Ireland tour of United Arab Emirates, Match 1

Ireland v United Arab Emirates

Ireland 178/6 20 ov
United Arab Emirates 121 19.5 ov

Ireland won by 57 runs

Venue
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Date
Thu, 29 January 2026
Toss
Ireland won the toss and chose to bat
Player of the match
Gareth Delany

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made United Arab Emirates 53% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field. They lost.

Ireland win

United Arab Emirates win

Ireland batUnited Arab Emirates chase 179

Turning point −12 to United Arab Emirates. 5.3, the chase: Barry McCarthy to Waseem Muhammad, 6 runs, 44/0, needing 135. Ireland went from 56% to 44%.

Moved it most George Dockrell +17.8 · Basil Hameed −16.3 · Waseem Muhammad −14.6 · BF Calitz +14.1

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Paul Stirlingc H Kaushik b Junaid Siddique8320266.7+0.8
GR Adairb Muhammad Arfan392951134.5+2.0
Harry Tectorrun out (Muhammad Jawadullah)490044.4−5.2
Lorcan Tuckerc Basil Hameed b Haider Ali382542152.0+10.2
Curtis Campherb Haider Ali252330108.7+1.6
BF Calitznot out26*1221216.7+14.1
Gareth Delanyb Junaid Siddique891088.9−8.2
George Dockrellnot out22*1021220.0+3.3
Extras lb 6, w 28
Total 20 ov, 8.90 an over178/6

Did not bat Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, MJ Humphreys

Fall of wickets 8-1 (Stirling, 0.3), 34-2 (Tector, 4.3), 62-3 (Adair, 8.2), 117-4 (Tucker, 14.3), 122-5 (Campher, 15), 145-6 (Delany, 17.3)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Junaid Siddique403629.00910+5.1
Haider Ali403127.751100−2.2
Muhammad Jawadullah403308.251200−11.2
Muhammad Arfan402015.001110+10.4
H Kaushik2024012.00200−11.2
Basil Hameed2028014.00200−16.1

Fielding Muhammad Jawadullah +5.4 (run-outs)

Win is the win chance a player added for his side, in points (100 = a match turned round): batting in the top table, bowling in the bottom. Point at or tap a player to see his balls on the chart.

Ball by ball

The whole match on one screen: a row for every over, a square for every ball, coloured by how far it moved the match. Pick any ball, play it through, or click a name to follow one player.

The balls that decided it