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Afghanistan v Ireland in United Arab Emirates

1st T20I / Sharjah

Afghanistan 111. Ireland 149 for 6.

Ireland win by 38 runs.

Match Commentary

  1. Update

    Summary

    Over 19: 4 runs. Bowler: Barry McCarthy. Afghanistan: 111/10 (rr 5.95)

  2. 18.4

    OUT! Barry McCarthy to Naveen-ul-Haq. Length ball, wide outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to deep cover for no run, caught by Gareth Delany. Naveen-ul-Haq Caught for 13.

  3. 18.3

    Barry McCarthy to Naveen-ul-Haq. Slower ball short, outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through for no run

  4. 18.2

    Barry McCarthy to Naveen-ul-Haq. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to long on for no run, fielded by Harry Tector

  5. 18.1

    FOUR! Barry McCarthy to Naveen-ul-Haq. Slower ball length ball, wide outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 4 runs

  6. Update

    Summary

    Over 18: 8 runs. Bowler: Mark Adair. Afghanistan: 107/9 (rr 5.94)

  7. 17.6

    Mark Adair to Fazalhaq Farooqi. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot mis-timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Mark Adair

  8. 17.5

    Mark Adair to Naveen-ul-Haq. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot slogged mis-timed for 1 run

  9. 17.4

    Mark Adair to Naveen-ul-Haq. No movement yorker, outside off on the back foot steered mis-timed for no run

  10. 17.3

    Mark Adair to Naveen-ul-Haq. No movement half volley, wide outside off no foot movement reverse scoopped for no run

  11. 17.2

    SIX! Mark Adair to Naveen-ul-Haq. No movement back of a length, outside off down the pitch pulled well timed for 6 runs

  12. 17.1

    Mark Adair to Fazalhaq Farooqi. No movement full toss, down leg on the front foot flick mis-timed for 1 run

  13. Update

    Summary

    Over 17: 1 run. Bowler: Josh Little. Afghanistan: 99/9 (rr 5.82)

  14. 16.6

    Josh Little to Naveen-ul-Haq. Slower ball back of a length, outside off on the front foot slogged for no run

  15. 16.5

    Josh Little to Naveen-ul-Haq. No movement length ball, outside off on the back foot cut mis-timed for no run

  16. 16.4

    Josh Little to Naveen-ul-Haq. No movement back of a length, outside off down the pitch slogged mis-timed to long on for no run, fielded by Harry Tector

  17. 16.3

    Josh Little to Fazalhaq Farooqi. No movement yorker, outside off on the front foot steered mis-timed for 1 run

  18. 16.2

    Josh Little to Fazalhaq Farooqi. No movement yorker, outside off on the front foot driving for no run

  19. 16.1

    OUT! Josh Little to Rashid Khan. No movement full toss, off stump on the front foot slogged mis-timed to long on for no run, caught by Harry Tector. Rashid Khan Caught for 5.

  20. Update

    Summary

    Over 16: 3 runs. Bowler: Barry McCarthy. Afghanistan: 98/8 (rr 6.12)

  21. 15.6

    Barry McCarthy to Naveen-ul-Haq. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut for no run

  22. 15.5

    Barry McCarthy to Rashid Khan. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut mis-timed for 1 run

  23. 15.4

    Barry McCarthy to Naveen-ul-Haq. No movement short, outside off on the back foot upper cutted mis-timed for 1 run

  24. 15.3

    Barry McCarthy to Naveen-ul-Haq. No movement short, outside off on the back foot upper cutted for no run

  25. 15.2

    Barry McCarthy to Rashid Khan. Slower ball short, off stump on the back foot pulled well timed for 1 run

  26. 15.1

    Barry McCarthy to Rashid Khan. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to extra cover for no run, fielded by Paul Stirling

  27. Update

    Summary

    Over 15: 4 runs. Bowler: Ben White. Afghanistan: 95/8 (rr 6.33)

