KARACHI, May 4: United Arab Emirates (UAE) staged a great recovery to score a facile 31-run win over Ireland ‘A’ in the last preliminary round match of the EurAsia Cricket Series in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.

The six-nation tournament concludes on Friday when ‘A’ teams of Pakistan and India clash in the day/night final.

Scoreboard

UAE:

Amjad Javed c Wilson b Mooney 3

Arshad Ali run out 10

Saqib Ali b Fourie 14

Abdul Rehman c Mooney b Rankin 4

Khurram Khan c Mooney b Kidd 24

Fahad Usman c Hutchinson b Kidd 38

Naeemuddin Aslam c Whelan b Kidd 0

Mohammad Tauqir c Wilson b O’Brien 35

Ali Asad run out 28

Zahid Shah not out 11

Ahmed Raza lbw b O’Brien 1

EXTRAS (LB-7, W-20, NB-8) 35

TOTAL (all out, 46.3 overs) 203

FALL OF WKTS: 1-23, 2-23, 3-44, 4-44, 5-74, 6-87, 7-128, 8-177, 9-196.

BOWLING: Whelan 6-0-32-0 (4nb, 5w); Mooney 8-1-36-1 (4w); Fourie10-0-40-1 (1nb, 2w); Rankin 6-1-25-1 (1w); O’Brien 6.3-0-31-2 (3nb, 2w); Kidd 10-2-32-3.

IRELAND ‘A’:

C.M. Armstrong lbw b Ali Asad 4

M.K. Hutchinson c Arshad b Ali Asad 0

W.T.S. Porterfield c Khurram b Tauqir 34

G.C. Wilson b Arshad 50

M.J. Fourie b Arshad 20

J.F. Mooney b Khurram 0

K.J. O’Brien c Amjad b Tauqir 6

K.E.D. Carroll c Naeem b Arshad 21

R.K. Whelan run out 1

W.B. Rankin not out 5

G.E. Kidd lbw b Arshad 13

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-11, W-2, NB-4) 18

TOTAL (all out, 46.3 overs) 172

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-20, 3-66, 4-103, 5-104, 6-118, 7-133, 8-142, 9-157.

BOWLING: Ali Asad 8-1-17-2; Zahid Shah 5-0-15-0 (3nb, 1w); Mohammad Tauqir 10-1-41-2; Ahmed Raza 6-0-23-0; Khurram Khan 8-0-31-1; Arshad Ali 9.3-1-33-4.