BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William Porterfield (c)	c Samiullah Shinwari b Hamid Hassan	78	134	175	7	2	58.20
Gary Wilson	c Hamid Hassan b Mohammad Nabi	53	89	114	9	0	59.55
Alex Cusack	c †Mohammad Shahzad b Samiullah Shinwari	39	92	96	6	0	42.39
Niall O'Brien †	c †Mohammad Shahzad b Karim Sadiq	66	119	156	9	0	55.46
Andre Botha	st †Mohammad Shahzad b Samiullah Shinwari	0	7	7	0	0	0.00
Kevin O'Brien	lbw b Samiullah Shinwari	16	35	53	2	0	45.71
Andrew White	c Karim Sadiq b Hamid Hassan	43	89	90	6	0	48.31
John Mooney	not out	58	90	105	9	0	64.44
Trent Johnston	lbw b Samiullah Shinwari	2	20	23	0	0	10.00
Gary Kidd	c †Mohammad Shahzad b Hamid Hassan	4	18	17	0	0	22.22
Peter Connell	b Shapoor Zadran	18	28	51	4	0	64.28
Extras	(lb 13, nb 13, w 2)	28
TOTAL	118 Ov (RR: 3.43, 443 Mins)	405
Fall of wickets: 1-120 (Gary Wilson, 28.2 ov), 2-170 (William Porterfield, 45.4 ov), 3-203 (Alex Cusack, 54.2 ov), 4-203 (Andre Botha, 56.3 ov), 5-231 (Kevin O'Brien, 66.4 ov), 6-316 (Niall O'Brien, 90.1 ov), 7-323 (Andrew White, 93.4 ov), 8-328 (Trent Johnston, 100.4 ov), 9-339 (Gary Kidd, 105.2 ov), 10-405 (Peter Connell, 117.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dawlat Ahmadzai	11	2	32	0	2.90	51	5	0	0	0
Shapoor Zadran	10	1	33	1	3.30	45	5	0	0	0
117.6 to PC Connell, . 405/10
Hamid Hassan	24	4	91	3	3.79	109	11	0	0	13
45.4 to WTS Porterfield, . 170/2 93.4 to AR White, . 323/7 105.2 to GE Kidd, . 339/9
Noor Ali Zadran	2	0	21	0	10.50	6	3	1	1	0
Mohammad Nabi	27	3	102	1	3.77	120	14	1	0	0
28.2 to GC Wilson, . 120/1
Samiullah Shinwari	27	5	75	4	2.77	122	8	0	0	0
54.2 to AR Cusack, . 203/3 56.3 to AC Botha, . 203/4 66.4 to KJ O'Brien, . 231/5 100.4 to DT Johnston, . 328/8
Karim Sadiq	15	5	31	1	2.06	77	5	0	1	0
90.1 to NJ O'Brien, . 316/6
Nawroz Mangal	2	0	7	0	3.50	8	1	0	0	0

Afghanistan 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Karim Sadiq	b Kidd	19	46	75	4	0	41.30
Noor Ali Zadran	c †NJ O'Brien b Connell	53	71	89	9	0	74.64
Shabir Noori	c KJ O'Brien b White	85	234	331	10	0	36.32
Nawroz Mangal (c)	c †NJ O'Brien b Botha	84	114	118	16	0	73.68
Mohammad Shahzad †	c †NJ O'Brien b Botha	88	121	167	15	0	72.72
Asghar Afghan	b Johnston	39	96	122	5	0	40.62
Mohammad Nabi	c Mooney b White	64	127	68	4	2	50.39
Samiullah Shinwari	lbw b Botha	19	35	46	2	0	54.28
Dawlat Ahmadzai	not out	7	48	61	0	0	14.58
Hamid Hassan	c †NJ O'Brien b White	7	16	17	0	1	43.75
Shapoor Zadran	lbw b White	2	15	21	0	0	13.33
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 3)	7
TOTAL	153.2 Ov (RR: 3.09, 557 Mins)	474
Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Karim Sadiq, 18.2 ov), 2-74 (Noor Ali Zadran, 21.3 ov), 3-178 (Nawroz Mangal, 54.1 ov), 4-325 (Mohammad Shahzad, 93.1 ov), 5-342 (Shabir Noori, 101.1 ov), 6-414 (Asghar Afghan, 124.4 ov), 7-453 (Samiullah Shinwari, 136.4 ov), 8-461 (Mohammad Nabi, 143.1 ov), 9-468 (Hamid Hassan, 147.6 ov), 10-474 (Shapoor Zadran, 153.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Peter Connell	21	9	52	1	2.47	104	9	0	0	0
21.3 to Noor Ali Zadran, . 74/2
Trent Johnston	26	5	88	1	3.38	116	13	0	0	2
124.4 to Asghar Afghan, . 414/6
Alex Cusack	11	1	56	0	5.09	44	7	1	0	0
Gary Kidd	24	8	68	1	2.83	115	11	0	0	0
18.2 to Karim Sadiq, . 72/1
John Mooney	4	0	22	0	5.50	29	7	0	0	1
Andrew White	31.2	8	99	4	3.15	142	10	2	0	0
101.1 to Shabir Noori, . 342/5 143.1 to Mohammad Nabi, . 461/8 147.6 to Hamid Hassan, . 468/9 153.2 to Shapoor Zadran, . 474/10
Andre Botha	21	6	44	3	2.09	100	5	0	0	0
54.1 to Nawroz Mangal, . 178/3 93.1 to Mohammad Shahzad, . 325/4 136.4 to Samiullah Shinwari, . 453/7
Kevin O'Brien	15	4	41	0	2.73	56	3	0	0	0

