IRE vs AFG Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, Ireland vs Afghanistan 2024

1st T20I • Sharjah Cricket Stadium • Sharjah

Ireland

149/6 (20)

Afghanistan

111 (18.4)

IRE won by 38 runs

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Date & Time

15 Mar, 09:30 PM IST

Venue

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Match

1st T20I,

Ireland vs Afghanistan 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afghanistan), Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afghanistan), Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afghanistan, TV)

Referee

David Boon (Australia)

Toss

Afghanistan elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchSlow & Dusty Pitch

Pace BowlingAverage

Batting ConditionHigh Scoring

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

152Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

128.92Avg SR

2nd Innings

124Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

116.26Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AFG

6- 4

IRE

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Afghanistan

Ireland

Player of the Match Ben White

4/20

IRE

AFG

Info

Ireland

149/6 (20)

Batters

Andy Balbirnie

157.14

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Omarzai

Paul Stirling

92.59

c Zadran b Khan

Lorcan Tucker

30.77

c Nabi b kharote

Harry Tector

164.71

Not out

Curtis Campher

0.00

b Khan

Neil Rock

25.00

b kharote

Gareth Delany

80.00

c kharote b Khan

Mark Adair

142.86

Not out

Extras

(B: 9, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.45)

149/6

Did not Bat

Barry McCarthy, Josh Little, Ben White

Bowlers

EXT

Fazalhaq Farooqi

6.67

Azmatullah Omarzai

7.33

Naveen ul Haq

13.00

Rashid Khan

4.75

Nangeyalia kharote

4.00

Mohammad Nabi

4.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Andy Balbirnie

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Omarzai

1-38

4.3

Lorcan Tucker

c Nabi b kharote

2-54

7.4

Paul Stirling

c Zadran b Khan

3-66

10.2

Curtis Campher

b Khan

4-66

10.3

Neil Rock

b kharote

5-72

11.1

Gareth Delany

c kharote b Khan

6-107

16.6

Afghanistan

111/10 (18.4)

Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

0.00

c Campher b Adair

Sediqullah Atal

20.00

c Tector b Little

Ibrahim Zadran

68.75

c Tector b McCarthy

Azmatullah Omarzai

0.00

b Little

Mohammad Ishaq

145.45

c McCarthy b White

Mohammad Nabi

119.05

c Tector b White

Ijaz Ahmadzai

94.12

c Campher b White

Nangeyalia kharote

0.00

b White

Rashid Khan

50.00

c Tector b Little

Naveen ul Haq

86.67

c Delany b McCarthy

Fazalhaq Farooqi

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(18.4 Ov, RR: 5.95)

111/10

Bowlers

EXT

Mark Adair

8.67

Josh Little

4.50

Barry McCarthy

3.4

3.82

Gareth Delany

8.00

Ben White

5.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

c Campher b Adair

1-0

0.1

Sediqullah Atal

c Tector b Little

2-4

1.4

Azmatullah Omarzai

b Little

3-4

1.5

Mohammad Ishaq

c McCarthy b White

4-43

6.2

Ibrahim Zadran

c Tector b McCarthy

5-50

8.3

Ijaz Ahmadzai

c Campher b White

6-79

12.5

Nangeyalia kharote

b White

7-79

12.6

Mohammad Nabi

c Tector b White

8-92

14.3

Rashid Khan

c Tector b Little

9-98

16.1

Naveen ul Haq

c Delany b McCarthy

10-111

18.4

Match Info

Date & Time

15 Mar, 09:30 PM IST

Venue

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Match

1st T20I,

Ireland vs Afghanistan 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afghanistan), Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afghanistan), Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afghanistan, TV)

Referee

David Boon (Australia)

Toss

Afghanistan elected to bowl

0 1 0 1 1 0

Over 16

Runs: 3

W 0 1 0 0 0

Over 17

Runs: 1

1 6 0 0 1 0

Over 18

Runs: 8

4 0 0 W

Over 19

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match Ben White

4/20

Commentary

That is it from the first match of the T20 series. We hope you enjoyed the coverage! Stay tuned to Sportskeeda for all the cricketing action around the globe, for now, this is Sourabh along with Rudransh taking your leave. Good night!

