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T20I No. 578

Desert T20 2017
2016-17 season
Afghanistan vs Ireland - 2nd Match, Group A
Saturday January 14, 2017 (20-over match)
Venue : Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss : Ireland won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Afghanistan won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)


Ireland innings
(20 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Paul Stirling c Gulbadin Naib b Amir Hamza
25 
24 
3 
0
104.17 
»
 Stuart Poynter b Mohammad Nabi
18 
20 
3 
0
90.00 
»
 William Porterfield b Amir Hamza
17 
17 
1 
0
100.00 
»
 Kevin O'Brien lbw b Rashid Khan
12 
9 
2 
0
133.33 
»
 Gary Wilson lbw b Rashid Khan
23 
19 
2 
0
121.05 
»
 Greg Thompson b Mohammad Nabi
3 
9 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Andy McBrine Not Out
7 
12 
1 
0
58.33 
»
 George Dockrell Not Out
13 
10 
1 
0
130.00 
Extras B 2, LB 3, W 2
7
Total : (6 wickets in 20.0 overs)
125
 RR : 6.25

did not bat: Josh Little, Jacob Mulder, Boyd Rankin

Fall of wickets : 1-36 (Poynter, 5.2 ov), 2-56 (Stirling, 8.6 ov), 3-67 (Porterfield, 10.6 ov), 4-76 (O'Brien, 12.2 ov), 5-100 (Thompson, 15.6 ov), 6-102 (Wilson, 16.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Fareed Ahmad
4
0 
22 
0
5.50
0
0
»
 Dawlat Zadran
4
0 
28 
0
7.00
0
0
»
 Amir Hamza
4
0 
21 
2
5.25
0
0
»
 Mohammad Nabi
4
0 
27 
2
6.75
0
0
»
 Rashid Khan
4
0 
22 
2
5.50
0
1

Afghanistan innings
(Target: 126 runs in 20 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Mohammad Shahzad b Mulder
29 
27 
5 
0
107.41 
»
 Najeeb Tarakai run out
31 
27 
2 
1
114.81 
»
 Asghar Afghan b Mulder
6 
8 
0 
0
75.00 
»
 Samiullah Shinwari lbw b Dockrell
13 
15 
2 
0
86.67 
»
 Mohammad Nabi Not Out
26 
17 
1 
2
152.94 
»
 Gulbadin Naib b McBrine
2 
7 
0 
0
28.57 
»
 Najibullah Zadran Not Out
11 
11 
1 
1
100.00 
Extras LB 1, W 7
8
Total : (5 wickets in 18.4 overs)
126
 RR : 6.75

did not bat: Rashid Khan, Fareed Ahmad, Dawlat Zadran, Amir Hamza

Fall of wickets : 1-54 (Mohammad Shahzad, 7.5 ov), 2-66 (Asghar Stanikzai, 9.5 ov), 3-81 (Najeeb Tarakai, 11.4 ov), 4-91 (Samiullah Shenwari, 13.2 ov), 5-99 (Gulbadin Naib, 15.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Boyd Rankin
4
0 
31 
0
7.75
0
0
»
 Andy McBrine
2
0 
12 
1
6.00
0
0
»
 George Dockrell
4
0 
19 
1
4.75
0
1
»
 Josh Little
3
 .4
0 
31 
0
8.45
0
1
»
 Jacob Mulder
4
0 
23 
2
5.75
0
0
»
 Kevin O'Brien
1
0 
9 
0
9.00
0
1

Match details
Points: Afghanistan 2, Ireland 0
Man of the Match: Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan)
Umpires : Iftikhar Ali (United Arab Emirates) and BB Pradhan (Nepal)
Third Umpire: AJT Dowdalls (Scotland)
Referee : DT Jukes (England)

Teams:
Afghanistan Samiullah Shinwari, Rashid Khan, Najibullah Zadran, Najeeb Tarakai, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Fareed Ahmad, Dawlat Zadran, Asghar Afghan (Capt.), Amir Hamza
Ireland Stuart Poynter, William Porterfield (Capt.), Paul Stirling, Kevin O'Brien, Josh Little, Jacob Mulder, Greg Thompson, George Dockrell, Gary Wilson (wk), Boyd Rankin, Andy McBrine
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