In their first tour match Ireland overcame a Pune Select side by 2 wickets with just 4 balls to spare. Trent Johnston was the hero with the bat striking 47 including two sixes off just 37 balls.
Earlier Aditya Tare and Sahil Kukreja had added 151 for the third wicket to set the Ireland XI a challenging target in a match reduced to 45 overs. Kevin O'Brien returned the best figures with 4 for 47 but it was George Dockrell who captured the prize wicket of centurion Tare.
Paul Stirling and William Portefield put on 85 for the first wicket before Stirling was bowled in the 13th over for 42. Ireland lost 5 wickets for just 29 runs in a 10 overs spell including Porterfield also for 42.
But Ed Joyce in his first innings back in Irish colours top scored with 64 of just 77 balls to set up the win. A quick 29 from John Mooney and then that blistering 47 from Trent Johnston saw Ireland home.
Pune Select XI Vs Ireland XI
1-Innings Match Played At Pune, 11-Nov-2010, One Day Match
Ireland XI Win by 2 wkts
Toss won by Pune Select XI
Comment 45 over match
Pune Select XI 1st Innings 257/6 Closed (Overs 44.5)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
Sahil Kukreja c GH Dockrell b KJ O'Brien 72 0 107 7 1
Chintan Shah c A Eastwood b KJ O'Brien 4 0 14 0 0
Bravish Shetty c E Joyce b JF Mooney 9 0 19 1 0
Aditya Tare c WTS Porterfield b GH Dockrell 105 0 97 11 4
Abhishek Raut c WTS Porterfield b KJ O'Brien 13 0 15 0 0
Siddesh Ramini c JF Mooney b KJ O'Brien 13 0 11 2 0
Kiran Aadav not out 18 0 10 1 1
Balwinder Sandhu not out 2 0 2 0 0
Aditya Dhole dnb -
Akshay Jambhekar dnb -
Prashant Bhoir dnb -
extras (b1 lb4 w11 nb5) 21
TOTAL 6 wickets for 257
FOW
1-21(Chintan Shah) 2-51(Bravish Shetty) 3-166(Sahil Kukreja) 4-217(Aditya Tare)
5-229(Abhishek Raut) 6-240(Siddesh Ramini)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
A Eastwood 7 0 40 0 3 5
DT Johnston 7 0 22 0 3 -
KJ O'Brien 9 0 47 4 4 -
JF Mooney 6 0 40 1 1 -
A van der Merwe 7.5 0 54 0 - -
GH Dockrell 8 0 49 1 - -
Ireland XI 1st Innings 261/8 Closed (Overs 44.2)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
WTS Porterfield* run out Swapned Hazare 42 0 48 3 2
PR Stirling b Prashant Bhoir 42 0 35 6 0
E Joyce c Siddesh Ramini b Kiran Aadav 64 0 77 3 2
NJ O'Brien+ lbw b Akshay Jambhekar 2 0 9 0 0
KJ O'Brien c Chintan Shah b Akshay Jambhekar 2 0 7 0 0
AR White c Siddesh Ramini b Abhishek Raut 2 0 6 0 0
JF Mooney c Siddesh Ramini b Akshay Jambhekar 29 0 31 1 1
DT Johnston not out 47 0 37 3 2
A van der Merwe c&b Prashant Bhoir 13 0 11 1 0
GH Dockrell not out 9 0 6 1 0
A Eastwood dnb -
extras (b0 lb1 w8 nb0) 9
TOTAL 8 wickets for 261
FOW
1-85(PR Stirling) 2-91(WTS Porterfield) 3-99(NJ O'Brien) 4-108(KJ O'Brien)
5-114(AR White) 6-168(JF Mooney) 7-211(E Joyce) 8-241(A van der Merwe)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Aditya Dhole 9 0 66 0 2 -
Balwinder Sandhu 5 0 33 0 2 -
Kiran Aadav 9 0 61 1 1 -
Prashant Bhoir 8.1 0 34 2 1 -
Akshay Jambhekar 8.5 0 36 3 1 -
Abhishek Raut 4.2 0 30 1 1 -