| Netherlands Vs Ireland |
| 2-Innings Match Played At Hazelaarweg Rotterdam, 09-Jul-2008, Intercontinental Cup |
| Ireland Win Outright by an Inns and 67 runs |
| Toss won by | Netherlands |
| Umpires | PK Baldwin (Germany) and SJ Davis (Australia) |
| Comment | 4-day Match 9,10,11 & 12 July Match Referee: DT Jukes (England) First-class debuts: P Connell, GE Kidd and R Strydom (Ireland) Day 1:Ireland 226-4, (AC Botha 103*, AD Poynter 19*, 58 ov) Day 2:Ireland 296-4 (AC Botha 152*, AD Poynter 36*, 77ov) Day 3: Ireland 400-6 dec., Netherlands 127 & 49-3 (DLS van Bunge 21*, ES Szwarczynski 9*, 24 ov) |
| Points Awarded | Ireland 20, Netherlands 0 |
| Ireland 1st Innings 400/6 Declared (Overs 99) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| R Strydom | c PW Borren | b Mudassar Bukhari | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| PR Stirling | c J Smits | b Mudassar Bukhari | 11 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| AR Cusack | lbw | b Mudassar Bukhari | 8 | 37 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| AC Botha | c J Smits | b Mudassar Bukhari | 172 | 271 | 212 | 28 | 0 |
| KJ O'Brien | c MMA Jonkman | b PM Seelaar | 79 | 136 | 114 | 12 | 2 |
| AD Poynter | not out | 76 | 197 | 157 | 8 | 0 | |
| GC Wilson+ | c GMC Mol | b MMA Jonkman | 27 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 0 |
| WK McCallan* | not out | 12 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| MJ Fourie | dnb | - | |||||
| GE Kidd | dnb | - | |||||
| P Connell | dnb | - | |||||
| extras | (b6 lb6 w2 nb0) | 14 | |||||
| TOTAL | 6 wickets for | 400 |
| FOW |
| 1-7(R Strydom) 2-20(PR Stirling) 3-25(AR Cusack) 4-184(KJ O'Brien) 5-323(AC Botha) |
| 6-367(GC Wilson) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| E Schiferli | 25 | 4 | 93 | 0 | - | - |
| Mudassar Bukhari | 22 | 6 | 85 | 4 | - | - |
| GMC Mol | 11 | 3 | 32 | 0 | - | - |
| MMA Jonkman | 9 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | - |
| PM Seelaar | 12 | 3 | 61 | 1 | - | - |
| PW Borren | 20 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Netherlands 1st Innings 127/10 All Out (Overs 53.4) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| TN de Grooth | b MJ Fourie | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GMC Mol | lbw | b P Connell | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NA Statham | c GE Kidd | b P Connell | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DLS van Bunge | c GC Wilson | b P Connell | 12 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ES Szwarczynski | c GC Wilson | b P Connell | 9 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PW Borren | c AD Poynter | b AR Cusack | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MMA Jonkman | lbw | b WK McCallan | 13 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mudassar Bukhari | lbw | b WK McCallan | 23 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Smits*+ | not out | 10 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| E Schiferli | c&b GE Kidd | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PM Seelaar | c GC Wilson | b AC Botha | 27 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| extras | (b4 lb2 w0 nb0) | 6 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 127 |
| FOW |
| 1-3(GMC Mol) 2-11(TN de Grooth) 3-13(NA Statham) 4-32(DLS van Bunge) |
| 5-37(ES Szwarczynski) 6-49(PW Borren) 7-71(MMA Jonkman) 8-84(Mudassar Bukhari) |
| 9-89(E Schiferli) 10-127(PM Seelaar) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| P Connell | 17 | 4 | 41 | 4 | - | - |
| MJ Fourie | 11 | 3 | 25 | 1 | - | - |
| AR Cusack | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | - | - |
| GE Kidd | 7 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - |
| WK McCallan | 7 | 3 | 11 | 2 | - | - |
| AC Botha | 4.4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| Netherlands 2nd Innings (Follow-on Enforced) 206/10 All Out (Overs 81) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| TN de Grooth | b P Connell | 8 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| GMC Mol | c WK McCallan | b AC Botha | 0 | 36 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| NA Statham | c MJ Fourie | b AC Botha | 6 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| DLS van Bunge | c P Connell | b MJ Fourie | 25 | 70 | 49 | 6 | 0 |
| ES Szwarczynski | c&b P Connell | 10 | 51 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| PW Borren | c KJ O'Brien | b P Connell | 53 | 118 | 103 | 5 | 1 |
| MMA Jonkman | c PR Stirling | b WK McCallan | 17 | 69 | 88 | 0 | 0 |
| Mudassar Bukhari | not out | 59 | 106 | 95 | 8 | 0 | |
| J Smits*+ | b P Connell | 12 | 58 | 61 | 1 | 0 | |
| PM Seelaar | b P Connell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| E Schiferli | lbw | b P Connell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| extras | (b4 lb7 w5 nb0) | 16 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 206 |
| FOW |
| 1-13(TN de Grooth) 2-13(GMC Mol) 3-23(NA Statham) 4-54(ES Szwarczynski) |
| 5-54(DLS van Bunge) 6-105(MMA Jonkman) 7-158(PW Borren) 8-206(J Smits) |
| 9-206(PM Seelaar) 10-206(E Schiferli) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| P Connell | 18 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 1 | - |
| MJ Fourie | 15 | 3 | 46 | 1 | - | - |
| AC Botha | 11 | 2 | 33 | 2 | - | - |
| AR Cusack | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - |
| WK McCallan | 19 | 4 | 28 | 1 | - | - |
| R Strydom | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| GE Kidd | 9 | 2 | 43 | 0 | - | - |
| AD Poynter | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - |