tt2750	Ireland v Italy
	ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2011/12 (Group B)
Venue	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on 15th March 2012 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Italy won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Ireland won by 2 wickets
Points	Ireland 2; Italy 0
Umpires	CB Gaffaney, SJA Taufel (Australia)
Referee	GF Labrooy (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire	REJ Martinesz (Sri Lanka)
Man of the Match	WB Rankin

Italy innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MJ Di Venuto	lbw b Dockrell	23	44	66	1	-	52.27
AM Northcote	lbw b Stirling	0	4	8	-	-	0.00
PA Petricola	c Mooney b Rankin	9	13	14	1	-	69.23
GK Berg	c Dockrell b Stirling	19	26	34	-	-	73.08
DG Crowley	b Rankin	3	4	6	-	-	75.00
CS Sandri	c Porterfield b Sorensen	8	10	15	-	-	80.00
+HP Patrizi	b Rankin	4	2	3	1	-	200.00
*A Bonora	not out	20	14	16	-	2	142.86
SHS Jayasena	not out	1	4	9	-	-	25.00
V Pennazza	did not bat
GRD Munasinghe	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	13
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Northcote, 2.3 ov), 2-16 (Petricola, 5.2 ov), 3-55 (Berg, 13.2 ov), 4-60 (Crowley, 14.3 ov), 5-66 (Di Venuto, 15.5 ov), 6-71 (Patrizi, 16.2 ov), 7-77 (Sandri, 17.5 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Stirling	4	1	13	2	1	-	12.00	3.25
Johnston	4	1	17	0	-	1	-	4.25
Rankin	4	0	16	3	-	-	8.00	4.00
Cusack	2	0	8	0	-	-	-	4.00
Dockrell	4	0	24	1	1	-	24.00	6.00
Sorensen	2	0	14	1	1	-	12.00	7.00

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
KJ O'Brien	b Sandri	4	5	5	1	-	80.00
PR Stirling	c Patrizi b Munasinghe	17	13	19	4	-	130.77
*WTS Porterfield	c and b Crowley	19	29	46	1	-	65.52
AR Cusack	c Patrizi b Berg	15	18	21	1	-	83.33
EC Joyce	c Patrizi b Sandri	3	6	5	-	-	50.00
+GC Wilson	not out	31	32	32	3	-	96.88
DT Johnston	c Bonora b Crowley	4	4	7	-	-	100.00
JF Mooney	run out (Berg->Patrizi)	4	9	10	-	-	44.44
MC Sorensen	b Crowley	1	2	6	-	-	50.00
WB Rankin	not out	0	0	3	-	-	0.00
GH Dockrell	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 5 w)	6
Total	(8 wickets, 19.4 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (O'Brien, 1.1 ov), 2-34 (Stirling, 4.5 ov), 3-60 (Cusack, 10.2 ov), 4-63 (Joyce, 11.2 ov), 5-67 (Porterfield, 12.6 ov), 6-77 (Johnston, 14.6 ov), 7-89 (Mooney, 17.4 ov), 8-94 (Sorensen, 18.6 ov)

Italy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Berg	4	0	18	1	-	-	24.00	4.50
Sandri	4	0	20	2	-	-	12.00	5.00
Pennazza	2	0	16	0	1	-	-	8.00
Munasinghe	1	0	6	1	-	-	6.00	6.00
Petricola	2	0	10	0	-	-	-	5.00
Crowley	4	0	16	3	-	-	8.00	4.00
Northcote	2.4	0	17	0	-	-	-	6.38

Notes
--> MJ Di Venuto passed 1000 runs in twenty20 matches when he reached 1
--> A Bonora passed his previous highest score of 18 in twenty20 matches
--> GC Wilson passed 500 runs in twenty20 matches when he reached 14
--> MC Sorensen made his debut in United Arab Emirates in twenty20 matches
--> WB Rankin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in twenty20 matches in the Italy innings (previous best was 3-20)
--> DG Crowley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in twenty20 matches in the Ireland innings (previous best was 3-20)