Irish cricket team against the United Arab Emirates in 2015–16 | |||
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United Arab Emirates | Ireland | ||
Dates | 13 February – 16 February 2016 | ||
Captains | Amjad Javed | William Porterfield | |
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
Most runs | Swapnil Patil (45) | William Porterfield (80) | |
Most wickets | Amjad Javed (4) | Boyd Rankin (5) |
The Irish cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates to play the United Arab Emirates in February 2016. The tour consisted of two Twenty20 International (T20Is) matches and a 20-over tour match.[1][2] The matches were in preparation for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.[3] The two-match series was drawn, with Ireland winning the first match and the United Arab Emirates winning the second.[4] The second match of the series was the 500th T20I match since the format was introduced in 2005.[5]
Squads
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Tour match
[edit]Afghanistan defeated Ireland by 10 wickets.[6]
20-over match: Ireland vs Afghanistan
[edit]T20I series
[edit]1st T20I
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
2nd T20I
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Fixtures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Rankin in Ireland squad for PNG clash and UAE tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Ireland lose by five runs to UAE in T20 international in Abu Dhabi". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "UAE script stunning comeback to level series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "(500) games of T20I cricket". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ Majumdar, Boria (16 May 2013). "Out of the ashes: the extraordinary rise and rise of the Afghanistan cricket team". Sport in Society. 16 (6): 839–841. doi:10.1080/17430437.2013.791491. ISSN 1743-0437.
External links
[edit]- Series home at ESPNcricinfo