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

2nd T20I • Sharjah Cricket Stadium • Sharjah

Afghanistan

152/9 (20)

Ireland

142/8 (20)

AFG won by 10 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Date & Time

17 Mar, 09:30 PM IST

Venue

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Match

2nd T20I,

Ireland vs Afghanistan 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afghanistan), Izatullah Safi (Afghanistan), Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afghanistan, TV)

Referee

David Boon (Australia)

Toss

Afghanistan elected to bat

Pitch Report

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionLow Scoring

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

152Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

128.92Avg SR

2nd Innings

124Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

116.26Avg SR

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Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AFG

5- 5

IRE

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Afghanistan

Ireland

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Harry Tector

IRE . BAT

56 Runs

1 Match

Mohammad Ishaq

AFG . WK

32 Runs

1 Match

Mohammad Nabi

AFG . ALL

25 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Ben White

IRE . BOWL

4 Wkts

1 Match

Rashid Khan

AFG . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Josh Little

IRE . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

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Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

R Khan

A Omarzai

Expert Team 2

R Khan

H Tector

Venue Details

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionLow Scoring

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

152Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

128.92Avg SR

2nd Innings

124Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

116.26Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

47%Bat First Bowl First53%

Team Batting First

60%Wins Losses40%

Recent Matches on venue

1st T20I • Mar 15 • Afghanistan vs Ireland in UAE

AFG 111/10 (18.4)

IRE 149/6 (20)

IRE won by 38 runs

vs live score

3rd T20I • Jan 2 • Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates

UAE 126/9 (20)

AFG 128/6 (18.3)

AFG won by 4 wickets

vs live score

2nd T20I • Dec 31 • Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates

UAE 166/7 (20)

AFG 155/10 (19.5)

UAE won by 11 runs

vs live score

1st T20I • Dec 29 • Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates

UAE 131/4 (20)

AFG 203/3 (20)

AFG won by 72 runs

vs live score

3rd T20I • Mar 27 • Afghanistan vs Pakistan in UAE

AFG 116/10 (18.4)

PAK 182/7 (20)

PAK won by 66 runs

vs live score

2nd T20I • Mar 26 • Afghanistan vs Pakistan in UAE

AFG 133/3 (19.5)

PAK 130/6 (20)

AFG won by 7 wickets

vs live score

1st T20I • Mar 24 • Afghanistan vs Pakistan in UAE

AFG 98/4 (17.5)

PAK 92/9 (20)

AFG won by 6 wickets

vs live score

Match 4 (A2 v B1) • Sep 7 • Asia Cup 2022

PAK 131/9 (19.2)

AFG 129/6 (20)

PAK won by 1 wicket

vs live score

Match 1 (B1 v B2) • Sep 3 • Asia Cup 2022

AFG 175/6 (20)

SL 179/6 (19.1)

SL won by 4 wickets

vs live score

3rd Match, Group B • Aug 30 • Asia Cup 2022

BAN 127/7 (20)

AFG 131/3 (18.3)

AFG won by 7 wickets

vs live score

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Afghanistan

Ireland

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AFG

5- 5

IRE

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

163

Average Score

146

212/4

Highest Score

226/4

111/10

Lowest Score

47/2

Player of the Match Rashid Khan

4/14

AFG

IRE

Info

Afghanistan

152/9 (20)

Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

50.00

b JB Little

Sediqullah Atal

109.38

runout (LJ Tucker / C Campher)

Ibrahim Zadran

71.43

c HT Tector b MR Adair

Mohammad Ishaq

0.00

lbw b MR Adair

Azmatullah Omarzai

0.00

c LJ Tucker b JB Little

Mohammad Nabi

155.26

c P Stirling b BC White

Ijaz Ahmadzai

81.82

lbw b MR Adair

Nangeyalia kharote

40.00

Not out

Rashid Khan

(C)

208.33

c MR Adair b BJ McCarthy

Naveen ul Haq

0.00

c G Dockrell b BJ McCarthy

Fazalhaq Farooqi

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 8)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.6)

