Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    1.3 ahh, bowled him! Superb bowling! Adair didn't get the wicket last over, but this time the stumps are entirely disturbed. Little bowled on a length, while angling it across the right-hander, and pitching it on middle and off. But the ball zipped through straight right after pitching, and the pace on the ball beat Gurbaz's attempted late nudge from outside off on the inside edge 6/1
    13.1 slower ball, and on a length on middle. Swiped to deep square, and Campher, of all people, chases it across to his left to throw to the keeper and find Atal short! Yup, Atal is well short even as he was dragging his bat towards the crease. Perhaps only such a brilliant piece of fielding could have separated this pair, as Campher ran almost to the edge of the circle 93/5
    2.5 a bit of a leading edge, and taken by mid-off! Well grabbed by Tector, as he had to move across to his left. Rather, the ball came off the outside half of the bat, and ballooned up to end wide of mid-off. Adair went full and angled this in to pitch on off, with the length being too full to facilitate Ibrahim's attempted loft again 11/2
    2.6 a confident appeal for lbw, and it is given out pretty belatedly! That initially looked high to me, though. In fact, the first real-time replay indicates that the impact might have been just outside off too. Anyway, Adair is on a hat-trick. He angled this in to go on the shorter side of a length, and pitched it just outside off. The ball hinted to straighten away, as Ishaq went to push at it from deep in the crease but was beaten and so struck 11/3
    3.4 ohh, there's a faint sound, and Omarzai falls! He went driving at this full delivery which was angling across him again. It pitched on fifth stump, and kept heading away from him. There was no foot movement as he went driving, and the little outside edge was gobbled low by Tucker 14/4
    14.4 taken at point! Nabi's aggressive innings ends. He skipped down the pitch to this fullish ball dipping in line with the stumps, and had a hoick across the line. But he seemed to have swung his bat too early - and the length seemed to be too full for that shot too - as a leading edge spooned up for Stirling to take it with a reverse cup 109/6
    16.3 fires a yorker-length ball and appeals for lbw, and it is given rather quickly! Adair swung this into the batter and got it to dip on to middle and leg. Ahmadzai was standing deep in the crease, with his front leg around leg stump. He went to club this across the line, but the ball came back in and he was struck in front 119/7
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    19.4 well taken by Adair! He was placed at short third, but kept his eyes all along on the ball, even as he had to move across to his right. McCarthy went on a length, and pretty wide of off, as Rashid now tried the helicopter shot but the ball came off the outside half of the bat 151/8
    19.5 finds deep backward point! McCarthy on a hat-trick. Naveen's face turns pale, as Dockrell takes it right on the edge of the rope. It was on a length from McCarthy, and around sixth stump, as Naveen tried to crush it away 151/9
    not out
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    Extras
    11 (lb 3, w 8)
    TOTAL
    152/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.6)
    Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 1.3 ov), 2-11 (Ibrahim Zadran, 2.5 ov), 3-11 (Mohammad Ishaq, 2.6 ov), 4-14 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 3.4 ov), 5-93 (Sediqullah Atal, 13.1 ov), 6-109 (Mohammad Nabi, 14.4 ov), 7-119 (Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, 16.3 ov), 8-151 (Rashid Khan, 19.4 ov), 9-151 (Naveen-ul-Haq, 19.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    MR Adair402736.75133120
    JB Little402025.00120120
    BJ McCarthy403328.2592140
    B White403218.00113200
    GJ Delany2020010.0021100
    C Campher201708.5043000
  • BATSMEN
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    14.6 confident and animated appeal for lbw, and given! But Balbirnie is almost shocked, and points to his glove in frustration, although he might be reprimanded for it. Kharote bowled on a length, and in line with the stumps, as Balbirnie again looked to paddle sweep it but seemingly hit it, as he walks back shaking his head 95/5
    5.2 ahh, bowled him! What a response from Kharote! Stirling walks back frustrated. Kharote bowled on the shorter side of a length on middle, and also went quicker. The ball hinted to turn away too, as Stirling drove at it from middle, and with his front leg out of the way. But he missed, as the ball hit the top of off 49/1
    8.4 taken at short fine leg! Farooqi takes it with a reverse cup in front of his head. Again Tucker looked to paddle sweep, but this time didn't have fortune going his way. The ball was on a length outside off, and hence there was some more bounce than what would have been ideal for this shot, with Tucker getting it off the top edge 68/2
    8.5 ahh, bowled him! Great bowling, and Rashid is on a hat-trick. The wrong 'un does Tector in, and Rashid is off in his typical arms-stretched celebration. He bowled it fullish around off, and got it to turn in to hit the side of Tector's front pad. Tector was defending from off stump, and the ball went in the gap between bat and pad to hit the stumps 68/3
    11.4 taken on the rebound! Nabi gets a return catch. The ball popped up off his raised right hand, as he leaped to try and take it, and luckily for him, it went up in the air only just above him. And when the ball came down, it landed comfortably in both his hands. Nabi bowled fullish and flat on off, as Campher came down the track to loft, but couldn't get it away 81/4
    15.1 chopped on! Rashid has his third, and the Afghanistan fans sense a victory. He angled this wrong 'un in, and pitched it on a length on middle. Dockrell had his front leg out of the way, and was pushing at it from middle and off. But he ended up dropping it close to his front leg, before the ball went on to hit middle and off 95/6
    19.6 taken at deep backward point! A full toss angling away and finishing around sixth stump, as he opened the face of the bat and sliced it away 142/8
    15.3 cleaned up! Adair is too far across his stumps, and is bowled by the googly. He ended another set of stumps outside off, and Rashid bowled on the shorter side of a length on off. Adair went swiping behind square, but was beaten by the turn into him, as the ball hit middle stump 95/7
    not out
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    0
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    66.66
    Extras
    7 (lb 6, w 1)
    TOTAL
    142/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.1)
    Did not bat: JB Little, B White
    Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Paul Stirling, 5.2 ov), 2-68 (Lorcan Tucker, 8.4 ov), 3-68 (Harry Tector, 8.5 ov), 4-81 (Curtis Campher, 11.4 ov), 5-95 (Andy Balbirnie, 14.6 ov), 6-95 (George Dockrell, 15.1 ov), 7-95 (Mark Adair, 15.3 ov), 8-142 (Gareth Delany, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Fazalhaq Farooqi4048112.00132610
    Naveen-ul-Haq402305.75103000
    Azmatullah Omarzai1014014.0013000
    Nangeyalia Kharote402325.75113000
    Rashid Khan401443.50130000
    Mohammad Nabi301414.6640000

Match Details

Toss

Afghanistan , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

3-match series level 1-1

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

17 March 2024 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

Ireland 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st49A BalbirniePR Stirling
2nd19A BalbirnieLJ Tucker
3rd0A BalbirnieHT Tector
4th13A BalbirnieC Campher
5th14A BalbirnieGH Dockrell
6th0GH DockrellGJ Delany
7th0MR AdairGJ Delany
8th47BJ McCarthyGJ Delany