tt1507	Ireland v United States of America
	ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2009/10 (Group A)
Venue	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on 10th February 2010 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ireland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Ireland won by 78 runs
Points	Ireland 2; United States of America 0
Umpires	PK Baldwin (Germany), SR Modi (Kenya)
Referee	DT Jukes (England)
Reserve Umpire	Mohammad Ali
Man of the Match	NJ O'Brien

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*WTS Porterfield	c Wright b Verma	45	28	32	5	1	160.71
+NJ O'Brien	c Dhaniram b Allen	84	50	66	10	2	168.00
AR Cusack	c Wright b Allen	46	30	41	2	2	153.33
KJ O'Brien	c Thyagarajan b Cush	3	3	3	-	-	100.00
DT Johnston	not out	12	7	9	-	1	171.43
GC Wilson	not out	5	2	5	1	-	250.00
JF Mooney	did not bat
PC Connell	did not bat
AC Botha	did not bat
AR White	did not bat
GH Dockrell	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 78 minutes, 20 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-83 (Porterfield, 8.3 ov), 2-172 (NJ O'Brien, 16.6 ov), 3-177 (KJ O'Brien, 17.5 ov), 4-186 (Cusack, 18.6 ov)

United States of America bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Darlington	4	0	46	0	1	-	-	11.50
Usman Shuja	2	0	17	0	-	-	-	8.50
Baker	1	0	14	0	-	-	-	14.00
Cush	4	0	36	1	-	-	24.00	9.00
Dhaniram	4	0	31	0	-	-	-	7.75
Allen	3	0	29	2	-	-	9.00	9.67
Verma	2	0	23	1	-	-	12.00	11.50

United States of America innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+CD Wright	lbw b Connell	2	7	12	-	-	28.57
RA Marshall	c NJ O'Brien b Connell	0	2	2	-	-	0.00
LJ Cush	c Mooney b Connell	2	2	3	-	-	100.00
S Dhaniram	c Botha b Johnston	0	4	4	-	-	0.00
*SJ Massiah	lbw b Johnston	0	1	8	-	-	0.00
TP Allen	c Cusack b Connell	6	7	18	1	-	85.71
A Thyagarajan	not out	72	67	59	11	-	107.46
OM Baker	not out	28	31	46	-	1	90.32
Usman Shuja	did not bat
KG Darlington	did not bat
S Verma	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb, 10 w)	14
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 77 minutes, 20 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Marshall, 0.4 ov), 2-6 (Cush, 0.6 ov), 3-7 (Dhaniram, 1.6 ov), 4-8 (Wright, 2.3 ov), 5-11 (Massiah, 3.2 ov), 6-25 (Allen, 6.1 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Connell	4	0	14	4	2	-	6.00	3.50
Johnston	4	0	17	2	1	1	12.00	4.25
Botha	4	0	25	0	-	-	-	6.25
Dockrell	4	0	42	0	2	-	-	10.50
White	4	0	23	0	2	-	-	5.75

Notes
--> NJ O'Brien passed his previous highest score of 69 in twenty20 matches
--> AR Cusack passed his previous highest score of 20 in twenty20 matches
--> A Thyagarajan made his debut in twenty20 matches
--> PC Connell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in twenty20 matches when he dismissed TP Allen in the United States of America innings (previous best was 3-8)