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Ireland batsman Kevin O'Brien plays a shot during the 2015 Cricket World Cup Pool B match between Ireland and United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the Gabba in Brisbane on February 25, 2015. AFP PHOTO
Ireland held their nerve to beat the United Arab Emirates by two wickets with just four balls to spare at Brisbane’s Gabba Ground on Wednesday as they moved a step closer to the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
Set 279 for victory after Shaiman Anwar scored the UAE’s first World Cup hundred, Ireland were faltering at 97 for four and 171 for five in this Pool B clash.
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