f50701	United Arab Emirates v Ireland
	ICC Inter-Continental Cup 2007 to 2008
Venue	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th March 2008 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	United Arab Emirates won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Ireland won by 9 wickets
Points	United Arab Emirates 0; Ireland 20
Umpires	Shahul Hameed (Indonesia), Zameer Haider (Pakistan)
Close of play day 1	Ireland (1) 46/1 (Porterfield 16, Morgan 21; 16 overs)
Close of play day 2	Ireland (1) 366/7 (NJ O'Brien 37*; 100.2 overs)
Close of play day 3	United Arab Emirates (2) 186/7 (Saqib Ali 98, Zahid Shah 14; 60 overs)
Man of the Match	Saqib Ali

United Arab Emirates first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HSGS Silva	lbw b Langford-Smith	4	4	1	1	-
+Amjad Ali	c NJ O'Brien b Johnston	12	30	40	3	-
Naeemuddin Aslam	lbw b Thompson	49	124	175	7	-
Rashid Khan	c KJ O'Brien b Langford-Smith	23	51	62	2	-
*Saqib Ali	c Stirling b Johnston	7	26	49	1	-
N Fernandes	c KJ O'Brien b McCallan	14	30	44	2	-
Sameer Zia	b Cusack	56	80	108	9	-
Ahmed Raza	c Porterfield b Botha	46	83	109	7	-
Shoaib Sarwar	b Cusack	0	7	9	-	-
Zahid Shah	run out (Stirling)	0	1	3	-	-
Fahad Alhashmi	not out	0	1	6	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	17
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Silva), 2-29 (Amjad Ali), 3-70 (Rashid Khan), 4-97 (Saqib Ali), 5-111 (Naeemuddin Aslam), 6-121 (Fernandes), 7-218 (Sameer Zia), 8-218 (Shoaib Sarwar), 9-218 (Zahid Shah), 10-228 (Ahmed Raza, 72 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Langford-Smith	9	3	26	2	2	2
Johnston	15	4	40	2	1	-
KJ O'Brien	8	1	29	0	1	1
Cusack	7	4	13	2	-	-
Thompson	13	2	62	1	-	-
Botha	12	5	32	1	-	1
McCallan	8	2	17	1	-	-

Ireland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WTS Porterfield	lbw b Zahid Shah	25	62	109	1	1
PR Stirling	b Fahad Alhashmi	2	18	18	-	-
EJG Morgan	lbw b Ahmed Raza	47	95	164	6	-
+NJ O'Brien	c Amjad Ali b Sameer Zia	174	293	487	23	-
KJ O'Brien	c Amjad Ali b Ahmed Raza	33	58	66	4	-
AC Botha	lbw b Saqib Ali	19	32	42	2	-
AR Cusack	lbw b Zahid Shah	4	17	19	-	-
*DT Johnston	c Amjad Ali b Saqib Ali	69	95	181	10	-
WK McCallan	not out	52	107	143	6	-
GJ Thompson	b Sameer Zia	1	6	7	-	-
D Langford-Smith	c Ahmed Raza b Saqib Ali	15	37	38	2	-
Extras	(3 b, 11 lb, 17 nb, 2 w)	33
Total	(all out, 134.3 overs)	474
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Stirling), 2-67 (Porterfield), 3-102 (Morgan), 4-166 (KJ O'Brien), 5-197 (Botha), 6-203 (Cusack), 7-366 (Johnston, 100.2 ov), 8-443 (NJ O'Brien), 9-447 (Thompson), 10-474 (Langford-Smith, 134.3 ov)

United Arab Emirates bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Zahid Shah	27	3	126	2	-	12
Fahad Alhashmi	13	3	40	1	2	-
Shoaib Sarwar	14	2	59	0	-	1
Sameer Zia	24	2	87	2	-	-
Saqib Ali	26.3	3	84	3	-	-
Ahmed Raza	30	5	64	2	-	-

United Arab Emirates second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HSGS Silva	c KJ O'Brien b McCallan	16	68	101	3	-
+Amjad Ali	c Cusack b McCallan	23	45	49	2	-
Naeemuddin Aslam	lbw b Johnston	0	9	12	-	-
*Saqib Ali	c Morgan b Cusack	195	358	456	26	4
Rashid Khan	lbw b Cusack	17	36	43	1	1
Sameer Zia	b Cusack	0	3	2	-	-
Ahmed Raza	c McCallan b Botha	1	13	19	-	-
Shoaib Sarwar	b McCallan	9	12	21	2	-
Zahid Shah	lbw b Thompson	28	166	288	4	1
Fahad Alhashmi	b Thompson	0	1	2	-	-
N Fernandes	not out	6	27	37	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 4 nb, 3 w)	11
Total	(all out, 122.2 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Amjad Ali), 2-38 (Naeemuddin Aslam), 3-64 (Silva), 4-108 (Rashid Khan), 5-108 (Sameer Zia), 6-113 (Ahmed Raza), 7-127 (Shoaib Sarwar), 8-286 (Zahid Shah), 9-286 (Fahad Alhashmi), 10-306 (Saqib Ali, 122.2 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Langford-Smith	10	1	38	0	-	2
KJ O'Brien	15	5	40	0	-	2
McCallan	42	12	104	3	1	-
Johnston	3	1	5	1	1	-
Thompson	21	4	60	2	-	-
Cusack	16.2	7	19	3	1	-
Botha	13	8	24	1	-	-
Stirling	2	0	12	0	-	-

Ireland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WTS Porterfield	not out	40	54	77	5	-
PR Stirling	c Amjad Ali b Sameer Zia	10	22	57	2	-
EJG Morgan	not out	4	12	19	1	-
+NJ O'Brien	did not bat
AC Botha	did not bat
KJ O'Brien	did not bat
AR Cusack	did not bat
*DT Johnston	did not bat
WK McCallan	did not bat
GJ Thompson	did not bat
D Langford-Smith	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(1 wicket, 77 minutes, 14.2 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Stirling)

United Arab Emirates bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Zahid Shah	5	0	20	0	1	1
Fahad Alhashmi	3	1	12	0	1	-
Shoaib Sarwar	4	1	17	0	-	1
Sameer Zia	2.2	1	10	1	-	-

Notes
--> Naeemuddin Aslam (1) passed his previous highest score of 48 in first-class matches
--> Sameer Zia (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in first-class matches
--> Ahmed Raza (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in first-class matches
--> PR Stirling made his debut in first-class matches
--> EJG Morgan (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 41
--> NJ O'Brien (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 167
--> Saqib Ali (2) passed his previous highest score of 142 in first-class matches
--> Saqib Ali achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed D Langford-Smith in the Ireland first innings (previous best was 2-26)
--> AR Cusack achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed Saqib Ali in the United Arab Emirates second innings (previous best was 2-13)