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Brisbane, Australia (BBN)-Ireland defeated UAE by two wickets in the 16th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Brisbane on Wednesday.
Ireland defeated UAE by two wickets in the 16th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Brisbane on Wednesday.
Gary Wilson’s personal 80 and Kevin O’Brien’s 50 helped Ireland to reach the target.
Earlier, UAE piled 279 runs with the help of Shaiman Anwar’s ton.
Anwar achievement was the first United Arab Emirates century and his personal post is 106.
His ton led UAE to recover from 78-4 and 131-6.
Before Anwar, Khurram Khan led the UAE to recovery after a fall of four wickets.
Earlier, Ireland tightened their grip over UAE after the fall of Khurram taking six regular wickets in their Pool B match.
Prior to the match, the Irish team have won the toss and elected to bowl against UAE.
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United Arab Emirates (Playing XI): Amjad Ali, Andri Berenger, Krishnachandran Karate, Khurram Khan, Swapnil Patil(w), Shaiman Anwar, Rohan Mustafa, Amjad Javed, Mohammad Naveed, Mohammad Tauqir(c), Manjula Guruge
Ireland (Playing XI): William Porterfield(c), Paul Stirling, Ed Joyce, Niall O’Brien, Andrew Balbirnie, Gary Wilson(w), Kevin O’Brien, John Mooney, Alex Cusack, Max Sorensen, George Dockrell
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