Live Cricket Score, UAE vs Ireland, Desert T20 2017: Ireland win by 25 runs

Live Cricket Score, UAE vs Ireland, Desert T20 2017: Ireland win by 25 runs

Good Afternoon, طاب مسائك, Tráthnóna maith! Hello and Welcome to the Group A match of the ongoing Desert T20 2017, between hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) and visitors Ireland, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. I am Paulami Chakraborty, and I will be bringing to you the live updates from this tie. Both UAE and Ireland have been a tough side so far, as both the teams have played a couple of matches each, having won one, and lost one, as they both possess two points. However, it’s Ireland, who lead the chart, on the second spot, following a better run rate than UAE. Thus, both the teams would be looking to put up a good show, and possibly stand a chance to top the table.

Afghanistan beat UAE by 5 wickets in Match 6 of the Desert T20 Challenge 2017 at Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. With this win, Afghanistan go to the top of the table with 4 points from 2 matches. UAE are second with 1 win from their 2 games. Afghanistan were set a target of 147, thanks to a run-a-ball 52 from Samiullah Shenwari. But it was Dawlat Zadran with his 4 for 44 and Rashid Khan with figures of 2 for 12, who brought Afghanistan back into the game. UAE got off to a good start in their innings, but kept losing wickets at regular intervals and eventually fell well short of where they would have liked to be. They were staring at a score of close to 200, but did not even make 150 in the end.

FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: UAE vs Ireland, Desert T20 2017, Group A match at Dubai

Ireland made a good comeback in the game against Namibia on Tuesday, restricting the opponent to a gettable total, chasing down the target of 147 with 2 balls remaining. With this, Ireland registered their first victory in the tournament and remain alive in the tournament. They can still make it to the semi-final of the action-packed T20 tournament.

Desert T20 2017: Points Table and Team Standings

Squads:

Ireland: Paul Stirling, Stuart Poynter, William Porterfield (c), Kevin O’Brien, Gary Wilson (wk), Greg Thompson, Andy McBrine, George Dockrell, Joshua Little, Jacob Mulder, Craig Young, Andrew Balbirnie, Barry McCarthy, Boyd Rankin, Stuart Thompson.

FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: UAE vs Ireland, Desert T20 2017, Group A match at Abu Dhabi