UAE Vs Ireland
2-Innings Match Played At Sheikh Zayed Abu Dhabi, 06-Mar-2008, First Class
Ireland Win Outright by 9 wkts
   
     | Round | 
     653 | 
   
   
     | Toss won by | 
     UAE | 
   
   
     | Umpires | 
     Shahul Hameed (Indonesia - Zameer Haider (Pakistan) | 
   
   
     | Home Side | 
     UAE | 
   
   
     | Player of Match | 
     Saqib Ali | 
   
   
     | Comment | 
     653/6 4 day Match: Thursday 6, Friday 7, Saturday 8, Sunday 9 March 2008 Debut: PR Stirling  Day 1: Ireland 46-1 (16 overs, Porterfield 16*, Morgan 21*) Day 2: Ireland  366-7, (100.2 overs, N O'Brien 133*) Day 3: UAE 186-7 (60 overs, Saqib Ali 98*, Zahid Shah 14*) WTS Porterfield acted as Ireland Captain in UAE 2nd innings. | 
   
   
     | Points Awarded | 
     UAE 0, Ireland 20 | 
   
   
     | Match Report | 
     here | 
   
UAE 1st Innings 228/10 All Out (Overs 72)
   
      | Batsman | 
      Fieldsman | 
      Bowler | 
      Runs | 
      Min | 
      Bls | 
      4s | 
      6s | 
   
   
     | HS Gayan S 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 | 
     175 | 
     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 | 
     49 | 
     26 | 
     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 | 
     7 | 
     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(HS Gayan S 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) | 
   
   
     | 9-218(Zahid Shah) 10-228(Ahmed Raza) | 
   
 | 
Ireland 1st Innings 474/10 All Out (Overs 134.3)
   
      | 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 | 
      Overs | 
      Maid | 
      Runs | 
      Wkts | 
      wd | 
      nb | 
   
   
     | Zahid Shah | 
     27 | 
     3 | 
     126 | 
     2 | 
     - | 
     12 | 
   
   
     | Fahad Alhashmi | 
     13 | 
     3 | 
     40 | 
     1 | 
     2 | 
     - | 
   
   
     | Shoaib Sarwar | 
     14 | 
     2 | 
     59 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     1 | 
   
   
     | 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)
   
      | FOW | 
   
   
     | 1-37(Amjad Ali) 2-38(Naeemuddin Aslam) 3-64(HS Gayan S 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) | 
   
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Ireland 2nd Innings 64/1 Closed (Overs 14.2)
   
      | Bowler | 
      Overs | 
      Maid | 
      Runs | 
      Wkts | 
      wd | 
      nb | 
   
   
     | Zahid Shah | 
     5 | 
     0 | 
     20 | 
     0 | 
     1 | 
     1 | 
   
   
     | Fahad Alhashmi | 
     3 | 
     1 | 
     12 | 
     0 | 
     1 | 
     - | 
   
   
     | Shoaib Sarwar | 
     4 | 
     1 | 
     17 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     1 | 
   
   
     | Sameer Zia | 
     2.2 | 
     0 | 
     10 | 
     1 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
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