- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR18.5 short, sits up, he could have hit that anywhere he wanted, but all he manages to do is pick out Sorensen on the deep square leg boundary 73/311.3 oh my. This has been a bit of a struggle for Berenger, and it ends tamely, as he pops up a back of a length ball, leg-stumpish, straight into short midwicket's hands, going too early into a flick 49/113.1 got him! Again it's the one that goes with the angle. It's angled in towards off stump and he drives at it with an angled bat, too much bottom hand in that, and it pops up off the outside edge and it goes very quickly to Kevin O'Brien at slip, over his right shoulder, and he parried it in the air at the first attempt and caught it safely on the second attempt 53/231.4 big appeal for lbw and it's given! Came outside his crease and looked to work it leg side, and it hurried through to hit his front pad. Khurram has reviewed... he was a long way down the track. Let's seen now, not much turn, seemed to hit him in line with off stump, going on to clip the top of leg stump, which means it's umpire's call. Khurram's a little unlucky there, simply because it was the sort of lbw call that looked a little not-out at first sight, simply because of how far he was down the pitch. 125/520.5 gone! Back of a length outside off, a bit of extra bounce, and he pushes hard at it with an angled bat and gets a thick edge that goes to slip just above head height 78/448.4 goes a long way outside leg stump and Sorensen bowls a simple length ball on off stump. He has to reach for it to hit that over the covers, ends up scooping it high in the air behind the wicket off the outside half of his bat. The wicketkeeper settles under it, and that's the end of a fantastic World Cup century 269/834.2 got him! Cusack bends his back a bit more and gets this to lift from back of a length. Not much room to cut anyway, and he gets a thick edge through to the keeper 131/646.1 short ball, and he hits it well but too close to Joyce, who moves to his right from deep midwicket and takes a well-judged catch 238/749.5 short ball, into the body as he backs away. Goes for the pull, top-edges it high in the air, and the bowler takes a simple catch, goes for the hands-over-head technique 276/9Extras17 (b 1, lb 4, nb 1, w 11)TOTAL278/9 (50 Overs, RR: 5.56)Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Andri Berenger, 11.3 ov), 2-53 (Krishna Chandran, 13.1 ov), 3-73 (Amjad Ali, 18.5 ov), 4-78 (Swapnil Patil, 20.5 ov), 5-125 (Khurram Khan, 31.4 ov), 6-131 (Rohan Mustafa, 34.2 ov), 7-238 (Amjad Javed, 46.1 ov), 8-269 (Shaiman Anwar, 48.4 ov), 9-276 (Mohammad Naveed, 49.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JF Mooney 6 0 32 0 5.33 22 2 0 2 1 MC Sorensen 10 0 60 2 6.00 26 6 0 0 0 AR Cusack 10 0 54 2 5.40 36 6 0 3 0 PR Stirling 10 0 27 2 2.70 41 1 0 1 0 KJ O'Brien 7 0 61 2 8.71 16 7 0 4 0 GH Dockrell 7 0 39 1 5.57 22 3 1 1 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR23.3 bowled him! That hung in the air for a while and he played across it, looking to sweep. Cleared his front leg, and played across a straight ball, which went under his bat and crashed into middle stump 94/31.4 got him! That is superb bowling from Guruge, slanted this across and this time there was no swing. Stirling stood there and flashed at it away from his body, and could only nick it through to the keeper 4/118.4 got him! Joyce's luck runs out finally, goes for a drive away from his body. It was a good ball, angling away, not full enough to drive, and the edge carries through at shoulder height to Patil 72/225.2 Tauqir strikes again! Niall has reviewed, but it looked plumb. It slid on again, towards middle stump, I would think. Went for the sweep across the line and that thudded into his front pad. Was there an edge? Nope. Didn't get a huge stride forward either. Hit him in line with middle stump, you can see off stump when it hit. Turned and straightened, in fact, and went past his outside edge. Hitting three-fourths of the way up middle stump, and Niall O'Brien will have to go. 97/438.4 gone! It was a length ball on off stump and he moved away from the line to drive through extra cover. May have stopped on him a touch and he ended up spooning a simple catch to the fielder at mid-off 171/547.3 and UAE are back in it! that's a short ball angling into his body, and he leans away to guide it past short third man, but he ends up hitting it too close to him, and Javed dives forward and