Live Cricket Score | Ireland vs Afghanistan Live Score & Commentary | IRE vs AFG Scorecard, Afghanistan tour of Ireland

4th T20I • Civil Service Cricket Club • Belfast

Afghanistan

132/6 (11)

Ireland

105 (11)

AFG won by 27 runs

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Player of the Match Rashid Khan

2/21

AFG s

IRE s

Info

Afghanistan s

132/6 (11)

Batters

Hazratullah Zazai

150.00

c McCarthy b Delany

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

184.62

c Adair b McCarthy

Ibrahim Zadran

33.33

c Dockrell b Delany

Najibullah Zadran

208.33

c Little b Adair

Mohammad Nabi

100.00

c Balbirnie b Hand

Azmatullah Omarzai

57.14

c Dockrell b Delany

Rashid Khan

310.00

Not out

Sharafuddin Ashraf

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 5, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(11 Ov, RR: 12)

132/6

Did not Bat

Naveen ul Haq, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Fareed Ahmad Malik

Bowlers

EXT

Josh Little

12.50

Mark Adair

11.50

Barry McCarthy

12.50

Gareth Delany

11.00

Fionn Hand

11.00

Simi Singh

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

c Adair b McCarthy

1-37

2.4

Ibrahim Zadran

c Dockrell b Delany

2-38

3.1

Hazratullah Zazai

c McCarthy b Delany

3-38

3.2

Mohammad Nabi

c Balbirnie b Hand

4-55

4.6

Azmatullah Omarzai

c Dockrell b Delany

5-76

7.4

Najibullah Zadran

c Little b Adair

6-126

10.4

Ireland s

105/10 (11)

Batters

Paul Stirling

222.22

c Khan b Malik

Andy Balbirnie

300.00

c Zadran b Omarzai

Lorcan Tucker

50.00

c Zadran b Malik

Harry Tector

144.44

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Malik

George Dockrell

151.85

Not out

Gareth Delany

75.00

lbw b Khan

Mark Adair

0.00

lbw b Haq

Fionn Hand

0.00

c Malik b Haq

Barry McCarthy

33.33

c Nabi b Khan

Simi Singh

0.00

runout (Omarzai / Zadran)

Josh Little

0.00

runout (Nabi)

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 0)

TOTAL

(11 Ov, RR: 9.55)

105/10

Bowlers

EXT

Naveen ul Haq

12.50

Azmatullah Omarzai

12.50

Mujeeb-ur-Rahman

6.50

Fareed Ahmad Malik

7.00

Rashid Khan

7.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Andy Balbirnie

c Zadran b Omarzai

1-28

1.4

Paul Stirling

c Khan b Malik

2-39

3.3

Lorcan Tucker

c Zadran b Malik

3-40

3.5

Harry Tector

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Malik

4-63

5.6

Gareth Delany

lbw b Khan

5-68

6.6

Mark Adair

lbw b Haq

6-69

7.2

Fionn Hand

c Malik b Haq

7-69

7.3

Barry McCarthy

c Nabi b Khan

8-91

8.6

Simi Singh

runout (Omarzai / Zadran)

9-94

9.2

Josh Little

runout (Nabi)

10-105

10.6

Match Info

Date & Time

15 Aug, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

Match

4th T20I,

Afghanistan tour of Ireland

Umpires

Mark Hawthorne (Ireland), Paul Reynolds (Ireland)

Referee

Graham McCrea (Ireland)

Pitch Report

Batting friendly wicket

Toss

Ireland elected to bowl

1 W W 1nb 4 4 1lb

Over 8

Runs: 11

0 4 6 1b 0 W

Over 9

Runs: 11

2 1W 1 1 6 1

Over 10

Runs: 12

0 4 0 0 0 W

Over 11

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match Rashid Khan

2/21

Commentary

It is all we've got for you from this game as my partner, Bala and I, Sudheer, are signing off for now. Do stay tuned to Sportskeeda for more updates and match information coming your way from around the world of sports. Cheers

Ireland must be disappointed with the efforts as no batter really played long from the top of the order that was much needed in these huge chases although they got starts before they were dismissed. The order batters looked good but none went on sustaining their play. Those loss of early wickets has really pulled them down and were behind the eight ball in the 2nd half of the innings. George Dockrell played a lone hand of 41 not out from 27 balls and couldn't find a support at the ending stages of the innings.

