15/08Result
4th T20I, Afghanistan tour of Ireland at Belfast, Aug 15 2022
Afghanistan won by 27 runs
Player of the Match
Rashid Khan
Rashid KhanAfghanistan
15/08Result
4th T20I, Afghanistan tour of Ireland at Belfast, Aug 15 2022
Afghanistan won by 27 runs
Player of the Match
Rashid Khan
Rashid KhanAfghanistan

  • Ireland Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    PR Stirling
    20
    9
    19
    3
    1
    222.22
    3.3 rib-high short ball, into the body of Stirling. Stirling hooks hard and flat but can't Rashid at deep square leg. Well-judged catch right at the edge of the boundary. Massive wicket for Afghanistan 39/2
    A Balbirnie (c)
    15
    5
    10
    2
    1
    300.00
    1.4 sliced into the hands of backward point. Balbirnie backs away once again in order to open up the off side, but finds the infielder. Omarzai follows the moving batter with a full ball and has him carving a straightforward catch 28/1
    LJ Tucker †
    4
    8
    12
    0
    0
    50.00
    3.5 on a length and wide of off, Tucker has to fetch it from there. He can only drag a catch to Najibullah at deep midwicket. Double-strike from Farid Malik 40/3
    HT Tector
    13
    9
    13
    2
    0
    144.44
    5.6 Fareed Malik strikes once again. Tector jumps across off and searches for a scoop over short fine leg. Malik floats it wide of off, wide of the moving batter. Tector can only scoop it back to Gurbaz. Tector suggests he did not touch that. He remonstrates with the umpire and drags himself off the field 63/4
    GH Dockrell
    not out
    41
    27
    38
    4
    2
    151.85
    GJ Delany
    3
    4
    6
    0
    0
    75.00
    6.6 another wrong'un, Delany misses and up goes the finger. This is Rashid's first wicket of the series.. He falls in his followthrough and celebrates with Gurbaz. Runs with the bat: check. Catch in the deep: check. Wicket with the ball: check 68/5
    MR Adair
    0
    1
    3
    0
    0
    0.00
    7.2 Naveen pins Adair lbw. Low full-toss, angling in from over the wicket. Adair plays around his front pad. That's very adjacent, he falls for a golden duck 69/6
    F Hand
    0
    1
    3
    0
    0
    0.00
    7.3 Caught by Fareed Malik at short third. Hand aims for a reverse-scoop first ball and ends up picking out the fielder. Ireland are six down and sinking 69/7
    BJ McCarthy
    1
    3
    8
    0
    0
    33.33
    8.6 on a length and turns away outside off, McCarthy has to go hard. He tries but ends up lofting it to Nabi at long-off. 91/8
    Simi Singh
    0
    0
    3
    0
    0
    -
    9.2 another low full-toss outside off, hit to long-on. Dockrell has to push for the second. Simi, however, is run-out at the non-striker's end 94/9
    JB Little
    0
    0
    8
    0
    0
    -
    10.6 plinked to mid-on. Little has been run-out last ball. Ireland have been bowled out for 105 in their chase. Afghanistan win by 27 runs 105/10
    Extras
    8 (b 1, lb 1, nb 1, pen 5)
    TOTAL
    105 all out (11 Overs, RR: 9.54)
    Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Andy Balbirnie, 1.4 ov), 2-39 (Paul Stirling, 3.3 ov), 3-40 (Lorcan Tucker, 3.5 ov), 4-63 (Harry Tector, 5.6 ov), 5-68 (Gareth Delany, 6.6 ov), 6-69 (Mark Adair, 7.2 ov), 7-69 (Fionn Hand, 7.3 ov), 8-91 (Barry McCarthy, 8.6 ov), 9-94 (Simi Singh, 9.2 ov), 10-105 (Josh Little, 10.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Naveen-ul-Haq2025212.5045001
    Azmatullah Omarzai2025112.5042200
    Mujeeb Ur Rahman201306.5071100
    Fareed Ahmad201437.0052000
    Rashid Khan302127.0061100

Match Notes

Ireland 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st28A BalbirniePR Stirling
2nd11PR StirlingLJ Tucker
3rd1LJ TuckerHT Tector
4th23GH DockrellHT Tector
5th5GH DockrellGJ Delany
6th1GH DockrellMR Adair
7th0GH DockrellF Hand
8th22GH DockrellBJ McCarthy
9th3GH DockrellSimi Singh
10th11GH DockrellJB Little