Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jan-Berrie Burger	b Johnston	13	57	70	2	0	22.80

Louis van der Westhuizen	c KJ O'Brien b Rankin	18	36	52	3	0	50.00

Sarel Burger	c Porterfield b Connell	21	60	89	2	0	35.00

Craig Williams	c Cusack b Connell	25	51	62	4	0	49.01

Gerrie Snyman	c Connell b Botha	9	31	43	2	0	29.03

Louis Burger (c)	not out	74	179	241	10	1	41.34
Deon Kotze	c Johnston b Cusack	5	21	28	0	0	23.80

Bjorn Kotze	lbw b Rankin	43	102	131	4	1	42.15

Tobias Verwey †	c West b Connell	0	7	7	0	0	0.00

Louis Klazinga	lbw b Connell	0	2	3	0	0	0.00

Kola Burger	b Connell	29	21	33	6	0	138.09

Extras	(b 5, lb 8)	13
Total	94.3 Ov (RR: 2.64, 388 Mins)	250
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Louis van der Westhuizen, 13.6 ov), 2-37 (Jan-Berrie Burger, 17.3 ov), 3-81 (Craig Williams, 33.1 ov), 4-82 (Sarel Burger, 35.2 ov), 5-104 (Gerrie Snyman, 44.1 ov), 6-119 (Deon Kotze, 50.5 ov), 7-210 (Bjorn Kotze, 85.1 ov), 8-211 (Tobias Verwey, 86.3 ov), 9-212 (Louis Klazinga, 86.6 ov), 10-250 (Kola Burger, 94.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Peter Connell	20.3	5	54	5	2.63	102	10	0	0	0
33.1 to CG Williams, cuts hard but the ball goes straight into the hands of Cusack standing at backward point. 81/3 35.2 to SF Burger, keeps low outsid eoff as Burger cuts, trhe ball travels sharply to 3rd slip where Porterfieldbtakes a greaty catch at ankle height. 82/4 86.3 to T Verwey, drives, a top edge sees the ball go high into the atmosphere before comiing down to meet a patient West's hands at mid off. 211/8 86.6 to L Klazinga, beatas the bat and traps the batsman in front. 212/9 94.3 to KB Burger, what a terrible delivery, rank full toss is played and missed. 250/10
Boyd Rankin	21	3	68	2	3.23	127	11	0	0	0
13.6 to LP van der Westhuizen, a bouncer, ball comes back at the batsman, who fends away the ball but spoons a catch to Kevin O'Brien at backward point. 36/1 85.1 to BL Kotze, shuffles across and pays the price when he misses. 210/7
Andre Botha	20	8	41	1	2.05	104	5	1	0	0
44.1 to G Snyman, goes on a big drive, but not middled neatly and the ball skies tobwide of mid off where Connell is able to take a simple catch. 104/5
Trent Johnston	19	6	43	1	2.26	59	4	0	0	0
17.3 to AJ Burger, picks the wrong line, ball hits middle stump. 37/2
Regan West	6	1	14	0	2.33	33	2	1	0	0
Alex Cusack	6	2	9	1	1.50	32	1	0	0	0
50.5 to DB Kotze, keeps low after clipping the bat outside off, well taken at 1st slip. 119/6
Kyle McCallan	2	0	8	0	4.00	5	0	0	0	0

Ireland 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William Porterfield (c)	b Snyman	12	31	42	1	0	38.70

Niall O'Brien †	lbw b Snyman	0	3	11	0	0	0.00

Alex Cusack	not out	95	230	273	15	0	41.30
Andre Botha	b Snyman	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Kevin O'Brien	b Snyman	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Andrew White	c Williams b Snyman	8	7	14	1	0	114.28