  28. 14.6

    Ben White to Rashid Khan. Leg spinner half volley, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed for 1 run

  29. 14.6

    Wide. Ben White to Rashid Khan. Googly length ball, wide outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through for 1 wides

  30. 14.5

    Ben White to Rashid Khan. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot mis-timed to extra cover for no run, fielded by Paul Stirling

  31. 14.4

    Ben White to Naveen-ul-Haq. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the back foot worked mis-timed for 1 run

  32. 14.3

    OUT! Ben White to Mohammad Nabi. Googly length ball, outside off on the front foot slogged mis-timed to long off for no run, caught by Harry Tector. Mohammad Nabi Caught for 25.

  33. 14.2

    Ben White to Rashid Khan. Leg spinner length ball, outside off down the pitch driving well timed for 1 run

  34. 14.1

    Ben White to Rashid Khan. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot for no run

  35. Update

    Summary

    Over 14: 12 runs. Bowler: Gareth Delany. Afghanistan: 91/7 (rr 6.5)

  36. 13.6

    SIX! Gareth Delany to Mohammad Nabi. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot slogged well timed for 6 runs

  37. 13.5

    Gareth Delany to Mohammad Nabi. Googly length ball, outside off on the back foot cut mis-timed for no run

  38. 13.4

    FOUR! Gareth Delany to Mohammad Nabi. Leg spinner half volley, middle stump on the front foot slogged well timed for 4 runs

  39. 13.3

    Gareth Delany to Rashid Khan. Leg spinner length ball, leg stump on the back foot worked mis-timed for 1 run

  40. 13.2

    Gareth Delany to Rashid Khan. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the back foot driving mis-timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Gareth Delany

  41. 13.1

    Gareth Delany to Mohammad Nabi. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the front foot slogged mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Mark Adair

  42. Update

    Summary

    Over 13: 8 runs. Bowler: Ben White. Afghanistan: 79/7 (rr 6.08)

  43. 12.6

    OUT! Ben White to Nangeyalia Kharote. Googly length ball, leg stump on the front foot driving for no run. Nangeyalia Kharote Bowled for 0.

  44. 12.5

    OUT! Ben White to Ijaz Ahmadzai. Leg spinner back of a length, off stump on the back foot pulled mis-timed to deep mid wicket for no run, caught by Curtis Campher. Ijaz Ahmadzai Caught for 16.

  45. 12.5

    Wide. Ben White to Ijaz Ahmadzai. Leg spinner length ball, wide outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through for 1 wides

  46. 12.4

    FREE HIT. Ben White to Mohammad Nabi. Leg spinner half volley, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed for 1 run

  47. 12.4

    No ball. Ben White to Mohammad Nabi. Leg spinner length ball, wide outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 3 runs

  48. 12.3

    Ben White to Ijaz Ahmadzai. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot slog-sweep for 1 run

  49. 12.2

    Ben White to Ijaz Ahmadzai. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot slog-sweep for no run

  50. 12.1

    Ben White to Ijaz Ahmadzai. Leg spinner back of a length, outside off on the back foot pulled mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Mark Adair

  51. Update

    Summary

    Over 12: 8 runs. Bowler: Josh Little. Afghanistan: 71/5 (rr 5.92)

  52. 11.6

    Josh Little to Mohammad Nabi. Slower ball short, outside off on the back foot pulled for no run

  53. 11.5

    Josh Little to Ijaz Ahmadzai. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed for 1 run

  54. 11.4

    FOUR! Josh Little to Ijaz Ahmadzai. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot steered well timed for 4 runs

  55. 11.4

    Wide. Josh Little to Ijaz Ahmadzai. No movement back of a length, wide outside off on the back foot cut for 1 wides

  56. 11.3

    Josh Little to Ijaz Ahmadzai. No movement full toss, wide outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed for no run

  57. 11.2

    Josh Little to Mohammad Nabi. No movement length ball, wide outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed for 1 run

