tt2796 itt236	Canada v Ireland
	ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2011/12 (Preliminary Final)
Venue	Dubai Sports City Stadium, Dubai on 22nd March 2012 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canada won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Ireland won by 10 wickets
Umpires	JD Cloete (South Africa), CB Gaffaney (New Zealand)
TV umpire	SJA Taufel (Australia)
Referee	DT Jukes (England)
Man of the Match	PR Stirling

Canada innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
R Gunasekera	c Stirling b Dockrell	26	33	45	2	-	78.79
H Patel	c Stirling b Johnston	0	3	3	-	-	0.00
NR Kumar	c Wilson b Johnston	17	15	26	3	-	113.33
AS Hansra	b Dockrell	1	4	5	-	-	25.00
*Rizwan Cheema	c Dockrell b Sorensen	5	11	11	-	-	45.45
TG Gordon	c O'Brien b Dockrell	23	26	29	3	-	88.46
HS Baidwan	b Sorensen	6	9	11	-	-	66.67
+Rustam Bhatti	c Wilson b Sorensen	8	7	9	1	-	114.29
Junaid Siddiqui	not out	7	8	11	-	-	87.50
H Osinde	not out	5	4	5	1	-	125.00
Zahid Hussain	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Patel, 0.5 ov), 2-38 (Kumar, 6.6 ov), 3-42 (Hansra, 8.2 ov), 4-54 (Gunasekera, 10.3 ov), 5-55 (Rizwan Cheema, 11.1 ov), 6-67 (Baidwan, 14.2 ov), 7-81 (Rustam Bhatti, 16.5 ov), 8-96 (Gordon, 18.3 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Johnston	4	1	9	2	-	-	12.00	2.25
Rankin	4	0	25	0	2	-	-	6.25
Sorensen	4	1	20	3	-	-	8.00	5.00
Stirling	4	0	27	0	-	-	-	6.75
Dockrell	4	0	19	3	-	-	8.00	4.75

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*WTS Porterfield	not out	42	25	35	8	-	168.00
PR Stirling	not out	61	32	35	9	3	190.62
EC Joyce	did not bat
+GC Wilson	did not bat
KJ O'Brien	did not bat
AD Poynter	did not bat
AR White	did not bat
MC Sorensen	did not bat
GH Dockrell	did not bat
WB Rankin	did not bat
DT Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 5 w)	6
Total	(no wicket, 35 minutes, 9.3 overs)	109

Canada bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Osinde	2	0	29	0	-	-	-	14.50
Junaid Siddiqui	3	0	34	0	-	-	-	11.33
Rizwan Cheema	1	0	18	0	-	-	-	18.00
Baidwan	2	0	16	0	1	-	-	8.00
Zahid Hussain	1.3	0	11	0	-	-	-	7.33

Notes
--> Canada powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (35/1)
--> Ireland powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (82/0)
--> Canada innings: 50 in 9.4 overs
--> Canada innings: 100 in 19.3 overs
--> Ireland innings: 50 in 4.2 overs
--> Ireland innings: 100 in 7.6 overs
--> AD Poynter made his debut in twenty20 international matches
--> Zahid Hussain made his last appearance in twenty20 international matches
--> Zahid Hussain made his last appearance in twenty20 matches
--> R Gunasekera passed his previous highest score of 11 in twenty20 international matches
--> PR Stirling 50 in 21 balls with 7 fours and 3 sixes
--> MC Sorensen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in twenty20 international matches when he dismissed Rustam Bhatti in the Canada innings (previous best was 2-17)
--> MC Sorensen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in twenty20 matches when he dismissed Rustam Bhatti in the Canada innings (previous best was 2-17)

WTS Porterfield (15) and PR Stirling (36) added 50 in 26 balls for the Ireland 1st wicket
WTS Porterfield (38) and PR Stirling (56) added 100 in 48 balls for the Ireland 1st wicket