Ireland reach three figures as Wilson and Balbirnie, both right-handers, take two singles apiece against Mustafa. A great time for the UAE to whip through lots of quick overs of spin.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"What is going on with the Irish batting?

"That cool, calm and collected approach that was on show against the West Indies is nowhere to be seen today - but that was a super over by the skipper Tauqir."

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Ireland are playing Tauqir like he's Shane Warne here, new batsman Gary Wilson adds a single with a sweep, then Balbirnie doesn't look convincing as the ball whistles past his outside edge. Tauqir has figures of 2-0-16-2.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"It's pitched straight and he is absolutely dead. That is an appalling review by Niall O'Brien, who as the senior partner decided to review without asking the opinion of his team-mate.

"It pitched on middle, and was hitting middle."

Having been given out on the field, an "umpire's call" won't save O'Brien and there's nothing on the snickometer - hitting in line, wickets hitting, it's three red lights on the ball-tracker and O'Brien's gone.

Who on earth has suddenly pressed the panic button for Ireland? They were going so well...

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O'Brien goes for the sweep against Tauqir, misses and is given out leg before - but immediately calls for a review without really consulting his partner.

Mustafa, with a "bustling, round-arm" action according to Graeme Swann on TMS, begins his second over, three singles from it.

Middlesex's Andy Balbirnie is the new batsman, sporting one of those helmets of the sort favoured by Michael Carberry which look not unlike cycling helmets.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"That shot is so out of character from Porterfield - he looked as if he decided to play it when halfway down the wicket. In the end he tried to hack across the line and he missed it by a country mile.

"He was clean bowled by a very average delivery - and Ireland are feeling the pressure of this chase."

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Gone! Porterfield suddenly plants his foot outside leg stump and tries to slog-sweep his fellow skipper Mohammad Tauqir. You miss, I hit, says Tauqir, and the Warwickshire man has gone. A pretty horrid shot, just when it was looking good for Porterfield.

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Rohan Mustafa - who's listed as "right-arm slow" on Cricinfo (as is Alastair Cook), though you might euphemistically call it off-spin - into the attack, and the Irish pair find it easy to pick up ones and twos.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"O'Brien took a risk with that shot but long-off is quite wide. I said 'out' as soon as he hit it, and it bounced five yards inside. The fielder has now moved a bit straighter - UAE missed a trick there."

As a spinner who rattles through his overs at a decent rate, captain Mohammad Tauqir has a vested interest in ensuring he doesn't earn himself any over-rate fines. But he's clubbed down the ground for a first-bounce four by O'Brien, long-off was standing rather wide and had he been standing straighter, it would have been a simple catch.

Porterfield helps himself to a three off his legs, there's still plenty of twos and threes to be had on a ground this size. The skipper moves to 35 from 58 balls, O'Brien has five from 10, and this is developing into an interesting run chase.

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Ireland 77-2 (20 overs) - target 279

Batsmen: Porterfield 31*, N O'Brien 4*

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (Stirling 3), 72-2 (Joyce 37)

Bowling figures: Naveed 5-1-22-0, Guruge 7-0-21-1, Javed 5-0-25-0, Tauqir 3-0-8-0.

UAE 278-9: Shaiman 106, Stirling 2-27

Ireland won toss

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Tauqir is quickly through his over, O'Brien - who looked good against West Indies last week - is up and running with a couple of twos.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"That 37 runs from Ed Joyce was the luckiest innings I have ever seen. He could have been run out five times, caught, and bowled - it was brilliant!

"But it was an uncharacteristically jumpy innings from Ed - he looked ill at ease. That may be because Ireland are feeling the heat because of the target they are chasing."

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