Date-stamped : 30 Aug95 - 10:28
Ireland v Scotland, First One-day
Rathmines, 13 August 1995

Ireland fail to capitalise on Doak - Peter O`Reilly

THE TRAGIC death on  Saturday  morning  of  Hugh  Stevenson,  the
chairman  of  the Scottish selectors, overshadowed all cricketing
matters at Rathmines over the weekend. As a mark of respect,  the
Irish  Cricket Union abandoned the annual three-day fixture but a
55-over game was organised for yesterday and the sides managed to
produce  an  exciting finish, with Scotland winning by eight runs
in the final over of the day.

In a game where the balance of power switched a number of  times,
the  most  decisive  turn  of events occurred in the 50th over of
Ireland`s reply to Scotland`s 234 for 7.  Garfield Harrison   and
Uel Graham had manoeuvred themselves to a stage where they needed
just under a run a ball when Graham chanced a questionable second
run  to  the short third man boundary. Had the option been there,
umpire Louis Hogan would surely have sought the assistance of the
action  replay  camera  but he trusted his own judgement and gave
Graham out.

When, three balls later, Harrison charged at George  Reifer,  the
bowler  slipped  in  a  leg-side wide and his `keeper Alec Davies
made an excellent stumping. From that point, the  task was   just
beyond   Ireland`s  tail  against  Scotland`s well-organised out-
cricket.

Perhaps the biggest revelation of the day was the batting of Neil
Doak, whose 27-ball innings of 43 had actually put the Irish into
a winning position following a stagnant  mid-innings period.   He
hit  three  sixes  in  that time, including the `shot of the day`
over extra cover.

A 40-over game has been arranged for today, for which  caps  will
not be awarded.

Source :: The Irish Times (http://www.irish-times.ie/)
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