U.A.E. vs Ireland, 16th Match, Pool B at Brisbane, , Feb 25 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary

9.50pm Whew. What a match that was. I'll say it again. What. A. Match. More of this, 2015 World Cup. More of this. I'm off now, to breathe a little, and have a soothing pot of tea. Thoroughly enjoyed bringing you this game, hope you enjoyed following it too. Until next time, it's bye bye!

James: "99.2 overs bowled. 557 runs, 17 wickets. What more could you want?"

Moazam: "so Pakistan have to wait for Zim vs Ire match to decide whether they can qualify for the quarter-finals or not." -- And they'll also have to beat those two teams, and UAE as well, and maybe South Africa too.

Paul Price: "Hardly a cricket fan in the world could have been unimpressed by that. Games like that are a tribute to cricket, and proof that the game is on the up in the so-called smaller nations. So why have a smaller World Cup? We need to have countries like IRE and UAE showcase their skills on an international stage."

Samrat Ahuja: "Sample this scenario , last ball of the match and one run to win or tie for the batting side. Stuck on the pads, they try to steal a leg bye, umpire raises his finger! Batsman takes a review, and is adjudged not out, but since ball is dead after the umpire raises his finger, will they count the run taken by batsmen, will they repeat the ball again, or will the batting team declared as losing team?" -- It might well happen, Samrat. I dread to imagine the fallout of that!

William Porterfield (this is how best I could transcribe his thick Irish accent): "Closer than we'd have wanted, but we'll take a win any day of the week. Helped to have wickets in hand, especially when you have Gary Wilson and Kev coming in at the end. It was nice to get a win here, games will start coming thicker and faster, just have to keep up the performances." Fan question: Key factor in winning? "Scoring more runs than them."

Mohammad Tauqir: "Shaiman played a superb knock, to go from 130 for 6 to 280, the credit goes to him, brilliant innings. Both of them [him and Javed] played superbly. We know they are very good batsmen, especially Shaiman, coming lower down the order, and he proved it today. We bowled well up to 35 overs, and later on there was dew and the ball became wet, and it was a very good batting wicket and they batted well and it went to the wire."

Ben: "Gee wiz, could've given Anwar the MoM, he did make a ton after all."

Abhishek Ranjan: "I wish the bails had fallen."

Mike: "Well done Ireland: there's nothing like a mild heart attack to make lunch a bit more tasty! Our ability to make it difficult for ourselves knows no bounds, and our net run rate probably means we need two more wins to secure a quarter final place now, but two from two ain't bad. Superb innings from Gary. And as for Kevin: I'm old enough to remember when 50 from 24 balls was a big deal!"

Gary Wilson is the man of the match: "I've batted a lot with Kev, both at the county and the international level, and we dovetailed well together. We want four wins, all we can do is take each game as it comes."

Ankit: "I kinda feel sad for UAE. They have made good totals in both their matches. Started excellently with the ball, but in the end, one or two men snatch victory away from them. Last time it was Sean Williams, this time Wilson and O'Brien."

9.34pm A win by two wickets, with four balls remaining. This has undoubtedly been the match of the tournament. UAE were hamstrung (quite literally) by the injury to Guruge, but Ireland's middle and lower order had the experience and brought all of it to the fore in chasing down this tricky total. The UAE attack bowled brilliantly, but the efforts of Wilson and O'Brien took Ireland over the line in the end, just about. Ten teams at the next World Cup? No scope for a match like this then.

Mohammad Naveed to defend three runs off the final over. Alex Cusack on strike.

Down to three runs now, from seven balls. Ireland's to lose

I'm losing track of who's on strike.

10 off 12. Amjad Javed to bowl.

Avi: "Ball becomes dead only if upmire gives out, which was the case in Aus vs Eng match" You're probably right, Avi. I'm too flustered to think at the moment :)

George Dockrell. He can bat, but this is immense pressure.

Also, I'm not sure Ireland should have got the leg-bye on that reviewed lbw. Ball should have become dead at the point of the appeal, no?

Less than 6000 people at the ground but they're making a hell of a noise, clapping in rhythm to the bowler's run-up. This is brilliant stuff.

around the wicket to Mooney

David Clark: "I'm sitting here in Perth, Australia, with no TV access to the game because I refuse to get Foxtel. I won't serve up tea, because I am hooked on your text about this game. Well done both teams, and really well done cricinfo and whoever is prodding text."