Ireland keep their World Cup hopes alive! Back of a length on off, Rankin bowls a heavy ball. Wheal backs away again for a biiiig slog. He only snicks it behind. Niall throws himself to his right, and clings onto the one-handed catch to wrap things up for Ireland
Ireland vs Scotland, 28th Match, Super Sixes at Harare, , Mar 18 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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28th Match, Super Sixes, Harare, March 18, 2018, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier
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4.44pm That is that. No Ed Joyce, no problem for Ireland. Andy Balbirnie led the way for them with a sublime century and was ably complemented by punchy knocks from the O'Brien brothers - Niall and Kevin. Coetzer's brisk fifty upfront and a late counterattack from the Scotland tail threatened Ireland, but they hung on to wrap up a 25-run win. Coetzer was particularly severe on Rankin, but the Irish seamer overcame a difficult start to take 4 for 63, securing the victory as the clouds parted and the ground was bathed in afternoon sunshine.This is Scotland's first loss in this tournament. Liam Brickhill's report will tell you the full story of the day.Thanks for reading. Goodbye for now
Balbirnie, Man of the Match: The quick turnaround has helped. It hasn't been a great tournament for me, but happy to get some runs. Luckily Niall played a run-a-ball innings, Kevin did the same, and that helped me. We are going to take a couple of days off and get back to it.
Porterfield: We knew we had to turn up and two points today. We were disappointing with the bat against Zimbabwe, so this turnaround was pleasing. We were good against Afghanistan over the last winter and back ourselves.
Coetzer: This was one of the best wickets in the tournament, maybe they got too many runs. A couple of crucial moments in the game did not go our way.
Kabir: "Ireland & Afghanistan live another day. They have only chance if West Indies too beat Scotland and looses to Zimbabwe, then there would be a point tie between West Indies & Afghanistan/ Ireland"
47.4
W
Rankin to Wheal, OUT
Brad Wheal c †O'Brien b Rankin 14 (10b 3x4 0x6 17m) SR: 140
47.4
1w
Rankin to Wheal, 1 wide
bouncer on middle, too high, and called a wide
47.3
4
Rankin to Wheal, FOUR runs
backs away and slices it away to the right of sweeper cover for four
47.2
•
Rankin to Wheal, no run
back of a length and bounces over middle, Wheal still can't connect with a slog
47.1
•
Rankin to Wheal, no run
swings and misses outside off
Scotland need 31 off 18 balls to pull off a heist
end of over 4716 runs
SCOT: 241/9CRR: 5.12 • RRR: 10.33
Mark Watt31 (19b 2x4 2x6)
Brad Wheal10 (6b 2x4)
Tim Murtagh 9-3-51-2
Boyd Rankin 9-0-58-3
46.6
6
Murtagh to Watt, SIX runs
floated full on middle stump, gets underneath the length and nonchalantly lifts it over the bowler's head for a flat six
sam: "@bimal nah watt and wheal are going for the win"
46.5
1
Murtagh to Wheal, 1 run
full and outside off, flat-batted down to mid-off
46.4
1
Murtagh to Watt, 1 run
swings hard and inside-edges the ball onto his pad. They hare across for a single. Murtagh swoops in and kicks the ball onto the stumps but Wheal is in
46.3
6
Murtagh to Watt, SIX runs
slower short ball outside off, Watt picks the change-up and launches a six over square leg
Bimal: "Scotland should look to play full 50 overs and make try to reach close to 250. NRR might come into play in the end."
46.2
1
Murtagh to Wheal, 1 run
heaved away to deep square leg
46.1
1
Murtagh to Watt, 1 run
backs away and slogs to deep midwicket
end of over 469 runs
SCOT: 225/9CRR: 4.89 • RRR: 11.75
Brad Wheal8 (4b 2x4)
Mark Watt17 (15b 2x4)
Boyd Rankin 9-0-58-3
Barry McCarthy 9-0-44-2
45.6
4
Rankin to Wheal, FOUR runs
back of a length and outside off, thumped across the line, Simi Singh at deep midwicket stretches to his right but the ball evades his reach
45.5
•
Rankin to Wheal, no run
swings and misses outside off
45.4
1
Rankin to Watt, 1 run
drilled down the ground to the left of mid-on
45.3
4
Rankin to Watt, FOUR runs
Watt clears his front leg, shows the full face of the ball, and lofts this full ball on middle over the bowler's head. Lovely swing
45.2
•
Rankin to Watt, no run
pitches outside leg and swings away to hit the thigh pad
45.1
•
Rankin to Watt, no run
backs away, swipes, loses his shape, and inside-edges the ball onto the pad
end of over 458 runs • 1 wicket
SCOT: 216/9CRR: 4.80 • RRR: 11.20
Mark Watt12 (11b 1x4)
Brad Wheal4 (2b 1x4)
Barry McCarthy 9-0-44-2
Andy McBrine 9-0-40-0
44.6
1
McCarthy to Watt, 1 run
on a length and outside off, skies it in the air.... lands beyond extra cover and in front of long-off running in
44.5
2
McCarthy to Watt, 2 runs
slower ball, worked off the pads to deep midwicket
44.4
1lb
McCarthy to Wheal, 1 leg bye
sliding in to hit the pad and roll away to the leg side
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