Trent Johnston	b DB Kotze	58	129	158	9	0	44.96

Kyle McCallan	lbw b SF Burger	2	13	11	0	0	15.38

Regan West	c †Verwey b SF Burger	0	3	3	0	0	0.00

Peter Connell	b SF Burger	1	17	27	0	0	5.88

Boyd Rankin	c †Verwey b SF Burger	4	5	8	1	0	80.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 5, w 2)	15
Total	73.3 Ov (RR: 2.65, 279 Mins)	195
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Niall O'Brien, 2.3 ov), 2-27 (William Porterfield, 10.3 ov), 3-27 (Andre Botha, 10.4 ov), 4-27 (Kevin O'Brien, 10.6 ov), 5-37 (Andrew White, 14.3 ov), 6-178 (Trent Johnston, 60.1 ov), 7-181 (Kyle McCallan, 63.3 ov), 8-181 (Regan West, 63.6 ov), 9-187 (Peter Connell, 71.4 ov), 10-195 (Boyd Rankin, 73.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Gerrie Snyman	15	2	53	5	3.53	69	9	0	0	0
2.3 to NJ O'Brien, beaten, hits the pads, the appeal is upheld. O'Brien is clearly unhappy. 11/1 10.3 to WTS Porterfield, goes forward to defend, ball comes back a bit, gets the inside edge bonto off stump. 27/2 10.4 to AC Botha, beaten all ends up, middle stump goes. 27/3 10.6 to KJ O'Brien, beaten, and the stumps are shattered. 27/4 14.3 to AR White, nicks, ball goes low to Williams at 2nd slip. 37/5
Kola Burger	8	0	33	0	4.12	17	3	0	1	0
Louis Klazinga	11	1	35	0	3.18	52	6	0	0	0
Sarel Burger	19.3	9	23	4	1.17	121	4	0	0	0
63.3 to WK McCallan, comes forward to defend, misss, the ball hits the pads to trap the batsman well in front. 181/7 63.6 to RM West, drives but only to edge to the keeper. 181/8 71.4 to PC Connell, goes forward but misses, the ball doesn't and Connell has to make his way back to to the change rooms. 187/9
Bjorn Kotze	7	1	26	0	3.71	33	4	0	0	0
Deon Kotze	13	7	12	1	0.92	69	1	0	0	0
60.1 to DT Johnston, has a look to pull, fails to connect properly and the ball skids into the stumps dislodging the bails. 178/6

Namibia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jan-Berrie Burger	b Rankin	34	128	181	2	0	26.56

Louis van der Westhuizen	lbw b Connell	0	6	9	0	0	0.00

Louis Klazinga	lbw b Connell	0	4	2	0	0	0.00

Sarel Burger	c Porterfield b Rankin	6	26	35	1	0	23.07

Craig Williams	c Cusack b Botha	14	46	68	2	0	30.43

Gerrie Snyman	c †NJ O'Brien b Botha	31	37	46	3	2	83.78

Louis Burger (c)	lbw b Rankin	1	32	58	0	0	3.12

Deon Kotze	lbw b Connell	18	45	64	2	0	40.00

Bjorn Kotze	not out	17	32	45	2	0	53.12
Tobias Verwey †	run out (KJ O'Brien)	6	16	20	1	0	37.50

