misc46479	Ireland v Italy
	European Championship Division One 2008
Venue	The Village, Malahide, Dublin on 29th July 2008 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Italy won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Ireland won by 4 wickets
Points	Ireland 2; Italy 0
Umpires	CA McElwee, BD Papworth (Scotland)
Scorers	HJ Caird, S Downes

Italy innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AM Northcote	lbw b Cusack	9	22	27	1	-	40.91
TA Kurukulasuriya	lbw b O'Brien	16	33	41	3	-	48.48
A Bonora	c Porterfield b Kidd	31	95	103	3	-	32.63
PA Petricola	c Wilson b Cusack	18	29	35	2	-	62.07
*JC Scuderi	run out (Porterfield)	29	67	58	2	-	43.28
SHS Jayasena	c White b O'Brien	23	27	26	2	-	85.19
+NM Northcote	not out	12	22	34	-	-	54.55
KA Perera	retired hurt	1	4	10	-	-	25.00
GRD Munasinghe	not out	2	1	1	-	-	200.00
Alauddin	did not bat
D Sarnelli	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 10 w)	17
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (AM Northcote, 7.2 ov), 2-32 (Kurukulasuriya, 10.5 ov), 3-54 (Petricola, 19.6 ov), 4-114 (Bonora, 40.3 ov), 5-120 (Scuderi, 41.5 ov), 6-153 (Jayasena, 48.5 ov)

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*WTS Porterfield	lbw b AM Northcote	21	23	27	3	-	91.30
+GC Wilson	c NM Northcote b AM Northcote	32	29	36	5	-	110.34
PR Stirling	not out	56	82	103	4	-	68.29
AR Cusack	c Scuderi b Petricola	7	14	10	1	-	50.00
R Strydom	lbw b Petricola	0	7	8	-	-	0.00
AD Poynter	b Munasinghe	20	43	45	1	-	46.51
AR White	lbw b Bonora	11	20	20	1	-	55.00
KJ O'Brien	not out	2	3	7	-	-	66.67
WK McCallan	did not bat
MJ Fourie	did not bat
GE Kidd	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 9 w)	10
Total	(6 wickets, 36.5 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Porterfield, 7.1 ov), 2-58 (Wilson, 9.5 ov), 3-69 (Cusack, 12.5 ov), 4-75 (Strydom, 14.6 ov), 5-135 (Poynter, 28.2 ov), 6-153 (White, 34.6 ov)

Notes
--> KA Perera retired hurt in the Italy innings having scored 1 (team score 156/6)