ODI # 2739
European Championship Division One, 2008, 13th Match
Ireland v Scotland
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin
31 July 2008 (50-over match)

Result: Ireland won by 7 wickets (D/L method)
Points: Ireland 2, Scotland 0
Series: Ireland wins the 2008 European Championship Division One

Toss: Ireland
Umpires: PK Baldwin (Ger) and BF Bowden (NZ)
Match referee: BC Broad (Eng)
Reserve umpire: IN Ramage (Scot)

Scotland innings (35 overs maximum)                             R   M   B  4 6
GM Hamilton                              b Cusack              21      26  4 0
*RR Watson            st NJ O'Brien      b McCallan            50      44  6 1
MQ Sheikh                                b Botha                2      11  0 0
+CJO Smith            st NJ O'Brien      b McCallan            16      26  2 0
DF Watts              lbw                b Connell             14      22  2 0
NFI McCallum          c NJ O'Brien       b Connell              1       5  0 0
RD Berrington         c Wilson           b Botha               16      31  1 0
RM Haq                lbw                b McCallan             2       9  0 0
JAR Blain             c KJ O'Brien       b Cusack              13      26  0 0
GD Drummond           not out                                  10       9  1 0
JD Nel                not out                                   1       1  0 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 4)                               6
Total                 (9 wickets, 35 overs)                   152

FoW: 1-60 (Hamilton, 8.3 ov), 2-66 (Sheikh, 11.1 ov),
     3-91 (Watson, 17.2 ov), 4-99 (Smith, 19.1 ov),
     5-100 (McCallum, 20.1 ov), 6-115 (Watts, 24.5 ov),
     7-120 (Haq, 27.1 ov), 8-133 (Berrington, 31.4 ov),
     9-150 (Blain, 34.4 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Connell                      7      0     37      2 (1w)
KJ O'Brien                   7      0     43      0
Cusack                       7      0     31      2 (2w)
Botha                        7      1     29      2
McCallan                     7      1     10      3 (1w)

Ireland innings (target: 128 runs from 27 overs)                R   M   B  4 6
*WTS Porterfield                         b Blain                1      12  0 0
GC Wilson                                b Blain               51      66  6 0
+NJ O'Brien                              b Drummond            10      17  2 0
AC Botha              not out                                  47      43  7 0
KJ O'Brien            not out                                  10       5  1 1
Extras                (b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 1)                   10
Total                 (3 wickets, 23.5 overs)                 129

DNB: R Strydom, AR White, AR Cusack, MJ Fourie, WK McCallan,
     P Connell.

FoW: 1-19 (Porterfield, 4.2 ov), 2-42 (NJ O'Brien, 9.5 ov),
     3-119 (Wilson, 22.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Blain                        7      1     36      2 (1nb)
Nel                          5      0     19      0 (1w)
Drummond                     4.5    0     29      1
Berrington                   3      0     17      0
Haq                          3      0     13      0
Watson                       1      0      7      0

• Scotland innings
• Rain stopped play at 92/3 off 17.4 overs, 1 over lost

• Ireland innings
• Ireland innings: 1x5 ball over (5th over, JAR Blain, called by umpire Bowden)
• Rain stopped play at 27/1 off 7 overs, 8 overs lost, new target is 128

Team Pages: Ireland, Scotland.

Ground Page: Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin

Scotland Player Pages: GM Hamilton, RR Watson, MQ Sheikh, CJO Smith, DF Watts, NFI McCallum, RD Berrington, RM Haq, JAR Blain, GD Drummond, JD Nel.

Ireland Player Pages: WTS Porterfield, GC Wilson, NJ O'Brien, AC Botha, KJ O'Brien, R Strydom, AR White, AR Cusack, MJ Fourie, WK McCallan, P Connell.

Match Officials' Pages: PK Baldwin, BF Bowden, BC Broad.