- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.2 soft. Loopy length ball on leg stump, dipping rapidly and he's not to the pitch as he looks for a vigourous flick through square leg. Gets it off the inside half and it lobs in front of midwicket who gets down and forward to snap it up 53/132.2 reverse-swept from middle stump to backward point's right. There's a horrible mix-up between the wickets. The throw from Najib is to the bowler. Mujeeb gathers it and breaks the bails to catch Stirling short. The well-set batsman has been run out. Stirling knew he was gone. The TV umpire confirms it. The last thing Ireland wanted is a run out 121/323.5 edged and gone! Slider wide outside off, Balbirnie stays leg side of this and is forced to reach out for a cut. It's a weak attempt too. He's pushing too far away from the body and the outside edge is eaten up by the keeper 77/235.4 overpitched and wide outside off, Niall stretches out and drives to the left of Shenwari at short extra cover. Niall plays an aerial drive instead of keeping it down. Dawlat returns and takes down Niall. Both set batsmen are gone now 130/440.6 taken down leg side. Simi Singh's painful stay comes to an end as he shuffles outside off once more and is too far away from this googly as it spins down leg. He's forced to reach out and can only get a slight touch on this 149/548.1 bowled him! Wicket number 99 for Rashid Khan. Comprehensively tonks off stump with a slider. O'Brien exposes the stumps and swats across the line to try and clear the leg side. Completely misses it 196/649.2 good catch. Slower ball dug in short again, wide outside off. Looks to slap it over extra, gets it off the thick outside edge. It hangs high and makes point pedal backwards. He loses his balance but manages to get his hands around this 202/7Extras9 (lb 3, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL209/7 (50 Overs, RR: 4.18)Fall of wickets: 1-53 (William Porterfield, 15.2 ov), 2-77 (Andy Balbirnie, 23.5 ov), 3-121 (Paul Stirling, 32.2 ov), 4-130 (Niall O'Brien, 35.4 ov), 5-149 (Simi Singh, 40.6 ov), 6-196 (Kevin O'Brien, 48.1 ov), 7-202 (Gary Wilson, 49.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Dawlat Zadran 10 0 54 2 5.40 30 5 1 1 1 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 10 0 31 0 3.10 40 1 0 2 0 Gulbadin Naib 5 0 15 0 3.00 17 0 0 0 0 Mohammad Nabi 9 0 48 1 5.33 27 5 1 1 0 Sharafuddin Ashraf 6 1 18 0 3.00 25 0 1 0 0 Rashid Khan 10 0 40 3 4.00 34 3 0 1 0
Player of the Match
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR16.3 Shahzad goes for one big hit too many and holes out to long-on. Skids on outside off, Simi Singh finds some extra bounce and forces the opener to fetch the slog-sweep from there. The batsman aimed to launch it over midwicket. He instead splices it straighter to Rankin. A little opening for Ireland? 86/128.6 top edge taken at point! Gulbadin has fallen just on the verge of what might have been Rankin's last ball of this spell. It's a short ball in the corridor and he looks to pull without shifting his weight backwards. Ends up wafting from underneath and it's a simple catch 117/325.4 chipped to short midwicket! Shah steps out and doesn't get to the pitch of the ball. He clips on the up and as a result he can't keep this down. It's straight to the fielder who takes a low catch 113/244.5 McCarthy finds redemption. A very tense finish brewing in Harare. A World Cup spot is on the line. This was overpitched and outside off, instead of scything it over the boundary Shenwari slices it to backward point. Good, low catch under pressure from Wilson 181/537.3 Simi Singh claims his third wicket and tightens the chase. This was fired in on middle, Simi pulled his length back after seeing Nabi foray down the track. He does not meet the pitch of the ball and winds up dragging a catch to deep midwicket 145/4Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL213/5 (49.1 Overs, RR: 4.33)Fall of wickets: 1-86 (Mohammad Shahzad, 16.3 ov), 2-113 (Rahmat Shah, 25.4 ov), 3-117 (Gulbadin Naib, 28.6 ov), 4-145 (Mohammad Nabi, 37.3 ov), 5-181 (Samiullah Shinwari, 44.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BJ McCarthy 9.1 0 57 1 6.21 34 6 2 4 0 TJ Murtagh 10 0 46 0 4.60 36 3 1 1 0 WB Rankin 10 0 41 1 4.10 34 2 0 1 0 AR McBrine 10 1 38 0 3.80 39 3 1 0 0 Simi Singh 10 2 30 3 3.00 41 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Ireland , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
23 March 2018 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Afghanistan 2, Ireland 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 0 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 106 runs, 4 wickets)
- Ireland: 50 runs in 13.4 overs (82 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (WTS Porterfield 19, PR Stirling 26, Ex 5)
- Drinks: Ireland - 61/1 in 18.0 overs (PR Stirling 33, A Balbirnie 3)
- PR Stirling: 50 off 77 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Ireland: 100 runs in 28.4 overs (172 balls), Extras 5
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 66 runs, 3 wickets)
- Ireland: 150 runs in 41.1 overs (247 balls), Extras 7
- Ireland: 200 runs in 48.6 overs (295 balls), Extras 9
- Innings Break: Ireland - 209/7 in 50.0 overs (AR McBrine 11, BJ McCarthy 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 0 wicket)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 60 balls (Mohammad Shahzad 30, Gulbadin Naib 18, Ex 5)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 98 runs, 4 wickets)
- Mohammad Shahzad: 50 off 48 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 21.4 overs (130 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 141/3 in 36.0 overs (Samiullah Shinwari 15, Mohammad Nabi 9)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 39.4 overs (238 balls), Extras 6
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 62 runs, 1 wicket)
- Afghanistan: 200 runs in 47.5 overs (287 balls), Extras 7
Match Coverage
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