Paul Stirling (Ireland captain) - Really happy with the energy, a complete team performance, delighted with the win. Really big week ahead, a couple of matches to go, we want to win the series, expecting Afghanistan to improve. People want to see good cricket, the passion comes out sometimes. I think we want to perform as a team, it would be a disservice to mention players individually, we want to play well as a unit.

Ben White is the Player of the Match, let's hear from him: Amazing! Really nice to contribute for Ireland. Plenty of time spent at ice-cold North County (due to injury). You have to respect the umpire's decision (on tempers flaring). Absolutely! (on the wicket becoming sweeter later).

Time for the post-match presentations!

MATCH SUMMARY

Ireland won by 38 runs

Harry Tector 56*(34) | Ben White 4/20(4)
Mohammad Ishaq 32(22) | Rashid Khan 3/19(4)

Ireland have put up an exceptional performance with the ball and in the field and have skittled out Afghanistan on 111 taking a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series.

Chasing 150, Afghanistan got off to the worst possible start and lost their prolific opener Gurbaz off the first delivery. It kept getting worst for them as Josh Little got 2 in 2 in the next over and the hosts were reduced to 4/3.

Mohammad Ishaq tried to counter attack and played some lovely strokes on his way to 32 but he too was dismissed in the seventh over and Afghanistan just could not recover. Their only hope was Mohammad Nabi but he too succumbed to the pressure in the 15th over and it was all over for them. Well, to be honest, it never looked like they could chase this down but the big man's presence at the crease just delayed the inevitable.

They were not able to form any partnerships and surrendered to what was an all-round performance from the Irish in the field. Ben White was the pick of the bowlers getting 4 wickets but the pacers were really special. McCarthy got 3 while Little and Adair picked up 2 and 1 wickets respectively.

Earlier in the piece, Ireland recovered from 72/5 and smashed 42 runs off the last 3 overs to get to a competitive total of 149 which at one moment looked improbable. Harry Tector was the star with the bat with an unbeaten 56* but Mark Adair also deserves a special mention for his partnership at the end with Tector.

For Afghanistan, their superstar Rashid Khan made a comeback and it seemed as if he had never gone away, he picked up 3 wickets and was their best bowler as he so often is. Kharote, the debutant, also chipped in with 2 wickets and had a good night with the ball.

18.4 Berry McCarthy to Naveen-Ul-Haq, THERE COMES THE FINAL WICKET! Only the second time in 23 matches that Ireland bowl Afghanistan out. Full and wide outside off, throws his hands at it and goes over point but straight in the hands of the fielder placed in the deep! Ireland take home a 36-run win and take a 1-0 lead in the series!

Naveen ul Haq c Gareth Delany b Barry McCarthy 13 (15b, 1x4, 1x6).

18.3 Berry McCarthy to Naveen-Ul-Haq, short and wide outside off, misses the high slash

18.2 Berry McCarthy to Naveen-Ul-Haq, full on off, drives it hard down the ground and rejects the single

18.1 Berry McCarthy to Naveen-Ul-Haq, FOUR! Full and wide, throws his bat at it, gets a top-edge that flies over point! Runs are runs!

Barry McCarthy [3.0-0-10-1] to bowl the 19th over

A huge roar from the crowd as Farooqi defended the last delivery solidly off the frontfoot. The crowd had come in large numbers in anticipation of a Afghanistan win but they have been disappointed by a poor batting display from the Afghanis.

overs

107 /9 score

runs

Fazalhaq Farooqi *

2 (4)

Naveen ul Haq

9 (11)

Mark Adair

1 /26

17.6 Mark Adair to Fazalhaq Farooqi, full toss on middle, defends it with a straight bat for cheers from the crowd!

17.5 Mark Adair to Naveen-Ul-Haq, full on the off-stump, hacks it along the ground to long on

17.4 Mark Adair to Naveen-Ul-Haq, full and wide, rammed to third man

17.3 Mark Adair to Naveen-Ul-Haq, wide ball, looks to scoop it after switching his stance. Umpire doesn't give it wide.

So that was what Naveen was thinking all this while, might be too little too late though, unfortunately.

17.2 Mark Adair to Naveen-Ul-Haq, SIX! THAT'S THE SHOT OF THE DAY! Too late but yes! Comes down the track, and absolutely smokes this over deep mid-wicket. That's so big!

100 up

17.1 Mark Adair to Fazalhaq Farooqi, leg-stump full-toss, carted away to the leg-side for one

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