  58. 11.1

    Josh Little to Ijaz Ahmadzai. No movement length ball, wide outside off on the back foot cut well timed for 1 run

  59. Update

    Summary

    Over 11: 4 runs. Bowler: Ben White. Afghanistan: 63/5 (rr 5.73)

  60. 10.6

    Ben White to Ijaz Ahmadzai. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the back foot late cutted mis-timed for 1 run

  61. 10.5

    Ben White to Ijaz Ahmadzai. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot driving mis-timed for no run

  62. 10.4

    Ben White to Ijaz Ahmadzai. Googly length ball, outside off on the front foot slogged for no run

  63. 10.3

    Ben White to Mohammad Nabi. Leg spinner length ball, leg stump no foot movement driving mis-timed for 1 run

  64. 10.2

    Ben White to Ijaz Ahmadzai. Googly length ball, outside off on the front foot slog-sweep mis-timed for 1 run

  65. 10.1

    Ben White to Mohammad Nabi. Leg spinner back of a length, middle stump on the back foot worked mis-timed for 1 run

  66. Update

    Summary

    Over 10: 6 runs. Bowler: Gareth Delany. Afghanistan: 59/5 (rr 5.9)

  67. 9.6

    Gareth Delany to Mohammad Nabi. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving mis-timed for 1 run

  68. 9.5

    Gareth Delany to Ijaz Ahmadzai. Leg spinner half volley, leg stump on the front foot driving mis-timed for 1 run

  69. 9.4

    Gareth Delany to Mohammad Nabi. Slider back of a length, outside off on the back foot late cutted mis-timed for 1 run

  70. 9.3

    Gareth Delany to Ijaz Ahmadzai. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the back foot driving mis-timed for 1 run

  71. 9.2

    Gareth Delany to Mohammad Nabi. Leg spinner half volley, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed for 1 run

  72. 9.1

    Gareth Delany to Ijaz Ahmadzai. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the back foot worked mis-timed for 1 run

  73. Update

    Summary

    Over 9: 4 runs. Bowler: Barry McCarthy. Afghanistan: 53/5 (rr 5.89)

  74. 8.6

    Barry McCarthy to Ijaz Ahmadzai. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot dropped mis-timed for 1 run

  75. 8.5

    Barry McCarthy to Mohammad Nabi. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot pulled mis-timed for 1 run

  76. 8.4

    Barry McCarthy to Ijaz Ahmadzai. No movement short, outside off on the back foot late cutted mis-timed to third man for 1 run, fielded by Harry Tector

  77. 8.3

    OUT! Barry McCarthy to Ibrahim Zadran. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to mid off for no run, caught by Harry Tector. Ibrahim Zadran Caught for 11.

  78. 8.2

    Barry McCarthy to Ibrahim Zadran. No movement length ball, wide outside off on the front foot driving for no run

  79. 8.1

    Barry McCarthy to Mohammad Nabi. No movement length ball, outside off on the back foot cut mis-timed for 1 run

  80. Update

    Summary

    Over 8: 2 runs. Bowler: Gareth Delany. Afghanistan: 49/4 (rr 6.12)

  81. 7.6

    Gareth Delany to Ibrahim Zadran. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to extra cover for no run, fielded by Paul Stirling

  82. 7.5

    Gareth Delany to Ibrahim Zadran. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to cover for no run, fielded by Paul Stirling

  83. 7.4

    Gareth Delany to Mohammad Nabi. Leg spinner half volley, middle stump on the front foot driving well timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Josh Little

  84. 7.3

    Gareth Delany to Mohammad Nabi. Googly length ball, outside off on the front foot driving for no run

  85. 7.2

    Gareth Delany to Mohammad Nabi. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot worked mis-timed to mid wicket for no run

  86. 7.1

    Gareth Delany to Ibrahim Zadran. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Josh Little

  87. Update

    Summary

    Over 7: 4 runs. Bowler: Ben White. Afghanistan: 47/4 (rr 6.71)

