f51024	Ireland v Namibia
	ICC Inter-Continental Cup 2007 to 2008 (Final)
Venue	Sahara Oval, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 30th, 31st October, 1st, 2nd November 2008 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Namibia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Ireland won by 9 wickets
Umpires	PK Baldwin (Germany), IL Howell
Referee	DT Jukes (England)
Reserve Umpire	CL Joubert
Close of play day 1	Namibia (1) 241/9 (LJ Burger 72, KB Burger 22; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	Namibia (2) 14/2 (AJ Burger 7, SF Burger 6; 9 overs)
Close of play day 3	Ireland (2) 134/1 (NJ O'Brien 77, Cusack 19; 36 overs)
Man of the Match	AR Cusack
Articles	Three in a row for victorious Ireland
Pictures	Ireland coach Phil Simmons
	A clearly disappointed Namibia
	Ireland players celebrate winning the ICC Intercontinental Cup for the third time in a row
	Ireland captain William Porterfield accepts the ICC Intercontinental Cup 2007-08
	List of all pictures

Namibia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Burger	b Johnston	13	57	70	2	-
LP van der Westhuizen	c KJ O'Brien b Rankin	18	36	52	3	-
SF Burger	c Porterfield b Connell	21	60	89	2	-
CG Williams	c Cusack b Connell	25	51	62	4	-
G Snyman	c Connell b Botha	9	31	43	2	-
*LJ Burger	not out	74	179	241	10	1
DB Kotze	c Johnston b Cusack	5	21	28	-	-
BL Kotze	lbw b Rankin	43	102	131	4	1
+T Verwey	c West b Connell	0	7	7	-	-
L Klazinga	lbw b Connell	0	2	3	-	-
KB Burger	b Connell	29	21	33	6	-
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 388 minutes, 94.3 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (van der Westhuizen, 13.6 ov), 2-37 (AJ Burger, 17.3 ov), 3-81 (Williams, 33.1 ov), 4-82 (SF Burger, 35.2 ov), 5-104 (Snyman, 44.1 ov), 6-119 (DB Kotze, 50.5 ov), 7-210 (BL Kotze, 85.1 ov), 8-211 (Verwey, 86.3 ov), 9-212 (Klazinga, 86.6 ov), 10-250 (KB Burger, 94.3 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Connell	20.3	5	54	5	-	-
Rankin	21	3	68	2	-	-
Botha	20	8	41	1	-	-
Johnston	19	6	43	1	-	-
West	6	1	14	0	-	-
Cusack	6	2	9	1	-	-
McCallan	2	0	8	0	-	-

Ireland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WTS Porterfield	b Snyman	12	31	42	1	-
+NJ O'Brien	lbw b Snyman	0	3	11	-	-
AR Cusack	not out	95	230	273	15	-
AC Botha	b Snyman	0	1	1	-	-
KJ O'Brien	b Snyman	0	2	2	-	-
AR White	c Williams b Snyman	8	7	14	1	-
DT Johnston	b DB Kotze	58	129	158	9	-
WK McCallan	lbw b SF Burger	2	13	11	-	-
RM West	c Verwey b SF Burger	0	3	3	-	-
PC Connell	b SF Burger	1	17	27	-	-
WB Rankin	c Verwey b SF Burger	4	5	8	1	-
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 279 minutes, 73.3 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (NJ O'Brien, 2.3 ov), 2-27 (Porterfield, 10.3 ov), 3-27 (Botha, 10.4 ov), 4-27 (KJ O'Brien, 10.6 ov), 5-37 (White, 14.3 ov), 6-178 (Johnston, 60.1 ov), 7-181 (McCallan, 63.3 ov), 8-181 (West, 63.6 ov), 9-187 (Connell, 71.4 ov), 10-195 (Rankin, 73.3 ov)

Namibia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snyman	15	2	53	5	-	-
KB Burger	8	0	33	0	1	-
Klazinga	11	1	35	0	-	-
SF Burger	19.3	9	23	4	1	-
BL Kotze	7	1	26	0	-	-
DB Kotze	13	7	12	1	-	-

Namibia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Burger	b Rankin	34	128	181	2	-
LP van der Westhuizen	lbw b Connell	0	6	9	-	-
L Klazinga	lbw b Connell	0	4	2	-	-
SF Burger	c Porterfield b Rankin	6	26	35	1	-
CG Williams	c Cusack b Botha	14	46	68	2	-
G Snyman	c NJ O'Brien b Botha	31	37	46	3	2
*LJ Burger	lbw b Rankin	1	32	58	-	-
DB Kotze	lbw b Connell	18	45	64	2	-
BL Kotze	not out	17	32	45	2	-
+T Verwey	run out (KJ O'Brien)	6	16	20	1	-
KB Burger	c Johnston b Rankin	0	3	2	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 5 w)	18
Total	(all out, 270 minutes, 62.3 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (van der Westhuizen, 2.1 ov), 2-1 (Klazinga, 2.5 ov), 3-14 (SF Burger, 11.4 ov), 4-43 (Williams, 27.4 ov), 5-68 (LJ Burger, 40.2 ov), 6-85 (AJ Burger, 42.1 ov), 7-111 (Snyman, 51.1 ov), 8-131 (DB Kotze, 56.4 ov), 9-145 (Verwey, 61.5 ov), 10-145 (KB Burger, 62.3 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Connell	18	9	36	3	-	-
Rankin	16.3	4	39	4	1	-
Johnston	8	4	8	0	-	-
Botha	14	5	28	2	-	-
Cusack	1	1	0	0	-	-
West	5	1	21	0	-	-

