BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Hazratullah Zazai	c Stirling b Rankin	31	17	-	5	1	182.35

Usman Ghani	lbw b Rankin	13	9	-	2	0	144.44

Najeeb Tarakai	c Balbirnie b Dockrell	17	12	-	2	1	141.66

Asghar Afghan (c)	c Thompson b Getkate	20	20	-	2	1	100.00

Mohammad Nabi	c Balbirnie b Chase	81	36	-	6	7	225.00

Najibullah Zadran	run out (Dockrell)	12	8	-	1	1	150.00

Shafiqullah †	c Thompson b Rankin	12	7	-	1	1	171.42

Rashid Khan	not out	7	7	-	0	0	100.00
Sharafuddin Ashraf	not out	3	4	-	0	0	75.00
Extras	(lb 6, w 8)	14
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 10.50)	210/7
Did not bat: Sayed Shirzad, Ziaur Rahman
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Usman Ghani, 4.1 ov), 2-57 (Hazratullah Zazai, 4.6 ov), 3-67 (Najeeb Tarakai, 7.4 ov), 4-107 (Asghar Afghan, 12.1 ov), 5-143 (Najibullah Zadran, 15.1 ov), 6-191 (Mohammad Nabi, 17.3 ov), 7-202 (Shafiqullah, 18.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Simi Singh	1	0	5	0	5.00	2	0	0	0	0
Boyd Rankin	4	0	53	3	13.25	8	3	5	2	0
4.1 to Usman Ghani, given lbw That was a close, close call in real-time and Rankin has a wicket. It's of Ghani, but at least Ireland have broken the partnership. Good length ball that came back in a tad, and Ghani was caught on the crease, trying to whip it away. Raps him on the knee roll right in front of the stumps. It looked out on first glance, and Rankin belted out and appeal long and hard until the finger went up.. 46/1 4.6 to Hazratullah Zazai, Rankin has got the big wicket, Stirling with a great catch Zazai gave himself room and tried to go over the top again, but only got a leading edge off a fullish ball that was moving away a tad. It swirls up high for miles, and Stirling runs back from mid-off and dives to hold on. He was never letting that go, he knew what an important wicket Zazai's is.. 57/2 18.2 to Shafiqullah, gets the wide yorker right that time, and has Shafiq throwing his bat at it. Gets it off the toe end and the ball only travels as far as long-off for an easy catch. They're checking for the no-ball, but Rankin looks to have just a millimetre behind so the wicket stands. 202/7
Peter Chase	4	0	38	1	9.50	7	6	0	2	0
17.3 to Mohammad Nabi, caught at the edge of the deep midwicket fence that had air miles on it. Full ball from around the wicket, Nabi was aiming to lift it into the stands again and almost did it. Got more height on it than distance though and Balbirnie stayed rock steady, right inside the rope and caught the ball cleanly, ensuring he didn't step over. Nabi's fantastic innings ends. 191/6
Josh Little	3	0	45	0	15.00	6	7	2	2	0
Stuart Thompson	2	0	16	0	8.00	6	1	1	1	0
George Dockrell	4	0	26	1	6.50	11	1	2	0	0
7.4 to Najeeb Tarakai, Balbirnie takes a good catch running in from long-on after bowling flat Dockrell gave this some air. Tarakai's eyes lit up and he went for the big hit down the ground, but got it off the toe-end. It swirled in the air, giving Balbirnie enough time to run in and complete the catch near mid-on.. 67/3
Shane Getkate	2	0	21	1	10.50	5	1	2	1	0
12.1 to Asghar Afghan, straight down long-off's throat Asghar wanted to lift this much higher but couldn't get underneath the ball enough. It was full outside off and he went low to lift it, but ended up hitting it straight to long-off. 107/4

Ireland (T: 211 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Stirling (c)	c Asghar Afghan b Ziaur Rahman	10	9	-	2	0	111.11

Kevin O'Brien	c †Shafiqullah b Rashid Khan	74	47	-	5	3	157.44

Andy Balbirnie	b Ziaur Rahman	47	33	-	7	0	142.42

Stuart Thompson	run out (Najibullah Zadran)	1	1	-	0	0	100.00

George Dockrell	c Mohammad Nabi b Rashid Khan	18	10	-	1	1	180.00

Shane Getkate	st †Shafiqullah b Rashid Khan	2	4	-	0	0	50.00

Stuart Poynter †	not out	10	8	-	1	0	125.00
Simi Singh	lbw b Rashid Khan	0	1	-	0	0	0.00

