Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

A Balbirnie
A Balbirnie
46(36) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %56%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 9 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
1 2 15 9 6 2 1 2
Hashmatullah Shahidi
36(42) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 7 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
4 7 6 2 6 0 2 9

Best performances - Bowlers

MR Adair
MR Adair
O3
M0
R12
W2
Eco4.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
C Campher
C Campher
O3
M0
R13
W2
Eco4.33
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Sruthi

END OF OVER:
19 | 10 Runs | IRE: 125/5 | RR: 6.57

  • George Dockrell25 (19b)
  • Gareth Delany3 (5b)
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi4-0-27-1
  • Naveen-ul-Haq3-0-12-1

That's the end of our coverage. Hemant and I are signing off here. Thanks for joining us, we'll see you again tomorrow.

Josh Little is Player of the Match for his 2/18: "I had a nice little rhythm. Something I was successful at the World Cup last year, always going to look at what works for me. if you get wickets in the powerplay you always give yourself a chance."

Andy Balbirnie, Ireland captain: "We were brilliant in the powerplay. Josh Little gets better and better. We've been great against world-class layers in the last few weeks." Fielding: "We know we have to be good at it. We are working on various things, glad to see the benefits for it." His own batting: "You've to remind yourself you've done good stuff in the past. We're gelling well as a team as we've been playing a lot together."

Mohammad Nabi, Afghanistan captain: "We didn't read the pitch properly, we thought it was dry but the ball was seaming a lot. We were 30 runs short. We threw away wickets back to back upfront. We started with a quick because it was a seaming wicket." Fielding: "We missed a lot of balls, hopefully we will come back well in the next match. We will work on the mistakes."

6.54pm That's back-to-back wins for Ireland after a string of losses. Afghanistan could post just 122 for 8 after opting to bat with Ireland fast bowlers getting regular wickets. In reply, Ireland did struggle a bit to get going. But a 65-run stand between captain Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker set up the chase... and George Dockrell finished it off. The difference between the two teams was definitely the fielding. Afghanistan missed a number of chances on the field and were careless at times. They'll look to come back well and keep the series alive.

18.6
6
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, SIX, Full toss and it's smashed over midwicket for a six... and Ireland go 2-0 up
18.5
0
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, no run, Slower short one, Dockrell is beaten all ends up
18.4
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Delany, 1 run, Yorker and the batter digs it out for a single on the offside
18.3
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, 1 run, banged in short again, he pulls it strongly to midwicket
18.2
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Delany, 1 run, Banged in short, pulled off the backfoot to midwicket
18.1
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, 1 run, Angled in on middle, it's smashed back hard at the bowler.. bowler gets a hand on it but it rolls away down the ground. Farooqi looks to have hurt himself in the process

Ireland 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7A BalbirniePR Stirling
2nd65A BalbirnieLJ Tucker
3rd10LJ TuckerHT Tector
4th4GH DockrellLJ Tucker
5th24GH DockrellC Campher
6th15GH DockrellGJ Delany