Irish cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2015–16

Irish cricket team against the United Arab Emirates in 2015–16
		United Arab Emirates		Ireland
Dates		13 February 2016 – 16 February 2016
Captains		Amjad Javed		William Porterfield
Twenty20 International series
Result		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

United Arab Emirates	Ireland[2]
Amjad Javed (c) Ahmed Raza Fahad Tariq Farhan Ahmed Hafiz Qaleem Mohammad Naveed Mohammad Shahzad Mohammad Usman Swapnil Patil Qadeer Ahmed Rohan Mustafa Saqlain Haider Shaiman Anwar Laxman Sreekumar Usman Mushtaq Zaheer Maqsood	William Porterfield (c) Andrew Balbirnie George Dockrell Tim Murtagh Andrew McBrine Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien Andrew Poynter Stuart Poynter Boyd Rankin Max Sorensen Paul Stirling Stuart Thompson Gary Wilson Craig Young

Tour match

20-over match: Danube Cricket Club v Ireland

13 February 2016 10:00 Scorecard

Ireland  136 (19.3 overs)	v	Danube Cricket Club 121/8 (20 overs)

Ireland won by 15 runs Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

T20I series

1st T20I

14 February 2016 13:30 Scorecard

Ireland  134/8 (20 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 100 (19.2 overs)
Niall O'Brien 38 (29) Amjad Javed 3/41 (4 overs)		Shaiman Anwar 24 (28) Kevin O'Brien 3/14 (4 overs)

Ireland won by 34 runs Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Rabiul Hoque (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20I

16 February 2016 10:30 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates  133/7 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 128/9 (20 overs)
Swapnil Patil 31 (37) Boyd Rankin 3/17 (4 overs)		William Porterfield 72 (60) Mohammad Shahzad 2/10 (2 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 5 runs Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Iftikhar Ali (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
• Usman Mushtaq (UAE) made his T20I debut.

References

1. "Fixtures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
2. "Rankin in Ireland squad for PNG clash and UAE tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
3. "Ireland lose by five runs to UAE in T20 international in Abu Dhabi". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
4. "UAE script stunning comeback to level series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
5. "(500) games of T20I cricket". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo