- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.3 well taken at cover-point! Gurbaz, who also keeps wicket, dives forward in time to just take it above the ground. The ball was dying on to him, but he almost flew forward to grab that. The ball was on a length on the stumps, as Balbirnie had made some room early. He punched it towards cover-point after playing late, but sent it aerially in the direction of Gurbaz 38/110.2 taken at long-on! The fielder there isn't placed all the way back to the boundary, and gobbles it exactly where he was standing. Stirling falls immediately after drinks. He went after launching this full delivery on the off stump, but the length seemed to be too full to facilitate that shot. The ball took off from the bottom half of the bat for a simple catch 66/37.4 gets across, and spoons an attempted sweep to midwicket! Simple catch for Nabi, who takes it with a reverse cup to send the Afghanistan supporters into a delightful rush. The ball was on a length, and slightly wide of off, as Tucker got the toe end of the bat while looking to sweep, with perhaps the ball coming on slower than he expected 54/210.3 bowled him! Rashid is back, and so is stretched-arms celebration which takes him whirling away. He is on a hat-trick. It is the wrong 'un, and Campher is cleaned up, as the ball pitches on a fullish length just outside off but ends up hitting the middle and leg stump, as Campher looked to lap sweep first ball but was beaten by the googly 66/411.1 gone, the middle stump is hit! Kharote offers a casual smile, as Rock is moved. On a length just outside off, and Rock looked to drive from off stump. But the ball turned in and went through the gap between bat and pad. Rock was beaten by the turn, and the ball hit the middle stump 72/516.6 taken at deep midwicket! Kharote takes it right on the edge of the rope, after a little leap and with a reverse cup over his head. A cat-and-mouse over comes to an end with Delany's wicket, as he went slog sweeping at this full delivery on middle and off. It was timed rather nicely - there was a good sound off the bat too - but not enough to clear the bigger boundary 107/6Extras15 (b 9, lb 2, w 4)TOTAL149/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.45)Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Andy Balbirnie, 4.3 ov), 2-54 (Lorcan Tucker, 7.4 ov), 3-66 (Paul Stirling, 10.2 ov), 4-66 (Curtis Campher, 10.3 ov), 5-72 (Neil Rock, 11.1 ov), 6-107 (Gareth Delany, 16.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Fazalhaq Farooqi 3 0 20 0 6.66 9 2 1 0 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 3 0 22 1 7.33 9 3 0 2 0 Naveen-ul-Haq 4 0 52 0 13.00 5 6 3 0 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 19 3 4.75 10 1 0 1 0 Nangeyalia Kharote 4 0 16 2 4.00 15 0 1 1 0 Mohammad Nabi 2 0 9 0 4.50 6 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 gone first ball! The ball remained in the air was at least a handful of seconds, so fine leg did well to keep an eye on it. Adair bowled the first ball short, and just outside off, while angling it in. Gurbaz went to hook but the extra bounce meant the ball came off the top half of the bat, and went right to Campher. Great start for Ireland 0/11.4 taken at mid-off! Atal's highly unconvincing stay ends on his fifth ball. The ball seemed to have skidded on to him, and he ended up swatting to mid-off's right. Little bowled on a length on sixth stump, with the ball popping up off the top edge as Atal looked to force it through. Mid-off went low and across to his right to take it almost in front of extra cover 4/28.3 chipped to mid-off! Another catch taken with a reverse cup, with the taller Tector on the edge of the ring. McCarthy is brought back, and he strikes third ball. That ends Ibrahim's struggle, as he decided to get a move on. Full delivery angling in and finishing on off from McCarthy, but seemed to be too quick for Ibrahim to try and launch that up 50/51.5 gone first ball! Little is on a hat-trick! The ball went on to hit middle and off, completely beating Omarzai there. Little bowled on a length on middle and off, while angling it across but with the seam titled towards fine leg. The ball seemed to have gone straight on after pitching, as Omarzai drove from off stump, and the ball zipped through the gap between bat and pad 4/36.2 swept away to fine leg! That was hit hard and flat, even as McCarthy took it with a reverse cup. White bowled it full, and got it to dip on a middle-stump line. Ishaq went low to have a go, and ended up finding the fielder even on the shorter side 43/414.3 taken by Tector halfway towards long-off! The ball was sent up even higher than the floodlights! White bowled full and wide-ish off, getting it to dip on to batter. Nabi went attacking, but got it off the outside half of the bat to where Tector was placed, which was only halfway back at long-off. Four wickets for White 92/812.5 taken at deep square leg! This isn't a no-ball, though, and Ahmadzai walks back. White somewhat makes up for the loss earlier in this over. He bowled short around middle and off, and Ahmadzai shifted his weight back to try and have a pull. He went for it, but only towards the longer side of the ground 79/612.6 ohh, bowled him! White is pumped up, and why not? Kharote falls first ball, and White is on a hat-trick. He tossed this ball up, and got it to dip just about expertly on a full length on middle and off. The ball seemed angled across, and turned away to hit off stump, as Kharote pushed at it away from his body 79/716.1 taken by long-on moving to his left! Little angled this in, and the ball ended up being a dipping full toss just outside off. Rashid lofted from deep in the crease, but couldn't get it away, with Tector moving to his left in time, and taking it in front of his chest 98/918.4 taken at deep backward point! Naveen looked to slice it stylishly with a full swing of the arms, but fell this time. The ball flew off the outside half of the bat, as it was bowled full and wide of off. Simple catch for the man on the boundary, who took it with a reverse cup. Ireland go 1-0 up in the series 111/10Extras6 (lb 1, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL111 all out (18.4 Overs, RR: 5.94)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 0.1 ov), 2-4 (Sediqullah Atal, 1.4 ov), 3-4 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 1.5 ov), 4-43 (Mohammad Ishaq, 6.2 ov), 5-50 (Ibrahim Zadran, 8.3 ov), 6-79 (Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, 12.5 ov), 7-79 (Nangeyalia Kharote, 12.6 ov), 8-92 (Mohammad Nabi, 14.3 ov), 9-98 (Rashid Khan, 16.1 ov), 10-111 (Naveen-ul-Haq, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MR Adair 3 0 26 1 8.66 10 4 1 1 0 JB Little 4 0 18 3 4.50 13 2 0 1 0 BJ McCarthy 3.4 0 14 2 3.81 11 1 0 0 0 GJ Delany 4 0 32 0 8.00 8 3 1 0 0 B White 4 0 20 4 5.00 10 0 0 2 1
Match Details
Toss
Afghanistan , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Ireland led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20
Match days
15 March 2024 - night match (20-over match)
T20I debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 1 wicket)
- Ireland: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Ireland - 66/2 in 10.0 overs (PR Stirling 25, HT Tector 8)
- Ireland: 100 runs in 15.6 overs (96 balls), Extras 15
- HT Tector: 50 off 33 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Innings Break: Ireland - 149/6 in 20.0 overs (HT Tector 56, MR Adair 10)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 3 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 59/5 in 10.0 overs (Mohammad Nabi 8, Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai 5)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 17.1 overs (104 balls), Extras 6
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