BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ed Joyce	c Saqib Zulfiqar b Borren	43	65	-	6	0	66.15

William Porterfield (c)	c van Beek b Snater	60	149	-	10	1	40.26

Andy Balbirnie	not out	205	336	-	23	2	61.01
John Anderson	c †Visee b Snater	74	151	-	10	0	49.00

Gary Wilson †	c Gunning b Snater	39	56	-	4	0	69.64

Kevin O'Brien	c Saqib Zulfiqar b Snater	13	7	-	1	1	185.71

Simi Singh	lbw b Snater	0	1	-	0	0	0.00

Jacob Mulder	not out	38	22	-	2	3	172.72
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1, w 3)	5
TOTAL	131 Ov (RR: 3.64)	477/6d
Did not bat: Peter Chase, Tim Murtagh, Boyd Rankin
Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Ed Joyce, 21.4 ov), 2-142 (William Porterfield, 49.6 ov), 3-325 (John Anderson, 104.2 ov), 4-401 (Gary Wilson, 122.5 ov), 5-417 (Kevin O'Brien, 124.5 ov), 6-417 (Simi Singh, 124.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Logan van Beek	17	4	67	0	3.94	77	12	0	1	1
Shane Snater	36	4	116	5	3.22	156	14	0	1	0
49.6 to WTS Porterfield, the breakthrough! Its a good length ball and takes the outside edge of Porterfield's bat. van Beek dives forward at second slip and takes the catch.. 142/2 104.2 to J Anderson, Its a good length ball and Anderson is onto the front foot to defend. Takes the outside edge and the keeper takes the catch.. 325/3 122.5 to GC Wilson, Wilson gets another short ball from Snater. This time he takes him on and tries to clear the long leg boundary. Can't get enough on it and Gunning doesn't have to move as it picks him out perfectly. 401/4 124.5 to KJ O'Brien, O'Brien decides that he is going to keep attacking. Pulls the ball towards the mid-wicket boundary, the ball holds up in the wind and Saqib takes the catch.. 417/5 124.6 to Simi Singh, Singh stays back in the crease and looks to defend the ball. Keeps low and hits Singh in front of the stumps. No doubt on that one as the Umpires finger goes up.. 417/6
Quirijn Gunning	35	4	137	0	3.91	147	15	2	1	0
Peter Borren	24	8	57	1	2.37	118	8	1	0	0
21.4 to EC Joyce, This time Joyce is gone! Its a short ball from Borren and Joyce pulls the ball towards square leg. This time Saqib dives to his left and takes an excellent catch. 75/1
Max O'Dowd	15	3	73	0	4.86	58	6	3	0	0
Saqib Zulfiqar	4	0	26	0	6.50	7	1	1	0	0

Netherlands 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Wesley Barresi	c Balbirnie b Rankin	3	16	-	0	0	18.75

