Published: Jun 03, 2015, 03:14 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 12:54 PM (IST)
Scotland 227/8 | Overs 67 – Stumps
Alasdair Evans 0 (1), Matthew Cross 27 (46)
Not a great day for Scotland in the end To their credit, the Afghanistan bowlers were very good. As the scoreboard shows, Samiullah Shenwari was the most persistent bowler and he was awarded with three wickets! Even the others showed great discipline and have the Scots on the mat. They’ll look to clean up the tail early tomorrow.
United Arab Emirates 207/8 | Overs 69
Shaiman Anwar 52 (82), Mohammad Naveed 13 (37)
Perhaps the best associate-nation batsman from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Shaiman Anwar, showed that he had not lost his touch and tried to keep the innings together with a fighting unbeaten half-century. Nonetheless, Ireland are well on top of this game and they’ll be eager to go for an outright win. Craig Young, John Mooney and George Dockrell were among the wickets.
Ireland 492 | Overs 118.3
George Dockrell 22 (41)
OUT! Craig Young c Swapnil Patil b Amjad Javed 0 (5)
Ireland have been bowled out for a massive score of 492. Ed Joyce (231) and Paul Stirling (146) remained the top-scorers for Ireland at the end of the day, with their 231-run second-wicket partnership proving to be the decisive partnership for the team. UAE though, will be happy to restrict the Irish, who finished on a score of 420 for three, to a total less than 500. Amjad Javed played the role of the destroyer-in-chief, taking four wickets for 117 runs. Ireland though, will hold the mental advantage at the start of the UAE innings.
.@Irelandcricket‘s Tim Murtagh, hits a boundary against the United Arab Emirates in the ICC InterContinental Cup! pic.twitter.com/4FXgtqS5FI
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Scotland v Afghanistan at Stirling:
Stumps called on Day 1 without a ball being bowled due to rain.
Ireland v United Arab Emirates (UAE) at Dublin, Stumps:
Ireland 420/3 | Overs 94
Ed Joyce 229 (222), Andy Balbirnie 7 (19)
OUT! Paul Stirling 146 (198) c Shaiman Anwar b Fayyaz Ahmed
UAE win the toss and decided to bowl first.
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry‘s live coverage of the Day 2 of ICC Intercontinental Cup 2015-17. There are two four day matches scheduled to be start from Tuesday. But only one was started. Ireland are facing United Arab Emirates (UAE) at Malahide and Scotland was expected to to take on Afghanistan to Stirling, but rain played spoilsport over there. We will be bringing all the live updates of both matches here.
All four Associate nations, which recently impressed at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, will be starting their journey towards becoming the 11th Test playing nation, from Tuesday. The opening round matches of the four-day First-Class Intercontinental Cup 2015-17, which is a pathway for Test cricket, have started from Wednesday. READ: ICC Intercontinental winner will earn an opportunity to play Test cricket
The side that wins this eight-team round-robin competition will play the 10th-ranked side on the ICC Test Team Rankings (as at 31 December 2017) in the four-match ICC Test Challenge during 2018. It will be a home and away base contest. If the Associate Member wins the series, then it will become the 11th Test nation.
This is defending champion Ireland’s seventh appearance in this competition. It also features former winner Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Namibia, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Scotland and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
