BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	b van Woerkom	121	117	155	8	6	103.41

Ibrahim Zadran	b van Woerkom	60	93	119	4	2	64.51

Azmatullah Omarzai	c Campher b van Woerkom	19	20	31	0	1	95.00

Mohammad Nabi	c & b Hume	40	27	48	3	2	148.14

Rahmat Shah	c Adair b Young	2	5	6	0	0	40.00

Hashmatullah Shahidi (c)	not out	50	33	45	6	1	151.51
Gulbadin Naib	not out	8	5	9	0	1	160.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, w 4)	10
TOTAL	50 Ov (RR: 6.20)	310/5
Did not bat: Ikram Alikhil †, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, AM Ghazanfar
Fall of wickets: 1-150 (Ibrahim Zadran, 30.6 ov), 2-207 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 38.1 ov), 3-212 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 38.6 ov), 4-216 (Rahmat Shah, 40.2 ov), 5-287 (Mohammad Nabi, 48.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mark Adair	10	1	79	0	7.90	24	5	4	2	0
Graham Hume	9	0	40	1	4.44	32	2	2	1	0
48.1 to Mohammad Nabi, Low full toss on middle stump, Nabi tried to flick it away, got the leading edge and bowler called for it and took a good catch. 287/5
Craig Young	10	1	59	1	5.90	32	5	2	1	0
40.2 to Rahmat Shah, Young gets the wicket! Full ball on middle stump, Rahmat tried to go big down the ground, hit the bottom of the bat and went high in the air, Adair took a lovely catch at mid-off. 216/4
Theo van Woerkom	10	0	55	3	5.50	31	5	2	0	0
30.6 to Ibrahim Zadran, Beauty! From wide of the crease, tossed up, had some drift in the air and turned away after pitching on middle stump, Ibrahim went for the big drive, missed the edge and ball hit the top off stump. 150/1 38.1 to Azmatullah Omarzai, Woerkom gets his 2nd! Tossed up, on middle stump, came in with the arm, Omarzai backing away and tried to hit big down the ground, mistimed it and long-on fielder made no mistake. 207/2 38.6 to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Woerkom gets the big one as Gurbaz gone! Lovely arm ball on middle stump, Gurbaz goes back and tries to play on the leg side, misjudged the length of the ball, it went through the gate and hit the middle stump. 212/3
Curtis Campher	4	0	32	0	8.00	8	3	1	0	0
Andy McBrine	6	0	23	0	3.83	17	1	0	0	0
George Dockrell	1	0	16	0	16.00	1	0	2	0	0

Ireland (T: 311 runs from 50 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andy Balbirnie	b Fazalhaq Farooqi	4	18	28	0	0	22.22

Paul Stirling (c)	c †Ikram Alikhil b Azmatullah Omarzai	5	9	17	0	0	55.55

Curtis Campher	b Fazalhaq Farooqi	9	19	30	1	0	47.36

Harry Tector	c Mohammad Nabi b Gulbadin Naib	138	147	190	9	3	93.87

Lorcan Tucker †	c †Ikram Alikhil b Fazalhaq Farooqi	85	76	118	8	2	111.84

George Dockrell	c sub (Nangeyalia Kharote) b Noor Ahmad	5	10	15	0	0	50.00

Mark Adair	b Fazalhaq Farooqi	4	10	16	0	0	40.00

Andy McBrine	c Gulbadin Naib b Azmatullah Omarzai	0	2	3	0	0	0.00

Graham Hume	not out	9	8	16	1	0	112.50
Theo van Woerkom	not out	2	2	1	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 8, nb 1, w 5)	14
TOTAL	50 Ov (RR: 5.50)	275/8
Did not bat: Craig Young
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Paul Stirling, 3.4 ov), 2-16 (Andy Balbirnie, 6.1 ov), 3-34 (Curtis Campher, 10.1 ov), 4-207 (Lorcan Tucker, 38.6 ov), 5-223 (George Dockrell, 42.4 ov), 6-247 (Mark Adair, 45.6 ov), 7-249 (Andy McBrine, 46.3 ov), 8-271 (Harry Tector, 49.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Fazalhaq Farooqi	10	1	51	4	5.10	33	6	0	1	0
6.1 to A Balbirnie, Beauty! From around the wicket, fuller in length just outside off and swings in sharply, Balbirine goes for the drive, misses the outside edge of the bat and goes onto hits the off stump. 16/2 10.1 to C Campher, Beauty! Good length ball just outside off and angling in, goes through the defense of the batsman and rattle the stumps. 34/3 38.6 to LJ Tucker, Excellent come back by Farooqi! Full ball just outside off, Tucker backing away and tries to hit through the off side, ended up a thick outside edge in the gloves of keeper, who makes no mistake. 207/4 45.6 to MR Adair, Brilliant over by Farooqi! Excellent yorker bang on target, goes through the defense of Adair and hits the base of middle stump. That is number four for Farooqi. 247/6
Azmatullah Omarzai	10	0	47	2	4.70	33	3	1	1	1
3.4 to PR Stirling, Azmatullah strikes! Good length ball just outside off and moves away, Stirling tries to push at it, gets the edge through to keeper, loud shout for caught behind and up goes the finger of umpire, Striling was not happy with the decision, no DRS for this series. 10/1 46.3 to AR McBrine, Omarzai strikes now! Good length ball just outside off, he went cross and flicked it away in the air to deep midwicket, Gulbadin in the deep took a simple catch. 249/7
AM Ghazanfar	6	0	34	0	5.66	12	3	0	0	0
Gulbadin Naib	6	0	38	1	6.33	15	2	1	2	0
49.3 to HT Tector, That is the end of an excellent innings by Tector! A pace off delivery, goes for a big shot, hits high in the air and Nabi at mid-off took a simple catch. 271/8
Noor Ahmad	10	0	61	1	6.10	28	5	2	1	0
42.4 to GH Dockrell, short in length on middle and leg stump, pulls it in the air and deep midwicket fielder running in, dives forward and takes a brilliant catch, Kharoti was the fielder. 223/5
Mohammad Nabi	8	0	36	0	4.50	19	0	1	0	0

