- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.2 One brings two here! Flighted outside offstump, he tries to smash it flat to the cow corner region but is caught by McCarthy! 38/32.4 Slightly shorter and angled in on leg, he is caught at short fine leg this time! 37/13.1 He strikes straightaway! Short and angled in on off, he lofts it and is caught by Dockrell at midwicket! 50th catch for Dockrell in T20Is 38/210.4 Short and a bit wide, Najib hits it in the legside.. Josh Little moves from long-on to take a safe catch near cow corner 126/64.6 Slow-short ball and it does the trick! It is angled in and Nabi looks to hit it over covers but captain Balbirnie takes a good catch jumping up 55/47.4 Angled in on middle, he heaves it to the legside and the ball finds the fielder at deep midwicket. Wicket No. 3 for Delany 76/5Extras11 (lb 5, w 6)TOTAL132/6 (11 Overs, RR: 12)Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2.4 ov), 2-38 (Ibrahim Zadran, 3.1 ov), 3-38 (Hazratullah Zazai, 3.2 ov), 4-55 (Mohammad Nabi, 4.6 ov), 5-76 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 7.4 ov), 6-126 (Najibullah Zadran, 10.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JB Little 2 0 25 0 12.50 4 3 1 2 0 MR Adair 2 0 23 1 11.50 5 3 1 0 0 BJ McCarthy 2 0 25 1 12.50 4 1 2 1 0 GJ Delany 3 0 33 3 11.00 7 1 3 2 0 F Hand 1 0 11 1 11.00 2 2 0 0 0 Simi Singh 1 0 10 0 10.00 1 0 1 0 0
15/08Result
4th T20I, Afghanistan tour of Ireland at Belfast, Aug 15 2022
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
132/6 (11/11 ov) -
![Ireland]( "Ireland")
105 (11 ov, target 133)
Player of the Match
15/08Result
4th T20I, Afghanistan tour of Ireland at Belfast, Aug 15 2022
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
132/6 (11/11 ov) -
![Ireland]( "Ireland")
105 (11 ov, target 133)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.3 rib-high short ball, into the body of Stirling. Stirling hooks hard and flat but can't Rashid at deep square leg. Well-judged catch right at the edge of the boundary. Massive wicket for Afghanistan 39/21.4 sliced into the hands of backward point. Balbirnie backs away once again in order to open up the off side, but finds the infielder. Omarzai follows the moving batter with a full ball and has him carving a straightforward catch 28/13.5 on a length and wide of off, Tucker has to fetch it from there. He can only drag a catch to Najibullah at deep midwicket. Double-strike from Farid Malik 40/35.6 Fareed Malik strikes once again. Tector jumps across off and searches for a scoop over short fine leg. Malik floats it wide of off, wide of the moving batter. Tector can only scoop it back to Gurbaz. Tector suggests he did not touch that. He remonstrates with the umpire and drags himself off the field 63/46.6 another wrong'un, Delany misses and up goes the finger. This is Rashid's first wicket of the series.. He falls in his followthrough and celebrates with Gurbaz. Runs with the bat: check. Catch in the deep: check. Wicket with the ball: check 68/57.2 Naveen pins Adair lbw. Low full-toss, angling in from over the wicket. Adair plays around his front pad. That's very adjacent, he falls for a golden duck 69/67.3 Caught by Fareed Malik at short third. Hand aims for a reverse-scoop first ball and ends up picking out the fielder. Ireland are six down and sinking 69/78.6 on a length and turns away outside off, McCarthy has to go hard. He tries but ends up lofting it to Nabi at long-off. 91/89.2 another low full-toss outside off, hit to long-on. Dockrell has to push for the second. Simi, however, is run-out at the non-striker's end 94/910.6 plinked to mid-on. Little has been run-out last ball. Ireland have been bowled out for 105 in their chase. Afghanistan win by 27 runs 105/10Extras8 (b 1, lb 1, nb 1, pen 5)TOTAL105 all out (11 Overs, RR: 9.54)Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Andy Balbirnie, 1.4 ov), 2-39 (Paul Stirling, 3.3 ov), 3-40 (Lorcan Tucker, 3.5 ov), 4-63 (Harry Tector, 5.6 ov), 5-68 (Gareth Delany, 6.6 ov), 6-69 (Mark Adair, 7.2 ov), 7-69 (Fionn Hand, 7.3 ov), 8-91 (Barry McCarthy, 8.6 ov), 9-94 (Simi Singh, 9.2 ov), 10-105 (Josh Little, 10.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Naveen-ul-Haq 2 0 25 2 12.50 4 5 0 0 1 Azmatullah Omarzai 2 0 25 1 12.50 4 2 2 0 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2 0 13 0 6.50 7 1 1 0 0 Fareed Ahmad 2 0 14 3 7.00 5 2 0 0 0 Rashid Khan 3 0 21 2 7.00 6 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Ireland , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
5-match series level 2-2
Match number
Season
Match days
15 August 2022 (20-over match)
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Rain: Afghanistan - 0/0
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 3.0 (Mandatory - 38 runs, 1 wicket)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 4.2 overs (26 balls), Extras 7
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 9.1 overs (55 balls), Extras 10
- Najibullah Zadran: 50 off 22 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 16 balls (Najibullah Zadran 21, Rashid Khan 25, Ex 4)
- Innings Break: Afghanistan - 132/6 in 11.0 overs (Rashid Khan 31, Sharafuddin Ashraf 0)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 3.0 (Mandatory - 38 runs, 1 wicket)
- Ireland: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 0
- Penalty: 5.4 - Ball striking Fielding Team helmet
- Ireland: 100 runs in 9.5 overs (60 balls), Extras 8
Afghanistan tour of Ireland 2022 News
Adair and Little share five as Ireland take rain-hit series decider
The home side squeezed home with two balls to spare in a seven-over chase
Rashid's all-round effort, Najibullah's fifty set up series decider
The duo lifted Afghanistan from 76 for 5 to set a stiff target for Ireland in a rain-hit match
Bowlers, Gurbaz, Najibullah star in Afghanistan's win
They overcame a 74-run stand for the eighth wicket between Dockrell and Hand to keep the series alive
Bowlers, Balbirnie steer Ireland to comfortable win
The 122 Afghanistan put up was eventually much too modest for an Irish batting line-up spearheaded by a 36-ball 46 from captain Andy Balbirnie
Ireland hold nerve in last-over thriller to snap winless streak
Fifties from Balbirnie and Tucker set up the chase, before Dockrell and Tector added the finishing touches
