Ireland v Namibia – 4-day Match – 1st Day’s Summary
Namibia 244 v Ireland 75/4
In the ongoing International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) Intercontinental Cup, 2011-2013, Ireland after winning the toss in the four-day match invited their opponents Namibia to bat at Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast.
The visitors came out on the field, aiming to put enough runs on the board to give the Irish a run for their money.
However, Ireland struck early when in the seventh over, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Francis-Mooney-c67825. At this time, Namibia had managed to post only 10
runs on the board.
The next batsman Christi Viljoen after playing four deliveries had his stumps uprooted by Mooney in the ninth over as the batsman found his way back to the pavilion without scoring a run.
This brought the Namibian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Helao-Nafidi-Ya-France-c62179 tried to forge a commendable resistance against the rampant Irish as the two batsmen scored 26 runs in the third-wicket partnership.
In the 18th over, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AR-Cusack-c1075 at point. At the time of his departure the side had managed to post 38 runs on the board for the
loss of three wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Dockrell-c59135. The batsman scored 25 runs off 27 deliveries before
walking back to the pavilion.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Raymond-van-Schoor-c84385 before he also fell to his demise after playing a knock of 18 runs off 86 deliveries when a delivery bowled by Dockrell bolted in to his stumps.
It was then Louis van der Westhuizen and Schoor who stood defiant against the Irish as they posted 43 runs together putting the Irish under pressure, nonetheless, Ireland struck in the 42nd over when Dockrell hit timber once again as he took the
wicket of Schoor, who after playing an innings of 34 runs off 51 deliveries left the crease.
Meanwhile, Louis http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Namibia-c2964 were on a tally of 175 runs. Later, the side managed
to post 244 runs at the end of their innings.
Coming out to bat, Ireland suffered an early loss when in the second over, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PR-Stirling-c2200 was sent back to the pavilion without scoring a run as he was caught by Klazinga off the bowling of Christi Viljoen.
Ireland suffered the loss of another wicket when Alex Cusack had his stumps shattered by Christi Viljoen after he had scored only a run. With two wickets down on only two runs, the Irish had a disastrous start to their innings.
However, Andrew White and Kevin O'Brien brought stability in the middle-order as the two batsmen halted the Namibian bowling onslaught by restricting the opposition from grabbing anymore wickets by the end of first day’s play where White was standing on
20 runs and his partner O’Brien was batting on 24 runs as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 managed to post 75 runs on the board for the loss of four wickets.
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