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Ireland ease past Hong Kong was assisted by the unbeaten 70 of andrew Balbirnie by eight wickets in their first match of this T20 World Cup Qualifier.
Hong Kong forced 153-5 away their 20 overs, Kinchit Shah scoring 79 off Mark Adair and 54 balls shooting 2-22.
Ireland reached to spare, Balbirnies innings being backed up by Paul Stirling, that left 62.
The following Group B match is contrary to the United Arab Emirates on Saturday.
Ireland will then play with fixtures from Jersey, Canada, Oman and Nigeria to finish the tournaments group stage.
They have to finish in the top four areas to stay in contention for qualification.
Top place will secure automated qualification at the T20 World Cup finals of the next year in Australia.
Together with Stuart Thompson Gareth Delany and David Delany taking a wicket in service of Adair A third-wicket partnership of 60 assisted Hong Kong for their complete.
Ireland were 10-1 in reply when Kevin OBrien was run out for a duck before he was caught off the bowling of Aizaz Khan, but the innings off 36 balls, including eight fours and two sixes of Stirling, captured their answer back on track.
Balbirnie saw Ireland house in the business.
Ireland coach Joe Schmidt established a reputation for attention – as All Blacks lock Jarrad Hoeata recalls.
Team information, stats and exactly everything they stated as Ireland face holders New Zealand in Saturdays World Cup quarter-final at Tokyo.
Cargin manager Damian Cassidy is currently advocating his Antrim SFC champions to produce the most of their opportunity to play in the Ulster club tournament.
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