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