Ireland tour of United Arab Emirates, Match 1

Italy v Ireland

Italy 118 18.1 ov
Ireland 119/7 19.3 ov

Ireland won by 3 wickets

Venue
7he Sevens Stadium, Dubai
Date
Fri, 23 January 2026
Toss
Ireland won the toss and chose to field

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made Ireland 57% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field.

Italy win

Ireland win

Italy batIreland chase 119

Turning point +11 to Italy. 0.3, first innings: MJ Humphreys to AJ Mosca, 4 runs, 5/0. Italy went from 41% to 53%.

Moved it most MJ Humphreys +21.4 · Mark Adair −18.9 · Joshua Little −18.4 · Harry Tector +17.0

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
J Moscac GH Dockrell b BJ McCarthy140025.0−11.6
AJ Moscalbw b MJ Humphreys352242159.1+13.5
Jon-Jon Smutsb BJ McCarthy181221150.0+3.6
Wayne Madsenc HT Tector b GJ Delany10121083.3−6.7
HJ Manentic GH Dockrell b GJ Delany201920105.3+0.5
Grant Stewartb MJ Humphreys05000.0−11.2
GP Meadec GR Adair b MR Adair151220125.0+4.0
M Campopianoc L Tucker b MJ Humphreys460066.7−3.5
Jaspreet Singhb MJ Humphreys01000.0−2.8
CJPF Kalugamagec BJ McCarthy b MR Adair7110063.6−3.7
TJ Dracanot out4*60066.7+0.3
Extras lb 1, w 2, nb 14
Total 18.1 ov, 6.50 an over118

Fall of wickets 19-1 (Mosca, 2.2), 55-2 (Smuts, 5.4), 59-3 (Mosca, 6.4), 79-4 (Madsen, 9.5), 87-5 (Stewart, 11.4), 87-6 (Manenti, 12.3), 101-7 (Campopiano, 14.2), 101-8 (Singh, 14.3), 111-9 (Meade, 16.2), 118-10 (Kalugamage, 18.1)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
MJ Humphreys401644.001300+21.4
Mark Adair3.103029.47921−16.2
Barry McCarthy301424.67800+16.7
Joshua Little2027013.50200−18.4
Gareth Delany401924.75900+11.9
George Dockrell201105.50700+0.4

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Ball by ball

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The balls that decided it