Afghanistan have done well with the ball and in the field as well. Afghanistan kept picking wickets at regular intervals and that pushed the required rate up all the time. Fareed Ahmad picked 3 wickets while Naveen Ul Haq and Rashid Khan got 2 wickets each. They have taken their catches as well in the field.

The series is now down to the final game as both the teams are locked at 2 each. Afghanistan have come back pretty well in the series after being 0-2 at the start of the series. Both teams will be looking forward to secure the series win and get the confidence going into the T20 World Cup starting next month.

Rashid Khan (Player of the Match): Hard couple of game previously and our batting was also struggling. It was a much needed knock for the team. We wanted to stay calm and finish off strong. Our target was to get over 120. Finally getting a wicket is pretty happy and want to dedicate this Man of the Match award to Fareed Ahmad.

Andy Balbarnie (Ire Captain): Final stasges of the game was the turning point giving away too many runs and that's how the game goes in this format. We started off well but didn't really push in the middle that became too big in the end. Looking forward to the must win game ahead and these are the type of matche you get in the World Cups so looking forward to it.

Mohammad Nabi (Afg Captain): Thanks to the alight that we did well in the game. It is important to take early wickets and put on a good total with the bat. Najibullah Zadran has been in a good form and team needed that to put on a good total. Rashid has been good too with both bat and ball. Boys are improving and focus is to do well with the basics of the game. Plan is to keep it simple and do right things in the game all the time.

Ireland are bowled out in 11 overs for a total of 105 and lose the game by 27 runs.

The pressure of the total has rocked the team as the required rate was always more than 12 runs per over right from the start of the innings. The series is now heading to the final game as both teams are locked 2-2 at the moment.

overs

105 /10 score

runs

George Dockrell *

41 (27)

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

0 /13

10.6 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to George Dockrell, OUT! Ireland gets dismissed! Full ball on the off-stump. Drags it across to mid-wicket and tries to scamper through for one. The fielder gets the direct hit in and finds Little short of his ground

10.5 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to George Dockrell, full delivery outside off. Drills it straight to the fielder at covers

10.4 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to George Dockrell, moves across the crease in a bid to sweep. Pinned on the pad but the impact is outside off

10.3 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to George Dockrell, backs away early and tries to cut. Under edge onto the turf

10.2 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to George Dockrell, FOUR! Gets some bat on this one. Picks it up off a length and whacks it to the deep square leg boundary

10.1 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to George Dockrell, good length angling in and cramping the batter up for room. Swings across the line but the ball goes right through

Mujeeb ur Rahman [1-0-9-0] to bowl the final over of the innings.

Last over coming up and Ireland now need 32 to win. It is still quite technically possible but George Dockrell really needs to nail every ball in the over to cross the line. Can he make it possible for his team?

overs

101 /9 score

runs

George Dockrell *

37 (21)

Azmatullah Omarzai

1 /25

9.6 Azmatullah Omarzai to George Dockrell, back of a length outside off. Slaps it off the back foot to long-off

9.5 Azmatullah Omarzai to George Dockrell, SIX! Gets a good piece of wood on this one. Yet another full toss, doesn't get away with this one. Dockrell gets underneath this and smokes it over the long-on fence

9.4 Azmatullah Omarzai to Josh Little, short ball outside off. Pulls it along the ground to deep mid-wicket

9.3 Azmatullah Omarzai to George Dockrell, full toss around the off-stump. Mistimes it off the inside half of the blade to long-on

Joshua Little, RHB, comes to the crease.

9.2 Azmatullah Omarzai to George Dockrell, OUT! Simi Singh can't make it back in time. Low full toss outside off. Mistimes it to long-on and scampers through. Dockrell wants to get back on strike but even the dive can't help Simi get back in time

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