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Ireland / Scorecard

European Championship Division One - 13th match

Ireland v Scotland

Ireland won by 7 wickets (with 19 balls remaining) (D/L method)

ODI no. 2739 | 2008 season
Played at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin
31 July 2008 (50-over match)


Scotland innings (35 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GM Hamilton	b Cusack	21	36	26	4	0	80.76
8.3 there's the breakthrough and how Ireland needed it. The ball seemed a bit quicker, taking the off stump bail as Hamilton tried to play through square leg 60/1
RR Watson*	st †NJ O'Brien b McCallan	50	72	44	6	1	113.63
17.2 beaten in the flight and that's the wicket that Ireland wanted. Very nicely flighted by the Irish vice-capain drawing Watson down the pitch, he was well short of his ground as O'Brien whipped off the bails 91/3
MQ Sheikh	b Botha	2	11	11	0	0	18.18
11.1 another wicket and it was a really ugly shot. It looked a little slower and flighted by Botha, hitting off stump as Sheikh aimed a rather agricultural slog over midwicket 66/2
CJO Smith†	st †NJ O'Brien b McCallan	16	31	26	2	0	61.53
19.1 another stumping, again nicely flighted to draw Smith out of his ground and spinning past the edge. Niall O'Brien completed the formalities with little fuss 99/4
DF Watts	lbw b Connell	14	27	22	2	0	63.63
24.5 good thinking from Connell as he bowls a slower ball which traps Watts bang infront as he tries to turn the ball into the legside. Good spell for the Irish 115/6
NFI McCallum	c †NJ O'Brien b Connell	1	3	5	0	0	20.00
20.1 another Scottish batsman ggoes, this time thanks to a fantastic catch by O'Brien diving to his left. It was on a good length and nipping back to catch a fine inside edge and O'Brien did the rest! 100/5
RD Berrington	c Wilson b Botha	16	41	31	1	0	51.61
31.4 slower ball again which Berrington tried to swing over midwicket, he didn't quite get hold of it and picked out Wilson on the midwicket boundary 133/8
RM Haq	lbw b McCallan	2	8	9	0	0	22.22
27.1 another wicket for McCallan, flatter delivery which trapped Haq on the back foot. Billy Bowden had little doubt to send Haq on his way 120/7
JAR Blain	c KJ O'Brien b Cusack	13	28	26	0	0	50.00
34.4 he's gone after a smart catch by O'Brien on the long-off boundary. Good length delivery driven down the ground by Blain but he couldn't quite clear the field 150/9
GD Drummond	not out	10	14	9	1	0	111.11

JD Nel	not out	1	2	1	0	0	100.00

Extras	(lb 2, w 4)	6

Total	(9 wickets; 35 overs)	152	(4.34 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-60 (Hamilton, 8.3 ov), 2-66 (Sheikh, 11.1 ov), 3-91 (Watson, 17.2 ov), 4-99 (Smith, 19.1 ov), 5-100 (McCallum, 20.1 ov), 6-115 (Watts, 24.4 ov), 7-120 (Haq, 27.1 ov), 8-133 (Berrington, 31.4 ov), 9-150 (Blain, 34.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Connell	7	0	37	2	5.28	(1w)
20.1 to McCallum, another Scottish batsman ggoes, this time thanks to a fantastic catch by O'Brien diving to his left. It was on a good length and nipping back to catch a fine inside edge and O'Brien did the rest! 100/5 24.5 to Watts, good thinking from Connell as he bowls a slower ball which traps Watts bang infront as he tries to turn the ball into the legside. Good spell for the Irish 115/6
KJ O'Brien	7	0	43	0	6.14

AR Cusack	7	0	31	2	4.42	(2w)
8.3 to Hamilton, there's the breakthrough and how Ireland needed it. The ball seemed a bit quicker, taking the off stump bail as Hamilton tried to play through square leg 60/1 34.4 to Blain, he's gone after a smart catch by O'Brien on the long-off boundary. Good length delivery driven down the ground by Blain but he couldn't quite clear the field 150/9
AC Botha	7	1	29	2	4.14
11.1 to Sheikh, another wicket and it was a really ugly shot. It looked a little slower and flighted by Botha, hitting off stump as Sheikh aimed a rather agricultural slog over midwicket 66/2 31.4 to Berrington, slower ball again which Berrington tried to swing over midwicket, he didn't quite get hold of it and picked out Wilson on the midwicket boundary 133/8
WK McCallan	7	1	10	3	1.42	(1w)
17.2 to Watson, beaten in the flight and that's the wicket that Ireland wanted. Very nicely flighted by the Irish vice-capain drawing Watson down the pitch, he was well short of his ground as O'Brien whipped off the bails 91/3 19.1 to Smith, another stumping, again nicely flighted to draw Smith out of his ground and spinning past the edge. Niall O'Brien completed the formalities with little fuss 99/4 27.1 to Haq, another wicket for McCallan, flatter delivery which trapped Haq on the back foot. Billy Bowden had little doubt to send Haq on his way 120/7


Ireland innings (target: 128 runs from 27 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
WTS Porterfield*	b Blain	1	18	12	0	0	8.33
4.2 bowled him! Not the most convincing of defensive shots by Porterfield, not really getting properly forward to ball which hit off-stump. Big breakthrough for the Scots 19/1
GC Wilson	c Blain b Haq	51	93	66	6	0	77.27
22.6 advances down the pitch and aims a drive over mid-on, unfortunately he can't quite clear the fielder, and John Blain takes the catch 119/3
NJ O'Brien†	b Drummond	10	23	17	2	0	58.82
9.5 slower ball from Drummond, taking the inside edge as O'Brien came forward to hit the stumps. That should liven things up a bit! 42/2
AC Botha	not out	47	54	43	7	0	109.30

KJ O'Brien	not out	10	2	5	1	1	200.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 1)	10

Total	(3 wickets; 23.5 overs)	129	(5.41 runs per over)

Did not bat R Strydom, AR White, AR Cusack, MJ Fourie, WK McCallan, P Connell

Fall of wickets1-19 (Porterfield, 4.2 ov), 2-42 (NJ O'Brien, 9.5 ov), 3-119 (Wilson, 22.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JAR Blain	6	1	30	1	5.00	(1nb)
4.2 to Porterfield, bowled him! Not the most convincing of defensive shots by Porterfield, not really getting properly forward to ball which hit off-stump. Big breakthrough for the Scots 19/1
JD Nel	5	0	19	0	3.80	(1w)

GD Drummond	4.5	0	29	1	6.00
9.5 to NJ O'Brien, slower ball from Drummond, taking the inside edge as O'Brien came forward to hit the stumps. That should liven things up a bit! 42/2
RD Berrington	3	0	17	0	5.66

RM Haq	4	0	19	1	4.75
22.6 to Wilson, advances down the pitch and aims a drive over mid-on, unfortunately he can't quite clear the fielder, and John Blain takes the catch 119/3
RR Watson	1	0	7	0	7.00

Match details

Toss Ireland, who chose to field
Points Ireland 2, Scotland 0
Series Ireland won the 2008 European Championship Division One

Umpires PK Baldwin (Germany) and BF Bowden (New Zealand)
Match referee BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire IN Ramage (Scotland)

Match notes

Scotland innings
Rain stopped play at 92/3 off 17.4 overs, 1 over lost

Ireland innings
Ireland innings: 1x5 ball over (5th over, JAR Blain, called by umpire Bowden)
Rain stopped play at 27/1 off 7 overs, 8 overs lost, new target is 128

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