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Irish cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2016–17
Irish cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2016–17
	United Arab Emirates
Dates	2 – 4 March 2017
Captains	Rohan Mustafa
One Day International series
Results	Ireland won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Shaiman Anwar (63)
Most wickets	Zahoor Khan (7)

The Ireland cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in March 2017 to play two One Day International (ODI) matches.^[1] The matches were in preparation for Ireland's fixtures against Afghanistan in India that immediately followed the series.^[2] Ireland won the series 2–0.^[3]

Squads

United Arab Emirates^[4]	Ireland^[1]
Rohan Mustafa (c) Qadeer Ahmed Shaiman Anwar Imran Haider Amjad Javed Zahoor Khan Adnan Mufti Mohammad Naveed Mohammed Qasim Ahmed Raza Ghulam Shabber (wk) Rameez Shahzad Laxman Sreekumar Muhammad Usman	William Porterfield (c) Andrew Balbirnie George Dockrell Ed Joyce Jacob Mulder Tim Murtagh Andrew McBrine Barry McCarthy Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien Paul Stirling Stuart Thompson Gary Wilson Craig Young

ODI series

1st ODI

2 March 2017
Scorecard

Ireland 270 (49.3 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 185 (41.4 overs)
William Porterfield 100 (116) Zahoor Khan 6/34 (6.3 overs)		Ahmed Raza 45 (69) George Dockrell 3/27 (10 overs)

Ireland won by 85 runs
ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Iftikhar Ali (UAE)
Player of the match: William Porterfield (Ire)

United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
Zahoor Khan took the best figures by an Emirati bowler in an ODI.^[5]

2nd ODI

4 March 2017
Scorecard

United Arab Emirates 202 (47.5 overs)	v	Ireland 203/2 (41.5 overs)
Shaiman Anwar 48 (65) Andy McBrine 3/42 (10 overs)		William Porterfield 76 (94) Zahoor Khan 1/35 (6 overs)

Ireland won by 8 wickets
ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Akbar Ali (UAE)
Player of the match: William Porterfield (Ire)

United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
Jacob Mulder (Ire) made his ODI debut.

References

^ ^a ^b "Mulder named in squad to play Afghanistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ "Ireland at Full Strength for Crucial ICup Clash". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ "Porterfield steers Ireland to series win over United Arab Emirates". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
^ "Suri not picked in squad for first ODI against Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
^ "Porterfield, spinners set up UAE rout". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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[fixtures-1] "Mulder named in squad to play Afghanistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[CI-2] "Ireland at Full Strength for Crucial ICup Clash". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[BBC-3] "Porterfield steers Ireland to series win over United Arab Emirates". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

[UAE-squad-4] "Suri not picked in squad for first ODI against Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

[Zahoor-5] "Porterfield, spinners set up UAE rout". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

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