- First-class match | 2007/08 season
- Played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
- 6,7,8,9 March 2008 (4-day match)
| United Arab Emirates 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| HSGS Silva | lbw b Langford-Smith | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Amjad Ali† | c †NJ O'Brien b Johnston | 12 | 40 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Naeemuddin Aslam | lbw b Thompson | 49 | 175 | 124 | 7 | 0 | 39.51 | |
| Rashid Khan | c KJ O'Brien b Langford-Smith | 23 | 62 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 45.09 | |
| Saqib Ali* | c Stirling b Johnston | 7 | 49 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 26.92 | |
| N Fernandes | c KJ O'Brien b McCallan | 14 | 44 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 46.66 | |
| Sameer Zia | b Cusack | 56 | 108 | 80 | 9 | 0 | 70.00 | |
| Ahmed Raza | c Porterfield b Botha | 46 | 109 | 83 | 7 | 0 | 55.42 | |
| Shoaib Sarwar | b Cusack | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Zahid Shah | run out (Stirling) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Fahad Alhashmi | not out | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 4, w 4, nb 4) | 17 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 72 overs) | 228 | (3.16 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| D Langford-Smith | 9 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2.88 | (2nb, 2w) | ||
| DT Johnston | 15 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 2.66 | (1w) | ||
| KJ O'Brien | 8 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 3.62 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| AR Cusack | 7 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1.85 | |||
| GJ Thompson | 13 | 2 | 62 | 1 | 4.76 | |||
| AC Botha | 12 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 2.66 | (1nb) | ||
| WK McCallan | 8 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2.12 |
| Ireland 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| WTS Porterfield | lbw b Zahid Shah | 25 | 109 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 40.32 | |
| PR Stirling | b Fahad Alhashmi | 2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| EJG Morgan | lbw b Ahmed Raza | 47 | 164 | 95 | 6 | 0 | 49.47 | |
| NJ O'Brien† | c †Amjad Ali b Sameer Zia | 174 | 487 | 293 | 23 | 0 | 59.38 | |
| KJ O'Brien | c †Amjad Ali b Ahmed Raza | 33 | 66 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 56.89 | |
| AC Botha | lbw b Saqib Ali | 19 | 42 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 59.37 | |
| AR Cusack | lbw b Zahid Shah | 4 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23.52 | |
| DT Johnston* | c †Amjad Ali b Saqib Ali | 69 | 181 | 95 | 10 | 0 | 72.63 | |
| WK McCallan | not out | 52 | 143 | 107 | 6 | 0 | 48.59 | |
| GJ Thompson | b Sameer Zia | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| D Langford-Smith | c Ahmed Raza b Saqib Ali | 15 | 38 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 40.54 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 11, w 2, nb 17) | 33 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 134.3 overs) | 474 | (3.52 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Zahid Shah | 27 | 3 | 126 | 2 | 4.66 | (12nb) | ||
| Fahad Alhashmi | 13 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 3.07 | (2w) | ||
| Shoaib Sarwar | 14 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 4.21 | (1nb) | ||
| Sameer Zia | 24 | 2 | 87 | 2 | 3.62 | |||
| Saqib Ali | 26.3 | 3 | 84 | 3 | 3.16 | |||
| Ahmed Raza | 30 | 5 | 64 | 2 | 2.13 |
| United Arab Emirates 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| HSGS Silva | c KJ O'Brien b McCallan | 16 | 101 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 23.52 | |
| Amjad Ali† | c Cusack b McCallan | 23 | 49 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 51.11 | |
| Naeemuddin Aslam | lbw b Johnston | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Saqib Ali* | c Morgan b Cusack | 195 | 456 | 358 | 26 | 4 | 54.46 | |
| Rashid Khan | lbw b Cusack | 17 | 43 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 47.22 | |
| Sameer Zia | b Cusack | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Ahmed Raza | c McCallan b Botha | 1 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 | |
| Shoaib Sarwar | b McCallan | 9 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Zahid Shah | lbw b Thompson | 28 | 288 | 166 | 4 | 1 | 16.86 | |
| Fahad Alhashmi | b Thompson | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| N Fernandes | not out | 6 | 37 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| Extras | (b 4, w 3, nb 4) | 11 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 122.2 overs) | 306 | (2.50 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| D Langford-Smith | 10 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 3.80 | (2nb) | ||
| KJ O'Brien | 15 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 2.66 | (2nb) | ||
| WK McCallan | 42 | 12 | 104 | 3 | 2.47 | (1w) | ||
| DT Johnston | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1.66 | (1w) | ||
| GJ Thompson | 21 | 4 | 60 | 2 | 2.85 | |||
| AR Cusack | 16.2 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 1.16 | (1w) | ||
| AC Botha | 13 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 1.84 | |||
| PR Stirling | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Ireland 2nd innings (target: 61 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| WTS Porterfield | not out | 40 | 77 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 74.07 | |
| PR Stirling | c †Amjad Ali b Sameer Zia | 10 | 57 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| EJG Morgan | not out | 4 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Extras | (b 5, w 2, nb 3) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (1 wicket; 14.2 overs; 77 mins) | 64 | (4.46 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat NJ O'Brien†, AC Botha, KJ O'Brien, AR Cusack, DT Johnston*, WK McCallan, GJ Thompson, D Langford-Smith |
| Fall of wickets1-40 (Stirling) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Zahid Shah | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| Fahad Alhashmi | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | (1w) | ||
| Shoaib Sarwar | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 | (1nb) | ||
| Sameer Zia | 2.2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4.28 |
| Match details |
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Toss United Arab Emirates, who chose to bat Points Ireland 20, United Arab Emirates 0 |
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First-class debut
PR Stirling
(Ireland) Player of the match Saqib Ali (United Arab Emirates) |
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Umpires
Shahul Hameed (Indonesia) and Zameer Haider (Pakistan) |
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Close of play 6 Mar day 1 - Ireland 1st innings 46/1 (WTS Porterfield 16*, EJG Morgan 21*, 16 ov) 7 Mar day 2 - Ireland 1st innings 366/7 (NJ O'Brien 37*, 100.2 ov) 8 Mar day 3 - United Arab Emirates 2nd innings 186/7 (Saqib Ali 98*, Zahid Shah 14*, 60 ov) 9 Mar day 4 - Ireland 2nd innings 64/1 (14.2 ov) - end of match |
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Match Coverage
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Mar 9, 2008 
UAE's captain, Saqib Ali, scored 195 out of a total of 306 © Emirates |
Mar 9, 2008 
Kyle McCallan picked up 3 for 104 © Emirates |
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