Summary

  • Ireland beat UAE by two wickets

  • Ireland chase 279 with four balls to spare

  • Wilson 80, K O'Brien 50 off 25 balls

  • UAE 278-9: Shaiman 106; Stirling 2-27

  • Pool B, Brisbane; Ireland won toss

Live Reporting

Mark Mitchener

  1. Ire 72-2 (target 279)

    Niall O'Brien is the new batsman, so we still have two lefties at the crease.

  2. Alan Lewis
    Ex-Ireland batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "That was rash shot by Ed Joyce - he flayed the bat at it. Ireland will have to rebuild now at 72-2, and make sure they keep the scoreboard ticking over."

  3. WICKET

    Ed Joyce's luck finally runs out as another flashing drive sees him edge to the keeper. He'd continued to ride his luck with another quick single earlier in the over when a direct hit would have seen him run out by a foot.

    Game on?

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  4. Alan Lewis
    Ex-Ireland batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "Mohammad Tauqir has 0-3, and if he was any use off his own bowling he would be 1-3!

    "It was hit back to him high up off the bat by Joyce - who was probably beaten in the flight."

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  5. Dropped catch

    Joyce continues to ride his luck as he drives the ball straight back at Tauqir but the UAE captain can't hold onto a sharp one-handed chance... you've got to take those, skipper...

  6. Alan Lewis
    Ex-Ireland batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "Ed Joyce was slow to get going off the mark for that run - he delayed getting going as the midwicket had come a little straighter. A direct hit would have seen him out by about a foot.

    "Ireland are having a wee bit of fortune - it could be Joyce's day!"

  7. Ire 65-1 (target 279)

    Plenty of wickets seem to have fallen immediately after drinks breaks at this World Cup - but Porterfield and Joyce avoid that particular trap, helping themselves to four singles, although the last of those four might have had Joyce in trouble if the fielder had managed a direct hit at the bowler's end.

  8. Alan Lewis
    Ex-Ireland batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "When Ireland hosted the Australians in 2010, we took the players to the home of the the GAA, Croke Park, and one of Ireland's most famous hurlers, DJ Carey, gave an exhibition. The Australian players were totally focused on him, and intrigued by the different skills.

    "Ten minutes later, I saw Cameron White and Dougie Bollinger whacking the ball 80 metres to each other."

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  9. Drinks break

    And that's drinks with a long way to go, but Ireland - needing 6.41 an over - are slowly wresting control.

    It looks as though one or more of the stumps may have been changed after that Ed Joyce incident. Incidentally, if you want a more detailed explanation of that law, check out this MCC video guide (narrated by Stephen Fry) on YouTube.

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    Charles Dagnall
    BBC Test Match Special

    On Twitter: That Ed Joyce incident reminds me about the time I was bowled by Glenn McGrath v Middlesex. Except the bails fell off and I was out.

  11. Appeal - not out

    Guruge takes a rest as the UAE turn to spin for the first time - captain Mohammad Tauqir has an lbw shout against Joyce, but the umpire isn't interested - was there an inside edge on it? Snickometer seems to think so. Just a single from the over.

  12. Alan Lewis
    Ex-Ireland batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "I saw Ed Joyce batting at the age of 11 and I knew after watching him for four deliveries that he was special. Ireland are beginning to gather a wee bit of momentum now."

  13. Ire 60-1 (target 279)

    Javed has just the minimum five men in the ring for Joyce, who looks "in the zone" as he hoists a four over the bowler's head, while Porterfield joins in the fun with a cover-driven four. He has 26 from 44 balls, Joyce has 30 from 37.

  14. Alan Lewis
    Ex-Ireland batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "UAE have someone in the fourth slip position with third man literally behind him, but he has saved about five or six runs over the course of the last six overs.

    "It is an out shot for the batsman down there to third man, off a reasonably good ball."

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  15. Ire 50-1 (Porterfield 21*, Joyce 25*)

    And it's still Guruge at the Stanley Street End - Porterfield hoists him over mid-on, he doesn't quite time it but it's safely over the fielder and they run two. The fifty for Ireland is brought up rather unceremoniously with a legside wide. The UAE were 54-2 at this stage.

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  16. Join the debate at #bbccricket

    Pete Luxford: How about an ODI series between England, Scotland, Ireland and Holland?

  17. Ire 44-1 (target 279)

    Javed, who gave the UAE innings a shot in the arm with his 42 from 35 balls (which also served to push centurion Anwar up a gear or two), now has some work to do with the ball. Meanwhile, Porterfield and Joyce are using their experience to steadily build the platform their side needs if they are to chase down this target.

  18. Andy Bichel
    Ex-Australia pace bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    "I think Guruge has bowled one over too many here - they are going to need him to come back at the end of the innings to take wickets.

    "The UAE should remember they posted 285 against Zimbabwe and then couldn't defend that."

  19. Ire 42-1 (Porterfield 17*, Joyce 22*)

    The impressive Guruge gets another over, just two singles from it and he has 1-15 from six overs. But with only four more available to him, how long will he UAE keep him on?

  20. Best headband in sport?

    Vaughan Jackson: LeBron James of course.

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