http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cricket League Championship – 26th Match – Ireland faltering at 82 for 6 by 25th over – Live Score and Update
Led by medium pacer Shapoor Zadran’s early assault, the Afghanistan bowlers succeeded in limiting Ireland to 82 for 6 by the end of the 25th over during the ongoing ICC World Cricket League Championship match today on July 5 at the Clontarf Cricket
Club Ground in Dublin.
Following a delay owing to a wet outfield, the match got underway with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Karim-Sadiq-c70298 electing to field first.
The Irish batsmen registered noticeably low strike rates as the struggled to rack up the runs in the face of the Afghan bowling attack. Their innings were opened by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shapoor-Zadran-c89730’s first
victim, dismissed for 6 by the 4th over, while the latter faced a total of 25 deliveries after which he only managed to contribute a mere 7 runs.
The skipper was sent packing by Shapoor Zadran in the 6th over, and the next duo to attempt to bring the team back on track was that of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ed-Joyce-c1417 (20*) and Niall O'Brien (6). While the former proved to be the mainstay of the Irish innings, and
remains not out, the latter’s time at the crease was short-lived, and he found himself bowled out by Gulbodin Naib in the 11th over, leaving his side at 30 for 3.
Wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Shahzad-c77324 in the 12th over.
Kevin O'Brien was next up to bat, and registered one of the highest individual totals so far – 31 off 32 deliveries, with a strike rate of 96.87. However, a bad call on Joyce’s part resulted in Kevin O'Brien being run out by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samiullah-Shenwari-c2430 in the 22nd
over.
By this time, Ireland were at 80 for five, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AR-Cusack-c1075 offered his team no respite – after consuming 9 deliveries, he was dismissed on duck, lbw, by Hamza Hotak, on the second last ball of the 25th over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Francis-Mooney-c67825 (0) is the next batsman to step up to the crease, and the Irish, currently at a wobbly 82 for 6, will be hoping his partnership with Joyce yields a substantial amount of runs, and enables them to post a fighting total on the board.
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