Incredible. I suppose you do see that once in a blue moon - what a turning point it could be fore Ireland? As if to rub salt into Javed's wound, Joyce drills his next ball back past the bowler for four.

The lanky Amjad Javed is into the attack, and hang on a minute, was Joyce bowled there, or wasn't he? The ball brushed the off stump, the bails (which light up) jump up - but then fall back into the grooves at the top of the stumps and the wicket remains intact!

The bowler, who had been busy high-fiving his team-mates, looks distraught - but as per the Laws of Cricket, Joyce is allowed to carry on.

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

"This is an important period for Ireland as they have got a good start.

"Javed is coming on, he is under a little pressure from his captain to pull it back - he has a little shape there, and looks as if he can nip it back into the left-handers."

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Ireland 35-1 (10 overs) - target 279

Batsmen: Porterfield 16*, Joyce 16*

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (Stirling 3)

Bowling figures: Naveed 5-1-22-0, Guruge 5-0-13-1

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

Ireland won toss

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No bowling changes yet from the Emirates attack - Guruge, with 1-10 from his first four overs, is guided for three through mid-wicket by Joyce. With the size of the Gabba outfield, I'm sure there are a few club cricketers outside who'd be worried about conceding all-run fours (or even fives) on a ground that big... On a more serious point, with the average age of the UAE fielders markedly higher than Ireland's, it may be to the advantage of the men in green to keep hustling those twos and threes.

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

"Naveed has been bowling 137kph and he has got a little bit of swing too, but when he has dropped his short ball, it has been pretty easy to see. A full length is the right length to bowl at the Gabba, as it gives the ball a chance to swing. Guruge will feel comfortable bowling to two left-handers and will be in a bit of a groove."

Naveed - the quickest bowler in the match so far at 137kph, according to the speed gun - is guided to backward point by Porterfield, who has to dash back into his crease when Rohan Mustafa makes a good stop. But when the Warwickshire man connects fluently, the ball disappears to the cover boundary - while a wild throw over the keeper's head brings them a bonus overthrow. Joyce bisects the cover fielders for a well-run three.

Ian Callender:, external History repeats itself. West Indies scored 137-5 in first 35 overs v Ireland and 167-2 in last 15. Hopefully with the same final result.

A group of Ireland fans look in good spirits at the Gabba, where the floodlights are just starting to take effect. Porterfield cover-drives Guruge for a two, while the captain has the luck of the Irish when an outside edge lofts into the air but falls safely between two fielders. Nice and steady from Ireland, both batsmen into double figures.

At this stage - for what it's worth - the UAE were 31-0.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I would like to see a tri-series tournament in the middle of the summer, between England, Ireland and Scotland.

"England aren't world beaters at the moment, so I'd like to see a tournament where everybody plays each other once, or a round-robin tournament. It would be good for the development of everyone in the long run."

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Naveed, who looks as though he could do with a good night's sleep, begins his fourth over . After three singles, Joyce wakes the crowd up with a fearsome pull for a first-bounce four to wide mid-wicket - the first boundary of the innings.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I can't understand in ODI cricket how teams still pick medium-pacers. They think they cannot play too much spin in case the opposition get after them. But in T20, they look for spinners to bowl 12 overs."

Michael Swann:, external George Boyd's with his glorious hair!

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We think there's a bit of Chaminda Vaas about left-arm seamer Guruge - perhaps not a surprise as he was born in Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka, where he played domestic cricket before emigrating to the UAE. At the age of 34, he's not going to beat Ireland for pace, but he's a tidy bowler and is nearly through a maiden over before Porterfield nudges a single off the last ball.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

If Ireland are to win this game, they would have to pull off the third highest successful chase in ODI history at the Gabba. The list at the moment reads:

• 301-9: Australia v England, 2014 (below)

• 284-3: West Indies v Australia, 1997

• 275-5: Australia v Pakistan, 2010

• 274-4: Pakistan v West Indies, 2005

• 267-1: Australia v Sri Lanka, 2006

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Naveed's line and length isn't as teasing as Guruge's - Joyce attempts a pull shot and toe-ends it over mid-wicket - as Graeme Swann notes on TMS, it might have been a boundary on some of the smaller New Zealand grounds, but at the vast Gabba it's only two.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Paul Franks of the UAE backroom staff told me he rang Nottinghamshire and asked what plans they had for Ed Joyce last season, so he could relay them to the UAE.

"Notts assistant coach Wayne Noon told him that he scored 480 runs in three innings against them, so he was not sure if the plans were of any use!"

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Two left-handers in for Guruge to bowl at, there's some nice shape from the left-armer who was preferred to spinner Nasir Aziz by the UAE this morning. A tense start from Ireland, Porterfield pushes a three towards the point boundary.

Ooh, close... Porterfield plays and misses at Naveed, who sends down a maiden over. The required rate is a shade under six. In fact, it's 5.8.