152/9

Bowlers

EXT

6.75

5.00

8.25

8.00

10.00

8.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

b JB Little

1-6

1.3

Ibrahim Zadran

c HT Tector b MR Adair

2-11

2.5

Mohammad Ishaq

lbw b MR Adair

3-11

2.6

Azmatullah Omarzai

c LJ Tucker b JB Little

4-14

3.4

Sediqullah Atal

runout (LJ Tucker / C Campher)

5-93

13.1

Mohammad Nabi

c P Stirling b BC White

6-109

14.4

Ijaz Ahmadzai

lbw b MR Adair

7-119

16.3

Rashid Khan

c MR Adair b BJ McCarthy

8-151

19.4

Naveen ul Haq

c G Dockrell b BJ McCarthy

9-151

19.5

Ireland

142/8 (20)

Batters

Andy Balbirnie

102.27

lbw b N kharote

Paul Stirling

(C)

160.00

b N kharote

Lorcan Tucker

100.00

c F Farooqi b R Khan

Harry Tector

0.00

b R Khan

Curtis Campher

60.00

c & b M Nabi

George Dockrell

45.45

b R Khan

Gareth Delany

216.67

c S Atal b F Farooqi

Mark Adair

0.00

b R Khan

Barry McCarthy *

66.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 6, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.1)

142/8

Did not Bat

Josh Little, Ben White

Bowlers

EXT

12.00

5.75

14.00

5.75

3.50

4.67

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Paul Stirling

b N kharote

1-49

5.2

Lorcan Tucker

c F Farooqi b R Khan

2-68

8.4

Harry Tector

b R Khan

3-68

8.5

Curtis Campher

c & b M Nabi

4-81

11.4

Andy Balbirnie

lbw b N kharote

5-95

14.6

George Dockrell

b R Khan

6-95

15.1

Mark Adair

b R Khan

7-95

15.3

Gareth Delany

c S Atal b F Farooqi

8-142

19.6

Match Info

Date & Time

17 Mar, 09:30 PM IST

Venue

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Match

2nd T20I,

Ireland vs Afghanistan 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afghanistan), Izatullah Safi (Afghanistan), Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afghanistan, TV)

Referee

David Boon (Australia)

Toss

Afghanistan elected to bat

Player of the Match Rashid Khan

4/14

Commentary

That brings us to the end of the 2nd T20I between Ireland and Afghanistan. We will be back for the decider tomorrow but for now this is me (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off also on behalf of my fellow mate Rajarshi Das.

Rashid Khan (Afghanistan captain and Player of the Match): There were brief moments but they believed that one man can turn the game and Nabi did it for them. Looking forward to the decider.

Paul Stirling (Ireland captain): We seems to cop up these games. I am really happy with how he performed. List of positives to work on. Hoping to win the series decider. It's something we naturally have. It feels like a family belt and hopefully we can put up a performance. Seems to be the tail which mattered. The way they bowled was enough to bring them back in the game. It seems to be the norm here. Something for us to work on. Afghanistan is one of the best bowling attack going around. We know how hard Delany can hit the ball. It's good for someone like him to do what he did today. Ofcourse we can win the series tomorrow. Just hoping the things going our way.

Time for the post match presentation ceremony

Afghanistan won by 10 runs

Mohammad Nabi 59 (38) | Rashid Khan 4/14(4)
Andy Balbirnie 45(44) | Mark Adair 3/27(4)

Afghanistan managed to hold their nerves and managed to win the 2nd T20I against Ireland by 10 runs to level the series 1-1 to take the series to the decider. Andy Balbirnie got ans Paul Stirling got off to a flying start as both batters made light work of the powerplay. Stirling smashed 24 off 15 deliveries which included 5 fours before Nangeliya Kharote bagges the important wicket which turned the game upside down.

