (b4 lb0 w3 nb4) | 11 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 306 |
| FOW |
| 1-37(Amjad Ali) 2-38(Naeemuddin Aslam) 3-64(HSGS 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) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| D Langford-Smith | 10 | 1 | 38 | 0 | - | - |
| KJ O'Brien | 15 | 5 | 40 | 0 | - | - |
| WK McCallan | 42 | 12 | 104 | 3 | - | - |
| DT Johnston | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
| GJ Thompson | 21 | 4 | 60 | 2 | - | - |
| AR Cusack | 16.2 | 7 | 19 | 3 | - | - |
| AC Botha | 13 | 8 | 24 | 1 | - | - |
| PR Stirling | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - |
| Ireland 2nd Innings 64/1 Closed (Overs 14.2) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| WTS Porterfield | not out | 40 | 77 | 52 | 4 | 0 | |
| PR Stirling | c Amjad Ali | b Sameer Zia | 10 | 57 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| EJG Morgan+ | not out | 4 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| NJ O'Brien | dnb | - | |||||
| KJ O'Brien | dnb | - | |||||
| AC Botha | dnb | - | |||||
| AR Cusack | dnb | - | |||||
| DT Johnston* | dnb | - | |||||
| WK McCallan | dnb | - | |||||
| GJ Thompson | dnb | - | |||||
| D Langford-Smith | dnb | - | |||||
| extras | (b5 lb0 w2 nb3) | 10 | |||||
| TOTAL | 1 wickets for | 64 |
| FOW |
| 1-40(PR Stirling) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| Zahid Shah | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - |
| Fahad Alhashmi | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - |
| Shoaib Sarwar | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - |
| Sameer Zia | 2.2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - |