Nabi, Shahzad seal Afghanistan's 3-0 whitewash
Bowlers and records were all over the place in Greater Noida as Afghanistan trumped Ireland by 28 runs to seal a 3-0 whitewash in a 438-run slugfest
12/03Result
3rd T20I, Ireland tour of United Arab Emirates and India at Greater Noida, Mar 12 2017
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
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![Ireland]( "Ireland")
205 (19.2/20 ov)
Player of the Match
12/03Result
3rd T20I, Ireland tour of United Arab Emirates and India at Greater Noida, Mar 12 2017
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
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![Ireland]( "Ireland")
205 (19.2/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
Ireland , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Afghanistan won the 3-match series 3-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-15.25, Interval 15.25-15.45, Second Session 15.45-17.10
Match days
12 March 2017 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
AFGHANISTAN 233/8 (20 OVERS)
- Mohammad Nabi89 (30)
- Mohammad Shahzad72 (43)
- Kevin O'Brien4/45 (4)
- Jacob Mulder2/32 (4)
Commentator: Nikhil Kalro
5.28pm A spirited fight is what Ireland have almost always provided. Today was no different. They showed spark and scrap to get past 200, but in the end, they had conceded just too many. Afghanistan, in truth, were appalling in the Powerplay, but fought back nicely thereafter to whitewash Ireland 3-0 in the T20 series.
Presentation time.
William Porterfield: "Anytime over 200 in both innings, credit to the groundstaff. They've come hard at us and deserved the win. As much as you want to set it up in the first six, you have to finish it in the last."
Asghar Stanikzai: "We thought 180-plus was good enough. We know our strengths, in the end we have good spinners."
Mohammad Nabi is the Man of the Match
Nabi is also the best batsman of the series, Rashid Khan is the best bowler of the series
Rashid Khan is the Man of the Series
Laiqkhan Rafeh: "What a game of cricket about 450 runs"
19.2
W
Mohammad Nabi to Dockrell, OUT, that's the game. A slow, short delivery outside off. Dockrell slog-sweeps the ball into the hands of deep midwicket. Afghanistan's impressive run keeps chugging along. 11 unbeaten now.
GH Dockrell c Usman Ghani b Mohammad Nabi 2 (7m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
19.1
W
Mohammad Nabi to Dockrell, 1 run, OUT, that's not one. A yorker on off, jammed down to long-on, who runs in, picks up cleanly and throws the stumps down at the bowler's end. McCarthy may not have a worse day in cricket. 0 off 0 after the most expensive figures in T20I cricket
BJ McCarthy run out 0 (1m 0b 0x4 0x6) SR: -
Five sixes will do nicely for Ireland. Nabi to finish
END OF OVER:19 | 5 Runs 3 Wkts | IRE: 204/8 (30 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 10.73, RRR: 30.00)
- George Dockrell1 (1b)
- Rashid Khan4-0-28-3
- Shapoor Zadran4-0-60-1
18.6
W
Rashid Khan to GJ Thompson, OUT, another one. Three in the over. Another ripping googly that isn't read by the batsman. Gets down to sweep and misses, clips the top of leg stump
GJ Thompson b Rashid Khan 0 (3m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
18.5
1
Rashid Khan to Dockrell, 1 run, flicked to deep midwicket for one
18.4
W
Rashid Khan to Tucker, OUT, bowled 'im. Another one. Flat on leg, Tucker hurries back and misses his pull. Leg stump is hit and Ireland's impressive fight looks short, in all likelihood
LJ Tucker b Rashid Khan 16 (25m 14b 0x4 1x6) SR: 114.28
18.3
2
Rashid Khan to Tucker, 2 runs, runs down, skews the legbreak over cover for a couple. Didn't quite get to the pitch
Match Coverage
All Match NewsNabi, Shahzad seal Afghanistan's 3-0 whitewash
Bowlers and records were all over the place in Greater Noida as Afghanistan trumped Ireland by 28 runs to seal a 3-0 whitewash in a 438-run slugfest
Afghanistan's end-overs smash, Ireland's Powerplay wallop
Stats highlights from the third T20I between Afghanistan and Ireland in Noida, where a number of T20I records were broken