It was the magician Rashid Khan who put Afghanistan in the ascendancy with two quick wickets of Lorcan Tucker and Harry Tector. Back to back wickets brought Afghanistan back into the game as the spinners continued to spin their web. Mohammad Nabi then picked the wicket of Curtis Campher while George Dockrell could only muster 5 runs off 11 deliveries. However Ireland was not done yet.

With the score reading 95/7, it was Gareth Delany who turned it on with his sublime strokeplay. He smashed 39 off 18 deliveries which included 3 fours and 4 sixes and got his side within touching distance of the victory target. He smashed a six with 17 required off 3 deliveries but couldn't quite repeat it in the next two deliveries as Afghanistan ended up winning by 10 runs. Rashid Khan was the pick of the bowlers finishing with figures of 4/14 while Kharote picked up a couple.

Mohammad Nabi: It was a little bit pressure in the first few overs. When we realised it was a good wicket I asked my partner to play according to the situation and that worked for us. Wicket is not easy for the batters. But when the spinner is bowling it gets difficult as the ball was gripping. Kharote has bowled well. It was a match changing wicket. They had a good opening partnership so that was a great partnership. Hopefully we manage to win the decider.

Afghanistan is elated here. What a strong comeback. They were 14/4 at one stage but have managed to somehow turn the game around and win it and takes it to the decider. Another brilliant game of cricket but for the neutrals this series is set up beautifully. We will be back for the decider tomorrow but Afghanistan take a bow. Rashid Khan came and spun his web of magic to put Ireland on the backfoot and in the end, it was way too much in the end.

overs

142 /8 score

runs

Gareth Delany *

39 (18)

Barry McCarthy

6 (9)

Fazalhaq Farooqi

1 /48

19.6 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Gareth Delany, HOLES OUT! Afghanistan take the series to a decider - they claim this contest by 10 runs! Farooqi misses the wide yorker by a bit, dishes out a low full toss. Delany tries slashing it over the off side, doesn't have enough behind it to clear the ropes. Atal at sweeper cover runs to his left and takes it comfortably.

19.5 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Gareth Delany, Farooqi might just have won it for Afghanistan! Farooqi changes angle, goes hard length on off stump, angling this one across. Delany can only flat-bat this one down to long on, refuses the single

The game is still on here. A low full toss and that has been slammed over the long on fence. He has just about kept Ireland alive.

19.4 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Gareth Delany, SIX! The tide turns! Farooqi misses his yorker - dishes out a full toss outside off stump. Delany absolutely muscles this one having had room to swing, connects well, and clears the man and ropes at long on!

19.3 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Gareth Delany, low full toss outside off, Delany had a swing at it, could only manage to miscue this one to the right of the bowler

19.2 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Barry McCarthy, McCarthy is early with his shimmy down the deck, takes this wide one on the full and carves this towards Rashid at cover. Delany has the strike now...

19.1 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Barry McCarthy, the yorker, just outside off stump, McCarthy tries jamming his bat on it but misses. Dot ball....

Two boundaries to end the over and Ireland still very much in the game here. Delany is putting on a show here. A couple of exceptional shots there. Ireland still need 18 off the final over. Long chat between Delany and McCarthy. Does the latter tries to go for a big shot ??

overs

135 /7 score

runs

Gareth Delany *

33 (14)

Barry McCarthy

5 (7)

Naveen ul Haq

0 /23

18.6 Naveen-ul-Haq to Gareth Delany, FOUR MORE! 18 needed off the final over! Naveen goes full at pace, offers Delany ample width to throw his hands at it. Delany does so, finds the gap at point, and the ball screeches onto the ropes!

18.5 Naveen-ul-Haq to Gareth Delany, FOUR! Slow, back of length just outside off, Delany waits for it having cleared his front leg, swats this one over a straight-ish long on, and finds the boundary on the bounce!

18.4 Naveen-ul-Haq to Barry McCarthy, on a length outside off, chopped behind point for a single as the fielder there fumbles

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