Ireland won by 57 runs
Ireland won the toss and elected to bat
Player of the Match Gareth Delany
United Arab Emirates vs Ireland finished Ireland won by 57 runs. The match is part of the Ireland tour of United Arab Emirates - 1st T20I. It was played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. Date: Thursday, 29 January 2026. Player of the match: Gareth Delany. Ireland won the toss and elected to bat
Ireland Innings 178/6 (20 ov). Top scorer: Ross Adair 39 (29). Best bowling: Junaid Siddique 2/36.
United Arab Emirates Innings 121/10 (19.5 ov). Top scorer: Muhammad Waseem 40 (37). Best bowling: Matthew Humphreys 3/26.
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Stirling(RHB) | c Kaushik b Siddique | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 267 |
| Ross Adair(RHB) | b Arfan | 39 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 134 |
| Harry Tector(RHB) | run out (Ullah) | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Lorcan Tucker(RHB) | c Hameed b Ali | 38 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 152 |
| Curtis Campher(RHB) | b Ali | 25 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 109 |
| Benjamin Calitz(LHB) | not out | 26 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 217 |
| Gareth Delany(RHB) | b Siddique | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 89 |
| George Dockrell(RHB) | not out | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 220 |
| Extras | (lb 6, w 2) | 8 | ||||
| Total | (20 ov) | 178 | ||||
1-8 (Paul Stirling, 0.3 ov), 2-34 (Harry Tector, 4.3 ov), 3-62 (Ross Adair, 8.2 ov), 4-117 (Lorcan Tucker, 14.3 ov), 5-122 (Curtis Campher, 14.6 ov), 6-145 (Gareth Delany, 17.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junaid Siddique | 4 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Haider Ali | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Muhammad Jawad Ullah | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 8.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Muhammad Arfan | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Harshit Kaushik | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Basil Hameed | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aryansh Sharma(RHB) | c Tector b Delany | 23 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 135 |
| Muhammad Waseem(RHB) | c McCarthy b Humphreys | 40 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 108 |
| Sohaib Khan | c Calitz b Dockrell | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Rahul Chopra(RHB) | st Tucker b Delany | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Alishan Sharafu(RHB) | c Adair b Delany | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 107 |
| Harshit Kaushik | lbw b Humphreys | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Basil Hameed | c Tucker b Humphreys | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Muhammad Arfan | b McCarthy | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 107 |
| Haider Ali(LHB) | c Tucker b Adair | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Junaid Siddique(RHB) | c Campher b McCarthy | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Muhammad Jawad Ullah(LHB) | not out | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 1) | 6 | ||||
| Total | (19.5 ov) | 121 | ||||
1-54 (Aryansh Sharma, 6.6 ov), 2-61 (Sohaib Khan, 9.3 ov), 3-71 (Muhammad Waseem, 10.4 ov), 4-93 (Alishan Sharafu, 14.3 ov), 5-95 (Rahul Chopra, 14.5 ov), 6-97 (Harshit Kaushik, 15.2 ov), 7-98 (Basil Hameed, 15.4 ov), 8-101 (Haider Ali, 16.4 ov), 9-104 (Junaid Siddique, 17.6 ov), 10-121 (Muhammad Arfan, 19.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Adair | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Humphreys | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry McCarthy | 3.5 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6.78 | 1 | 1 |
| Gareth Delany | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 |
| George Dockrell | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
