23/03Result

33rd Match, Super Sixes, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier at Harare, Mar 23 2018

IrelandIrelandIRE
209/7
AfghanistanAfghanistanAFG
213/5 (49.1/50 ov)

Afghanistan won by 5 wkts (5b rem)

Player of the Match

Mohammad ShahzadAfghanistan

23/03Result

33rd Match, Super Sixes, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier at Harare, Mar 23 2018

IrelandIrelandIRE
209/7
AfghanistanAfghanistanAFG
213/5 (49.1/50 ov)

Afghanistan won by 5 wkts (5b rem)

Player of the Match

Mohammad ShahzadAfghanistan

Match Day

2430dThe Report by Liam Brickhill in Harare

Afghanistan pull off the great escape to make World Cup

Afghanistan lost their group games to Scotland, Zimbabwe and Hong Kong and entered the Super Six with no points, but victories over West Indies, UAE and Ireland - as well as helpful results in other games - meant that Friday's win took them to the 2019 Wo

2429dLiam Brickhill in Harare

'This victory is for the people of Afghanistan' - Stanikzai

Captain thanks team's supporters as Afghanistan battle back from brink of elimination with typical resilience

2430dLiam Brickhill in Harare

'The Associates don't know what's going to happen to them' - Porterfield

Ireland's captain says his Full Member team are the lucky ones, as he sympathises with the Associates who missed out on the World Cup

Afghanistan INNINGS		R	B
Mohammad Shahzad	caught	54	50
Gulbadin Naib	caught	45	91
Rahmat Shah	caught	12	23
Samiullah Shinwari	caught	27	63
Mohammad Nabi	caught	12	24
Asghar Stanikzai	not out	39	29
Najibullah Zadran	not out	17	15
Rashid Khan
Sharafuddin Ashraf
Dawlat Zadran
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
EXTRAS	(lb 1, w 6)
TOTAL	213 (5 wkts; 49.1 ovs)

Ireland BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
BJ McCarthy	9.1	0	57	1	6.21	(4w)
TJ Murtagh	10.0	0	46	0	4.60	(1w)
WB Rankin	10.0	0	41	1	4.10	(1w)
AR McBrine	10.0	1	38	0	3.80
Simi Singh	10.0	2	30	3	3.00

Afghanistan 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	86	Gulbadin Naib	Mohammad Shahzad
2nd	27	Gulbadin Naib	Rahmat Shah
3rd	4	Samiullah Shinwari	Gulbadin Naib
4th	28	Mohammad Nabi	Samiullah Shinwari
5th	36	Samiullah Shinwari	Asghar Stanikzai
6th	32	Asghar Stanikzai	Najibullah Zadran

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Super Sixes
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
WI	5	4	1	8	0.472
AFG	5	3	2	6	0.302
ZIM	5	2	2	5	0.42
SCOT	5	2	2	5	0.243
IRE	5	2	3	4	0.346
UAE	5	1	4	2	-1.95
Group A
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
WI	4	4	0	8	1.171
IRE	4	3	1	6	1.479
UAE	4	2	2	4	-1.177
NED	4	1	3	2	-0.709
PNG	4	0	4	0	-0.865
Group B
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
ZIM	4	3	0	7	1.035
SCOT	4	3	0	7	0.855
AFG	4	1	3	2	0.038
NEP	4	1	3	2	-0.893
HKG	4	1	3	2	-1.121