United Arab Emirates vs Ireland, 1st T20I, Ireland tour of United Arab Emirates 2026 - Player Highlights

Delany to Basil Hameed, 1 run, flatter delivery on the off stump, Basil Hameed gets an inside edge that rolls to the on-side

Delany to Rahul Chopra, wide, out Stumped!! Great glovework from Tucker. UAE sink further, thanks to extremely quick hands from the keeper. Flatter delivery down leg, Rahul looks to flick but misses and overbalances. Before he could switch legs and get home Tucker effected a sharp stumping despite being slightly blinded by the batter as the ball was coming down the leg-side. Rahul Chopra st Tucker b Delany 8(12)

Delany to Rahul Chopra, no run, tries to steer it fine but finds the man at short third man

Delany to Harshit Kaushik, 1 run, flighted delivery just outside off stump, Harshit looks to defend, thick edge rolls to short third man

Delany to Alishan Sharafu, out Caught by Ross Adair!! Classic leggie's dismissal when a right-hander tries to be aggressive. Flighted delivery wide of off and spinning away, Alishan looks to loft the drive over cover. Went hard and lost shape, the result is a thick outside edge and backward point didn't have to move an inch to pouch it. Alishan Sharafu c Ross Adair b Delany 16(15) [4s-2]

Delany to Alishan Sharafu, FOUR, now Alishan goes down the ground as Delany overpitches. Cleared the front leg out of the way and drove it firmly to beat long-on's dive to the left

Delany to Alishan Sharafu, FOUR, flighted delivery on the leg stump, Alishan gets inside the line and sweeps to the left of short fine leg and finds the fence. Much needed boundary with the asking rate being very high

Delany to Alishan Sharafu, no run, fired pretty wide and Alishan lets it go thinking it will be a wide but it was inside the line

Delany to Rahul Chopra, 1 run, low full toss, driven to long-off

Delany to Rahul Chopra, 2 runs, short delivery, Rahul rocks back to pull. Mistimes to deep mid-wicket and it's kept down to two

Delany to Rahul Chopra, no run, full delivery on the stumps, Rahul looks to go inside out but gets an inside edge that rolls to the on-side

Delany to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, full delivery from Delany, Sharafu drives to long-on

Delany to Alishan Sharafu, no run, full delivery, Alishan defends

Delany to Sohaib Khan, no run, quicker delivery beating Sohaib on the flick, ball hits the pad but it's missing leg

Delany to Muhammad Waseem, 1 run, short and outside off stump, cut to deep point

Delany to Sohaib Khan, 1 run, full delivery, Sohaib looks to loft, mistimes to long-on

Delany to Muhammad Waseem, 1 run, full delivery down leg, Waseem sweeps and sends it to deep backward square leg

Delany to Sohaib Khan, 1 run, flatter delivery outside off stump, Sohaib drives to deep extra-cover

Delany to Sohaib Khan, no run, flighted delivery on the stumps, knocked to mid-wicket

Delany to Aryansh Sharma, out Caught by Harry Tector!! But he holes out now! Leg-side ball from Delany. The tease to go big and Aryansh tried the slog sweep. Didn't find the middle of the bat and deep mid-wicket this time was easily able to run in and take a simple catch. Finally a wicket for Ireland. Aryansh Sharma c Harry Tector b Delany 23(17) [4s-1 6s-2]

Delany to Aryansh Sharma, no run, full delivery, Aryansh drives to cover

Delany to Aryansh Sharma, SIX, but there's nothing flat about this hit from Aryansh! Slot ball, Aryansh clears the front leg out of the way and goes aerial and handsome over long-on

Delany to Muhammad Waseem, 1 run, uppish but safe! Waseem goes too far across the line for a slog-sweep, deep mid-wicket ran in but it was a flat hit so Waseem escaped the catch

Delany to Muhammad Waseem, no run, almost a yorker again, Waseem defends

Delany to Muhammad Waseem, no run, very full delivery, Waseem digs it out