Ireland beat Scotland by 3 wickets

Dubai International Cricket Stadium, 12 Jan 2015. Ireland won the toss and chose to bowl.

Ireland220/746.3 ov

Ireland won by 3 wickets

Ireland won the series 1-0

Match report

From the scorecard

Ireland won the toss and chose to bowl. Scotland made 216 for 9 in 50 overs, Matt Machan 86 from 120 balls and Richie Berrington 28 from 40 balls. Craig Young took 3 for 27.

Ireland reached 220 for 7 in 46.3 overs, Niall O'Brien 80 not out from 106 balls and John Mooney 36 from 45 balls. Iain Wardlaw took 3 for 49.

Ireland won by 3 wickets.

Key performers

80*Niall O'BrienIreland. 106 balls, 3 fours, 2 sixesPlayer of the match CY3/27Craig YoungIreland. 10 overs, 2 maidens MM86Matt MachanScotland. 120 balls, 4 fours IW3/49Iain WardlawScotland. 10 overs

Scotland innings

216/9(50 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Kyle Coetzerc EC Joyce b CA Young	c EC Joyce b CA Young	2	7	0	0	28.57
Calum MacLeodb CA Young	b CA Young	0	3	0	0	0.00
Hamish Gardinerc GC Wilson b JF Mooney	c GC Wilson b JF Mooney	5	11	0	0	45.45
Matt Machanc †NJ O'Brien b JF Mooney	c †NJ O'Brien b JF Mooney	86	120	4	0	71.67
PL Mommsenc GC Wilson b CA Young	c GC Wilson b CA Young	16	25	2	0	64.00
Richie Berringtonc GC Wilson b AR Cusack	c GC Wilson b AR Cusack	28	40	3	0	70.00
Matty Cross †run out (JF Mooney)	run out (JF Mooney)	1	2	0	0	50.00
Robert Taylorrun out (GH Dockrell)	run out (GH Dockrell)	17	24	2	0	70.83
Michael Leaskc KJ O'Brien b AR Cusack	c KJ O'Brien b AR Cusack	16	17	0	1	94.12
Majid Haqnot out	not out	10*	43	0	0	23.26
Iain Wardlawnot out	not out	5*	8	0	0	62.50
Extras(lb 8, w 22)	(lb 8, w 22)	30
Total50 Ov (RR 4.32)	50 Ov (RR 4.32)	216/9

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (CS MacLeod, 0.4 ov), 11-2 (KJ Coetzer, 3 ov), 17-3 (HJW Gardiner, 4 ov), 45-4 (PL Mommsen, 10.5 ov), 110-5 (RD Berrington, 24.3 ov), 114-6 (MH Cross, 25 ov), 143-7 (RML Taylor, 32.4 ov), 167-8 (MA Leask, 37.3 ov), 204-9 (MW Machan, 47.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Craig Young	10	2	27	3	2.70	43	2	0	2
John Mooney	10	1	52	2	5.20	33	4	0	5
Alex Cusack	10	1	35	2	3.50	38	2	0	2
George Dockrell	5	0	28	0	5.60	16	1	1	2
Kevin O'Brien	5	1	28	0	5.60	12	2	0	0
Paul Stirling	10	0	38	0	3.80	37	0	0	5

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	KJ Coetzer 1(1) & CS MacLeod 0(3)	1	4
2nd	HJW Gardiner 4(8) & KJ Coetzer 1(6)	10	14
3rd	HJW Gardiner 1(3) & MW Machan 5(3)	6	6
4th	MW Machan 7(16) & PL Mommsen 16(25)	28	41
5th	RD Berrington 28(40) & MW Machan 34(42)	65	82
6th	MH Cross 1(2) & MW Machan 2(1)	4	3
7th	MW Machan 11(22) & RML Taylor 17(24)	29	46
8th	MW Machan 6(12) & MA Leask 16(17)	24	29
9th	RM Haq 4(36) & MW Machan 21(24)	37	60
10th	RM Haq 6(7) & I Wardlaw 5(8)	12*	15

