ACS Overseas First-Class Annual 2009

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES v IRELAND Played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, March 6, 7, 8, 9, 2008. ICC Inter-Continental Cup 2008 Ireland won by nine wickets. (Points: United Arab Emirates 0, Ireland 20) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s H.S.G.S.Silva lbw b Langford-Smith 4 4 1 1 - c K.J.O’Brien b McCallan 16 68 101 3 - †Amjad Ali c N.J.O’Brien b Johnston 12 30 40 3 - c Cusack b McCallan 23 45 49 2 - Naeemuddin Aslam lbw b Thompson 49 124 175 7 - lbw b Johnston 0 9 12 - - Rashid Khan c K.J.O’Brien b Langford-Smith 23 51 62 2 - (5) lbw b Cusack 17 36 43 1 1 *Saqib Ali c Stirling b Johnston 7 26 49 1 - (4) c Morgan b Cusack 195 358 456 26 4 N.Fernandes c K.J.O’Brien b McCallan 14 30 44 2 - (11) not out 6 27 37 1 - Sameer Zia b Cusack 56 80 108 9 - (6) b Cusack 0 3 2 - - Ahmed Raza c Porterfield b Botha 46 83 109 7 - (7) c McCallan b Botha 1 13 19 - - Shoaib Sarwar b Cusack 0 7 9 - - (8) b McCallan 9 12 21 2 - Zahid Shah run out (Stirling) 0 1 3 - - (9) lbw b Thompson 28 166 288 4 1 Fahad Alhashmi not out 0 1 6 - - (10) b Thompson 0 1 2 - - Extras b 5, lb 4, w 4, nb 4 17 b 4, w 3, nb 4 11 (72 ov) 228 (122.2 ov) 306 IRELAND R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s W.T.S.Porterfield lbw b Zahid Shah 25 62 109 1 1 not out 40 54 77 5 - P.R.Stirling b Fahad Alhashmi 2 18 18 - - c Amjad Ali b Sameer Zia 10 22 57 2 - E.J.G.Morgan lbw b Ahmed Raza 47 95 164 6 - not out 4 12 19 1 - †N.J.O’Brien c Amjad Ali b Sameer Zia 174 293 487 23 - K.J.O’Brien c Amjad Ali b Ahmed Raza 33 58 66 4 - A.C.Botha lbw b Saqib Ali 19 32 42 2 - A.R.Cusack lbw b Zahid Shah 4 17 19 - - *D.T.Johnston c Amjad Ali b Saqib Ali 69 95 181 10 - W.K.McCallan not out 52 107 143 6 - G.J.Thompson b Sameer Zia 1 6 7 - - D.Langford-Smith c Ahmed Raza b Saqib Ali 15 37 38 2 - Extras b 3, lb 11, w 2, nb 17 33 b 5, w 2, nb 3 10 (134.3 ov) 474 (1 wkt; 14.2 ov; 77 mins) 64 Ireland O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb Fall UAE Ire UAE Ire Langford-Smith 9 3 26 2 2 2 10 1 38 0 - 2 1 4 (1) 8 (2) 37 (2) 40 (2) Johnston 15 4 40 2 1 - (4) 3 1 5 1 1 - 2 29 (2) 67 (1) 38 (3) K.J.O’Brien 8 1 29 0 1 1 (2) 15 5 40 0 - 2 3 70 (4) 102 (3) 64 (1) Cusack 7 4 13 2 - - (6) 16.2 7 19 3 1 - 4 97 (5) 166 (5) 108 (5) Thompson 13 2 62 1 - - 21 4 60 2 - - 5 111 (3) 197 (6) 108 (6) Botha 12 5 32 1 - 1 (7) 13 8 24 1 - - 6 121 (6) 203 (7) 113 (7) McCallan 8 2 17 1 - - (3) 42 12 104 3 1 - 7 218 (7) 366 (8) 127 (8) Stirling (8) 2 0 12 0 - - 8 218 (9) 443 (4) 286 (9) 9 218 (10) 447 (10) 286 (10) United Arab Emirates O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb 10 228 (8) 474 (11) 306 (4) Zahid Shah 27 3 126 2 - 12 5 0 20 0 1 1 Fahad Alhashmi 13 3 40 1 2 - 3 1 12 0 1 - Shoaib Sarwar 14 2 59 0 - 1 4 1 17 0 - 1 Sameer Zia 24 2 87 2 - - 2.2 1 10 1 - - Saqib Ali 26.3 3 84 3 - - Ahmed Raza 30 5 64 2 - - Umpires: Shahul Hameed and Zameer Haider. Toss: United Arab Emirates Close of Play: 1st day: Ireland (1) 46-1 (Porterfield 16*, Morgan 21*, 16 overs); 2nd day: Ireland (1) 366-7 (N.J.O’Brien 37*, 100.2 overs); 3rd day: United Arab Emirates (2) 186-7 (Saqib Ali 98*, Zahid Shah 14*, 60 overs). Man of the Match: Saqib Ali. E.J.G.Morgan passed 1,000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 41 in the first innings. N.J.O’Brien passed 2,000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 167 in the first innings. 26 Matches in 2008