Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Mohammad Nabi
Mohammad Nabi
59(38) 6x4 - 3x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 20 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
4 1 2 17 10 1 14 10
A Balbirnie
A Balbirnie
45(44) 3x4 - 2x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 14 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
2 9 8 14 3 1 2 6

Best performances - Bowlers

Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan
O4
M0
R14
W4
Eco3.50
RHB
OFFLEG
2W2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
MR Adair
MR Adair
O4
M0
R27
W3
Eco6.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Afghanistan , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

3-match series level 1-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20

Match days

17 March 2024 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

END OF OVER:
20 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 142/8 (11 runs required, RR: 7.10)

  • Barry McCarthy6 (9b)
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi4-0-48-1
  • Naveen-ul-Haq4-0-23-0

That's it from us, as Afghanistan levelled the three-match series against Ireland. Nabi and Rashid led the way, with the decider taking place tomorrow evening. Until then, it is goodnight and goodbye from Vairavan, Harshith, and me, Himanshu!

Azweer: "Hope the fans saved some nails for the series decider" --- And I saved my fingers and some energy for it...

Rashid Khan, Afghanistan's captain, is the Player of the Match. He said there were brief nervous moments, but there are players who can take it away, referring to Nabi's fifty from 14 for 4.

Paul Stirling, Ireland captain: "Great game. They all seem to be close. I am actually happy how we performed. We have another chance tomorrow. They bowled well up top. But the partnership brought them back in the game."

Time for the presentations

Mohammad Nabi: "There was a bit of pressure for the first few overs. But when I realised that the wicket is good for batting, I told my partner Sadiq that let us play it ball by ball. The ball was gripping, and if you bowled a variation, it was difficult. It was a match-changing wicket [of Stirling]. We'll try our best to play good cricket, and hopefully win [the series]."

11.31pm Afghanistan make it 1-1 despite Ireland starting the chase in command, and despite being 14 for 4 with the bat. And once again, it was their spinners who applied the brakes. Rashid took four after grabbing three in the first T20I, after Nabi bashed 59 in a counterattack with the bat. The Player-of-the-Match remains for one of these two. So hang around for the presentations.

19.6
W
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Delany, OUT, taken at deep backward point! A full toss angling away and finishing around sixth stump, as he opened the face of the bat and sliced it away

GJ Delany c Sediqullah Atal b Fazalhaq Farooqi 39 (26m 18b 3x4 4x6) SR: 216.66

19.5
0
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Delany, no run, short of a length, and angling across towards off. Pulled to long-on, and they don't get a boundary

Over the wicket

19.4
6
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Delany, SIX, he keeps Ireland alive! A low full toss angling into off, and he almost flat-bats it over long-on for six
19.3
0
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Delany, no run, another yorker, and this is wide of off, as he gets it off the bottom of the bat to long-on. They don't run, though
19.2
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to McCarthy, 1 run, gets across and comes down the pitch. He converts this into a low full toss and pushes to extra cover
19.1
0
Fazalhaq Farooqi to McCarthy, no run, ahh, well bowled! Fires a yorker on sixth stump, which McCarthy cannot get a bat on as he jams it down

Ireland need 18 off 6

Ireland 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st49A BalbirniePR Stirling
2nd19A BalbirnieLJ Tucker
3rd0A BalbirnieHT Tector
4th13A BalbirnieC Campher
5th14A BalbirnieGH Dockrell
6th0GH DockrellGJ Delany
7th0MR AdairGJ Delany
8th47BJ McCarthyGJ Delany