Ireland innings

220/7(46.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
William Porterfieldc HJW Gardiner b I Wardlaw	c HJW Gardiner b I Wardlaw	0	2	0	0	0.00
Paul Stirlingb I Wardlaw	b I Wardlaw	28	21	3	1	133.33
Ed Joycelbw b RML Taylor	lbw b RML Taylor	5	6	1	0	83.33
Niall O'Brien †not out	not out	80*	106	3	2	75.47
Gary Wilsonc & b MA Leask	c & b MA Leask	21	40	3	0	52.50
Kevin O'Brienc †MH Cross b I Wardlaw	c †MH Cross b I Wardlaw	13	21	2	0	61.90
Andrew Balbirnielbw b RM Haq	lbw b RM Haq	20	24	3	0	83.33
John Mooneyc HJW Gardiner b RD Berrington	c HJW Gardiner b RD Berrington	36	45	3	1	80.00
Alex Cusacknot out	not out	7*	14	1	0	50.00
Extras(b 1, w 9)	(b 1, w 9)	10
Total46.3 Ov (RR 4.73)	46.3 Ov (RR 4.73) · Target 217 from 50 ov	220/7

Did not bat: Craig Young, George Dockrell

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (WTS Porterfield, 0.2 ov), 7-2 (EC Joyce, 1.3 ov), 38-3 (PR Stirling, 6.2 ov), 80-4 (GC Wilson, 17.1 ov), 100-5 (KJ O'Brien, 22.1 ov), 143-6 (A Balbirnie, 29.4 ov), 204-7 (JF Mooney, 41.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Iain Wardlaw	10	0	49	3	4.90	38	6	1	0
Robert Taylor	8	0	48	1	6.00	28	5	1	5
Majid Haq	10	1	42	1	4.20	35	3	1	0
Richie Berrington	9	0	34	1	3.78	29	1	0	1
Michael Leask	7.3	0	40	1	5.33	27	4	1	2
Matt Machan	2	0	6	0	3.00	6	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	WTS Porterfield 0(2) & PR Stirling 0(0)	0	2
2nd	EC Joyce 5(6) & PR Stirling 2(1)	7	7
3rd	NJ O'Brien 2(9) & PR Stirling 26(20)	31	29
4th	GC Wilson 21(40) & NJ O'Brien 20(25)	42	65
5th	KJ O'Brien 13(21) & NJ O'Brien 6(9)	20	30
6th	A Balbirnie 20(24) & NJ O'Brien 20(21)	43	45
7th	JF Mooney 36(45) & NJ O'Brien 23(27)	61	72
8th	NJ O'Brien 9(15) & AR Cusack 7(14)	16*	29

Commentary

46.34

MA Leask to AR Cusack, FOUR

46.20

MA Leask to AR Cusack, no run

46.10

MA Leask to AR Cusack, no run

End of over 464 runsIRE 216/7211000

NJ O'Brien 80(106)AR Cusack 3(11)RM Haq 10-1-42-1

45.60

RM Haq to NJ O'Brien, no run

45.50

RM Haq to NJ O'Brien, no run

45.40

RM Haq to NJ O'Brien, no run

45.31

RM Haq to AR Cusack, 1 run

45.21

RM Haq to NJ O'Brien, 1 run

45.12

RM Haq to NJ O'Brien, 2 runs

End of over 455 runsIRE 212/7101021

NJ O'Brien 77(101)AR Cusack 2(10)RD Berrington 9-0-34-1

44.61

RD Berrington to NJ O'Brien, 1 run

44.52

RD Berrington to NJ O'Brien, 2 runs

44.40

RD Berrington to NJ O'Brien, no run

44.31

RD Berrington to AR Cusack, 1 run

44.20

RD Berrington to AR Cusack, no run

44.11

RD Berrington to NJ O'Brien, 1 run

End of over 440 runsIRE 207/7000000

AR Cusack 1(8)NJ O'Brien 73(97)RM Haq 9-1-38-1

43.60

RM Haq to AR Cusack, no run

43.50

RM Haq to AR Cusack, no run

43.40

RM Haq to AR Cusack, no run

43.30

RM Haq to AR Cusack, no run

43.20

RM Haq to AR Cusack, no run

43.10

RM Haq to AR Cusack, no run

End of over 433 runsIRE 207/7012000

NJ O'Brien 73(97)AR Cusack 1(2)I Wardlaw 10-0-49-3

42.60

I Wardlaw to NJ O'Brien, no run

42.50

I Wardlaw to NJ O'Brien, no run

42.40

I Wardlaw to NJ O'Brien, no run

42.32

I Wardlaw to NJ O'Brien, 2 runs