Round the wicket, tossed up outside off, chips it over the covers, Dockrell gets his second as the fielder at sweeper takes a superb catch sprinting forward. Ireland register a massive 138-run win over UAE and that also brings an end to the group stage.
Ireland vs U.A.E., 20th Match, Group B at Bulawayo, CWC Qualifier, Jun 27 2023 - Match Result
And that's a wrap! The cricketing action from the group stage has come to an end. Until we meet again for another thrilling encounter, stay safe, stay engaged, and keep the spirit of cricket alive. This is Rvel Zahid, signing out on behalf of Abhimanyu Bose, Sreshth Shah and our scorer Harshith Gowda.
Waseem got to 45, Hameed added 39, Sanchit couldn't push on after 44 as Ireland managed to find ways to break those partnerships and the task became increasingly onerous for UAE. McCarthy's opening burst pegged UAE back and his miserly spell didn't give any sort of momentum to UAE's innings. Mcbrine, Little and Dockrell took two wickets apiece as UAE kept losing wickets in pursuit of the stiff target. Earlier, Stirling showed his class and went berserk with the bat, scored 162 to help his side post an above par total. When Stirling has these kinds of days, there's not much you can do about it. He was devastating from the word go and led the charge, as if he was doing catharsis after Ireland once again, second time in a row, will miss out the World Cup but they finish their campaign on a high with a convincing win. UAE bow out of the competition without a win and are languishing right down the table while Ireland are just above them with two points.
Andrew Balbirnie, Ireland Captain: "We wanted to put a win on the board and it was a good all-round performance. Yeah, it's been very difficult. We played very good cricket in the last 18 months. Not going into Super six is hugely disappointing. We want to go back with our heads high. I think there was a lot of passion coming into this competition. Just want to go home with a smile on face. It's been a tough tournament. In hindsight, it was a good toss to lose. I think when (Stirling) gets going, it's hard to stop him. We hope that he continues his form as long as possible."
David: "At least Ireland have sort of / maybe / possibly / a small bit / saved their honour here. Lets see if they dont crash out in the T20 qualifiers, Big big questions to be asked around mental fragility and the governance of Irish Cricket. Any time it matters the team capitulates and from the governance point of view the game has been stagnant for 5 years now. I think its time for new people at the top of Cricket Ireland. CEO has been in office for a very very long time now.
Smothers this through mid-on for a run
Slightly overpitched, he makes room and thumps it over mid-off for half-a-dozen runs! Clean as a whistle from Jawadullah
Smites it through backward point for a boundary! Lots of bottom hand in that shot and it runs all the way down to the boundary
Round the wicket, looped up on a length, came in after pitching on middle and off, wafted to wide long-off
Stepping away to the on side and then late cuts it to deep backward point
On a length around the line off, glides it down to third man, in-fact gets a thick outside edge
That's a close call, but the umpire's finger goes up, maybe sliding down the leg side but there was a lot going well as it pitched in line, didn't go much off the seam and hits him plumb in front of leg stump as he was looking to defend at it.
Showing his bag of tricks, pace off the ball working well in his favour, rolled his fingers on this leg cutter, short and wide, can't lay bat on it
Pace off the ball, lands a touch short on a nagging off stump line, attempts a cut and flails at thin air
That's audacious! Bludgeons it over the bowler's head for a maximum, what a way to open his account, cleared his front leg and shows free swing of the bat
Holes out to long on, mere formalities left for Ireland now
Back of the hand well-disguised slow ball, lured him to throw his bat at it, he tries to muscle that over long-on, didn't get the requisite power behind the shot, clever change of pace has done the trick. Paul Stirling was swirling, back pedaling at long-on and hangs onto it brilliantly! Superb work in the field
Shorter on the pads, chips it away and Stirling at short fine does well to make a tumbling stop
Shuffles across to get behind the line, blocked right under his eyes
Tossed up from round the wicket, angles in instead of turning away, he slinks forward and punches this back to bowler
Inside edge and it goes trickling away to deep square's left, tears across for the second run and makes it comfortably in the end
Springs down the track and larrups it over the bowler's head, long on charges in and it just lands a few meters in front of him, collects it on one bounce
Drills it down to wide long-off for a run
Fraction short and straightens down the line middle and leg, blocks it to mid on
Fortuitous but they call count! Dropped short around the line off, he was shaping up for the full blooded hoick over midwicket, gets an outside edge to third man boundary, streaky but he will take it
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Toss | United Arab Emirates, elected to field first |
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Season | 2023 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match number | ODI no. 4604 |
Hours of play (local time) | 9.00 start, First Session 9.00-12.30, Interval 12.30-13.00, Second Session 13.00-16.30 |
Match days | 27 June 2023 - day (50-over match) |
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Points | Ireland 2, United Arab Emirates 0 |