full and wide outside off, sliced away behind square on the off side. Hong Kong stun hosts Ireland. After winning 21 straight matches in the World T20 Qualifier, Ireland have lost two in a row
Ireland vs Hong Kong, 33rd Match, Group A at Dublin, Jul 17 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary
That's all we have for you. Do watch out for Peter Della Penna's report. Until next time, buh bye and good night.
Tristan: "Nice scalp for HK. Two loses on the trot for Ireland and they have to regroup."
Tanwir Afzal: Ireland are experienced, they have home advantage as well and beating them gives us confidence. We believe that we had enough runs at the halfway mark. We had a bad start but I believe we can make it. Great win and we are all happy.
William Porterfield: We would have taken 129 any day. It went wrong in the second half. The pitches have been slow and we haven't adapted as a group.
Irfan Ahmed, Man of the Match: It was not easy to bat on the track. We just wanted to put the ball in the right areas. Beating Ireland gives us confidence.
5:45pm Amjad pumps his fist. Hong Kong have defended 129 for their second win of the tournament. Ireland looked to be well paced when Stirling and Porterfield got together and built a 43-run partnership. The chase, though, disintegrated quickly after the wicket of Stirling; Ireland went from 52 for 1 to 106 for 8, including losing four wickets in seven balls. Irfan nailed the yorkers at the death and Hong Kong's fielding was super sharp.
slower ball on off from Amjad. Mooney waits on it, hits with the wind and launches it over deep midwicket. But its all too late
yorker, right in the blockhole, jammed back to the bowler
loopy full toss but wide outside off, past the tram line
full and on the stumps, Mooney makes room and cracks a drive to the right of long-off. The fielder dives to his right and makes a smart stop
length and outside off, Mooney wants to smash it away but does not connect
good start to the over for Ireland. Amjad misses the yorker and pushes it too full, drilled between the bowler and non-striker to the long-on boundary
Ireland need 23 off the last over.
Two wickets and two runs off the penultimate over. Top, top over..
back of a length and outside off, Mooney waits on it and steers it to third man
Cusack joins Mooney.
holes out to Hayat at long-on. Back of a length and on middle, Dockrell punts it straight down the gullet of the fielder. Make that four wickets in seven balls
back of a length and outside off, Dockrell throws his bat at it and does not connect
Dockrell..
Three wickets in five balls for Hong Kong.
edged behind. Ireland are sliding quickly. Back of a length and jags in outside off. He loads up for a pull and can only under-edge it to Atkinson. The umpires check for a possible no-ball. Irfan's footing is fine and Poynter has to go.
full ball just a shade outside off, swings and misses
back of a length and outside off, chopped to point
Mooney..
Bye, bye Thompson. Hurled full and outside off, driven to extra cover and Thompson sets off for a speedy single. Afzal attacks the ball and throws the stumps down at the non-strikers' end. Tense faces in the Ireland camp
Thompson in..
The leg stump is splintered. Pin-point yorker from Amjad, it dips under the swinging bat and knocks out the leg stump. Big, big wicket for Hong Kong
Nadeem just about hobbles off the field.
low full toss, powered down the ground to long-on. The fielder runs across to his left, slides, slips and is struck on the face. Nadeem Ahmed is down in pain. The physio is out to tend to him. This doesn't look good
5:28pm The sun peeks out in all its glory now.
yorker, dug out for one
down the track and manufactures a full ball as Porterfield drives it to backward point
Fine leg moves back. Third man comes up..
hacked to long leg off an inside edge as this was a length ball on the leg stump
darted down leg from round the stumps, wide called