Ireland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WTS Porterfield	c BL Kotze b DB Kotze	34	53	58	7	-
+NJ O'Brien	not out	119	165	215	15	2
AR Cusack	not out	39	130	156	5	-
AC Botha	did not bat
KJ O'Brien	did not bat
AR White	did not bat
DT Johnston	did not bat
WK McCallan	did not bat
RM West	did not bat
WB Rankin	did not bat
PC Connell	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	9
Total	(1 wicket, 215 minutes, 58 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-68 (Porterfield, 14.5 ov)

Namibia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snyman	12	0	41	0	2	1
KB Burger	3	0	23	0	1	-
SF Burger	4	1	14	0	1	-
DB Kotze	24	6	47	1	-	-
Klazinga	7	0	29	0	-	-
AJ Burger	4	0	27	0	-	-
Williams	3	0	12	0	-	-
LJ Burger	1	0	4	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Namibia first innings: 50 in 29.2 overs, 99 minutes
--> Namibia first innings: 100 in 40.3 overs, 171 minutes
--> Namibia first innings: 150 in 63.1 overs, 255 minutes
--> Namibia first innings: 200 in 81.6 overs, 329 minutes
--> Ireland first innings: 50 in 15.5 overs, 72 minutes
--> Ireland first innings: 100 in 25.5 overs, 121 minutes
--> Ireland first innings: 150 in 39.1 overs, 174 minutes
--> Namibia second innings: 50 in 31.1 overs, 136 minutes
--> Namibia second innings: 100 in 48.3 overs, 209 minutes
--> Ireland second innings: 50 in 7.1 overs, 36 minutes
--> Ireland second innings: 100 in 23.5 overs, 94 minutes
--> Ireland second innings: 150 in 47.6 overs, 175 minutes
--> Ireland second innings: 200 in 57.6 overs, 215 minutes
--> LJ Burger (1) 50 in 116 balls, 134 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> AR Cusack (1) 50 in 90 balls, 114 minutes with 9 fours
--> DT Johnston (1) 50 in 81 balls, 107 minutes with 7 fours
--> DT Johnston (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 48
--> WK McCallan (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> NJ O'Brien (2) 50 in 52 balls, 84 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> NJ O'Brien (2) 100 in 144 balls, 185 minutes with 13 fours and 1 six
--> RM West made his debut in South Africa in first-class matches
--> AR White made his debut in South Africa in first-class matches
--> NJ O'Brien made his debut in South Africa in first-class matches
--> WK McCallan made his debut in South Africa in first-class matches
--> WB Rankin made his debut in South Africa in first-class matches
--> KJ O'Brien made his debut in South Africa in first-class matches
--> WTS Porterfield made his debut in South Africa in first-class matches
--> PC Connell made his debut in South Africa in first-class matches
--> DT Johnston made his debut in South Africa in first-class matches
--> AR Cusack made his debut in South Africa in first-class matches
--> G Snyman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed AR White in the Ireland first innings (previous best was 4-22)
--> G Snyman achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Ireland first innings
--> DB Kotze reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed WTS Porterfield, his 1st wicket in the Ireland second innings
--> G Snyman retired hurt in the Namibia second innings having scored 0 (team score 43/4) - he returned when the score was 68/5 (retired at 28.6 ov)

Namibia 1st Innings
7th wicket partnership 50 runs from 124 balls in 281 mins (LJ Burger 24, BL Kotze 20, Extras 6, 5x4, 1x6)
Ireland 1st Innings
6th wicket partnership 50 runs from 57 balls in 37 mins (AR Cusack 23, DT Johnston 21, Extras 6, 7x4, 0x6)
6th wicket partnership 100 runs from 126 balls in 82 mins (AR Cusack 35, DT Johnston 57, Extras 8, 16x4, 0x6)
Ireland 2nd Innings
1st wicket partnership 50 runs from 43 balls in 36 mins (WTS Porterfield 24, NJ O'Brien 28,Extras 1, 9x4, 1x6)
Ireland 2nd Innings: 1x5 ball over (Over 25 bowled by DB Kotze called by PK Baldwin)
2nd wicket partnership 50 runs from 83 balls in 52 mins (NJ O'Brien 37, AR Cusack 13, Extras 0, 9x4, 0x6)
2nd wicket partnership 100 runs from 219 balls in 131 mins (NJ O'Brien 71, AR Cusack 23, Extras 6, 12x4, 0x6)