  88. 6.6

    Ben White to Ibrahim Zadran. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Gareth Delany

  89. 6.5

    Ben White to Mohammad Nabi. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by Andrew Balbirnie

  90. 6.4

    Ben White to Ibrahim Zadran. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Harry Tector

  91. 6.3

    Ben White to Mohammad Nabi. Leg spinner length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to deep extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Gareth Delany

  92. 6.2

    OUT! Ben White to Mohammad Ishaq. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot slog-sweep mis-timed to deep backward square leg for no run, caught by Barry McCarthy. Mohammad Ishaq Caught for 32.

  93. 6.1

    Ben White to Mohammad Ishaq. Leg spinner length ball, leg stump no foot movement worked for no run

  94. Update

    Summary

    Over 6: 12 runs. Bowler: Gareth Delany. Afghanistan: 43/3 (rr 7.17)

  95. 5.6

    FOUR! Gareth Delany to Ibrahim Zadran. Leg spinner back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut well timed for 4 runs

  96. 5.5

    Gareth Delany to Mohammad Ishaq. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump no foot movement worked mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Mark Adair

  97. 5.4

    FOUR! Gareth Delany to Mohammad Ishaq. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot cut well timed for 4 runs

  98. 5.3

    Gareth Delany to Mohammad Ishaq. Leg spinner back of a length, outside off no foot movement cut mis-timed for no run

  99. 5.2

    Gareth Delany to Mohammad Ishaq. Leg spinner length ball, leg stump on the back foot worked mis-timed to square leg for 3 runs, overthrow by Ben White

  100. 5.1

    Gareth Delany to Mohammad Ishaq. Leg spinner back of a length, outside off no foot movement cut mis-timed for no run

  101. Update

    Summary

    Over 5: 3 runs. Bowler: Barry McCarthy. Afghanistan: 31/3 (rr 6.2)

  102. 4.6

    Barry McCarthy to Mohammad Ishaq. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut mis-timed for 1 run

  103. 4.5

    Barry McCarthy to Mohammad Ishaq. No movement short, outside off on the back foot upper cutted for no run

  104. 4.4

    Barry McCarthy to Mohammad Ishaq. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot late cutted for no run

  105. 4.3

    Barry McCarthy to Mohammad Ishaq. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot slogged mis-timed to mid wicket for no run, fielded by Paul Stirling

  106. 4.2

    Barry McCarthy to Ibrahim Zadran. No movement back of a length, middle stump on the back foot worked mis-timed for 1 run

  107. 4.1

    Barry McCarthy to Mohammad Ishaq. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot mis-timed for 1 run

  108. Update

    Summary

    Over 4: 6 runs. Bowler: Josh Little. Afghanistan: 28/3 (rr 7.0)

  109. 3.6

    Josh Little to Mohammad Ishaq. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot worked mis-timed to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Paul Stirling

  110. 3.5

    Josh Little to Mohammad Ishaq. No movement length ball, outside off on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot mis-timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Josh Little

  111. 3.4

    FOUR! Josh Little to Mohammad Ishaq. No movement half volley, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed for 4 runs

  112. 3.3

    Josh Little to Ibrahim Zadran. No movement length ball, outside off on the back foot dropped mis-timed for 1 run

  113. 3.2

    Josh Little to Ibrahim Zadran. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed for no run

  114. 3.1

    Josh Little to Ibrahim Zadran. Away swinger length ball, off stump on the front foot driving for no run

  115. Update

    Summary

    Over 3: 17 runs. Bowler: Mark Adair. Afghanistan: 22/3 (rr 7.33)

  116. 2.6

    FOUR! Mark Adair to Mohammad Ishaq. In swinger length ball, outside off on the front foot slogged well timed for 4 runs

  117. 2.5

    FOUR! Mark Adair to Mohammad Ishaq. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot slogged well timed for 4 runs