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Afghan cricket team in Ireland in 2016

The Afghanistan cricket team toured Ireland in July 2016 to play five One Day Internationals (ODIs) matches at Stormont, Belfast.[1][2][3] It was the first time Ireland played a five-match ODI series.[4] The series was drawn 2–2, with the first match being abandoned due to rain.

Afghan cricket team in Ireland in 2016
 
  Ireland Afghanistan
Dates 10 July 2016 – 19 July 2016
Captains William Porterfield Asghar Stanikzai
One Day International series
Results 5-match series drawn 2–2
Most runs Ed Joyce (339) Mohammad Shahzad (176)
Most wickets Kevin O'Brien (10)
Barry McCarthy (10)
Rashid Khan (7)
Player of the series Ed Joyce (Ire)

Squads edit

Nasir Jamal, Imran Janat and Afsar Zazai were named as reserve players for Afghanistan.[6]

ODI series edit

1st ODI edit

10 July 2016
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Ian Ramage (Sco)
  • No toss.
  • Rain prevented any play and the match was abandoned without a ball bowled.

2nd ODI edit

12 July 2016
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
250 (49.2 overs)
v
  Ireland
211 (48.2 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad 66 (79)
Kevin O'Brien 4/45 (10 overs)
Ed Joyce 62 (87)
Rashid Khan 3/28 (10 overs)
Afghanistan won by 39 runs
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Alan Neill (Ire) and Ian Ramage (Sco)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI edit

14 July 2016
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
236 (49.1 overs)
v
  Ireland
237/4 (47.3 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad 81 (95)
Kevin O'Brien 3/28 (9.1 overs)
Ed Joyce 105* (135)
Hameed Hassan 2/21 (6 overs)
Ireland won by 6 wickets
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Ian Ramage (Sco)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sean Terry (Ire) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI edit

17 July 2016
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
229/7 (50 overs)
v
  Ireland
150 (41 overs)
Rashid Khan 60* (44)
Andy McBrine 2/29 (10 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 34 (49)
Rashid Khan 4/21 (8 overs)
Afghanistan won by 79 runs
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Alan Neill (Ire) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI edit

19 July 2016
Scorecard
Ireland  
265/5 (50 overs)
v
  Afghanistan
253/9 (50 overs)
Ed Joyce 160* (148)
Dawlat Zadran 2/49 (10 overs)
Najibullah Zadran 54 (66)
Kevin O'Brien 3/57 (10 overs)
Ireland won by 12 runs
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kevin O'Brien (Ire) played in his 100th ODI.[7]
  • Ed Joyce (Ire) made his highest score and the second-highest for any Ireland batsman in an ODI.[8]
  • Ed Joyce made 60.37% of Ireland's runs, the highest percentage for an Associate side in a completed ODI innings.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Ireland to play five one-day internationals against Afghanistan". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Ireland to host Afghanistan in record breaking ODI series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Ireland to host Afghanistan in one-day international series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Ireland to host Afghanistan in July". ESPN Cricinfo. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Adair and Terry called into Ireland squad for Afghanistan series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Uncapped Ihsanullah in Afghanistan's Intercontinental Cup squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  7. ^ "O'Brien Set To Win 100th ODI Cap". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Ed Joyce regroups from run-out row with 160 as Ireland draw Afghanistan series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Joyce 160* lifts Ireland to series-levelling win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

External links edit

  • Series home at ESPN Cricinfo


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