Josh Little	b Rashid Khan	6	5	-	1	0	120.00

Boyd Rankin	not out	2	2	-	0	0	100.00
Extras	(w 8)	8
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 8.90)	178/8
Did not bat: Peter Chase
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Paul Stirling, 2.5 ov), 2-128 (Andy Balbirnie, 13.4 ov), 3-129 (Stuart Thompson, 13.6 ov), 4-153 (Kevin O'Brien, 15.6 ov), 5-158 (George Dockrell, 17.1 ov), 6-158 (Shane Getkate, 17.2 ov), 7-158 (Simi Singh, 17.3 ov), 8-175 (Josh Little, 19.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ziaur Rahman	4	0	42	2	10.50	7	6	1	2	0
2.5 to PR Stirling, full on off, and he clears his front leg to clear the infield. Plays a lofted straight drive, but he's toe-ended the shot, and the debutant earns his maiden wicket. Taken by Asghar at mid-on. 32/1 13.4 to A Balbirnie, slower ball does the trick! Big wicket. Full just outside off, but the slower ball deceives the batsman. He presses forward to defend, but he's playing outside the ball's line. Big gap between bat and body, and the ball sneaks through. 128/2
Sayed Shirzad	4	0	42	0	10.50	4	5	1	0	0
Sharafuddin Ashraf	4	0	39	0	9.75	8	3	2	1	0
Mohammad Nabi	4	0	28	0	7.00	3	2	0	0	0
Rashid Khan	4	0	27	5	6.75	8	1	0	2	0
15.6 to KJ O'Brien, finger goes up! Full and wide outside off, and O'Brien makes room to drive. Ball turns away from him, and that's taken a slight toe-end off his bat. Keeper holds on, and the umpire raises his finger. O'Brien gave his wicket away by looking at the keeper after missing shot. Umpires often catch on to those signs. Huge, huge wicket. 153/4 17.1 to GH Dockrell, what a screamer! Nabi, you beauty! Full just outside off, and the batsman slog sweeps towards wide long-on. Has six written all over it, but Nabi jumps near the ropes, takes the catch, throws it in the air as he's falling over the boundary, then composes himself and eventually completes a 360-degree take.. 158/5 17.2 to SC Getkate, length ball on off, and the wrong'un comes into Getkate. The batsman's come half-way down the wicket, and the ball has sneaked under his bat. Keeper does extremely well staying low and collecting the ball, and then whips the bails off to hand Rashid another scalp. Shafiq excellent behind the stumps too. Hat-trick!. 158/6 17.3 to Simi Singh, double hat-trick! Length ball on off, and the googly skids inwards. Misses the leg-side flick, and the ball hits his knee roll. Rashid's appealing for lbw, and the umpire raises his finger. As easy as A-B-C. 158/7 19.2 to JB Little, off stump gone! Another five-wicket haul. Full outside off stump, and spinning into Little. He goes for a wild sweep, and the the wrong'un goes past his pads and clips the outside of off stump. 175/8

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Afghanistan innings
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 64 runs, 2 wickets)
Afghanistan: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (27 balls), Extras 2
Afghanistan: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 8
Afghanistan: 150 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls), Extras 11
Mohammad Nabi: 50 off 28 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
Afghanistan: 200 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 14
Innings Break: Afghanistan - 210/7 in 20.0 overs (Rashid Khan 7, Sharafuddin Ashraf 3)

Ireland innings
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 66 runs, 1 wicket)
Ireland: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 2
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (KJ O'Brien 27, A Balbirnie 22, Ex 1)
KJ O'Brien: 50 off 26 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
Ireland: 100 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 3
Ireland: 150 runs in 15.3 overs (93 balls), Extras 6

MATCH DETAILS

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun
Toss	Ireland, elected to field first
Series	Afghanistan v Ireland
Season	2018/19
Player Of The Match	Mohammad Nabi
Player Of The Series	Mohammad Nabi
Series result	Afghanistan won the 3-match series 3-0
Match number	T20I no. 747
Hours of play (local time)	18.30 start, First Session 18.30-19.55, Interval 19.55-20.15, Second Session 20.15- 21.40
Match days	24 February 2019 - day (20-over match)
T20I debut	Ziaur Rahman
Umpires	Ahmed Shah Durrani Izatullah Safi
TV Umpire	Ahmed Shah Pakteen
Reserve Umpire	Bismillah Jan Shinwari
Match Referee	Javagal Srinath

Win Probability

AFG 100%

AFGIRE

100%50%100%

Over 20 • IRE 178/8

Josh Little b Rashid Khan 6 (5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 120

Afghanistan won by 32 runs

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Ireland Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
PR Stirling	caught	10	9
KJ O'Brien	caught	74	47
A Balbirnie	bowled	47	33
SR Thompson	run out	1	1
GH Dockrell	caught	18	10
SC Getkate	stumped	2	4
SW Poynter	not out	10	8
Simi Singh	lbw	0	1
JB Little	bowled	6	5
WB Rankin	not out	2	2
Extras	(w 8)
Total	178(8 wkts; 20 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
Ziaur Rahman	4	42	2	10.5
Sayed Shirzad	4	42	0	10.5
Sharafuddin Ashraf	4	39	0	9.75
Mohammad Nabi	4	28	0	7
Rashid Khan	4	27	5	6.75

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	32	Kevin O'Brien	Paul Stirling
2nd	96	Kevin O'Brien	Andy Balbirnie
3rd	1	Kevin O'Brien	Stuart Thompson
4th	24	Kevin O'Brien	George Dockrell
5th	5	Shane Getkate	George Dockrell
6th	0	Shane Getkate	Stuart Poynter
7th	0	Stuart Poynter	Simi Singh
8th	17	Stuart Poynter	Josh Little
9th	3	Boyd Rankin	Stuart Poynter

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