END OF OVER:50 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 275/8 (36 runs required, RR: 5.50)
- Graham Hume9 (8b)
- Theo van Woerkom2 (2b)
- Gulbadin Naib6-0-38-1
- Azmatullah Omarzai10-0-47-2
Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz for his brilliant batting, he scored 121, with 8x4s and 6x6s.
From Afghanistan Rahmanullah Gurbaz was the star with the bat as he scored 121 runs and Farooqi with the ball took 4-wicket.
Early on the partnership of Tector and Tucker gave some hope for the Irish team but Afghan pacers came back strongly and broke that partnership and after that it was getting tough and tough to chase down that target. Tucker scored 85 and Tector battled out single handedly till the end but it was not enough. He scored 138 runs.
Excellent bowling performance by Farooqi who took wickets with the new ball and dent them badly and finished with the figure of 4-wicket in the match, which helped Afghanistan to win this match.
That is the end of the match. Afghanistan won by 35 runs.
HT Tector c Mohammad Nabi b Gulbadin Naib 138 (190m 147b 9x4 3x6) SR: 93.87