Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
19 | 10 Runs | IRE: 125/5 | RR: 6.57

  • George Dockrell25 (19b)
  • Gareth Delany3 (5b)
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi4-0-27-1
  • Naveen-ul-Haq3-0-12-1

That's the end of our coverage. Hemant and I are signing off here. Thanks for joining us, we'll see you again tomorrow.

Josh Little is Player of the Match for his 2/18: "I had a nice little rhythm. Something I was successful at the World Cup last year, always going to look at what works for me. if you get wickets in the powerplay you always give yourself a chance."

Andy Balbirnie, Ireland captain: "We were brilliant in the powerplay. Josh Little gets better and better. We've been great against world-class layers in the last few weeks." Fielding: "We know we have to be good at it. We are working on various things, glad to see the benefits for it." His own batting: "You've to remind yourself you've done good stuff in the past. We're gelling well as a team as we've been playing a lot together."

Mohammad Nabi, Afghanistan captain: "We didn't read the pitch properly, we thought it was dry but the ball was seaming a lot. We were 30 runs short. We threw away wickets back to back upfront. We started with a quick because it was a seaming wicket." Fielding: "We missed a lot of balls, hopefully we will come back well in the next match. We will work on the mistakes."

6.54pm That's back-to-back wins for Ireland after a string of losses. Afghanistan could post just 122 for 8 after opting to bat with Ireland fast bowlers getting regular wickets. In reply, Ireland did struggle a bit to get going. But a 65-run stand between captain Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker set up the chase... and George Dockrell finished it off. The difference between the two teams was definitely the fielding. Afghanistan missed a number of chances on the field and were careless at times. They'll look to come back well and keep the series alive.

18.6
6
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, SIX, Full toss and it's smashed over midwicket for a six... and Ireland go 2-0 up
18.5
0
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, no run, Slower short one, Dockrell is beaten all ends up
18.4
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Delany, 1 run, Yorker and the batter digs it out for a single on the offside
18.3
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, 1 run, banged in short again, he pulls it strongly to midwicket
18.2
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Delany, 1 run, Banged in short, pulled off the backfoot to midwicket
18.1
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, 1 run, Angled in on middle, it's smashed back hard at the bowler.. bowler gets a hand on it but it rolls away down the ground. Farooqi looks to have hurt himself in the process

END OF OVER:
18 | 5 Runs | IRE: 115/5 (8 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.38, RRR: 4.00)

  • Gareth Delany1 (3b)
  • George Dockrell17 (15b)
  • Naveen-ul-Haq3-0-12-1
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi3-0-17-1
17.6
0
Naveen-ul-Haq to Delany, no run, Short again, it is slapped off the backfoot to fielder at cover
17.5
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Dockrell, 1 run, Angled in flicked on the legside.. just a single
17.4
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Delany, 1 run, Short into the body, pushed away to the covers for a single
17.3
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Dockrell, 1 run, Short ball, he slaps it to mid-off for a quick single.. and there's an overthrow. Fielding has been below-par
17.2
0
Naveen-ul-Haq to Dockrell, no run, Angled in on middle and leg, he cramped him for room, pushed to offside
17.1
2
Naveen-ul-Haq to Dockrell, 2 runs, Back of length on middle, pushed to midwicket..Superb running from the batters

END OF OVER:
17 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 110/5 (13 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.47, RRR: 4.33)

  • Gareth Delany0 (1b)
  • George Dockrell13 (11b)
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi3-0-17-1
  • Mohammad Nabi2-0-15-2
16.6
0
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Delany, no run, Full on middle, pushed to covers
16.5
W
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Campher, OUT, Short ball, he advances down and goes for the pull but has knicked it behind!

C Campher c †Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Fazalhaq Farooqi 7 (10m 7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

16.4
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, 1 run, A bit wide on off, cut away to deep third
16.3
4
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, FOUR, Around the wicket, Angled on middle stump, smashed down the ground for a boundary

Ireland 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7A BalbirniePR Stirling
2nd65A BalbirnieLJ Tucker
3rd10LJ TuckerHT Tector
4th4GH DockrellLJ Tucker
5th24GH DockrellC Campher
6th15GH DockrellGJ Delany