ICC Intercontinental Cup and Shield

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES v IRELAND Group A Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, February 10, 11, 12, 2007. (Scheduled for four days). Ireland won by an innings and 170 runs. Points: United Arab Emirates 0, Ireland 20 First-class debuts: Ireland: K.J.O’Brien, W.B.Rankin. IRELAND R B M 4s 6s W.T.S.Porterfield c Arshad Ali b Ahmed Nadeem 46 79 120 5 - †J.P.Bray lbw b Arshad Ali 82 113 142 11 - E.J.G.Morgan not out 209 241 336 24 1 A.C.Botha c Qasim Zubair b Wasim Bari 157 213 275 16 - K.J.O’Brien st H.S.G.S.Silva b Khurram Khan 7 13 17 1 - *D.T.Johnston c Ahmed Raza b Khurram Khan 11 15 19 1 - D.Langford-Smith P.G.Gillespie W.B.Rankin W.K.McCallan A.R.White Extras lb 12, w 1, nb 6 19 (5 wkts dec; 111.2 ov) 531 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s E.H.S.N.Silva c White b Rankin 24 62 79 2 - (7) c Langford-Smith b McCallan 11 20 30 2 - *Arshad Ali run out (McCallan) 75 139 197 12 - lbw b Johnston 7 22 27 - - †H.S.G.S.Silva c White b McCallan 13 43 51 2 - c Bray b Johnston 1 10 11 - - Saqib Ali b White 26 50 39 3 - lbw b O’Brien 10 33 51 2 - Khurram Khan b Botha 28 37 39 5 - lbw b McCallan 42 117 143 2 - Naeemuddin Aslam not out 38 95 122 4 1 (1) c Gillespie b Johnston 2 20 35 - - Kashif Khan c Langford-Smith b Botha 9 22 22 - - (6) lbw b Rankin 0 28 46 - - Ahmed Nadeem run out (Morgan) 10 21 23 1 - c Bray b Rankin 4 9 13 1 - Qasim Zubair c Bray b Johnston 0 2 5 - - b Rankin 10 20 26 1 - Wasim Bari c O’Brien b Johnston 0 6 13 - - (11) not out 0 1 7 - - Ahmed Raza lbw b Johnston 11 25 41 1 - (10) c Bray b Rankin 10 12 13 2 - Extras b 3, lb 2, w 3, nb 1 9 b 4, lb 9, w 1, nb 7 21 (83.3 ov) 243 (48 ov) 118 United Arab Emirates O M R W wd nb Fall Ire UAE UAE Ahmed Nadeem 24 3 92 1 - 1 1 122 (1) 75 (1) 11 (2) Qasim Zubair 10 1 66 0 - 1 2 136 (2) 98 (3) 12 (1) Ahmed Raza 17 1 81 0 - - 3 496 (4) 136 (4) 12 (3) Wasim Bari 16 0 85 1 1 3 4 509 (5) 168 (2) 36 (4) Khurram Khan 15.2 0 60 2 - 1 5 531 (6) 176 (5) 59 (6) Arshad Ali 15 0 73 1 - - 6 186 (7) 87 (7) E.H.S.N.Silva 5 0 23 0 - - 7 198 (8) 98 (8) Saqib Ali 9 0 39 0 - - 8 199 (9) 98 (5) 9 207 (10) 111 (10) Ireland O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb 10 243 (11) 118 (9) Langford-Smith 14 1 55 0 1 1 (2) 2 0 3 0 - - Rankin 10 1 34 1 - - (3) 16 5 56 4 - 1 Johnston 19.3 7 53 3 - - (1) 8 3 8 3 - - McCallan 27 11 48 1 2 - (6) 8 1 21 2 - - White 7 1 34 1 - - Botha 6 1 14 2 - - (4) 8 4 6 0 - 2 O’Brien (5) 6 2 11 1 1 - Toss: Ireland Umpires: Shahul Hameed (Indonesia) and T.H.Wijewardene (Sri Lanka). Close of Play: 1st day: Ireland (1) 461-2 (Morgan 182*, Botha 136*, 96 overs); 2nd day: United Arab Emirates (1) 222-9 (Naeemuddin Aslam 27*, Ahmed Raza 1*, 78 overs). Man of the Match: E.J.G.Morgan (Ireland). 109 ICC Intercontinental Cup 2006-07