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MATCH FLOW

Afghanistan innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 0 wicket)
Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 178 runs, 3 wickets)
Afghanistan: 50 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 4
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 20, Ibrahim Zadran 28, Ex 4)
Drinks: Afghanistan - 79/0 in 18.0 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 40, Ibrahim Zadran 35)
Afghanistan: 100 runs in 23.5 overs (143 balls), Extras 5
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 143 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 47, Ibrahim Zadran 48, Ex 5)
Ibrahim Zadran: 50 off 80 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz: 50 off 71 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
Afghanistan: 150 runs in 30.4 overs (184 balls), Extras 6
1st Wicket: 150 runs in 184 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 84, Ibrahim Zadran 60, Ex 6)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz: 100 off 108 balls (7 x 4, 4 x 6)
Drinks: Afghanistan - 173/1 in 35.0 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 100, Azmatullah Omarzai 7)
Afghanistan: 200 runs in 37.4 overs (226 balls), Extras 7
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 35, Azmatullah Omarzai 19, Ex 1)
Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 95 runs, 2 wickets)
Afghanistan: 250 runs in 45.1 overs (271 balls), Extras 9
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 37 balls (Mohammad Nabi 16, Hashmatullah Shahidi 32, Ex 2)
Afghanistan: 300 runs in 49.3 overs (297 balls), Extras 9
Hashmatullah Shahidi: 50 off 32 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
Innings Break: Afghanistan - 310/5 in 50.0 overs (Hashmatullah Shahidi 50, Gulbadin Naib 8)

Ireland innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 34 runs, 2 wickets)
Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 176 runs, 2 wickets)
Ireland: 50 runs in 13.4 overs (82 balls), Extras 3
Drinks: Ireland - 64/3 in 16.0 overs (HT Tector 33, LJ Tucker 9)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (HT Tector 31, LJ Tucker 18, Ex 1)
Ireland: 100 runs in 23.1 overs (139 balls), Extras 8
HT Tector: 50 off 59 balls (6 x 4)
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 110 balls (HT Tector 55, LJ Tucker 39, Ex 6)
Ireland: 150 runs in 30.3 overs (183 balls), Extras 9
LJ Tucker: 50 off 54 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: Ireland - 156/3 in 32.0 overs (HT Tector 76, LJ Tucker 53)
4th Wicket: 150 runs in 155 balls (HT Tector 73, LJ Tucker 70, Ex 7)
Ireland: 200 runs in 38.4 overs (232 balls), Extras 10
Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 65 runs, 4 wickets)
HT Tector: 100 off 118 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
Ireland: 250 runs in 46.5 overs (282 balls), Extras 13

MATCH DETAILS

Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Toss	Ireland, elected to field first
Series	Afghanistan vs Ireland
Season	2023/24
Player Of The Match	Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Series result	Afghanistan led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	ODI no. 4741
Hours of play (local time)	15.30 start, First Session 15.30-19.00, Interval 19.00-19.30, Second Session 19.30-23.00
Match days	7 March 2024 - daynight (50-over match)
ODI debut	AM Ghazanfar
Umpires	Ahmed Shah Durrani Paul Reiffel
TV Umpire	Ahmed Shah Pakteen
Reserve Umpire	Izatullah Safi
Match Referee	David Boon

Language

English

Win Probability

AFG 100%

AFGIRE

100%50%100%

Over 50 • IRE 275/8

Harry Tector c Mohammad Nabi b Gulbadin Naib 138 (147b 9x4 3x6 190m) SR: 93.87

Afghanistan won by 35 runs

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Ireland Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
A Balbirnie	bowled	4	18
PR Stirling	caught	5	9
C Campher	bowled	9	19
HT Tector	caught	138	147
LJ Tucker	caught	85	76
GH Dockrell	caught	5	10
MR Adair	bowled	4	10
AR McBrine	caught	0	2
GI Hume	not out	9	8
TF van Woerkom	not out	2	2
Extras	(lb 8, nb 1, w 5)
Total	275(8 wkts; 50 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
Fazalhaq Farooqi	10	1	51	4	5.1
Azmatullah Omarzai	10	0	47	2	4.7 (1 nb)
AM Ghazanfar	6	0	34	0	5.66
Gulbadin Naib	6	0	38	1	6.33
Noor Ahmad	10	0	61	1	6.1
Mohammad Nabi	8	0	36	0	4.5

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	10	Andy Balbirnie	Paul Stirling
2nd	6	Andy Balbirnie	Curtis Campher
3rd	18	Curtis Campher	Harry Tector
4th	173	Lorcan Tucker	Harry Tector
5th	16	George Dockrell	Harry Tector
6th	24	Mark Adair	Harry Tector
7th	2	Andy McBrine	Harry Tector
8th	22	Graham Hume	Harry Tector
9th	4	Graham Hume	Theo van Woerkom

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