Ireland v Canada – ICC Intercontinental Cup, 2011-2013 – 1st Day’s Summary
Ireland 435/7 (96.0 ov) v Canada
Ireland after winning the toss in the International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) Intercontinental Cup, 2011-2013 chose to bat first at Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin in the four-day match, aiming to post enough runs on the board to give their opponents Canada
a tough time.
The Irish openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Wilson-c1474 gave their side a fabulous opening stand as the batsmen exhibited their complete dominance against the Canadian bowlers who were reduced to rubble after receiving a hammering without any remorse from the Irish
openers.
The two batsmen giving the spectators at Dublin plenty to cheer about smashed 155 runs in the opening partnership before the Canadian bowler Khurram Chohan finally trapped Wilson in front of stumps, convincing the umpire to give the batsman leg-before wicket.
Wilson found his way back to the pavilion after playing a knock of 61 runs off 122 deliveries.
Nonetheless, this wicket was not going to keep the Irish batsmen bogged down as the number three batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AR-Cusack-c1075 provided sensational support to his Stirling as both the batsmen took the Canadian bowling attack apart by toying with the bowlers as they
failed to grab another wicket.
The Irish batsmen exhibited a blend of attack and defensive batting, which left the Canadians out of ideas against them.
However, before the partnership could turn into something meaningful, Stirling after playing a remarkable innings of 107 runs was clean bowled by a sensational delivery bowled by Amarbir Hansra. At the time of his departure the side had posted 185 runs on
the board for the loss of two wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khurram-Chohan-c1791.
However, it was the arrival of Kevin O'Brien on the crease that really took things away from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 as the batsman played a superb knock alongside Cusack.
The two batsmen posted 115 runs in the fifth wicket partnership taking the sting out of the Canadian bowling before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rizwan-Cheema-c2328 stepped in to break the partnership by grabbing the wicket of O'Brien, who after smashing a belligerent knock of 79 runs off
59 deliveries was forced to leave the crease after being caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zeeshan-Hussain-Siddiqi-c98583 at long-off.
At the time of this wicket the Irish had managed to post 351 runs on the board for the loss of five wickets.
In the 82nd over it was time for Cusack to depart who after playing a commendable innings of 81 runs was caught behind by the Canadian wicketkeeper Hamza Tariq off the bowling of Aulakh.
At stumps, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Dockrell-c59135 unbeaten on 25 and nine runs.
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