Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
39 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | UAE: 211/10 (139 runs required from 11 overs, RR: 5.41, RRR: 12.63)

  • Muhammad Jawadullah13 (5b)
  • George Dockrell6-0-32-2
  • Curtis Campher2-0-14-2

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."

38.6
W
Dockrell to Meiyappan, OUT, 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.

KP Meiyappan c Adair b Dockrell 6 (19m 8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 75.00

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.

38.5
1
Dockrell to Muhammad Jawadullah, 1 run, Smothers this through mid-on for a run
38.4
6
Dockrell to Muhammad Jawadullah, SIX, Slightly overpitched, he makes room and thumps it over mid-off for half-a-dozen runs! Clean as a whistle from Jawadullah
38.3
4
Dockrell to Muhammad Jawadullah, FOUR, 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
38.2
1
Dockrell to Meiyappan, 1 run, Round the wicket, looped up on a length, came in after pitching on middle and off, wafted to wide long-off
38.1
1
Dockrell to Muhammad Jawadullah, 1 run, Stepping away to the on side and then late cuts it to deep backward point

END OF OVER:
38 | 7 Runs 2 Wkts | UAE: 198/9 (152 runs required from 12 overs, RR: 5.21, RRR: 12.66)

  • Muhammad Jawadullah1 (1b)
  • Karthik Meiyappan5 (6b)
  • Curtis Campher2-0-14-2
  • George Dockrell5-0-19-1
37.6
1
Campher to Muhammad Jawadullah, 1 run, On a length around the line off, glides it down to third man, in-fact gets a thick outside edge
37.5
W
Campher to Junaid Siddique, OUT, 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.

Junaid Siddique lbw b Campher 6 (2m 4b 0x4 1x6) SR: 150.00

37.4
0
Campher to Junaid Siddique, no run, 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
37.3
0
Campher to Junaid Siddique, no run, Pace off the ball, lands a touch short on a nagging off stump line, attempts a cut and flails at thin air
37.2
6
Campher to Junaid Siddique, SIX, 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

37.1
W
Campher to SM Sharma, OUT, 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

SM Sharma c Stirling b Campher 44 (64m 54b 1x4 3x6) SR: 81.48

END OF OVER:
37 | 5 Runs | UAE: 191/7 (159 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 5.16, RRR: 12.23)

  • Sanchit Sharma44 (53b)
  • Karthik Meiyappan5 (6b)
  • George Dockrell5-0-19-1
  • Curtis Campher1-0-7-0
36.6
1
Dockrell to SM Sharma, 1 run, Shorter on the pads, chips it away and Stirling at short fine does well to make a tumbling stop
36.5
0
Dockrell to SM Sharma, no run, Shuffles across to get behind the line, blocked right under his eyes
36.4
0
Dockrell to SM Sharma, no run, Tossed up from round the wicket, angles in instead of turning away, he slinks forward and punches this back to bowler
36.3
2
Dockrell to SM Sharma, 2 runs, 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
36.2
1
Dockrell to Meiyappan, 1 run, 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
36.1
1
Dockrell to SM Sharma, 1 run, Drills it down to wide long-off for a run

U.A.E. 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st58Muhammad WaseemA Sharma
2nd19V AravindA Sharma
3rd2V AravindEC D'Souza
4th6Basil HameedEC D'Souza
5th24Basil HameedAli Naseer
6th0Basil HameedAayan Afzal Khan
7th70SM SharmaBasil Hameed
8th12KP MeiyappanSM Sharma
9th6KP MeiyappanJunaid Siddique
10th14KP MeiyappanMuhammad Jawadullah

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Super Six
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33060.91
NED32140.662
SCOT32140.215
WI3122-0.091
ZIM3122-0.748
OMA3030-1.087
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM44082.241
NED43160.669
WI42240.525
NEP4132-1.171
USA4040-2.164
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL44083.047
SCOT43160.54
OMA4224-1.221
IRE4132-0.061
UAE4040-2.249