Ireland Vs United Arab Emirates 18Th Match Group A

MATCH FACTS

Series

Cricket WC Qualifier in Zimbabwe - 2018 (2017/18)

Ground

Old Hararians, Harare

Date

12 March 2018

Toss

U.A.E., chose to field

Result

Ireland won by 226 runs (D/L method)

Player of the match

Paul Stirling

Captains

William Porterfield (Ireland), Rohan Mustafa (U.A.E.)

Umpires

L Rusere and SD Fry

Match referee

D Govindjee

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

U.A.E. won the toss and chose to field.

Ireland batted first and made 313 for 6. Paul Stirling top-scored with 126 off 117 balls, and William Porterfield made 92. Mohammad Naveed took 3 for 84 for U.A.E.. The innings was built on a 205-run stand for the first wicket between William Porterfield and Paul Stirling, 65% of the total. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at Old Hararians, 249 across 5 ODIs.

U.A.E. replied with 91 all out. Ghulam Shabber top-scored with 19 off 40 balls. Boyd Rankin took 4 for 15 for Ireland. From 65 for 3 they lost 6 wickets for 22 runs, to 87 for 9.

Ireland won by 226 runs (D/L method). It is the largest victory by runs at Old Hararians across the 5 ODIs in our archive. U.A.E.'s 91 all out is the lowest completed total at Old Hararians.