- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.5 Spooned in the air and that's the end of Gurbaz! McCarthy comes back well. Back of a length outside off, he gives himself room looking to loft it over the offside. Does not get it anywhere close to the middle of the bat and can only mistime it to Tector at mid-off. 34/114.3 Full, whacked but it's a skier. Taken by Tector at deep midwicket! Ghani tried to get under the ball, did so but could not connect as sweetly as he would have wanted. McCarthy gets his second. 115/49.4 Three dots and the pressure gets to Shahidi. Tossed up around middle and leg, he goes for the sweep, can only get a top edge and short fine leg runs back to complete a good catch. 76/213.6 Top edge off the swipe and he holes to short third! This was fullish around sixth stump, he reached out and tried to clobber it over cover but it ballooned up off the edge, easily taken by McBrine 113/315.5 Pulled, straight to deep midwicket! Nabi made room, the length ball angled in towards him. It sat up well for the pull, he god decent elevation but could not clear Tector. Dockrell's gotten a couple of bonuses. 122/516.6 Cut straight to deep third! It was around back of a length outside off, it seemed to jump up and took the top-edge of the hard-swung cut, and it carried easily. 134/618.6 Wide, slashed, taken at wide long-off! This was full, very wide, Rashid reached out and lofted it with a whippy cover drive, but could not get past Dockrell running to his left 147/7Extras9 (b 4, w 5)TOTAL168/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.4)Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 4.5 ov), 2-76 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 9.4 ov), 3-113 (Najibullah Zadran, 13.6 ov), 4-115 (Usman Ghani, 14.3 ov), 5-122 (Mohammad Nabi, 15.5 ov), 6-134 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 16.6 ov), 7-147 (Rashid Khan, 18.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JB Little 4 0 33 1 8.25 10 4 1 0 0 MR Adair 4 0 39 0 9.75 8 3 2 2 0 AR McBrine 2 0 24 0 12.00 2 3 1 0 0 BJ McCarthy 4 0 34 3 8.50 10 4 1 2 0 GJ Delany 4 0 27 1 6.75 6 1 1 0 0 GH Dockrell 2 0 7 2 3.50 6 0 0 1 0
09/08Result
1st T20I, Afghanistan tour of Ireland at Belfast, Aug 9 2022
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
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![Ireland]( "Ireland")
171/3 (19.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
09/08Result
1st T20I, Afghanistan tour of Ireland at Belfast, Aug 9 2022
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
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![Ireland]( "Ireland")
171/3 (19.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.3 Forces it to deep cover and that is a top catch! Slightly short outside off, he gives himself room and slams it deep. Does not get all of it but the ball still seems to be going over the fielder. But Farooqi steadies himself very well and completes an excellent take. 61/114.5 Sweeps in the air, and Zadran takes it at deep midwicket! The ball was full and coming at him, he went through with the shot and his upper body overbalanced him to the left. Najib did well to take it while on the move. 123/217.6 Slog swept, it's a skier and taken by Rashid at deep midwicket! It was a length ball, the slower one was in Tucker's reach. He swung through, Rashid ran to his left as the ball eased down and took it well. 146/3Extras4 (lb 1, w 3)TOTAL171/3 (19.5 Overs, RR: 8.62)Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Paul Stirling, 7.3 ov), 2-123 (Andy Balbirnie, 14.5 ov), 3-146 (Lorcan Tucker, 17.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Fazalhaq Farooqi 4 0 32 0 8.00 7 2 1 1 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 3 0 22 1 7.33 8 2 1 0 0 Naveen-ul-Haq 3.5 1 39 1 10.17 8 5 1 1 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 2 0 25 0 12.50 4 2 2 0 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 25 0 6.25 7 2 0 1 0 Mohammad Nabi 3 0 27 1 9.00 6 4 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Afghanistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Ireland led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
9 August 2022 (20-over match)
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 1 wicket)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 76/2 in 9.4 overs (Usman Ghani 38)
- Usman Ghani: 50 off 35 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 3
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 9
- Innings Break: Afghanistan - 168/7 in 20.0 overs (Ibrahim Zadran 29, Naveen-ul-Haq 1)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 0 wicket)
- Ireland: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (PR Stirling 25, A Balbirnie 25, Ex 2)
- Drinks: Ireland - 80/1 in 10.0 overs (A Balbirnie 37, LJ Tucker 10)
- Ireland: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (A Balbirnie 19, LJ Tucker 33, Ex 0)
- A Balbirnie: 50 off 34 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- LJ Tucker: 50 off 31 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Ireland: 150 runs in 18.2 overs (110 balls), Extras 4
Afghanistan tour of Ireland 2022 News
Adair and Little share five as Ireland take rain-hit series decider
The home side squeezed home with two balls to spare in a seven-over chase
Rashid's all-round effort, Najibullah's fifty set up series decider
The duo lifted Afghanistan from 76 for 5 to set a stiff target for Ireland in a rain-hit match
Bowlers, Gurbaz, Najibullah star in Afghanistan's win
They overcame a 74-run stand for the eighth wicket between Dockrell and Hand to keep the series alive
Bowlers, Balbirnie steer Ireland to comfortable win
The 122 Afghanistan put up was eventually much too modest for an Irish batting line-up spearheaded by a 36-ball 46 from captain Andy Balbirnie
Ireland hold nerve in last-over thriller to snap winless streak
Fifties from Balbirnie and Tucker set up the chase, before Dockrell and Tector added the finishing touches
