Ireland vs Scotland 3rd ODI Match 2014

241/9
50 Overs
John Mooney
96(77)
Kevin O'Brien
36(47)
Majid Haq
54/5
Safyaan Sharif
44/2
243/2
45.4 Overs
Calum MacLeod
116(141)
Hamish Gardine..
89(98)
Andrew Balbirn..
31/1
Craig Young
50/1

Scotland wins the match but Ireland wins the series - Scotland till the 3rd match found it difficult to fight against a good Ireland team. They had lost all the previous 2 ODIs in the series. This match was a match where the home side was looking to complete a white wash against Scotland. The Scottish won the toss in this match and decided to field first putting Ireland to bat. The start for the home side was not good as they lost too many wickets in the start. The team found themselves at 95/4 in just 28th over. It was a terrible start in an ODI. Kevin O’Brien and John Mooney came to rescue for the team. O’Brien scored only 36 runs and lost his wicket in the 25th over leaving his team at 141. Later Mooney acted as the anchor around which the whole team revolved. He scored 96 runs in just 77 balls. He made sure that his team got a fighting total in a good batting condition. The lower middle order failed to score much and thus the Ireland team managed to score only 241 runs at the end of 50 overs. Majid Haq was the best bowler for the Scottish side as he took 5 wickets in the game.

The Scotland chase was all about two players who batted their heart out in this match. Calum MacLeod and Hamish Gardiner together stitched a partnership of 179 runs which ensure that the 3rd game in the series was theirs. The Scottish side lost their first wicket in the 2nd over of the game. Later MacLeod controlled the innings well. He scored 116 runs in the innings while Gardiner supported well scoring 89 runs. Macleod was unbeaten and got his support in Preston Mommsen in crossing the line. Mommsen scored 31 runs as the team won the match with 26 balls still to go. Ireland thus won the series 2-1 against Scotland.

Series Name

Ireland vs Scotland ODI Series 2014 Schedule

Date

12/09/2014

Start Time

10:15 (Local Time)

Match Day

Friday

Stadium

The Village

Playing Teams

Ireland, Scotland

Ireland Team Squad

Andrew White,	Max Sorensen,	Kevin O'Brien,
John Mooney,	Stuart Thompson,	Craig Young,
Andrew Poynter,	Andrew Balbirnie,	John Anderson,
Graeme McCarter,	Stuart Poynter,

Scotland Team Squad

Majid Haq,	Josh Davey,	Freddie Coleman,
Richie Berrington,	Preston Mommsen,	Safyaan Sharif,
Calum MacLeod,	Michael Leask,	Matthew Cross,
Alasdair Evans,	Hamish Gardiner,

Ireland vs Scotland 3rd ODI Match 2014

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