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| Venue | Boghall, Linlithgow on 1st July 1998 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Ireland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Ireland won by 4 runs |
| Points | England and Wales Cricket Board XI 0; Ireland 2 |
| Umpires | DM Potter, LA Redford |
| Player of the Match | AR Dunlop |
| Ireland innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| WK McCallan | c Waterton b Usher | 9 | |||||
| ND Carson | c Roberts b Dagnall | 18 | |||||
| SG Smyth | c Roberts b Dagnall | 37 | |||||
| PG Gillespie | run out | 31 | |||||
| EC Joyce | c Halsall b Dagnall | 0 | |||||
| *AR Dunlop | b Dagnall | 37 | |||||
| D Heasley | c Foster b Ecclestone | 5 | |||||
| RL Eagleson | run out | 3 | |||||
| G Cooke | not out | 12 | |||||
| +JA Bushe | c Roberts b Arnold | 2 | |||||
| MD Dwyer | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb, 8 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 171 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-68, 3-77, 4-77, 5-137, 6-144, 7-150, 8-154, 9-161 | |||||||
| England and Wales Cricket Board XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Arnold | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.10 |
| Usher | 5 | 0 | 40 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 8.00 |
| Dagnall | 10 | 0 | 25 | 4 | - | - | 15.00 | 2.50 |
| Foster | 9 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.00 |
| Scott | 10 | 5 | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.10 |
| Halsall | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | 11.00 |
| Ecclestone | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.40 |
| England and Wales Cricket Board XI innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| SJ Foster | lbw b Cooke | 4 | |||||
| *MJ Roberts | lbw b Eagleson | 10 | |||||
| GW Ecclestone | c Gillespie b Eagleson | 8 | |||||
| JD Robinson | c McCallan b Dwyer | 47 | |||||
| DR Clarke | c and b Dwyer | 3 | |||||
| RG Halsall | b McCallan | 5 | |||||
| +SNV Waterton | run out | 20 | |||||
| BC Usher | c and b Cooke | 19 | |||||
| CE Dagnall | b Eagleson | 5 | |||||
| DA Scott | not out | 7 | |||||
| KA Arnold | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 18 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 167 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-28, 3-40, 4-53, 5-68, 6-100, 7-133, 8-146, 9-161 | |||||||
| Ireland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Cooke | 10 | 0 | 38 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.80 |
| Eagleson | 10 | 1 | 33 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 3.30 |
| McCallan | 10 | 2 | 24 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.40 |
| Dwyer | 10 | 1 | 26 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.60 |
| Heasley | 10 | 1 | 40 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 |