IRE vs PNG, ICC Intercontinental Cup 2015-2017/18 at Townsville, January 31 - February 03, 2016

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William Porterfield (c)	c Soper b Vanua	15	28	-	2	0	53.57
Paul Stirling	b Nou	42	70	-	4	0	60.00
Ed Joyce	st †Vare b Dai	35	92	-	1	0	38.04

Niall O'Brien †	c Siaka b Vanua	63	168	-	4	0	37.50

Gary Wilson	lbw b Soper	48	81	-	5	0	59.25

Kevin O'Brien	c Amini b Vanua	19	75	-	1	0	25.33
Andy McBrine	c †Vare b Reva	23	56	-	2	0	41.07

George Dockrell	lbw b Vanua	24	49	-	1	0	48.97
Tim Murtagh	c Siaka b Reva	1	7	-	0	0	14.28
Boyd Rankin	b Vanua	4	4	-	1	0	100.00
Craig Young	not out	1	2	-	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 5, nb 4, w 2)	14
TOTAL	104.4 Ov (RR: 2.76)	289
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (William Porterfield, 5.4 ov), 2-75 (Paul Stirling, 24.2 ov), 3-113 (Ed Joyce, 38.5 ov), 4-182 (Gary Wilson, 61.5 ov), 5-231 (Niall O'Brien, 83.3 ov), 6-239 (Kevin O'Brien, 87.3 ov), 7-280 (Andy McBrine, 101.5 ov), 8-284 (Tim Murtagh, 103.3 ov), 9-288 (George Dockrell, 104.1 ov), 10-289 (Boyd Rankin, 104.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Loa Nou	18	3	60	1	3.33	83	6	0	1	4
24.2 to PR Stirling, . 75/2
Norman Vanua	18.4	2	59	5	3.16	84	4	0	1	0
5.4 to WTS Porterfield, . 21/1 83.3 to NJ O'Brien, miss timed pull shot to mid on. 231/5 87.3 to KJ O'Brien, . 239/6 104.1 to GH Dockrell, . 288/9 104.4 to WB Rankin, . 289/10
Chad Soper	25	10	40	1	1.60	126	2	0	0	0
61.5 to GC Wilson, another confident appeal given this time. 182/4
John Reva	11	3	25	2	2.27	53	1	0	0	0
101.5 to AR McBrine, snick to keeper. 280/7 103.3 to TJ Murtagh, . 284/8
Mahuru Dai	25	5	65	1	2.60	117	5	0	0	0
38.5 to EC Joyce, joyce advances a metre down the wicket easy stumping. 113/3
Charles Amini	3	0	18	0	6.00	11	2	0	0	0
Sese Bau	4	1	14	0	3.50	18	1	0	0	0

Papua New Guinea 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lega Siaka	lbw b Murtagh	13	51	-	1	0	25.49

Vani Morea	c †NJ O'Brien b Murtagh	0	4	-	0	0	0.00
Assad Vala	c & b Murtagh	120	231	-	7	0	51.94
Sese Bau	c KJ O'Brien b Rankin	4	13	-	1	0	30.76
Mahuru Dai	c Dockrell b Young	4	48	-	0	0	8.33

Charles Amini	b Young	1	20	-	0	0	5.00

Jack Vare (c)†	lbw b Murtagh	22	78	-	1	0	28.20

John Reva	b Rankin	2	21	-	0	0	9.52

Norman Vanua	c Porterfield b Dockrell	4	24	-	1	0	16.66

Chad Soper	c †NJ O'Brien b Rankin	5	17	-	1	0	29.41
Loa Nou	not out	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 1, w 3)	13
TOTAL	84.3 Ov (RR: 2.22)	188
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Vani Morea, 0.4 ov), 2-41 (Lega Siaka, 14.6 ov), 3-50 (Sese Bau, 19.5 ov), 4-86 (Mahuru Dai, 37.3 ov), 5-94 (Charles Amini, 43.5 ov), 6-149 (Jack Vare, 67.2 ov), 7-155 (John Reva, 71.6 ov), 8-173 (Norman Vanua, 78.3 ov), 9-188 (Chad Soper, 83.5 ov), 10-188 (Assad Vala, 84.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	18.3	4	33	4	1.78	88	2	0	0	0
0.4 to VV Morea, . 0/1 14.6 to L Siaka, stepped back in front of stumps. 41/2 67.2 to JNT Vare, finger went up quick. 149/6 84.3 to A Vala, . 188/10
Boyd Rankin	18	7	21	3	1.16	97	1	0	2	1
19.5 to S Bau, . 50/3 71.6 to JB Reva, nip and crop. 155/7 83.5 to CA Soper, . 188/9
Craig Young	15	3	42	2	2.80	67	3	0	1	0
37.3 to MD Dai, pops up easy catch to mid on. 86/4 43.5 to CJA Amini, missed a straight one. 94/5
Andy McBrine	12	3	30	0	2.50	58	3	0	0	0
Kevin O'Brien	5	1	17	0	3.40	21	2	0	0	0
George Dockrell	16	1	36	1	2.25	72	1	0	0	0
78.3 to N Vanua, caught silly mid. 173/8