Daniel ter Braak	lbw b Murtagh	32	104	-	3	0	30.76

Saqib Zulfiqar	c Anderson b Rankin	0	6	-	0	0	0.00

Ben Cooper	c Balbirnie b Murtagh	82	149	-	13	0	55.03

Stephan Myburgh	c O'Brien b Mulder	12	14	-	3	0	85.71

Peter Borren (c)	c Chase b Mulder	0	9	-	0	0	0.00

Max O'Dowd	c Balbirnie b Rankin	105	151	-	16	1	69.53

Logan van Beek	c Joyce b Rankin	76	146	-	12	1	52.05

Tobias Visee †	c †Wilson b Rankin	30	39	-	3	0	76.92

Shane Snater	b Chase	19	24	-	3	0	79.16

Quirijn Gunning	not out	13	25	-	1	0	52.00
Extras	(lb 3)	3
TOTAL	113.5 Ov (RR: 3.29)	375
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Wesley Barresi, 3.4 ov), 2-9 (Saqib Zulfiqar, 5.4 ov), 3-92 (Daniel ter Braak, 35.2 ov), 4-113 (Stephan Myburgh, 38.5 ov), 5-117 (Peter Borren, 42.2 ov), 6-149 (Ben Cooper, 54.4 ov), 7-309 (Max O'Dowd, 97.4 ov), 8-314 (Logan van Beek, 99.5 ov), 9-352 (Shane Snater, 107.5 ov), 10-375 (Tobias Visee, 113.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	25	9	52	2	2.08	129	8	0	0	0
35.2 to DJ ter Braak, ter Braak plays back in the crease and looks to defend forward. Is hit on the pad in front of the stumps and the Umpires finger goes up.. 92/3 54.4 to BN Cooper, no mistake this this time. Murtagh gets the edge of Cooper's bat. Balbirnie has to go to his right at second slip and takes the catch. Cooper can't believe that he did it again and trudges off.. 149/6
Boyd Rankin	19.5	7	49	5	2.47	94	7	0	0	0
3.4 to W Barresi, Its another good length ball, Barresi goes back in the crease and gets an edge on the ball. Balbirnie is at second slip and takes the catch in his bread-basket.. 9/1 5.4 to Saqib Zulfiqar, goes back in the crease and looks to keep out a short ball, can only help the ball into the air. Anderson is under the lid at short leg and takes the catch. 9/2 97.4 to MP O'Dowd, What a catch from Balbirnie! Rankin angles the ball across O'Dowd, yets the outside edge and Balbirnie dives to his right at second slip and takes a one-handed catch.. 309/7 99.5 to LV van Beek, Rankin gets another! Its slanted across van Beek, he can't help fending at the ball and Joyce takes the catch at first slip.. 314/8 113.5 to TP Visee, Rankin bowls it short again and Visee swings hard at the ball. It goes a mile in the air and Wilson wanders towards square leg to complete the catch. Rankin gets his five for and the Dutch are all out. 375/10
Peter Chase	23	2	110	1	4.78	91	16	1	0	0
107.5 to S Snater, played on! Snater goes back in the crease to a full ball, gets the bat down and can only play the ball back onto the stumps. Snater just looks down at the pitch before going back to the pavilion. It was a full delivery and did keep a little low.. 352/9
Kevin O'Brien	12	4	33	0	2.75	60	6	0	0	0
Jacob Mulder	26	4	96	2	3.69	108	12	1	0	0
38.5 to SJ Myburgh, its a bit of a nothing ball from Mulder, Myburgh pulls the ball into O'Brien's hands at short mid-wicket. Terrible delivery and an even worse shot means the Dutch lose another wicket. 113/4 42.2 to PW Borren, Borren gets down and looks to sweep the ball, can't get over the top of the ball and it flies up high in the air. Chase goes back at square leg, keeps his eye on the ball and takes the catch.. 117/5
Simi Singh	5	1	19	0	3.80	20	3	0	0	0
John Anderson	3	0	13	0	4.33	11	2	0	0	0

Ireland 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ed Joyce	c sub (FJ Klaassen) b van Beek	9	11	-	2	0	81.81

William Porterfield (c)	c sub (FJ Klaassen) b Barresi	108	140	-	11	1	77.14

Andy Balbirnie	b Barresi	50	94	-	4	0	53.19

John Anderson	c †Visee b Gunning	5	6	-	1	0	83.33

Gary Wilson †	b Barresi	1	3	-	0	0	33.33

Kevin O'Brien	run out (Gunning)	58	49	-	5	2	118.36

Simi Singh	c †Visee b Gunning	0	4	-	0	0	0.00

Jacob Mulder	not out	2	4	-	0	0	50.00
Boyd Rankin	not out	1	1	-	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 3)	6
TOTAL	52 Ov (RR: 4.61)	240/7d
Did not bat: Tim Murtagh, Peter Chase
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Ed Joyce, 2.4 ov), 2-125 (Andy Balbirnie, 33.1 ov), 3-134 (John Anderson, 34.3 ov), 4-139 (Gary Wilson, 35.1 ov), 5-226 (William Porterfield, 49.4 ov), 6-227 (Simi Singh, 50.3 ov), 7-238 (Kevin O'Brien, 51.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Logan van Beek	8	0	32	1	4.00	30	4	0	0	0
2.4 to EC Joyce, Joyce looks to continue the attack, pulls a short ball and it goes high in the air. Classen goes back at mid-wicket and makes an excellent tumbling catch. 12/1
Shane Snater	13	0	52	0	4.00	49	5	0	3	0
Quirijn Gunning	14	1	63	2	4.50	46	7	0	0	0
34.3 to J Anderson, Anderson gets onto the front foot and looks to defend, gets the outside edge and its a simple catch for Visee behind the stumps. Two quick wickets for the Dutch here. 134/3 50.3 to Simi Singh, although he doesn't get off the pair though! Charges down the pitch and gets a little edge to the keeper. 227/6
Max O'Dowd	10	0	48	0	4.80	31	4	1	0	0
Wesley Barresi	7	0	42	3	6.00	23	3	2	0	0
33.1 to A Balbirnie, Balbirnie looks to sweep a legstump ball into the legside. Misses and gets bowled round his legs! Barresi throws both hands in the air and is delighted with that. 125/2 35.1 to GC Wilson, Where have they been hiding this mystery spinner? Wilson gets down early and looks to paddle the ball down to long leg. Once again the batsman misses the ball and gets bowled round his legs!. 139/4 49.4 to WTS Porterfield, Porterfield looks to keep agressive and hits the ball towards cow corner. Can't get enough on it and Klaassen is in the perfect position to take the catch. 226/5

Netherlands 2nd Innings (T: 343 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Wesley Barresi	lbw b Murtagh	0	3	-	0	0	0.00

Daniel ter Braak	b Simi Singh	23	106	-	2	0	21.69

Stephan Myburgh	c †Wilson b Mulder	85	98	-	14	0	86.73

Ben Cooper	not out	37	132	-	6	0	28.03
Saqib Zulfiqar	c †Wilson b Simi Singh	5	14	-	1	0	35.71

