John Mooney and Gary Wilson's 26-run partnership is IRE's highest for the 6th wicket in T20Is, breaking the record of 24 between Andrew White and John Mooney

Porterfield's 46 is the highest individual score in T20Is (for IRE), surpassing Niall O'Brien's 40

Porterfield's 46 powers successful run chase

Ireland weathered a strong fight-back from Afghanistan to claim their first win of the Associates Twenty20 Series at the P Sara Oval in Colombo.

01-Feb-2010•Cricinfo staff

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Scorecard summary

Afghanistan • 121/9(20 overs)

33* (36)

4/22 (4)

27 (25)

3/14 (4)

Ireland • 124/5(18.1 overs)

46 (30)

2/17 (4)

18 (13)

1/14 (3)

18.1

Mangal to Mooney, FOUR runs

end of over 188 runs

IRE: 120/5CRR: 6.66 • RRR: 1.00

Gary Wilson16 (16b 2x4)

John Mooney4 (8b)

Samiullah Shinwari 3-0-19-0

17.6

Samiullah Shinwari to Wilson, FOUR runs

17.5

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Samiullah Shinwari to Wilson, no run

17.4

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Samiullah Shinwari to Wilson, no run

17.3

Samiullah Shinwari to Wilson, FOUR runs

17.2

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Samiullah Shinwari to Wilson, no run

17.1

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Samiullah Shinwari to Wilson, no run

end of over 175 runs

IRE: 112/5CRR: 6.58 • RRR: 3.33

Gary Wilson8 (10b)

John Mooney4 (8b)

Hamid Hassan 3-0-14-1

16.6

Hamid to Wilson, 1 run

16.5

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Hamid to Wilson, no run

16.4

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Hamid to Wilson, no run

16.3

Hamid to Mooney, 1 run

16.2

Hamid to Mooney, 2 runs

16.1

Hamid to Wilson, 1 run

end of over 165 runs

IRE: 107/5CRR: 6.68 • RRR: 3.75

John Mooney1 (6b)

Gary Wilson6 (6b)

Mohammad Nabi 4-1-19-1

15.6

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M Nabi to Mooney, no run

15.5

M Nabi to Wilson, 1 run

15.4

M Nabi to Mooney, 1 run

15.3

M Nabi to Wilson, 1 run

15.2

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M Nabi to Wilson, no run

15.1

M Nabi to Wilson, 2 runs

end of over 154 runs

IRE: 102/5CRR: 6.80 • RRR: 4.00

John Mooney0 (4b)

Gary Wilson2 (2b)

Hamid Hassan 2-0-9-1

14.6

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Hamid to Mooney, no run

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Match details

P Sara Oval, Colombo
Toss	Afghanistan, elected to bat first
Series	Sri Lanka Associates T20 Series Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2009/10
Match number	T20I no. 128
Hours of play (local time)	14.00 start, First Session 14.00-15.15, Interval 15.15-15.35, Second Session 15.35-16.55
Match days	1 February 2010 - day (20-over match)
T20I debut	Asghar Afghan Dawlat Ahmadzai Hamid Hassan Karim Sadiq Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Shahzad Nawroz Mangal Raees Ahmadzai Samiullah Shinwari Shafiqullah Shapoor Zadran George Dockrell
T20 debut	Asghar Afghan Dawlat Ahmadzai Hamid Hassan Karim Sadiq Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Shahzad Nawroz Mangal Raees Ahmadzai Samiullah Shinwari Shafiqullah Shapoor Zadran George Dockrell
Umpires	Ranmore Martinesz Tyron Wijewardene
Reserve Umpire	Prageeth Rambukwella
Match Referee	David Jukes
Points	Ireland 2, Afghanistan 0

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PLAYER NAME		R	B
WTS Porterfield	bowled	46	30
NJ O'Brien	caught	18	13
PR Stirling	caught	17	29
AC Botha	bowled	5	10
KJ O'Brien	bowled	1	2
JF Mooney	not out	8	9
GC Wilson	not out	16	16
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, w 5)
Total	124(5 wkts; 18.1 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shapoor Zadran	2	0	18	0	9
Mohammad Nabi	4	1	19	1	4.75
Dawlat Ahmadzai	2	0	25	1	12.5
Karim Sadiq	4	0	17	2	4.25
Samiullah Shinwari	3	0	19	0	6.33
Hamid Hassan	3	0	14	1	4.66
Nawroz Mangal	0.1	0	4	0	24

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	52	Niall O'Brien	William Porterfield
2nd	18	William Porterfield	Paul Stirling
3rd	21	Andre Botha	Paul Stirling
4th	7	Kevin O'Brien	Paul Stirling
5th	0	John Mooney	Paul Stirling
6th	26	John Mooney	Gary Wilson

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Sri Lanka Associates T20 Series

TEAM	M	W	L	PT
SL-A	3	3	0	6
AFG	3	1	2	2
CAN	3	1	2	2
IRE	3	1	2	2

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