Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gayan Silva	lbw b Langford-Smith	4	4	1	1	0	100.00
Amjad Ali †	c †NJ O'Brien b Johnston	12	30	40	3	0	40.00
Naeemuddin Aslam	lbw b Thompson	49	124	175	7	0	39.51
Rashid Khan	c KJ O'Brien b Langford-Smith	23	51	62	2	0	45.09
Saqib Ali (c)	c Stirling b Johnston	7	26	49	1	0	26.92
Nizel Fernandes	c KJ O'Brien b McCallan	14	30	44	2	0	46.66
Sameer Zia	b Cusack	56	80	108	9	0	70.00
Ahmed Raza	c Porterfield b Botha	46	83	109	7	0	55.42
Shoaib Sarwar	b Cusack	0	7	9	0	0	0.00
Zahid Shah	run out (Stirling)	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Fahad Alhashmi	not out	0	1	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 4, w 4)	17
Total	72 Ov (RR: 3.16)	228
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Gayan Silva), 2-29 (Amjad Ali), 3-70 (Rashid Khan), 4-97 (Saqib Ali), 5-111 (Naeemuddin Aslam), 6-121 (Nizel Fernandes), 7-218 (Sameer Zia), 8-218 (Shoaib Sarwar), 9-218 (Zahid Shah), 10-228 (Ahmed Raza, 71.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dave Langford-Smith	9	3	26	2	2.88	-	-	-	2	2
Trent Johnston	15	4	40	2	2.66	-	-	-	1	0
Kevin O'Brien	8	1	29	0	3.62	-	-	-	1	1
Alex Cusack	7	4	13	2	1.85	-	-	-	0	0
Greg Thompson	13	2	62	1	4.76	-	-	-	0	0
Andre Botha	12	5	32	1	2.66	-	-	-	0	1
Kyle McCallan	8	2	17	1	2.12	-	-	-	0	0

Ireland 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William Porterfield	lbw b Zahid Shah	25	62	109	1	1	40.32
Paul Stirling	b Fahad Alhashmi	2	18	18	0	0	11.11
Eoin Morgan	lbw b Ahmed Raza	47	95	164	6	0	49.47
Niall O'Brien †	c †Amjad Ali b Sameer Zia	174	293	487	23	0	59.38
Kevin O'Brien	c †Amjad Ali b Ahmed Raza	33	58	66	4	0	56.89
Andre Botha	lbw b Saqib Ali	19	32	42	2	0	59.37
Alex Cusack	lbw b Zahid Shah	4	17	19	0	0	23.52
Trent Johnston (c)	c †Amjad Ali b Saqib Ali	69	95	181	10	0	72.63
Kyle McCallan	not out	52	107	143	6	0	48.59
Greg Thompson	b Sameer Zia	1	6	7	0	0	16.66
Dave Langford-Smith	c Ahmed Raza b Saqib Ali	15	37	38	2	0	40.54
Extras	(b 3, lb 11, nb 17, w 2)	33
Total	134.3 Ov (RR: 3.52)	474
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Paul Stirling), 2-67 (William Porterfield), 3-102 (Eoin Morgan), 4-166 (Kevin O'Brien), 5-197 (Andre Botha), 6-203 (Alex Cusack), 7-366 (Trent Johnston, 100.2 ov), 8-443 (Niall O'Brien), 9-447 (Greg Thompson), 10-474 (Dave Langford-Smith, 134.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zahid Shah	27	3	126	2	4.66	-	-	-	0	12
Fahad Alhashmi	13	3	40	1	3.07	-	-	-	2	0
Shoaib Sarwar	14	2	59	0	4.21	-	-	-	0	1
Sameer Zia	24	2	87	2	3.62	-	-	-	0	0
Saqib Ali	26.3	3	84	3	3.16	-	-	-	0	0
Ahmed Raza	30	5	64	2	2.13	-	-	-	0	0

