Scotland v Ireland

Triple Crown
Raeburn Place, Edinburgh: 21st July 1994

Scotland won by 34 runs

Man of the Match: A Storie (Scotland))

SCOTLAND
I.L.Philip       c Hoey  b Cooke       9   BOWLING: IRELAND
*A.C.Storie    c Millar  b Hoey       67   Moore      9  0  39  3
B.M.W.Patterson     lbw  b Harrison   44   Cooke      9  1  25  1
G.B.J.McGurk     c Hoey  b Moore      28   Graham     7  0  36  0
G.Salmond           lbw  b Harrison    6   Harrison  10  0  42  2
J.G.Williamson c Benson  b Moore       1   Hoey       9  1  34  2
D.Cowan             lbw  b Moore       1   Rao        2  0  14  0
K.Thomson                lbw  b Hoey   0
%D.J.Haggo               not out      15   FALL OF WICKETS
I.R.Beven                not out      14   14, 98, 135, 161, 165,
K.L.P.Sheridan                             168, 168, 168
Extras                  lb 8 nb 5     13
Total         (46 overs, 8 wickets)  198
IRELAND
S.J.S.Warke       c sub  b Storie     55   BOWLING: SCOTLAND
S.G.Smyth                run out      20   Thomson    4  0   9  0
*D.A.Lewis      c Haggo  b Williamson  3   Cowan    5.5  0  19  1
J.D.R.Benson             b Beven      14   Williamson 9  2  31  2
Narasimha Rao     c and  b Sheridan    9   Beven      8  1  26  2
G.D.Harrison             run out      19   Storie     8  0  35  1
U.Graham                 b Williamson 13   Sheridan   8  0  34  1
G.Cooke                  run out      15
E.R.Moore           lbw  b Beven       1   FALL OF WICKETS
C.J.Hoey       c Storie  b Cowan       0   32, 42, 67, 94, 121,
%R.B.Millar              not out       0   138, 155, 160, 163, 164
Extras               lb 10 w 4 nb 1   15
Total                (42.5 overs)    164  
Umpires: J.Van Geloven & A.Wood
Toss: Ireland
* captain  % wicketkeeper

Irish losses in Edinburgh continue

When Ireland arrived in Edinburgh for their 2nd match of the Triple Crown Tournament they must have been aware that history was against them in that they had never won a match there since their first attempt in 1888. Early morning drizzle meant that play could not commence until after lunch and the match was reduced to a 46 overs per side game. A no stage did Ireland ever play themselves into a winning position as the bowlers disappointly surrendered the initiative after Alan Lewis won the toss and put their hosts into bat. Gordon Cooke was the pick of the Irish bowlers and deserved the only wicket in the first 28 overs. A second wicket stand of 48 put Scotland in control and even after losing five wickets for seven runs in 14 balls the ninth-wicket pairing of David Haggo and Ian Beven put on 30 in the last four overs. That left Ireland chasing 199 to win. Stephen Smyth, again opening the batting in an unchanged team, dominated the strike and the scoring in his stand with Stephen Warke before he was controversially given run out by former first class umpire Jackie van Geloven.

Words were exchanged immediately following the decision and, not content with giving him out, the Umpire then pointed the finger at Smyth all the way back to the pavilion. Alan Lewis promoted himself to No.3 but was caught behind for just three. Then Justin Benson found another horrible way to get out when he was bowled attempting a reverse sweep. Bobby Rao followed six overs later to leave Ireland at 94 for 4 in the 28th over. Warke, in his 99th game for Ireland, was back to somewhere near his steady best, but with few runs coming at the other end, he also had to play one rash shot too many and was caught for 55 out of 121 despite having faced only 85 of the first 210 balls bowled. Garfield Harrison was run out for the second successive day and only Cooke threatened to hurry Ireland within sight of victory but even his luck had to run out literally, his first dismissal in his third international appearance.

Scottish captain, Alistair Storie was named Man of the Match for filling in as an emergency fifth bowler when opener Kevin Thomson was injured, but primarily for his rearguard innings of 67 off 102 balls with only two boundaries. Harrison was the one bowler to be given ten overs, but he needed the assistance of Van Gelovan for both his wickets, although Alan Lewis deprived him of a third with a dropped catch. Conor Hoey again bowled steadily and like Eddie Moore was fortunate to be bowling when Scotland's dramatic collapse was in full flow.