a26223 o3986	Ireland v Papua New Guinea
	ICC World Cup Qualifier 2017/18 (Group A)
Venue	Harare Sports Club, Harare on 6th March 2018 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ireland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Ireland won by 4 wickets
Points	Ireland 2; Papua New Guinea 0
Umpires	SD Fry (Australia), L Rusere
Referee	D Govindjee (South Africa)
Reserve Umpire	Ahsan Raza (Pakistan)
Man of the Match	TP Ura

Papua New Guinea innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
TP Ura	c Porterfield b KJ O'Brien	151	142	214	11	6	69	106.34
VV Morea	run out (Dockrell)	1	4	6	-	-	3	25.00
*A Vala	c NJ O'Brien b McBrine	8	26	25	-	-	20	30.77
L Siaka	c and b McBrine	2	15	21	-	-	13	13.33
S Bau	c NJ O'Brien b McBrine	3	10	15	-	-	7	30.00
MD Dai	c NJ O'Brien b Rankin	1	8	23	-	-	7	12.50
CJA Amini	st NJ O'Brien b Stirling	8	20	22	-	-	15	40.00
+JNT Vare	run out (Joyce)	13	25	32	-	-	15	52.00
CA Soper	c Stirling b Rankin	25	40	58	-	-	21	62.50
N Vanua	c Joyce b KJ O'Brien	12	10	21	-	1	4	120.00
A Nao	not out	1	1	4	-	-	0	100.00
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	10
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Morea, 1.1 ov), 2-12 (Vala, 7.2 ov), 3-24 (Siaka, 11.5 ov), 4-42 (Bau, 15.3 ov), 5-55 (Dai, 20.1 ov), 6-80 (Amini, 25.4 ov), 7-116 (Vare, 32.4 ov), 8-199 (Soper, 46.2 ov), 9-227 (Ura, 49.3 ov), 10-235 (Vanua, 50 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Murtagh	10	0	32	0	1	-	37	1	-	-	3.20
Rankin	10	3	41	2	1	-	40	3	1	30.00	4.10
McBrine	10	2	38	3	-	-	38	1	2	20.00	3.80
Dockrell	10	2	50	0	1	-	32	3	1	-	5.00
Stirling	3	0	16	1	-	1	9	1	-	18.00	5.33
KJ O'Brien	7	0	53	2	1	-	18	2	3	21.00	7.57

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
*WTS Porterfield	c Amini b Nao	111	133	157	12	-	69	83.46
PR Stirling	c Siaka b Vala	27	21	29	4	-	11	128.57
A Balbirnie	b Soper	7	25	24	-	-	18	28.00
EC Joyce	c Nao b Dai	53	69	75	4	-	34	76.81
+NJ O'Brien	lbw b Vala	1	3	5	-	-	2	33.33
KJ O'Brien	b Vanua	12	12	30	-	-	2	100.00
GC Wilson	not out	12	15	27	1	-	7	80.00
GH Dockrell	not out	8	17	23	1	-	12	47.06
AR McBrine	did not bat
WB Rankin	did not bat
TJ Murtagh	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 4 w)	6
Total	(6 wickets, 49.1 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-52 (Stirling, 7.3 ov), 2-76 (Balbirnie, 15.3 ov), 3-184 (Joyce, 37.1 ov), 4-188 (NJ O'Brien, 38.3 ov), 5-212 (Porterfield, 43.2 ov), 6-216 (KJ O'Brien, 44.2 ov)

Papua New Guinea bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Nao	8.1	0	34	1	2	-	30	3	-	49.00	4.16
Vanua	10	0	60	1	-	-	25	6	-	60.00	6.00
Dai	10	0	41	1	1	-	31	3	-	60.00	4.10
Vala	10	0	39	2	-	-	36	3	-	30.00	3.90
Amini	3	0	23	0	-	-	6	3	-	-	7.67
Soper	8	0	38	1	-	-	27	4	-	48.00	4.75

Notes
--> Papua New Guinea powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (20/2)
--> Ireland powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (57/1)
--> Papua New Guinea innings: 50 in 19.5 overs
--> Papua New Guinea innings: 100 in 29.3 overs
--> Papua New Guinea innings: 150 in 39.5 overs
--> Papua New Guinea innings: 200 in 46.3 overs
--> Ireland innings: 50 in 6.4 overs
--> Ireland innings: 100 in 21.1 overs
--> Ireland innings: 150 in 30.3 overs
--> Ireland innings: 200 in 41.1 overs
--> TP Ura 50 in 65 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes
--> TP Ura passed his previous highest score of 61 in ODI matches
--> TP Ura made his first century in ODI matches
--> TP Ura passed his previous highest score of 61 in ListA matches
--> TP Ura made his first century in ListA matches
--> TP Ura 100 in 108 balls with 8 fours and 3 sixes
--> TP Ura 150 in 140 balls with 11 fours and 6 sixes
--> TP Ura passed 500 runs in ListA matches when he reached 10
--> CA Soper passed his previous highest score of 24 in ODI matches
--> WTS Porterfield 50 in 61 balls with 7 fours
--> WTS Porterfield 100 in 118 balls with 12 fours
--> WTS Porterfield passed 3500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 55
--> EC Joyce 50 in 66 balls with 4 fours
--> EC Joyce passed 2500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 4
--> WB Rankin made his debut in Zimbabwe in ODI matches
--> TP Ura made his debut in Zimbabwe in ListA matches
--> TP Ura made his debut in Zimbabwe in ODI matches
--> AR McBrine achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches in the Papua New Guinea innings (previous best was 3-42)

TP Ura (31) and CA Soper (19) added 50 in 59 balls for the Papua New Guinea 8th wicket
WTS Porterfield (23) and PR Stirling (25) added 50 in 40 balls for the Ireland 1st wicket
WTS Porterfield (20) and EC Joyce (29) added 50 in 64 balls for the Ireland 3rd wicket
WTS Porterfield (46) and EC Joyce (52) added 100 in 123 balls for the Ireland 3rd wicket