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7th ODI at Dublin – First Innings Recap
The Canadian captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Intercontinental Cup at Castle Avenue, Dublin
on Monday, September 19, 2011.
The cloudy conditions pushed Hansra to put the opposition to bat after winning the crucial toss. However, his bowlers failed to make an impact, letting the Irish batsmen build a big innings.
A solid foundation was laid by the two opening batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harvir-Singh-Baidwan-c61987 after adding 26 quick runs to the total.
The tourists however, could not capitalise on the breakthrough, as Joyce and the skipper, William Poterfield, continued the outstanding work going. Both cricketers were excellent in running between the wickets and took full advantage of poor deliveries.
Joyce and Poterfield collected 119 runs for the second-wicket-partnership, steering their side to a strong position to get a mammoth score. The second wicket fell in the 30th over when Poterfield walked out of the park after gathering 67 runs
including five lovely boundaries.
Since a solid platform was set by the top-order, it was not a tough task for the succeeding batsmen to have a go. Joyce top-scored the innings by smashing a beautiful innings of 88 runs with help of eight fours and a towering six.
Niall O’Brien charmed 37 runs, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Wilson-c1474 hit an unbeaten 56-run-knock. Later in the innings, Kevin O’Brien’s blistering innings of 35 off 15 balls helped the Irish side reach a mighty total of 328 for the loss of six wickets after 50 overs.
In http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zeeshan-Hussain-Siddiqi-c98583 claimed a wicket each.
To overcome the strong Ireland side, the Canadians needed 329 at a scoring rate of over-6.5 per over.
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