Ireland win toss, field against UAE

SYLHET: Ireland captain William Porterfield won the toss and put the United Arab Emirates (UAE) into bat first in their First Round Group B match of the fifth World Twenty20 Cup here at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium on Wednesday.

Ireland made one change in the side that won a last-ball thriller against Zimbabwe on Monday. Tim Murtagh came in to replace Andy McBrine.

UAE on the other hand made two changes bringing in left-arm spinner Ahmed Raza and pacer Sharif Asadullah in place of Manjula Guruge and Shadeep Silva.

Teams:
Ireland: William Porterfield (captain), Paul Stirling, Ed Joyce, Andrew Poynter, Gary Wilson (wk), Kevin O'Brien, Stuart Thompson, Max Sorensen, Alex Cusack George Dockrell, Tim Murtagh.

UAE: Amjad Ali, Faizan Asif, Khurram Khan (captain), Swapnil Patil (wk), Shaiman Anwar, Rohan Mustafa, Amjad Javed, Vikrant Shetty, Ahmed Raza, Kamran Shazad, Sharif Asadullah.