Kola Burger	c Johnston b Rankin	0	3	2	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 6, lb 7, w 5)	18
Total	62.3 Ov (RR: 2.32, 270 Mins)	145
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Louis van der Westhuizen, 2.1 ov), 2-1 (Louis Klazinga, 2.5 ov), 3-14 (Sarel Burger, 11.4 ov), 4-43 (Craig Williams, 27.4 ov), 4-43* (Gerrie Snyman, retired not out), 5-68 (Louis Burger, 40.2 ov), 6-85 (Jan-Berrie Burger, 42.1 ov), 7-111 (Gerrie Snyman, 51.1 ov), 8-131 (Deon Kotze, 56.4 ov), 9-145 (Tobias Verwey, 61.5 ov), 10-145 (Kola Burger, 62.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Peter Connell	18	9	36	3	2.00	95	4	0	0	0
2.1 to LP van der Westhuizen, ball nips back beating the covering bat and raps the pads. 1/1 2.5 to L Klazinga, great ball, never looked happy gainst the bowler, beaten and trapped in front going onto the back foot. 1/2 56.4 to DB Kotze, caught well in front and on the back foot. 131/8 62.3 to KB Burger, edged to the slips. 145/10
Boyd Rankin	16.3	4	39	4	2.36	80	4	0	1	0
11.4 to SF Burger, ball comes across the batsman who has a cut, ball goes to Porterfield's right at 2nd slip, a great diving catch. 14/3 40.2 to LJ Burger, shuffles into line and pays the price. 68/5 42.1 to AJ Burger, beaten by a peach of a delivery, voming back from the off. 85/6
Trent Johnston	8	4	8	0	1.00	42	0	0	0	0
Andre Botha	14	5	28	2	2.00	69	4	0	0	0
27.4 to CG Williams, cuts but well enough goes to Cusack at point. 43/4 28.6 to G Snyman, drives to a ball going down off, a faint touch presents the Irish keeper with his first catch of the innings. 43/4 51.1 to G Snyman, drives to a ball going down off, a faint touch presents the Irish keeper with his first catch of the innings. 111/7
Alex Cusack	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	0
Regan West	5	1	21	0	4.20	23	1	2	0	0

Ireland 2nd Innings (T: 201 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William Porterfield (c)	c BL Kotze b DB Kotze	34	53	58	7	0	64.15

Niall O'Brien †	not out	119	165	215	15	2	72.12
Alex Cusack	not out	39	130	156	5	0	30.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 1, nb 1, w 4)	9
Total	58 Ov (RR: 3.46, 215 Mins)	201/1
Did not bat: Andre Botha, Kevin O'Brien, Andrew White, Trent Johnston, Kyle McCallan, Regan West, Boyd Rankin, Peter Connell
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (William Porterfield, 14.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Gerrie Snyman	12	0	41	0	3.41	51	4	0	2	1
Kola Burger	3	0	23	0	7.66	11	3	1	1	0
Sarel Burger	4	1	14	0	3.50	17	2	0	1	0
Deon Kotze	24	6	47	1	1.95	117	4	1	0	0
14.5 to WTS Porterfield, going for a big hit, ball goes high to a waiting Bjon Kotze at deeoish mid on. 68/1
Louis Klazinga	7	0	29	0	4.14	32	6	0	0	0
Jan-Berrie Burger	4	0	27	0	6.75	14	5	0	0	0
Craig Williams	3	0	12	0	4.00	12	2	0	0	0
Louis Burger	1	0	4	0	4.00	5	1	0	0	0

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Thu, 30 Oct - day 1 - Namibia 1st innings 241/9 (Louis Burger 72*, Kola Burger 22*, 90 ov)

Fri, 31 Oct - day 2 - Namibia 2nd innings 14/2 (Jan-Berrie Burger 7*, Sarel Burger 6*, 9 ov)

Sat, 01 Nov - day 3 - Ireland 2nd innings 134/1 (Niall O'Brien 77*, Alex Cusack 19*, 36 ov)

Sun, 02 Nov - day 4 - Ireland 2nd innings 201/1 (58 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Namibia 1st Innings
50 runs in 29.2 overs (99 mins, 146 balls, 6x4,0x6)
100 runs in 40.3 overs (171 mins, 255 balls, 15x4,0x6)
150 runs in 63.1 overs (255 mins, 379 balls, 21x4,0x6)
LJ Burger: 50 runs off 116 balls in 134 mins (6x4, 1x6)
7th wicket partnership 50 runs from 124 balls in 281 mins (LJ Burger 24, BL Kotze 20, Extras 6, 5x4, 1x6)
New ball taken after 80 overs
200 runs in 81.6 overs (329 mins, 498 balls, 25x4,2x6)

