T20 WC 2016

Scorecard - 4th Match, Group A, Ireland vs Oman at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, India (09 Mar 2016)

Ireland

154/5 (20) RR:7.7

Oman won by 2 wkts

MOM: Amir Ali

Oman

157/8 (19.4) RR:7.98

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20.0 - Munis Ansari to Andy McBrine, FOUR, full and outside off, Andy McBrine went for the lofted drive but sliced it over the man at cover

19.4 - Munis Ansari to Andy McBrine, FOUR, full toss and Andy McBrine is off the mark in style, goes hard and sends it down to the fine leg fence, all power rather than timing

18.1 - Bilal Khan to Kevin O'Brien, FOUR, full toss outside off, Kevin O'Brien bends his back knee and slams the ball square on the off-side, muscled!

15.4 - Munis Ansari to Wilson, FOUR, better from Wilson. Walks roght across the stumps, picks the length early and keeps his head still - All that to scoop one over the keeper

14.2 - Ajay Lalcheta to Wilson, FOUR, this time he times it precisely, not just timing but got the placement right too! Allows the ball to slide in and then cuts it from off-stump line, past backward point and into the fence

13.3 - Khawar Ali to Niall O'Brien, FOUR, hello! See you tomorrow! Didn't time it all that well but placed it to perfection. Right between deep mid-wicket and deep square leg. Down on one knee and an agricultural swipe over mid-wicket, beat the desperate dive from deep mid-wicket

10.3 - Aamir Kaleem to Porterfield, FOUR, short and begging to be hit! Porterfield obliges as he drops to one knee and slog-sweeps it well over the man at square leg, no one in the deep

9.4 - Amir Ali to Wilson, FOUR, pushed through, but Ali offers Wilson the width to camp on the back foot and nail the cut to the deep extra cover boundary. Meaty blow from Wilson

9.2 - Amir Ali to Wilson, FOUR, slightly dragged down delivery, Wilson rocks back and aims to flay the cut. But gets a thickish outside edge that runs away past the short third man fielder and into the fence

8.4 - Aamir Kaleem to Porterfield, FOUR, a lot of oohs and aahs as the skipper of Oman misses out on a stumping chance. Kaleem beats the batsman with his path of flight and guile, Porterfield charges down the track and looks to tuck it around the corner and gets an inside edge. However, the keeper was late to collect the ball as he moved to his left. It runs away to the fine leg fence

6.4 - Aamir Kaleem to Wilson, FOUR, sliding down leg, Wilson bends on one knee and sweeps it to the fine leg fence. Deft touch from Wilson

5.3 - Munis Ansari to Porterfield, leg byes, FOUR, speared down leg, Porterfield aims to tuck it around the corner, but it hits his back pad and runs past a diving keeper into the fine leg fence

5.1 - Munis Ansari to Porterfield, FOUR, Porterfield chips down the track to a back of a length delivery and clubs it across the line to deep backward square leg. He did not exactly time that one, but it still had enough legs to crash into the boundary boards

4.5 - Ajay Lalcheta to Stirling, FOUR, speared down the leg-side, Stirling sinks on one knee and slog-sweeps it to the fine leg fence. It came right off the screws

4.3 - Ajay Lalcheta to Stirling, FOUR, Stirling, this time, dances down the track, but does not get close to the pitch of the ball. He slices the loft over cover and it runs away to the fence

3.2 - Bilal Khan to Stirling, FOUR, shorter in length and asking to be hammered. Bilal did not bend his back to bowl it with a good burst of pace. As a result, Stirling easily pulls it to the fine leg fence

2.4 - Ajay Lalcheta to Stirling, FOUR, Stirling dances down the track, makes room slightly and drives it past the diving extra cover fielder and collects a boundary. No need to run for those

1.5 - Bilal Khan to Stirling, FOUR, Stirling is known for playing on the up in the County circles. A tad fuller and just outside off, Stirling takes a baby step forward and uses the punchy-drive to bisect the gap through cover and the ball bullets to the fence