takes a super low catch 267/844.4 gone! Another slower ball, and he was moving away from the line, looking to hit over extra cover. Doesn't connect half as well as he'd have liked to, and he scoops it straight into the fielder's hands 243/646.6 another twist. Mooney looks to lap-sweep a full ball on off stump, ends up hitting it awkwardly over his own shoulder, and Amjad Ali, backtracking from short fine leg, takes a well-judged catch 259/7Extras11 (b 4, lb 3, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL279/8 (49.2 Overs, RR: 5.65)Did not bat: MC SorensenFall of wickets: 1-4 (Paul Stirling, 1.4 ov), 2-72 (Ed Joyce, 18.4 ov), 3-94 (William Porterfield, 23.3 ov), 4-97 (Niall O'Brien, 25.2 ov), 5-171 (Andy Balbirnie, 38.4 ov), 6-243 (Kevin O'Brien, 44.4 ov), 7-259 (John Mooney, 46.6 ov), 8-267 (Gary Wilson, 47.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Naveed 9.2 1 65 2 6.96 27 9 0 0 1 AM Guruge 7 0 21 1 3.00 29 0 0 1 0 Amjad Javed 10 0 60 3 6.00 32 6 2 0 0 Mohammad Tauqir 9 0 38 2 4.22 31 3 0 0 1 Rohan Mustafa 9 0 45 0 5.00 21 2 0 0 0 Krishna Chandran 5 0 43 0 8.60 7 5 0 1 0
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- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 0 wicket)
- United Arab Emirates: 50 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: United Arab Emirates - 64/2 in 17.0 overs (Amjad Ali 40, Khurram Khan 8)
- United Arab Emirates: 100 runs in 26.6 overs (162 balls), Extras 4
- Over 31.4: Review by United Arab Emirates (Batting), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - Khurram Khan (Struck down)
- Drinks: United Arab Emirates - 130/5 in 34.0 overs (Shaiman Anwar 27, Rohan Mustafa 2)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 47 runs, 0 wicket)
- United Arab Emirates: 150 runs in 37.1 overs (223 balls), Extras 6
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (Shaiman Anwar 20, Amjad Javed 30, Ex 1)
- Shaiman Anwar: 50 off 51 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- United Arab Emirates: 200 runs in 41.6 overs (253 balls), Extras 8
- 7th Wicket: 100 runs in 65 balls (Shaiman Anwar 52, Amjad Javed 40, Ex 8)
- United Arab Emirates: 250 runs in 47.1 overs (284 balls), Extras 15
- Shaiman Anwar: 100 off 79 balls (10 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Innings Break: United Arab Emirates - 278/9 in 50.0 overs (Mohammad Tauqir 2, AM Guruge 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 35 runs, 1 wicket)
- Ireland: 50 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 77 balls (WTS Porterfield 20, EC Joyce 29, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Ireland - 61/1 in 16.0 overs (WTS Porterfield 27, EC Joyce 30)
- Over 25.2: Review by Ireland (Batting), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - NJ O'Brien (Struck down)
- Ireland: 100 runs in 26.4 overs (160 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Ireland - 142/4 in 34.0 overs (A Balbirnie 18, GC Wilson 26)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (A Balbirnie 21, GC Wilson 27, Ex 2)
- Ireland: 150 runs in 34.6 overs (211 balls), Extras 4
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 33 runs, 1 wicket)
- GC Wilson: 50 off 49 balls (4 x 4)
- Ireland: 200 runs in 41.3 overs (251 balls), Extras 7
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (GC Wilson 11, KJ O'Brien 36, Ex 6)
- KJ O'Brien: 50 off 24 balls (8 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Ireland: 250 runs in 45.3 overs (275 balls), Extras 10
- Over 46.5: Review by United Arab Emirates (Bowling), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - GC Wilson (Struck down)
- Attendance: 5,249
Match Coverage
All Match NewsBacking Green at the Gabba
The match between Ireland and the UAE was the first final-over thriller of the World Cup and it was littered with great moments like the bail fail and the antics of Larry the Leprechaun
Ireland overcome expectation
Far from assuming the role of plucky underdogs, Ireland were forced to deal with unexpected pressure of being heavy favourites against UAE
Anwar's star shines brightly
Fearless, flamboyant and elegant. Two matches in, UAE may have already found their first batting superstar
Anwar's record day in vain
Stats highlights from Ireland's narrow victory over the UAE
Gary Wilson guides Ireland to a narrow win over UAE
Gary Wilson anchored Ireland's chase to help them narrowly beat a resolute United Arab Emirates by two wickets in their World Cup 2015 Group B match played in Brisbane on Wednesday.