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Ireland vs Afghanistan, 72nd Match, Final at Abu Dhabi, , Nov 30 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
72nd Match, Final (N), Abu Dhabi, November 30, 2013, ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
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225/7
(18.5/20 ov, T:226) 157

Ireland won by 68 runs

Player Of The Match
62 (32) & 3/34
trent-johnston
Player Of The Series
85 runs • 16 wkts
samiullah-shinwari
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AFG
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Ireland win the game by 68 runs and win the 2013/14 ICC WT20 Qualifier. Afghanistan got off to a brilliant start and for the time that Shahzad was at the crease, they actually looked like pulling the chase off. Dockrell put the brakes on by claiming the wickets of Mangal and Shahzad. From then on, despite Naib's good knock, it was all downhill for Afghanistan

Now to the man of the moment- Trent Johnston. In what is his final limited overs game, he came out and blasted a half-century, took three wickets and bowled a maiden too. If this isn't a fairytale finish, I would want to know what is

The two groups for the first round of the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 are:

Group A

Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal and Hong Kong

Group B

Zimbabwe, Ireland, UAE and Netherlands

Trent Johnston is the man of the match. Samiullah Shenwari is the man of the series

18.5
W
Murtagh to Shapoor, OUT

that's what they should've done long ago as Murtagh bowls a yorker and finishes the game

Shapoor Zadran b Murtagh 13 (20b 0x4 2x6 25m) SR: 65
18.4
Murtagh to Shapoor, no run

looks to slice a fuller ball and is beaten

18.3
Murtagh to Shapoor, no run

comes forward and lofts it to long-on and refuses the single

18.2
1
Murtagh to Amir Hamza, 1 run

drives it to long-on for a single

18.1
Murtagh to Amir Hamza, no run
end of over 187 runs
AFG: 156/9CRR: 8.66 RRR: 35.00
Shapoor Zadran13 (17b 2x6)
Amir Hamza1 (3b)
Alex Cusack 3-0-18-2
Trent Johnston 4-1-34-3
17.6
Cusack to Shapoor, no run

looks to cut it and is beaten

17.5
6
Cusack to Shapoor, SIX runs

pulls it over deep midwicket for another six

17.4
Cusack to Shapoor, no run

comes forward and drives it to mid-off

17.3
1
Cusack to Amir Hamza, 1 run

pulls it to square-leg for a single

17.2
Cusack to Amir Hamza, no run

fuller ball outside the off stump. Hotak looks to drive and is beaten

17.1
Cusack to Amir Hamza, no run

looks to scoop it and the bounce beats him

end of over 177 runs • 1 wicket
AFG: 149/9CRR: 8.76 RRR: 25.66
Shapoor Zadran7 (14b 1x6)
Amir Hamza0 (0b)
Trent Johnston 4-1-34-3
Max Sorensen 4-0-22-1

Cusack is on a hat-trick

16.6
Johnston to Shapoor, no run

makes room and looks to cut it. He is too far back to get some piece of bat on it

16.5
6
Johnston to Shapoor, SIX runs

full-toss on the off stump. Shapoor smashes it over long-on for a huge six

16.4
Johnston to Shapoor, no run

moves back and pushes it back to the bowler. The edge doesn't carry to the bowler

16.3
Johnston to Shapoor, no run

looks to cut and is beaten

16.2
Johnston to Shapoor, no run

digs out a yorker to midwicket

16.2
1w
Johnston to Shapoor, 1 wide

wide down the leg side

16.1
W
Johnston to Zadran, OUT

fuller ball outside the off stump. Najibullah lofts it to cover. Porterfield while running back to take the catch slips and Mooney is at hand to take the catch

Najibullah Zadran c Mooney b Johnston 4 (6b 0x4 0x6 19m) SR: 66.66
end of over 163 runs
AFG: 142/8CRR: 8.87 RRR: 21.00
Shapoor Zadran1 (9b)
Najibullah Zadran4 (5b)
Max Sorensen 4-0-22-1
Trent Johnston 3-1-27-2
15.6
Sorensen to Shapoor, no run

pulls it to long-on and they don't take a single

15.5
Sorensen to Shapoor, no run

pushes it to midwicket

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ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

Group A
TEAMMWLPTNRR
IRE760132.058
HKG752100.440
UAE752100.269
NAM74380.197
ITA72450.457
CAN7254-0.359
UGA7153-1.494
USA7153-1.646
Group B
TEAMMWLPTNRR
AFG761121.207
NED752101.087
NEP74380.379
SCOT74380.379
PNG7337-0.053
KENYA73461.071
BER7254-1.255
DEN7061-3.216