1.1 - Bilal Khan to Stirling, FOUR, fuller length delivery and angled away from Stirling, he nicely drives on the up and pierces the gap through the cover-region with needlepoint precision. As a result of that shot, the lone slip has been taken out

17.5 - Munis Ansari to Andrew Poynter, SIX, this time he doesn't move much and allows the ball to come to him, tonks this full ball over long-on for a 90-plus metre six

5.2 - Munis Ansari to Porterfield, SIX, powerful blow from Porterfield. Length delivery and on the stumps, Porterfield waltzes down the track and pulverises the ball wide of long-on with a heave and it clears the fence with ease. He picked the bones out of that delivery

19.3 - Munis Ansari to Kevin O'Brien, out Bowled!! Third wicket for Munis Ansari and he is chuffed to bits. As I mentioned earlier, Kevin O'Brien was exposing all his stumps and Munis Ansari delivers a perfect full delivery that tails in slightly to make a mess of the stumps. Kevin O'Brien looks bamboozled. He was on the hop and played a nothing shot. Was expecting a short ball but the length was just, quite opposite. Kevin O'Brien b Munis Ansari 14(12) [4s-1]

16.0 - Munis Ansari to Wilson, out Bowled!! Here we go again! This is more like Malinga. Hitting the base of middle and off. Wilson exposed all his stumps and wanted to go big over cover. Munis Ansari kept it full and the ball just skidded off the surface after pitching. Kept a bit low and thumped the stumps. Wilson b Munis Ansari 38(34) [4s-5]

15.1 - Munis Ansari to Niall O'Brien, out Caught by Mehran Khan!! Not quite Malinga's pace but gets a wicket nonetheless. He might not have Malinga's hair and pace but has this knack of skidding the ball at a decent pace. Pitched on middle of the track and hurried onto the batsman, Niall O'Brien was trying to pull. Got into a bit of tangle as he swivelled on the stroke. A fat, healthy top-edge and short fine leg snaffles a dolly. Niall O'Brien c Mehran Khan b Munis Ansari 16(11) [4s-1]

11.4 - Khawar Ali to Porterfield, out Stumped!! Something's gotta give and Oman nips out the dangerman in the form of William Porterfield. It was tossed up nicely and just dipped enough to beat the booming blade of Porterfield who came down the track in quest of a slog-sweep. Sneaked past the inside edge and the keeper does the rest. Porterfield st Sultan Ahmed b Khawar Ali 29(28) [4s-3 6s-1]

6.3 - Aamir Kaleem to Stirling, out Caught by Zeeshan Maqsood!! Zeeshan Maqsood has taken a blinder. Er wait, the onfield umpires have called for the TV umpire to see whether he took it cleanly. The soft signal is out. On replays it is clear to me that he grabbed it with his left-hand underneath the ball. However, the TV umpire has asked for the zoomer. Now, he says the ball has carried. As a result, Stirling has to walk back to the pavilion. Well, coming back to the catch, it was a spellbinding one. Stirling drilled a flatter delivery on the up towards Zeeshan at extra cover, who leaps in the air to his left akin to a superman and grabs it with his left-hand. It can turn out to be the catch of the tournament. Stirling c Zeeshan Maqsood b Aamir Kaleem 29(22) [4s-6]

19.5 - Sorensen to Munis Ansari, no ball, byes, FOUR, Oman have done it. They have done it. I can barely contain myself. The players certainly can't. Each and every one of them has come running out onto the ground. They are jumping around like they have founded the potion to immortality. Eureka! Sorensen loses it again. Bowls a high full toss, manages to beat the swinging bat of Ansari but he also manages to beat his keeper as it bounced right in front of him. Sneaks through his legs and races away to the boundary

19.2 - Sorensen to Ajay Lalcheta, FOUR, I heard a huge scream after the outside edge ran away for a boundary. Not sure if it was the bowler or the batsman. But another poor ball. High full toss angled away wide of off, Lalcheta looks to carve it away but only gets a thick edge. That'll do

