Afghan cricket team in Ireland in 2022

Afghan cricket team in Ireland in 2022
 
  Ireland Afghanistan
Dates 9 – 17 August 2022
Captains Andrew Balbirnie Mohammad Nabi
Twenty20 International series
Results Ireland won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs George Dockrell (141) Najibullah Zadran (125)
Most wickets Josh Little (7)
Mark Adair (7)
Naveen-ul-Haq (7)
Player of the series George Dockrell (Ire)

The Afghanistan cricket team toured Ireland in August 2022 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] Initially, the tour included a one-off Test match,[3] but this was dropped from the fixtures when Cricket Ireland announced the schedule in March 2022.[4] Cricket Ireland confirmed the dates and venues for the tour later the same month.[5] The matches were used by both teams as preparation for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[6]

Ireland won the series 3–2 after claiming a victory in a rain-affected final match.[7] George Dockrell was named player of the series.[8]

Squads

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 Ireland[9]  Afghanistan[10]

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) also named Qais Ahmad, Nijat Masood, Usman Ghani and Mujeeb Ur Rahman as reserve players for the series.[11] Usman Ghani and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who were only temporarily named as reserves, were later added to the main squad once they received clearance regarding their visas.[12] Simi Singh was added to Ireland's squad after the third T20I, in place of Andy McBrine.[13]

T20I series

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1st T20I

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9 August 2022
15:30
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
168/7 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
171/3 (19.5 overs)
Usman Ghani 59 (42)
Barry McCarthy 3/34 (4 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 51 (38)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1/22 (3 overs)
Ireland won by 7 wickets
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)
Player of the match: Andrew Balbirnie (Ire)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd T20I

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11 August 2022
15:30
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
122/8 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
125/5 (19 overs)
Hashmatullah Shahidi 36 (42)
Mark Adair 2/12 (3 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 46 (36)
Mohammad Nabi 2/15 (2 overs)
Ireland won by 5 wickets
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Jareth McCready (Ire) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)
Player of the match: Josh Little (Ire)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd T20I

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12 August 2022
15:30
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
189/5 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
167/9 (20 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 53 (35)
Josh Little 2/29 (4 overs)
George Dockrell 58* (37)
Naveen-ul-Haq 3/38 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 22 runs
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire)
Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg)

4th T20I

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15 August 2022
15:30
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
132/6 (11 overs)
v
 Ireland
105 (11 overs)
Najibullah Zadran 50 (24)
Gareth Delany 3/33 (3 overs)
George Dockrell 41* (27)
Fareed Ahmad 3/14 (2 overs)
Afghanistan won by 27 runs
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)
Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Afg)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.

5th T20I

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17 August 2022
15:30
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
95/5 (15 overs)
v
 Ireland
56/3 (6.4 overs)
Usman Ghani 44* (40)
Mark Adair 3/16 (2 overs)
Paul Stirling 16 (10)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/17 (2 overs)
Ireland won by 7 wickets (DLS method)
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Jareth McCready (Ire)
Player of the match: Mark Adair (Ire)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain prevented further play in the Afghanistan innings. Ireland were set a revised target of 56 runs from 7 overs.

References

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  1. ^ "India among four full members to tour Ireland in 2022". CricBuzz. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. ^ "India to host Afghanistan for three ODIs in March 2022". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. ^ "A home Test on the cards for Ireland". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Season of Stars: Largest-ever summer of international cricket is coming". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Afghanistan Men's tour dates confirmed; a first-ever for Stormont". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Ireland v Afghanistan: Stormont to host five-game T20 series in August". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Ireland v Afghanistan: Irish win rain-affected decider to seal Twenty20 series at Stormont". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Ireland claim T20I series win over Afghanistan in rain-affected thriller". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Squad announced for Ireland Men's T20Is against South Africa and Afghanistan". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  10. ^ "ACB name squad for Ireland tour". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Afghanistan begin T20 World Cup preparation; unveil squad for Ireland T20Is". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Ibrahim, Shahidi, Naveen back in Afghanistan T20I squad for Ireland series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  13. ^ "One change to Ireland Men's squad for final two T20Is". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
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