Day 2

Ireland 1st Innings
50 runs in 15.5 overs (72 mins, 103 balls, 4x4,0x6)
6th wicket partnership 50 runs from 57 balls in 37 mins (AR Cusack 23, DT Johnston 21, Extras 6, 7x4, 0x6)
100 runs in 25.5 overs (121 mins, 163 balls, 12x4,0x6)
AR Cusack: 50 runs off 90 balls in 114 mins (9x4, 0x6)
6th wicket partnership 100 runs from 126 balls in 82 mins (AR Cusack 35, DT Johnston 57, Extras 8, 16x4, 0x6)
150 runs in 39.1 overs (174 mins, 248 balls, 22x4,0x6)
DT Johnston: 50 runs off 81 balls in 107 mins (7x4, 0x6)

Day 3

Namibia 2nd Innings
G Snyman (2) retired hurt on 0* from 43/4 (28.6 ov) to 68/5 (40.3 ov)
50 runs in 31.1 overs (136 mins, 184 balls, 4x4,0x6)
100 runs in 48.3overs (209 mins, 291 balls, 8x4,2x6)
Ireland 2nd Innings
50 runs in 7.1 overs (36 mins, 43 balls, 9x4,1x6)
1st wicket partnership 50 runs from 43 balls in 36 mins (WTS Porterfield 24, NJ O'Brien 28,Extras 1, 9x4, 1x6)
NJ O'Brien: 50 runs off 52 balls in 84 mins (7x4, 1x6)
100 runs in 23.5 overs (94 mins, 143 balls, 17x4,1x6)
Ireland 2nd Innings: 1x5 ball over (Over 25 bowled by DB Kotze called by PK Baldwin)
2nd wicket partnership 50 runs from 83 balls in 52 mins (NJ O'Brien 37, AR Cusack 13, Extras 0, 9x4, 0x6)

Day 4

150 runs in 47.6 overs (175 mins, 288 balls, 19x4,1x6)
NJ O'Brien: 100 runs off 144 balls in 185 mins (13x4, 1x6)
2nd wicket partnership 100 runs from 219 balls in 131 mins (NJ O'Brien 71, AR Cusack 23, Extras 6, 12x4, 0x6)
200 runs in 57.6 overs (215 mins, 352 balls, 27x4,1x6)

Match Details

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Toss	Namibia, elected to bat first
Series	ICC Intercontinental Cup
Season	2008/09
Player Of The Match	Alex Cusack
Series result	Ireland won the 2008/09 ICC Intercontinental Cup
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30.
Match days	30,31 October, 1,2 November 2008 - day (5-day match)
Umpires	Ian Howell Paul Baldwin
Reserve Umpire	Clive Joubert
Match Referee	David Jukes

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Ireland Innings

Player Name		R	B
WTS Porterfield	caught	34	53
NJ O'Brien	not out	119	165
AR Cusack	not out	39	130
Extras	(b 3, lb 1, nb 1, w 4)
Total	201(1 wkt; 58 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
G Snyman	12	0	41	0	3.41 (1 nb)
KB Burger	3	0	23	0	7.66
SF Burger	4	1	14	0	3.5
DB Kotze	24	6	47	1	1.95
L Klazinga	7	0	29	0	4.14
AJ Burger	4	0	27	0	6.75
CG Williams	3	0	12	0	4
LJ Burger	1	0	4	0	4

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	68	Niall O'Brien	William Porterfield
2nd	133	Niall O'Brien	Alex Cusack

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ICC Intercontinental Cup

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
NAM	7	6	1	0	108	1.226
IRE	7	5	0	2	106	2.337
KENYA	7	4	2	0	96	1.089
SCOT	7	3	1	2	82	1.302
NED	7	3	4	0	48	0.771
UAE	7	1	5	1	29	0.787
CAN	7	1	5	1	29	0.782
BER	7	1	6	0	26	0.670

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