19.1 - Sorensen to Amir Ali, no ball, FOUR, see, that's the pressure I was talking about. I've never seen a full toss threatening to behead the batsman. And somehow Amir has managed to swing it down to the fine leg fence. Got a thick inside edge and the ball ran away. Free-hit to follow

17.0 - Murtagh to Amir Ali, FOUR, Murtagh has been dismantled. 20 off the over and an upset is staring us in the face. Low full toss just outside off, Amir bends his back knee and slogs with all his might. Loses his shape and the ball runs off a thick outside edge fine of short third man

16.5 - Murtagh to Amir Ali, FOUR, and now picks his spot over mid-off. 21 off 8 and Amir is playing a blinder. Low full toss on off, the slower ball gone wrong, and Amir lofts it handsomely over the infield

16.4 - Murtagh to Amir Ali, FOUR, oh my word! What a good shot that is. Bends his back to get low enough, makes some room against the length ball and runs it with an open face fine of short third man. Skimmed off the bat-face

16.0 - Stirling to Amir Ali, FOUR, and this certainly wasn't the plan. All Stirling does is dish out a quick and full ball on the pads, Amir simply tickles it fine. Beats short fine leg and it speeds away despite all the dew

15.1 - Stirling to Jatinder Singh, FOUR, initially looks to come down the track, sees the length is short and then sits on the back knee to sweep it behind backward square. There is a dive but in vain

8.1 - Kevin O'Brien to Khawar Ali, FOUR, had he missed it, it would have crashed onto the stumps, but he did not. Moved away a long way across and whipped it away from the fielder at short fine leg

6.4 - Rankin to Khawar Ali, FOUR, cleared his front leg and stamped his authority as he slapped this one wide of the fielder at sweeper cover, Oman are off to a flier

4.4 - Murtagh to Khawar Ali, FOUR, Murtagh rolled his fingers on the ball once again, Ali drilled it down the ground, the bowler had no time to get his left hand to it

4.2 - Murtagh to Khawar Ali, FOUR, slower delivery and Ali read it well, backed away a touch and carved it over the fielders in the cover region, the ball rockets to the sweeper cover fence

3.5 - C Young to Zeeshan Maqsood, FOUR, it might be tough to pick their accent but for Maqsood it is easier to pick Ireland bowlers' length, pulled this one off the back foot and the fielder at deep mid-wicket had no chance

3.0 - Rankin to Zeeshan Maqsood, FOUR, this time though he connects with a similar shot and sends it straight down the ground, the bowler had no chance in his followthrough, three boundaries came off this over

2.3 - Rankin to Zeeshan Maqsood, FOUR, a photocopy of the previous shot, this time though it did not come off the meat of the bat, but had enough to crash into the fence

2.2 - Rankin to Zeeshan Maqsood, FOUR, was not short but the fact that Maqsood stayed back helped him to effect the pull through mid-wicket, timed it well and the fielder had no chance

1.0 - Murtagh to Zeeshan Maqsood, FOUR, fabulous shot to end the over, picked this one up from the middle stump and flicked it away from the man at mid-on, timed it well and the ball raced away to the fence

0.2 - Murtagh to Zeeshan Maqsood, FOUR, uppish but Maqsood won't mind, it was in his zone and he lofted it over the man at mid-off, it was not far though

15.0 - Sorensen to Amir Ali, SIX, ah, he's got hold of one. Awkward as it may seem, but it's brought Oman a welcome six. Fullish on middle, Amir swivels across and thwacks it across the line over square leg. Got it right out of the middle with an exaggerated batswing

8.2 - Kevin O'Brien to Khawar Ali, SIX, carnage would be an understatement. Cleared his front leg and tonked it over the deep mid-wicket fence

7.2 - Andy McBrine to Khawar Ali, SIX, every ounce of muscle he has, Ali put it behind this shot, comes down the track and flogs it over long-on and gets maximum result

