ICC Intercontinental Cup and Shield

IRELAND v UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Semi-Final Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, October 23, 24, 25, 2005. Match drawn. Points: Ireland 20 (batting 11, bowling 9), United Arab Emirates 13 (batting 7.5, bowling 5.5) First-class debuts: United Arab Emirates: V.Sockalingam, Rameez Shahzad, Fahad Alhashmi. IRELAND R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s D.I.Joyce c Sameer Zia b Ali Asad 38 106 128 5 - c Rizwan Latif b Fahad Alhashmi 38 69 80 4 1 J.P.Bray lbw b Sockalingam 78 138 156 11 - lbw b Ali Asad 190 251 310 23 - E.J.G.Morgan lbw b Ali Asad 151 150 186 18 1 lbw b Sockalingam 10 9 11 2 - †N.J.O’Brien c and b Ali Asad 2 3 4 - - b Sameer Zia 176 277 296 15 1 P.G.Gillespie lbw b Kashif Ahmed 11 27 35 - - not out 18 15 23 3 - *D.T.Johnston c Sockalingam b Ali Asad 30 47 67 1 1 C.M.Armstrong b Ali Asad 5 9 11 - - W.K.McCallan not out 16 29 49 1 - P.J.K.Mooney not out 5 17 11 1 - G.J.Thompson A.G.A.M.McCoubrey Extras b 7, lb 7 14 b 4, lb 6, w 2 12 (7 wkts dec; 87.4 ov) 350 (4 wkts dec; 108.1 ov) 444 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s *Arshad Ali lbw b Mooney 3 7 8 - - c and b Thompson 59 86 117 7 - †Mohammad Taskeen b Thompson 47 79 114 8 - c O’Brien b Mooney 0 5 7 - - Sameer Zia b Mooney 0 1 1 - - (8) not out 12 92 105 2 - V.Sockalingam c Joyce b Johnston 16 29 44 4 - c Gillespie b McCallan 0 1 4 - - Kashif Ahmed c Gillespie b McCallan 8 22 27 1 - run out 1 9 9 - - Rameez Shahzad c Armstrong b McCallan 41 73 93 6 1 c O’Brien b McCallan 30 54 69 3 - Fahad Usman c Mooney b Johnston 15 47 46 1 1 c O’Brien b Johnston 25 57 67 4 - Usman Saleem c O’Brien b Johnston 0 5 4 - - (3) lbw b McCallan 68 137 183 5 - Ali Asad c O’Brien b Johnston 1 13 19 - - (10) not out 4 38 32 - - Rizwan Latif not out 13 42 47 2 - (9) c Gillespie b Johnston 0 12 13 - - Fahad Alhashmi b Johnston 21 28 37 3 - Extras lb 2, nb 22 24 b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 20 28 (51.3 ov) 189 (8 wkts; 79 ov) 227 United Arab Emirates O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb Fall Ire UAE Ire UAE Ali Asad 28 8 93 5 - - 16 1 75 1 - - 1 111 (1) 3 (1) 37 (3) 4 (2) Usman Saleem 6 1 21 0 - - (7) 7 1 36 0 - - 2 143 (2) 3 (3) 341 (2) 102 (1) Fahad Alhashmi 7 0 33 0 - - (2) 8 1 50 1 2 - 3 146 (4) 56 (4) 394 (1) 102 (4) Rizwan Latif 16 1 56 0 - - (5) 24 1 93 0 - - 4 189 (5) 77 (5) 444 (4) 118 (5) Sameer Zia 10 1 44 0 - - (6) 20.1 0 72 1 - - 5 283 (6) 103 (2) 177 (3) Arshad Ali 9.4 1 34 0 - - (9) 11 1 22 0 - - 6 294 (7) 145 (7) 182 (6) Sockalingam 6 0 32 1 - - (3) 4 0 16 1 - - 7 343 (3) 145 (8) 214 (7) Kashif Ahmed 4 1 10 1 - - 9 1 32 0 - - 8 149 (6) 220 (9) Fahad Usman 1 0 13 0 - - (10) 1 0 5 0 - - 9 151 (9) Rameez Shahzad (4) 8 1 33 0 - - 10 189 (11) Ireland O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb McCoubrey 11 0 56 0 - 8 (3) 12 2 34 0 1 4 Mooney 7 1 36 2 - 3 1 0 1 1 - - Johnston 10.3 3 33 5 - 11 (1) 19 2 73 2 - 12 McCallan 12 3 23 2 - - (7) 22 11 32 3 - - Thompson 11 1 39 1 - - (6) 12 5 33 1 - - Armstrong (4) 6 2 23 0 - 2 Gillespie (5) 3 0 17 0 - 2 Bray (8) 1 0 2 0 - - Joyce (9) 3 1 5 0 - - Toss: Ireland Umpires: R.Dill (Bermuda) and R.B.Tiffin (Zimbabwe). Close of Play: 1st day: United Arab Emirates (1) 77-4 (Mohammad Taskeen 38*, 17.3 overs); 2nd day: Ireland (2) 306-1 (Bray 169*, O’Brien 118*, 77 overs). Man of the Match: J.P.Bray (Ireland). N.J.O’Brien passed 1,000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 117 in the second innings. D.I.Joyce retired hurt in the Ireland second innings having scored 2 (team score 20-0) - he returned when the score was 341-2. 77 ICC Intercontinental Cup 2005