Slow going for Ireland after being asked to bat first in conditions where it was hard to force the pace. Attempts at aggression from Stirling and Campher cost them their wickets before Balbirnie and Tector added 86, Balbirnie falling on the stroke of the second drinks break. Fifty and out for Tector leaving Tucker and Mark Adair to add a further fifty seven to close out the innings at a vulnerable looking 240. The hosts race out of the traps with a record 77 in the Powerplay, Ben Curran hitting 10 fours in a rapid half century, and the hundred comes up inside 15 overs. Hume with the breakthrough in the twentieth over, Bennett lbw, but Ervine is quickly into his stride and it was all one way traffic from then on. Ervine to fifty, Curran to a maiden ODI century, and an unbroken century partnership Ervine sealing the win with a 6. As emphatic as it gets.