and this one goes to the boundary too! Dockrell hits the ball toward cow corner, the fielders don't even bother chasing the ball as they know they have it won!
Ireland vs Afghanistan, 1st T20I at Bready, Aug 20 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st T20I (D/N), Bready, August 20, 2018, Afghanistan tour of Ireland
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end of over 1813 runs • 2 wickets
IRE: 144/9CRR: 8.00
George Dockrell22 (13b 1x4 1x6)
Peter Chase1 (1b)
Rashid Khan 4-0-35-3
Aftab Alam 4-0-33-1
Ireland lost regular wickets throughout there reply and just didn't hit enough boundaries to put the Afghan bowlers under any real pressure.
Once Stirling fell to a Worldie of a catch from Aftab, you just could just see the hope go out of the innings.
A quick fire 34 off 23 balls, briefly brought life back in, yet it quickly went again.
Afghanistan's bowlers all took wickets and Rashid once again finished with 3. So a 16 run victory means that they go 1-0 up in the series.
The next game is on Wednesday, so hopefully you can join me then. This is Justin Smyth saying goodnight from a darkening Bready.
17.6
4
Rashid Khan to Dockrell, FOUR runs
17.5
1
Rashid Khan to Chase, 1 run
sweeps the ball down to long leg to get off the mark
17.4
W
Rashid Khan to Kane, OUT
goes for it the third time, this time Zadran is waiting and takes the easy catch at mid-wicket
Tyrone Kane c Najibullah Zadran b Rashid Khan 8 (3b 2x4 0x6 2m) SR: 266.66
17.3
4
Rashid Khan to Kane, FOUR runs
back to back boundaries, gets a thick edge and it runs fine, very fine to the boundary
17.2
4
Rashid Khan to Kane, FOUR runs
pulls the ball into the legside and it lands just before the rope
17.1
W
Rashid Khan to Little, OUT
Well that didn't last long! Little swings hard at the ball, what did he have to lose? Well apart from his middle stump, as it gets knocked out of the ground...
Josh Little b Rashid Khan 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 1m) SR: 0
end of over 176 runs • 1 wicket
IRE: 131/7CRR: 7.70 • RRR: 30.00
George Dockrell18 (12b 1x6)
Aftab Alam 4-0-33-1
Rashid Khan 3-0-22-1
16.6
W
Aftab Alam to Simi Singh, OUT
Singh looks to help the ball on the way, can't get enough elevation on the ball and Mujeeb doesn't have to move at long leg as he takes the catch
Simi Singh c Mujeeb Ur Rahman b Aftab Alam 20 (17b 0x4 1x6 20m) SR: 117.64
16.5
1
Aftab Alam to Dockrell, 1 run
gets the front foot out of the way and hits the ball to deep extra cover
16.4
1
Aftab Alam to Simi Singh, 1 run
full ball right down at Singh's feet, clipped to deep mid-wicket
16.3
1
Aftab Alam to Dockrell, 1 run
goes back in the crease and hits the ball hard down the ground, its straight to a fielder
16.2
1
Aftab Alam to Simi Singh, 1 run
clips the ball down to long leg, will be happy to keep them to a single
16.1
2
Aftab Alam to Simi Singh, 2 runs
hits the ball in the air towards the mid-wicket boundary, the fielder slips and almost lets the ball go through him
end of over 1613 runs
IRE: 125/6CRR: 7.81 • RRR: 18.00
Simi Singh16 (13b 1x6)
George Dockrell16 (10b 1x6)
Rashid Khan 3-0-22-1
Fareed Ahmad 4-0-26-2
36 needed off the last 12 balls, 18 an over...
15.6
1
Rashid Khan to Simi Singh, 1 run
hits the ball on the full up to long-on, 13 off the over yet the run-rate keeps going up
15.5
2
Rashid Khan to Simi Singh, 2 runs
hits the ball through mid-on and they were always coming back for the second
15.4
6
Rashid Khan to Simi Singh, SIX runs
Singh goes down on one knee and pulls the ball hard over the square leg boundary. Terrific shot
15.3
1
Rashid Khan to Dockrell, 1 run
hits the ball up to long-off
15.2
2lb
Rashid Khan to Dockrell, 2 leg byes
clips the pad and goes past the keeper, Shahzad puts in a loud appeal but the Umpire isn't interested
15.1
1
Rashid Khan to Simi Singh, 1 run
goes down on one knee and sweeps the ball to long leg, its boundaries that Ireland need...
end of over 157 runs
IRE: 112/6CRR: 7.46 • RRR: 16.33
Simi Singh6 (9b)
George Dockrell15 (8b 1x6)
Fareed Ahmad 4-0-26-2
Mohammad Nabi 3-0-33-1
14.6
1b
Fareed Ahmad to Simi Singh, 1 bye
its another huge swing at the ball, he misses with the bat and it dies as it gets through to the keeper. Shahzad can't stop the ball and they run through
14.5
1
Fareed Ahmad to Dockrell, 1 run
cuts the ball square on the off-side for another run
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