Clinical Ireland sweep series with eight-wicket win

Ireland swept the two-match One-Day international series with a clinical eight-wicket win over United Arab Emirates, at the ICC Academy in Dubai on Saturday (March 4).

Brief scores:

UAE 202 all out in 47.5 overs (Shaiman Anwar 48, Rameez Shahzad 41; Andy McBrine 3-42, Craig Young 3-48) lost to Ireland 203/2 in 41.5 overs (William Porterfield 76, Andrew Balbirnie 58*, Paul Stirling 41) by eight wickets.