United Arab Emirates 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gayan Silva	c KJ O'Brien b McCallan	16	68	101	3	0	23.52
Amjad Ali †	c Cusack b McCallan	23	45	49	2	0	51.11
Naeemuddin Aslam	lbw b Johnston	0	9	12	0	0	0.00
Saqib Ali (c)	c Morgan b Cusack	195	358	456	26	4	54.46
Rashid Khan	lbw b Cusack	17	36	43	1	1	47.22
Sameer Zia	b Cusack	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Ahmed Raza	c McCallan b Botha	1	13	19	0	0	7.69
Shoaib Sarwar	b McCallan	9	12	21	2	0	75.00
Zahid Shah	lbw b Thompson	28	166	288	4	1	16.86
Fahad Alhashmi	b Thompson	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Nizel Fernandes	not out	6	27	37	1	0	22.22
Extras	(b 4, nb 4, w 3)	11
Total	122.2 Ov (RR: 2.50)	306
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Amjad Ali), 2-38 (Naeemuddin Aslam), 3-64 (Gayan Silva), 4-108 (Rashid Khan), 5-108 (Sameer Zia), 6-113 (Ahmed Raza), 7-127 (Shoaib Sarwar), 8-286 (Zahid Shah), 9-286 (Fahad Alhashmi), 10-306 (Saqib Ali, 122.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dave Langford-Smith	10	1	38	0	3.80	-	-	-	0	2
Kevin O'Brien	15	5	40	0	2.66	-	-	-	0	2
Kyle McCallan	42	12	104	3	2.47	-	-	-	1	0
Trent Johnston	3	1	5	1	1.66	-	-	-	1	0
Greg Thompson	21	4	60	2	2.85	-	-	-	0	0
Alex Cusack	16.2	7	19	3	1.16	-	-	-	1	0
Andre Botha	13	8	24	1	1.84	-	-	-	0	0
Paul Stirling	2	0	12	0	6.00	-	-	-	0	0

Ireland 2nd Innings (T: 61 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William Porterfield	not out	40	54	77	5	0	74.07
Paul Stirling	c †Amjad Ali b Sameer Zia	10	22	57	2	0	45.45
Eoin Morgan	not out	4	12	19	1	0	33.33
Extras	(b 5, nb 3, w 2)	10
Total	14.2 Ov (RR: 4.46, 77 Mins)	64/1
Did not bat: Niall O'Brien †, Andre Botha, Kevin O'Brien, Alex Cusack, Trent Johnston (c), Kyle McCallan, Greg Thompson, Dave Langford-Smith
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Paul Stirling)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zahid Shah	5	0	20	0	4.00	-	-	-	1	1
Fahad Alhashmi	3	1	12	0	4.00	-	-	-	1	0
Shoaib Sarwar	4	1	17	0	4.25	-	-	-	0	1
Sameer Zia	2.2	1	10	1	4.28	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Thu, 06 Mar - day 1 - Ireland 1st innings 46/1 (William Porterfield 16*, Eoin Morgan 21*, 16 ov)

Fri, 07 Mar - day 2 - Ireland 1st innings 366/7 (Niall O'Brien 37*, 100.2 ov)

Sat, 08 Mar - day 3 - U.A.E. 2nd innings 186/7 (Saqib Ali 98*, Zahid Shah 14*, 60 ov)

Sun, 09 Mar - day 4 - Ireland 2nd innings 64/1 (14.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss	United Arab Emirates, elected to bat first
Series	ICC Intercontinental Cup
Season	2007/08
Player Of The Match	Saqib Ali
Hours of play (local time)	<b>Close of play updates only</b><br>10.00am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40pm, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days	6,7,8,9 March 2008 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Paul Stirling
Umpires	Shahul Hameed Zameer Haider
Points	Ireland 20, United Arab Emirates 0

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Ireland Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
Zahid Shah	5	0	20	0	4 (1 nb)
Fahad Alhashmi	3	1	12	0	4
Shoaib Sarwar	4	1	17	0	4.25 (1 nb)
Sameer Zia	2.2	1	10	1	4.28

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	40	William Porterfield	Paul Stirling
2nd	24	Eoin Morgan	William Porterfield

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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