Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Stirling	c Gulbadin Naib b Amir Hamza	25	24	-	3	0	104.16

Stuart Poynter	b Mohammad Nabi	18	20	-	3	0	90.00

William Porterfield (c)	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	lbw 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	20 Ov (RR: 6.25)	125/6
Did not bat: Boyd Rankin, Josh Little, Jacob Mulder
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Stuart Poynter, 5.2 ov), 2-56 (Paul Stirling, 8.6 ov), 3-67 (William Porterfield, 10.6 ov), 4-76 (Kevin O'Brien, 12.2 ov), 5-100 (Greg Thompson, 15.6 ov), 6-102 (Gary Wilson, 16.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Fareed Ahmad	4	0	22	0	5.50	13	3	0	0	0
Dawlat Zadran	4	0	28	0	7.00	12	5	0	0	0
Amir Hamza	4	0	21	2	5.25	9	1	0	0	0
8.6 to PR Stirling, angles it in, tries to go big over midwicket, doesnt connect properly, straight to Gulbadin at deep midwicket. 56/2 10.6 to WTS Porterfield, fullish ball, tries to over covers, gets an inside edge onto the stumps. 67/3
Mohammad Nabi	4	0	27	2	6.75	9	3	0	0	0
5.2 to SW Poynter, full and straight, fires it at the stumps, Poynter plays completely around it, stumps rattled. 36/1 15.6 to GJ Thompson, . 100/5
Rashid Khan	4	0	22	2	5.50	11	1	0	1	0
12.2 to KJ O'Brien, wrong un', O brien in forward defense, fails to read the turn, plays for the turn and misses! wrapped on the front and no doubt!!. 76/4 16.2 to GC Wilson, . 102/6

Afghanistan (T: 126 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Shahzad †	b Mulder	29	27	-	5	0	107.40

Najeeb Tarakai	run out (Little/Mulder)	31	27	-	2	1	114.81

Asghar Afghan (c)	b Mulder	6	8	-	0	0	75.00

Samiullah Shinwari	lbw b Dockrell	13	15	-	2	0	86.66

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	18.4 Ov (RR: 6.75)	126/5
Did not bat: Rashid Khan, Amir Hamza, Dawlat Zadran, Fareed Ahmad
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Mohammad Shahzad, 7.5 ov), 2-66 (Asghar Afghan, 9.5 ov), 3-81 (Najeeb Tarakai, 11.4 ov), 4-91 (Samiullah Shinwari, 13.2 ov), 5-99 (Gulbadin Naib, 15.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Boyd Rankin	4	0	31	0	7.75	11	4	1	0	0
Andy McBrine	2	0	12	1	6.00	6	2	0	0	0
15.4 to Gulbadin Naib, good length ball, sweeps and misses, McBrine strikes!!. 99/5
George Dockrell	4	0	19	1	4.75	11	1	0	1	0
13.2 to Samiullah Shinwari, middle stump ball, needless reverse sweep, beaten, hits the pads and Given. 91/4
Josh Little	3.4	0	31	0	8.45	7	3	1	1	0
Jacob Mulder	4	0	23	2	5.75	11	1	1	0	0
7.5 to Mohammad Shahzad, tosses it up, Shahzad comes down the track, plays all around it, misses it, stumps rattled. 54/1 9.5 to Asghar Stanikzai, slightly quicker and flatter, deceived in the air, plays back to a full ball, beaten, stumps broken. 66/2
Kevin O'Brien	1	0	9	0	9.00	2	0	0	1	0

Match Details

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss	Ireland, elected to bat first
Series	Desert T20 Challenge Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates
Season	2016/17
Player Of The Match	Mohammad Nabi
Match number	T20I no. 578
Hours of play (local time)	19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.25 Interval 20.25-20.45, Second Session 20.45-22.10
Match days	14 January 2017 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Buddhi Pradhan Iftikhar Ali
Reserve Umpire	Alex Dowdalls
Match Referee	David Jukes
Points	Afghanistan 2, Ireland 0

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Afghanistan Innings

Player Name	O	R	W	Econ
WB Rankin	4	31	0	7.75
AR McBrine	2	12	1	6
GH Dockrell	4	19	1	4.75
JB Little	3.4	31	0	8.45
J Mulder	4	23	2	5.75
KJ O'Brien	1	9	0	9

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