IRELAND BEAT UAE BY TWO WICKETS WITH FOUR BALLS TO SPARE

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Dockrell hits the ball into the air, two fielders converge, but neither can take it, they run a second and Ireland have won!

Nearly a run-out! Cusack tips the ball to mid-off and runs a single, again if the throw had hit he'd have been out by yards. Two needed.

Hugh Dickinson:, external I can't believe they're cutting down the World Cup. #IREvUAE is an absolute thriller.

Paceman Naved to bowl. Cusack facing.

A slip comes in. So do the leg-side boundary fielders. Dockrell can't get the last ball away, but that four has nearly done the job.

Three runs needed from the last over. What. A. Game.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"There we go. Good old George Dockrell. The spinner has come up with the goods."

The UAE have never beaten Ireland, they need something special now - and Dockrell launches Javed for four to long-off. They'll be dancing in the streets of Taunton for that one - reducing the target to three from seven balls.

Jamie Gordon:, external This is why cricket is just the best sport!

Tauqir shuffles the field. Cusack heaves into the leg side, they hesitate before attempting a second run, the 43-year-old captain slides to pick up the ball and fumbles it, ensuring the batsmen get home. Eight from nine needed. Cusack smacks a single to extra cover, seven from eight needed.

Cusack straight-drives, the ball hits the stumps, the bails light up and had bowler Javed got a hand to it, Dockrell would have been run out. Dot ball. And a swing and a miss means it's 10 from 10.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"The field's been kept in. The captain of UAE is gambling now."

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"In his last 17 ODIs before today, Gary Wilson had scored 195 runs at an average of 13.92."

George Dockrell - not known for his batting - is Ireland's number 10, as if any indication needed that Ireland really don't want Max Sorensen to have to bat. Dockrell hits his first ball to a fielder, and all his team-mates yell "don't throw" - they can't risk an overthrow here. A fierce drive from Dockrell flies towards backward point, it doesn't quite carry but a good stop prevents a boundary, and they run one. With 11 needed, the field stays up. Last ball of the over, Cusack digs it out and runs for a quick single, he has to dive to make his ground at the bowler's end and would have been out if Khurram Khan's throw had hit...

Ireland need 10 from 12 balls. This is the closest game of this World Cup, and, I'd venture, one of the most exciting. Stay with us!

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I can't believe I'm watching this. Wilson is stood in the middle of the wicket with his head between his knees. But it was a magnificent innings."

Don't look away - Wilson's out next ball! What was he doing? Naveed digs in a bouncer, Wilson tries to fend it off and gives a catch to short third man! It's still 12 needed from 15 balls.

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Wilson to face - he sent Mooney back when it was clear his partner was going to he caught - and the Surrey wicketkeeper eases the pressure with a four through long-off from the first ball of Naveed's over. The next ball is blasted straight back and nearly decapitates the umpire but that's four more. Ireland need 12 from 16 balls.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Am I missing something here? Do Ireland need 20 more than I thought? They are playing crazy shots. There's real panic going through the Ireland team. They've won this game three or four times and they keep letting the UAE back in."

Left-hander Mooney tries a paddle-scoop of his own - and can only spoon a catch up to short fine leg. With a run a ball needed, he didn't really need to head down Unorthodox Boulevard there.

And if there wasn't enough drama out there, here's the local angle - the next Ireland batsman, Alex Cusack, was born in... Brisbane.

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It hit Wilson on the thigh pad, it looked in line - but Wilson survives by the skin of his teeth, it was "umpire's call" for clipping the bails! Too tight for comfort - but Ireland survive.