Afghan cricket team in Ireland in 2018

The Afghanistan cricket team toured Ireland in August 2018 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) matches against the Ireland cricket team.[1][2][3] Afghanistan won the T20I series 2–0, after the third match was abandoned due to overnight rain and a wet outfield.[4] Afghanistan won the ODI series 2–1.[5]

Afghanistan cricket team in Ireland in 2018
 
  Ireland Afghanistan
Dates 20 – 31 August 2018
Captains William Porterfield (ODIs)
Gary Wilson (T20Is)		 Asghar Afghan
One Day International series
Results Afghanistan won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Andrew Balbirnie (132) Rahmat Shah (94)
Most wickets Tim Murtagh (9) Rashid Khan (8)
Player of the series Rashid Khan (Afg)
Twenty20 International series
Results Afghanistan won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs Gary Wilson (56) Hazratullah Zazai (156)
Most wickets Peter Chase (4) Rashid Khan (7)
Player of the series Hazratullah Zazai (Afg)

The second ODI of the series was the 100th to be played by Afghanistan.[6] In the same match, Mohammad Nabi became the first cricketer for Afghanistan to play in 100 ODIs.[7]

Squads
ODIs T20Is
 Ireland[8]  Afghanistan[9]  Ireland[8]  Afghanistan[9]

After the initial players were selected, Tyrone Kane was added to Ireland's squads as bowling cover.[10] Josh Little replaced David Delany in Ireland's squad for the third ODI.[11]

T20I Series

1st T20I
20 August 2018
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
160/7 (18 overs)
v
 Ireland
144/9 (18 overs)
Hazratullah Zazai 74 (33)
Josh Little 2/20 (4 overs)
Gary Wilson 34 (23)
Rashid Khan 3/35 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 16 runs
Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Alan Neill (Ire)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
  • Hazratullah Zazai scored the fastest fifty for Afghanistan in T20Is (22 balls).[12]
  • Mohammad Nabi (Afg) became the sixth player to score 1,000 runs and take 50 wickets in T20Is.[13]

2nd T20I
22 August 2018
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
160/8 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
79 (15 overs)
Hazratullah Zazai 82 (54)
Peter Chase 3/35 (4 overs)
William Porterfield 33 (23)
Rashid Khan 4/17 (3 overs)
Afghanistan won by 81 runs
Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)

3rd T20I
24 August 2018
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Alan Neill (Ire)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain and a wet outfield.

ODI Series

1st ODI
27 August 2018
10:45
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
227/9 (50 overs)
v
 Ireland
198 (48.3 overs)
Gulbadin Naib 64 (98)
Tim Murtagh 4/31 (10 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 55 (82)
Aftab Alam 2/34 (9 overs)
Afghanistan won by 29 runs
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
  • Hazratullah Zazai (Afg) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI
29 August 2018
10:45
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
182/9 (50 overs)
v
 Ireland
183/7 (43.5 overs)
Najibullah Zadran 42 (52)
Tim Murtagh 4/30 (10 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 60 (92)
Rashid Khan 3/37 (10 overs)
Ireland won by 3 wickets
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was Afghanistan's 100th ODI.[7]
  • Mohammad Nabi became the first cricketer for Afghanistan to play in 100 ODIs.[7]
  • Najibullah Zadran (Afg) scored his 1,000th run in ODIs.[16]

3rd ODI
31 August 2018
10:45
Scorecard
Ireland 
124 (36.1 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
127/2 (23.5 overs)
Gary Wilson 23 (36)
Rashid Khan 3/18 (8 overs)
Ihsanullah 57* (62)
Boyd Rankin 1/30 (7 overs)
Afghanistan won by 8 wickets
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Alan Neill (Ire)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

References
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  2. "Cricket Ireland Board announces new position on National Cricket Stadium, approves €9M budget". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. "Cricket Ireland to look into building new venue at National Sports Campus in Dublin". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. "Series finale abandoned due to wet outfield". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. "Bowlers, Ihsanullah lead Afghanistan to series win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  6. "Ireland v Afghanistan: Irish win second Stormont ODI by three wickets". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  7. "100 ODIs: Mohammad Nabi and Afghanistan's ascension into the cricketing elite". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  8. "T20I and ODI squads named ahead of Afghanistan series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  9. "Wafadar gets maiden white-ball call-up as Afghanistan name squads for Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  10. "Simmons and Mooney plotting the downfall of Irish hosts". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  11. "Little called in for injured Delany". Cricket Europe Ireland. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  12. "Zazai's 33-ball 74 sets up Afghanistan victory over Ireland". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  13. "Ireland vs Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi achieves rare 'double'". Cricket Country. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  14. "Paul Reynolds stands in his first T20 International". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  15. "Zazai, Rashid, Mujeeb shine as Afghanistan clinch T20I series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  16. "Ireland set up series decider against Afghanistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
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