Ireland 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William Porterfield (c)	b Vanua	14	17	-	2	0	82.35
Paul Stirling	c Amini b Nou	19	27	-	2	0	70.37
Ed Joyce	run out (Vanua)	58	113	-	4	0	51.32
Niall O'Brien †	c Siaka b Nou	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Gary Wilson	lbw b Dai	27	74	-	3	0	36.48
Kevin O'Brien	not out	75	95	-	5	2	78.94
Andy McBrine	not out	40	58	-	3	1	68.96
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 2, w 2)	11
TOTAL	64 Ov (RR: 3.81)	244/5d
Did not bat: George Dockrell, Tim Murtagh, Boyd Rankin, Craig Young
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (William Porterfield, 4.5 ov), 2-42 (Paul Stirling, 7.5 ov), 3-44 (Niall O'Brien, 9.1 ov), 4-120 (Gary Wilson, 35.5 ov), 5-129 (Ed Joyce, 40.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Norman Vanua	18	1	69	1	3.83	72	5	1	2	0
4.5 to WTS Porterfield, . 24/1
Loa Nou	8	0	37	2	4.62	34	4	0	0	2
7.5 to PR Stirling, . 42/2 9.1 to NJ O'Brien, . 44/3
John Reva	11	0	38	0	3.45	46	4	0	0	0
Mahuru Dai	13	3	43	1	3.30	53	2	1	0	0
35.5 to GC Wilson, . 120/4
Chad Soper	12	2	33	0	2.75	55	3	0	0	0
Lega Siaka	2	0	17	0	8.50	4	1	1	0	0

Papua New Guinea 2nd Innings (T: 346 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Vani Morea	c †NJ O'Brien b Young	35	81	-	3	0	43.20
Lega Siaka	c †NJ O'Brien b Murtagh	14	20	-	3	0	70.00
Assad Vala	c †NJ O'Brien b Murtagh	20	49	-	3	0	40.81
Sese Bau	b Rankin	45	114	-	2	1	39.47
Mahuru Dai	lbw b KJ O'Brien	4	13	-	1	0	30.76
Charles Amini	st †NJ O'Brien b McBrine	16	24	-	2	0	66.66
Jack Vare (c)†	lbw b Rankin	31	85	-	2	0	36.47
John Reva	c Murtagh b Young	21	39	-	3	0	53.84
Norman Vanua	c KJ O'Brien b Rankin	0	3	-	0	0	0.00
Chad Soper	st †NJ O'Brien b Dockrell	3	12	-	0	0	25.00
Loa Nou	not out	0	3	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)	11
TOTAL	73.4 Ov (RR: 2.71)	200
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Lega Siaka, 6.6 ov), 2-64 (Assad Vala, 22.6 ov), 3-72 (Vani Morea, 25.4 ov), 4-83 (Mahuru Dai, 28.4 ov), 5-118 (Charles Amini, 36.2 ov), 6-172 (Sese Bau, 63.2 ov), 7-175 (Jack Vare, 67.1 ov), 8-175 (Norman Vanua, 67.4 ov), 9-194 (Chad Soper, 72.3 ov), 10-200 (John Reva, 73.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	14	5	25	2	1.78	70	1	0	0	1
6.6 to L Siaka, . 19/1 22.6 to A Vala, . 64/2
Boyd Rankin	15	4	31	3	2.06	73	3	0	0	0
63.2 to S Bau, . 172/6 67.1 to JNT Vare, . 175/7 67.4 to N Vanua, . 175/8
Craig Young	11.4	2	50	2	4.28	52	9	0	0	0
25.4 to VV Morea, . 72/3 73.4 to JB Reva, . 200/10
Kevin O'Brien	5	0	24	1	4.80	18	2	0	1	0
28.4 to MD Dai, . 83/4
George Dockrell	12	5	22	1	1.83	60	1	0	0	0
72.3 to CA Soper, . 194/9
Andy McBrine	16	5	39	1	2.43	75	3	1	0	0
36.2 to CJA Amini, . 118/5

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sun, 31 Jan - day 1 - Ireland 1st innings 232/5 (Kevin O'Brien 19*, Andy McBrine 0*, 85 ov)

Mon, 01 Feb - day 2 - P.N.G. 1st innings 166/7 (Assad Vala 104*, Norman Vanua 4*, 76 ov)

Tue, 02 Feb - day 3 - P.N.G. 2nd innings 50/1 (Vani Morea 18*, Assad Vala 17*, 16 ov)

Wed, 03 Feb - day 4 - P.N.G. 2nd innings 200 (73.4 ov) - end of match

MATCH DETAILS

Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville
Toss	Papua New Guinea, elected to field first
Series	ICC Intercontinental Cup Ireland tour of Australia
Season	2015/16
Hours of play (local time)	10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days	31 January, 1,2,3, February 2016 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Buddhi Pradhan Vineet Kulkarni
Match Referee	Steve Bernard
Points	Ireland 20, Papua New Guinea 0

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P.N.G. Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Murtagh	14	5	25	2	1.78 (1 nb)
WB Rankin	15	4	31	3	2.06
CA Young	11.4	2	50	2	4.28
KJ O'Brien	5	0	24	1	4.8
GH Dockrell	12	5	22	1	1.83
AR McBrine	16	5	39	1	2.43

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-