19.4 - Sorensen to Amir Ali, out Caught by Niall O'Brien!! Amir doesn't want to leave. He is standing there like someone has robbed him broke. Very full ball just outside off, Amir clears the front leg looking to drill it through the off-side, there is a sound as ball passes bat and then carries easily to the keeper. It was bat hitting ground. Amir Ali c Niall O'Brien b Sorensen 32(17) [4s-5 6s-1]

18.4 - Rankin to Sultan Ahmed, out Sultan Ahmed Run Out!! Sultan swings and misses, then thinks about stealing a bye. Then tries to retreat. Too late. Niall O'Brian has brought down the stumps with a spot-on underarm throw. Sultan Ahmed run out (Niall O'Brien) 1(2)

18.1 - Rankin to Jatinder Singh, out Bowled!! Rankin is jumping around and the bails are flashing in sync. Jeez, have some sympathy for us spectators. My heart is throbbing out of the chest. Length ball perfectly in the slot to be sloshed. Jatinder swings through the wrong line, the ball sneaks past the inside edge and brushes the top of leg. Jatinder Singh b Rankin 24(26) [4s-1]

14.0 - Andy McBrine to Aamir Kaleem, out Lbw!! Double-strike from McBrine. This is beautifully bowled. Slower through the air, and the flight makes Kaleem think that the ball will turn. But it goes straight on with the arm, beats his flick and hits the knee-roll in front of off and middle. HawkEye shows the ball hitting middle stump three-fourths on the way up. Aamir Kaleem lbw b Andy McBrine 0(2)

13.3 - Andy McBrine to Mehran Khan, out Caught by Porterfield!! No, no, no! It's another wicket and Ireland are on top now. Mehran felt obliged to break the shackles despite only facing 3 balls before this. Bends down on one knee looking to slog-sweep, the ball bounces slightly more from a length and he slices it in the air. Porterfield backpedals from short mid-wicket, keeps his eyes on the ball and reverse-cups it in front of the face before falling backwards. Mehran Khan c Porterfield b Andy McBrine 2(4)

12.4 - Sorensen to Adnan Ilyas, out Caught by Stirling!! Oman are sliding now. From 69/0, it's become 86/3. Can't fathom what Ilyas was doing here. Back of a length just outside off, he stays flat-footed looking to dab it down to third man. The ball sticks in the pitch and kicks up slightly, he gets it high on the bat and spoons it in front of backward point who is smartly placed well inside the ring. Stirling dives forward and takes it with ease. Adnan Ilyas c Stirling b Sorensen 4(7)

10.4 - Kevin O'Brien to Zeeshan Maqsood, out Bowled!! Dear me, this is a big moment. Both openers have been swallowed by Kevin O'Brien who runs away towards mid-wicket with arms spread. Shortish and wide outside off from round the wicket, Maqsood was well within his rights to go hard on the cut, just that he anticipated more bounce. Chops it off a thick bottom-edge back onto the stumps. On second glance, it's a well disguised cutter from Kevin. Ran his fingers across the side of the ball and it didn't get up. Zeeshan Maqsood b Kevin O'Brien 38(33) [4s-6]

8.3 - Kevin O'Brien to Khawar Ali, out Bowled!! His exuberance has cost Ali his wicket but not before he has put out a statement to the world that Oman are not pushovers, wanted to run this length delivery down to third man, chopped it back. Hits the ground and then ricochets onto the stumps. Khawar was understandably fuming and swung his bat across in frustration. Kevin O'Brien had to hop in his extended celebratory followthrough to avoid getting his feet "sworded out". Funny indeed. And shall I say that Ireland are on the board? Khawar Ali b Kevin O'Brien 34(26) [4s-4 6s-2]

6.5 - Rankin to Khawar Ali, 1 run, this is good cricket from Ali, waited for this short of a good length delivery and tapped it in front of cover for a quick single

3.4 - C Young to Zeeshan Maqsood, no run, length delivery aimed at the stumps, Maqsood gets it off the inside edge to his boots, Khawar Ali was halfway down the track and the fielder had a shy at the bowler's end, had it hit, Khawar Ali was a goner