- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.4 leading edge caught at mid-off Shahzad is staying put, he thinks it might have bounced in front of the fielder. And the umpires think so too, with the soft signal being not out. This was angled into Shahzad and he wanted to flick it away, but a hint of movement meant he got the leading edge. Cameron-Dow at mid-off ran in and went low to grab the ball. But does he have fingers underneath the ball? He certainly appears to have done so. And the third umpire agrees! Shahzad has to go. Six off the first ball, out off the fourth. 6/111.3 bowled him through the gate tossed up outside off and spinning back in sharply, suckered Ahmadi into an ambitious drive. Dipped, gripped and turned in through the big gap to rattle the stumps. Ahmadi couldn't resist going for it but he has to pay the price 39/214.3 and he's been done in by the bowler Dockrell keeps it on a length and gets it to grip on the pitch and stop. Rahmat wanted to get on with it, and was shaping to cut, but ends up too early into the shot and can only spoon a dolly to point. End of a laboured innings 50/349.3 full and wide outside off, squeezes it away 206/614.4 gone first ball! Dockrell has been tossing them up outside off and inviting the Afghan batsmen to drive against the turn. Shinwari does that, without moving his feet and only gets a toe-end that pops up straight to cover for a simple catch. 50/435.6 got him! last ball before the drinks break, Simi kept it back of a length and spinning in. Nabi has been staying beside the ball and punching through the offside, but this time he stays too much inside the line and the ball takes a thick outside edge and nestles into the keeper's gloves. Important wicket for Ireland. 126/540.4 outside edge and that's a brilliant take from the keeper! Length outside off, he rocked back to punch it through the covers, it straightened instead of spinning back in and bounced a little extra taking the outside edge, safely pouched by the keeper 141/6Extras5 (w 5)TOTAL216/6 (50 Overs, RR: 4.32)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Mohammad Shahzad, 0.4 ov), 2-39 (Javed Ahmadi, 11.3 ov), 3-50 (Rahmat Shah, 14.3 ov), 4-50 (Samiullah Shinwari, 14.4 ov), 5-126 (Mohammad Nabi, 35.6 ov), 6-141 (Najibullah Zadran, 40.4 ov), 6-206* (Asghar Afghan, retired not out )
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TJ Murtagh 6 1 33 1 5.50 22 1 3 0 0 WB Rankin 5 0 16 0 3.20 21 2 0 1 0 AR McBrine 10 1 30 1 3.00 42 1 1 1 0 GH Dockrell 10 1 46 2 4.60 36 1 3 2 0 J Cameron-Dow 10 0 46 1 4.60 32 3 1 1 0 Simi Singh 9 0 45 1 5.00 23 4 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR12.6 through him with a googly and that's the debutant's maiden wicket! length on off, Porterfield lunged forward in hope rather than with any sense of conviction, was beaten by the sharp turn back in to be cleaned up between bat and pad 57/130.4 given lbw and Stirling's not happy The ball was another peach, landed on middle and off and turned away, struck him on the pad. He was going back and trying to defend. But not only would the turn have taken it past the off stump, he was also struck outside the line. Big wicket that, and very unlucky for Ireland and Stirling, who has to go after playing a gem 138/245.6 quicker one, pitched on off, deviated sharply back in off the surface and through the gap between bat and pad as he remained rooted to the crease 207/436.2 Is that Afghanistan's opening? pitched on middle, googly, not picked by the batsman who was rooted to crease and struck on the pad. Would it have missed off? Doesn't matter as the umpire reckoned it would have hit 161/347.1 length outside off, too close to the body to flay his hands through that one, drags it back onto the stumps 215/5Extras14 (b 1, lb 3, w 10)TOTAL219/5 (47.2 Overs, RR: 4.62)Fall of wickets: 1-57 (William Porterfield, 12.6 ov), 2-138 (Paul Stirling, 30.4 ov), 3-161 (Simi Singh, 36.2 ov), 4-207 (Andy Balbirnie, 45.6 ov), 5-215 (George Dockrell, 47.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mujeeb Ur Rahman 10 2 26 1 2.60 44 3 0 0 0 Shapoor Zadran 8 0 46 0 5.75 26 7 0 0 0 Mohammad Nabi 9.2 0 47 1 5.03 27 2 2 0 0 Zahir Khan 10 0 55 2 5.50 30 5 0 5 0 Rashid Khan 10 0 41 1 4.10 35 3 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Ireland , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
5-match series drawn 2-2
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.00 start, First Session 13.00-16.30, Interval 16.30-17.15, Second Session 17.15-20.45
Match days
10 March 2019 - day/night match (50-over match)
ODI debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 34 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 106 runs, 4 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 14.2 overs (86 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 53/4 in 17.0 overs (Asghar Afghan 2, Mohammad Nabi 2)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 31.1 overs (187 balls), Extras 3
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 99 balls (Asghar Afghan 25, Mohammad Nabi 24, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 126/5 in 36.0 overs (Asghar Afghan 36)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 76 runs, 1 wicket)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 42.2 overs (254 balls), Extras 3
- Asghar Afghan: 50 off 91 balls (2 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (Asghar Afghan 32, Rashid Khan 19, Ex 0)
- Afghanistan: 200 runs in 48.6 overs (294 balls), Extras 3
- Asghar Afghan retired hurt at 206/6 (82, 49.3 overs)
- Innings Break: Afghanistan - 216/6 in 50.0 overs (Rashid Khan 35, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 0 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 122 runs, 3 wickets)
- Ireland: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (WTS Porterfield 17, PR Stirling 31, Ex 2)
- PR Stirling: 50 off 60 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Ireland: 100 runs in 22.0 overs (132 balls), Extras 8
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (PR Stirling 14, A Balbirnie 31, Ex 5)
- Drinks: Ireland - 114/1 in 25.0 overs (PR Stirling 54, A Balbirnie 35)
- Ireland: 150 runs in 34.1 overs (205 balls), Extras 10
- A Balbirnie: 50 off 68 balls (4 x 4)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 2 wickets)
- Drinks: Ireland - 174/3 in 41.0 overs (A Balbirnie 56, KJ O'Brien 6)
- Ireland: 200 runs in 44.2 overs (266 balls), Extras 14
Match Coverage
All Match NewsStirling, Balbirnie lead Ireland to series-levelling win
The feature of their 81-run stand that brought Ireland within sniffing distance of their target was the manner in which they negotiated Afghanistan's spinners