Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Asghar Afghan It was an important match. Top order batted poorly again but Rashid batted really well to get us to 223 on that wicket

Rashid Khan is the man of the match I'm always trying my best with the bat, working hard in the nets, doesn't matter when i come in to bat, I always try and do well with the bat.

Porterfield: I think individual errors cost us with the bat. I'm sure another day we could have bowled them out for a lot less, with some luck. We lost wickets too regularly after a half decent start.

7.24pm Afghanistan take an unassailable two-one lead with one match remaining. Who would have thought after they'd been reduced to 81 for six batting first? But once they posted 223, on a pitch offering appreciable turn and variable bounce, they were always bossing the game with their bowling attack. Ireland, however, didn't help their cause, losing wickets in clumps after a steady opening stand of 31. They lost three for eight in the beginning and there was another dramatic collapse in the middle, which saw them lose six for 30. Seven batsmen were out either bowled or lbw suggesting that while the Afghanistan bowlers kept things simple by bowling within the stumps, a lot of the batsmen succumbed to cross batted shots, which weren't a great option with the ball keeping low

35.3
W
Mohammad Nabi to Rankin, OUT, full on middle, there seemed to have been a massive inside edge before it struck him in front as he pushed forward but the umpire reckoned otherwise and that's a demolition job from Afghanistan

WB Rankin lbw b Mohammad Nabi 9 (14b 0x4 0x6) SR: 64.28

35.2
0
Mohammad Nabi to Rankin, no run, full on the pads, tucked away to short fine-leg
35.1
2
Mohammad Nabi to Rankin, 2 runs, full on off, swings wildly and gets a thick inside edge high up in the air, few bounces and to the deep midwicket fielder

END OF OVER:
35 | 6 Runs | IRE: 112/9 (112 runs required from 15 overs, RR: 3.20, RRR: 7.46)

  • James Cameron-Dow7 (10b)
  • Boyd Rankin7 (11b)
  • Rashid Khan6-0-22-2
  • Aftab Alam8-2-25-4
34.6
4
Rashid Khan to Cameron-Dow, FOUR, length on middle, googly and picked, he rocked back and hammered a pull in front of square, to the deep midwicket fence for four
34.5
0
Rashid Khan to Cameron-Dow, no run, full on the pads, turn back in, tickled to short fine-leg
34.4
0
Rashid Khan to Cameron-Dow, no run, another googly, on the pads, misses the flick and is struck on the front pad but turned down
34.3
0
Rashid Khan to Cameron-Dow, no run, tossed up on off, googly, defended
34.2
1
Rashid Khan to Rankin, 1 run, full on middle, tucked away to midwicket for one
34.1
0
Rashid Khan to Rankin, no run, yorkere and through everyone, the batsman and the keeper but somehow missed the leg stump as well
34.1
1w
Rashid Khan to Rankin, 1 wide, length, down the leg side and called wide

END OF OVER:
34 | 3 Runs | IRE: 106/9 (118 runs required from 16 overs, RR: 3.11, RRR: 7.37)

  • James Cameron-Dow3 (6b)
  • Boyd Rankin6 (9b)
  • Aftab Alam8-2-25-4
  • Rashid Khan5-0-16-2
33.6
2
Aftab Alam to Cameron-Dow, 2 runs, length, angled in, tucked away fine off the hip, the fine-leg does well diving to his left to save a couple of runs
33.5
0
Aftab Alam to Cameron-Dow, no run, full toss outside off, pushed to cover
33.4
0
Aftab Alam to Cameron-Dow, no run, full outside off, defended to mid-off
33.3
1
Aftab Alam to Rankin, 1 run, length on off, pushed it to point's right for one
33.2
0
Aftab Alam to Rankin, no run, length, angled in, defended to midwicket
33.1
0
Aftab Alam to Rankin, no run, slower ball, slipped out a little, full toss that surprised the batsman, so he couldn't take advantage of it

END OF OVER:
33 | 5 Runs | IRE: 103/9 (121 runs required from 17 overs, RR: 3.12, RRR: 7.11)

  • James Cameron-Dow1 (3b)
  • Boyd Rankin5 (6b)
  • Rashid Khan5-0-16-2
  • Aftab Alam7-2-22-4
32.6
0
Rashid Khan to Cameron-Dow, no run, length on middle, tucked away to midwicket with the spin

Ireland 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st31WTS PorterfieldPR Stirling
2nd1A BalbirniePR Stirling
3rd1PR StirlingSimi Singh
4th33KJ O'BrienSimi Singh
5th16KJ O'BrienGH Dockrell
6th8KJ O'BrienSW Poynter
7th6KJ O'BrienAR McBrine
8th0KJ O'BrienJ Cameron-Dow
9th0TJ MurtaghJ Cameron-Dow
10th18WB RankinJ Cameron-Dow