f48866	Ireland v United Arab Emirates
	ICC Inter-Continental Cup 2005 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek on 23rd, 24th, 25th October 2005 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ireland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Ireland 20 (Batting 11, Bowling 9); United Arab Emirates 13 (Batting 7.5, Bowling 5.5)
Umpires	R Dill (Bermuda), RB Tiffin (Zimbabwe)
Close of play day 1	United Arab Emirates (1) 77/4 (Mohammad Taskeen 38*; 17.3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Ireland (2) 306/1 (Bray 169, O'Brien 118; 77 overs)
Man of the Match	JP Bray

Ireland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DI Joyce	c Sameer Zia b Ali Asad	38	106	128	5	-
JP Bray	lbw b Sockalingam	78	138	156	11	-
EJG Morgan	lbw b Ali Asad	151	150	186	18	1
+NJ O'Brien	c and b Ali Asad	2	3	4	-	-
PG Gillespie	lbw b Kashif Ahmed	11	27	35	-	-
*DT Johnston	c Sockalingam b Ali Asad	30	47	67	1	1
CM Armstrong	b Ali Asad	5	9	11	-	-
WK McCallan	not out	16	29	49	1	-
PJK Mooney	not out	5	17	11	1	-
GJ Thompson	did not bat
AGAM McCoubrey	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb)	14
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 87.4 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-111 (Joyce), 2-143 (Bray), 3-146 (O'Brien), 4-189 (Gillespie), 5-283 (Johnston), 6-294 (Armstrong), 7-343 (Morgan)

United Arab Emirates bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ali Asad	28	8	93	5	-	-
Usman Saleem	6	1	21	0	-	-
Fahad Alhashmi	7	0	33	0	-	-
Rizwan Latif	16	1	56	0	-	-
Sameer Zia	10	1	44	0	-	-
Arshad Ali	9.4	1	34	0	-	-
Sockalingam	6	0	32	1	-	-
Kashif Ahmed	4	1	10	1	-	-
Fahad Usman	1	0	13	0	-	-

United Arab Emirates first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*Arshad Ali	lbw b Mooney	3	7	8	-	-
+Mohammad Taskeen	b Thompson	47	79	114	8	-
Sameer Zia	b Mooney	0	1	1	-	-
V Sockalingam	c Joyce b Johnston	16	29	44	4	-
Kashif Ahmed	c Gillespie b McCallan	8	22	27	1	-
Rameez Shahzad	c Armstrong b McCallan	41	73	93	6	1
Fahad Usman	c Mooney b Johnston	15	47	46	1	1
Usman Saleem	c O'Brien b Johnston	0	5	4	-	-
Ali Asad	c O'Brien b Johnston	1	13	19	-	-
Rizwan Latif	not out	13	42	47	2	-
Fahad Alhashmi	b Johnston	21	28	37	3	-
Extras	(2 lb, 22 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 51.3 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Arshad Ali), 2-3 (Sameer Zia), 3-56 (Sockalingam), 4-77 (Kashif Ahmed), 5-103 (Mohammad Taskeen), 6-145 (Fahad Usman), 7-145 (Usman Saleem), 8-149 (Rameez Shahzad), 9-149 (Ali Asad), 10-189 (Fahad Alhashmi, 51.3 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCoubrey	11	0	56	0	-	8
Mooney	7	1	36	2	-	3
Johnston	10.3	3	33	5	-	11
McCallan	12	3	23	2	-	-
Thompson	11	1	39	1	-	-

Ireland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DI Joyce	c Rizwan Latif b Fahad Alhashmi	38	69	80	4	1
JP Bray	lbw b Ali Asad	190	251	310	23	-
EJG Morgan	lbw b Sockalingam	10	9	11	2	-
+NJ O'Brien	b Sameer Zia	176	277	296	15	1
PG Gillespie	not out	18	15	23	3	-
*DT Johnston	did not bat
CM Armstrong	did not bat
WK McCallan	did not bat
PJK Mooney	did not bat
GJ Thompson	did not bat
AGAM McCoubrey	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 2 w)	12
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 108.1 overs)	444
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Morgan), 2-341 (Bray), 3-394 (Joyce), 4-444 (O'Brien, 108.1 ov)

United Arab Emirates bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ali Asad	16	1	75	1	-	-
Fahad Alhashmi	8	1	50	1	2	-
Sockalingam	4	0	16	1	-	-
Rameez Shahzad	8	1	33	0	-	-
Rizwan Latif	24	1	93	0	-	-
Sameer Zia	20.1	0	72	1	-	-
Usman Saleem	7	1	36	0	-	-
Kashif Ahmed	9	1	32	0	-	-
Arshad Ali	11	1	22	0	-	-
Fahad Usman	1	0	5	0	-	-

United Arab Emirates second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*Arshad Ali	c and b Thompson	59	86	117	7	-
+Mohammad Taskeen	c O'Brien b Mooney	0	5	7	-	-
Usman Saleem	lbw b McCallan	68	137	183	5	-
V Sockalingam	c Gillespie b McCallan	0	1	4	-	-
Kashif Ahmed	run out (Armstrong)	1	9	9	-	-
Rameez Shahzad	c O'Brien b McCallan	30	54	69	3	-
Fahad Usman	c O'Brien b Johnston	25	57	67	4	-
Sameer Zia	not out	12	92	105	2	-
Rizwan Latif	c Gillespie b Johnston	0	12	13	-	-
Ali Asad	not out	4	38	32	-	-
Fahad Alhashmi	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 20 nb, 1 w)	28
Total	(8 wickets, 79 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Mohammad Taskeen), 2-102 (Arshad Ali), 3-102 (Sockalingam), 4-118 (Kashif Ahmed), 5-177 (Usman Saleem), 6-182 (Rameez Shahzad), 7-214 (Fahad Usman), 8-220 (Rizwan Latif)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnston	19	2	73	2	-	12
Mooney	1	0	1	1	-	-
McCoubrey	12	2	34	0	1	4
Armstrong	6	2	23	0	-	2
Gillespie	3	0	17	0	-	2
Thompson	12	5	33	1	-	-
McCallan	22	11	32	3	-	-
Bray	1	0	2	0	-	-
Joyce	3	1	5	0	-	-

Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 90 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 180 overs
--> Mohammad Taskeen (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in first-class matches
--> V Sockalingam made his debut in first-class matches
--> Rameez Shahzad made his debut in first-class matches
--> Fahad Alhashmi made his debut in first-class matches
--> JP Bray (2) passed his previous highest score of 135 in first-class matches
--> NJ O'Brien (2) passed his previous highest score of 69 in first-class matches
--> NJ O'Brien (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 117
--> Arshad Ali (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12
--> DT Johnston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed Fahad Alhashmi in the United Arab Emirates first innings (previous best was 4-34)
--> WK McCallan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the United Arab Emirates second innings (previous best was 3-63)
--> DI Joyce retired hurt in the Ireland second innings having scored 2 (team score 20/0) - he returned when the score was 341/2