Peter Borren (c)	not out	25	103	-	3	0	24.27
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, w 1)	11
TOTAL	76 Ov (RR: 2.44)	186/4
Did not bat: Shane Snater, Logan van Beek, Quirijn Gunning, Max O'Dowd, Tobias Visee †
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Wesley Barresi, 0.3 ov), 2-107 (Daniel ter Braak, 31.2 ov), 3-121 (Stephan Myburgh, 38.6 ov), 4-126 (Saqib Zulfiqar, 43.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	7	2	20	1	2.85	34	4	0	0	0
0.3 to W Barresi, What a start from Ireland! Barresi goes back in the crease and looks to defend back down the pitch. Gets hit on the pads in front of the stumps and the Umpires finger goes up. 0/1
Boyd Rankin	13	2	35	0	2.69	63	6	0	0	0
Peter Chase	6	0	31	0	5.16	26	5	0	1	0
Jacob Mulder	26	6	55	1	2.11	126	6	0	0	0
38.6 to SJ Myburgh, Myburgh looks to give himself some room and plays the cut. Gets a thin edge on the ball and Wilson takes a bobbling catch.. 121/3
Simi Singh	14	6	19	2	1.35	68	2	0	0	0
31.2 to DJ ter Braak, ter Braak looks to defend the ball, spins past the bat and knocks off the bails. ter Braak's long vigil is over.. 107/2 43.2 to Saqib Zulfiqar, must be something about these part-time spinners! Saqib doesn't look comfortable and goes back in the crease to the ball. Hits the edge and Wilson takes the catch.. 126/4
Andy Balbirnie	4	2	5	0	1.25	22	1	0	0	0
John Anderson	6	3	11	0	1.83	31	2	0	0	0

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Tue, 15 Aug - day 1 - Ireland 1st innings 292/2 (Andy Balbirnie 130*, John Anderson 57*, 96 ov)

Wed, 16 Aug - day 2 - Netherlands 1st innings 140/5 (Ben Cooper 81*, Max O'Dowd 12*, 51 ov)

Thu, 17 Aug - day 3 - Ireland 2nd innings 167/4 (William Porterfield 89*, Kevin O'Brien 10*, 41 ov)

Fri, 18 Aug - day 4 - Netherlands 2nd innings 186/4 (76 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

Ireland First Innings
WTS Porterfield 50 off 131 balls (9x4)
A Balbirnie 50 off 122 balls (6x4)
A Balbirnie 100 off 176 balls (13x4, 1x6)
J Anderson 50 off 101 balls (7x4)
A Balbirnie 150 off 268 balls (19x4, 1x6)
A Balbirnie 200 off 332 balls (23x4, 2x6)
Netherlands First Innings
BN Cooper 50 off 81 balls (10x4)
MP O'Dowd 50 off 75 balls (8x4, 1x6)
LV van Beek 50 off 84 balls (9x4)
MP O'Dowd 100 off 139 balls (16x4, 1x6)
Ireland second Innings
WTS Porterfield 50 off 75 balls (5x4, 1x6)
A Balbirnie 50 off 93 balls (4x4)
Netherlands second innings
SJ Myburgh 50 off 56 balls (10x4)

MATCH DETAILS

The Village, Malahide, Dublin
Toss	Netherlands, elected to field first
Series	ICC Intercontinental Cup Netherlands tour of Ireland
Season	2017
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 11.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	15,16,17,18 August 2017 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Daniel ter Braak Saqib Zulfiqar Tobias Visee
Umpires	Heath Kearns Mark Hawthorne
Reserve Umpire	Roly Black
Match Referee	David Jukes
Points	Ireland 9, Netherlands 3

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Netherlands Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
W Barresi	lbw	0	3
DJ ter Braak	bowled	23	106
SJ Myburgh	caught	85	98
BN Cooper	not out	37	132
Saqib Zulfiqar	caught	5	14
PW Borren	not out	25	103
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, w 1)
Total	186(4 wkts; 76 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Murtagh	7	2	20	1	2.85
WB Rankin	13	2	35	0	2.69
PKD Chase	6	0	31	0	5.16
J Mulder	26	6	55	1	2.11
Simi Singh	14	6	19	2	1.35
A Balbirnie	4	2	5	0	1.25
J Anderson	6	3	11	0	1.83

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	0	Wesley Barresi	Daniel ter Braak
2nd	107	Stephan Myburgh	Daniel ter Braak
3rd	14	Stephan Myburgh	Ben Cooper
4th	5	Ben Cooper	Saqib Zulfiqar
5th	60	Peter Borren	Ben Cooper

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ICC Intercontinental Cup

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
AFG	7	6	0	1	121	2.187
IRE	7	5	1	1	109	1.369
NED	7	3	2	2	72	0.958
HKG	7	2	3	1	59	0.915
UAE	7	2	4	1	47	0.816
SCOT	7	0	2	4	46	0.840
PNG	7	2	4	1	43	0.806
NAM	7	1	5	1	27	0.672
CAN	-	-	-	-	-	-
KENYA	-	-	-	-	-	-

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