Ireland 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William Porterfield (c)	c †Mohammad Shahzad b Dawlat Ahmadzai	14	46	68	1	0	30.43
Gary Wilson	b Dawlat Ahmadzai	27	73	100	4	0	36.98
Alex Cusack	b Dawlat Ahmadzai	4	7	10	0	0	57.14
Niall O'Brien †	c †Mohammad Shahzad b Hamid Hassan	9	35	67	1	0	25.71
Andre Botha	lbw b Mohammad Nabi	27	36	55	5	0	75.00
Kevin O'Brien	lbw b Mohammad Nabi	3	34	29	0	0	8.82
Andrew White	c Hamid Hassan b Mohammad Nabi	4	20	19	0	0	20.00
John Mooney	lbw b Dawlat Ahmadzai	18	76	82	1	0	23.68
Trent Johnston	not out	63	91	133	7	1	69.23
Gary Kidd	lbw b Dawlat Ahmadzai	0	8	9	0	0	0.00
Peter Connell	c †Mohammad Shahzad b Mohammad Nabi	10	36	54	2	0	27.77
Extras	(b 9, lb 3, nb 9, w 2)	23
TOTAL	75.3 Ov (RR: 2.67, 313 Mins)	202
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (William Porterfield, 16.2 ov), 2-50 (Alex Cusack, 18.1 ov), 3-57 (Gary Wilson, 22.3 ov), 4-91 (Andre Botha, 31.1 ov), 5-91 (Niall O'Brien, 32.2 ov), 6-98 (Andrew White, 37.4 ov), 7-101 (Kevin O'Brien, 41.6 ov), 8-141 (John Mooney, 60.1 ov), 9-143 (Gary Kidd, 62.3 ov), 10-202 (Peter Connell, 75.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shapoor Zadran	12	1	41	0	3.41	54	4	0	2	2
Dawlat Ahmadzai	15	4	52	5	3.46	69	6	0	0	5
16.2 to WTS Porterfield, . 43/1 18.1 to AR Cusack, . 50/2 22.3 to GC Wilson, . 57/3 60.1 to JF Mooney, . 141/8 62.3 to GE Kidd, . 143/9
Hamid Hassan	11	2	27	1	2.45	52	3	0	0	2
32.2 to NJ O'Brien, . 91/5
Mohammad Nabi	22.3	11	33	4	1.46	119	4	0	0	0
31.1 to AC Botha, . 91/4 37.4 to AR White, . 98/6 41.6 to KJ O'Brien, . 101/7 75.3 to PC Connell, . 202/10
Samiullah Shinwari	13	3	32	0	2.46	61	3	1	0	0
Karim Sadiq	2	0	5	0	2.50	10	1	0	0	0

Afghanistan 2nd Innings (T: 134 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Karim Sadiq	b Johnston	1	4	4	0	0	25.00
Noor Ali Zadran	c †NJ O'Brien b Kidd	57	75	102	6	1	76.00
Shabir Noori	c †NJ O'Brien b Cusack	21	40	40	4	0	52.50
Mohammad Shahzad †	not out	42	51	73	6	0	82.35
Nawroz Mangal (c)	not out	16	19	25	2	0	84.21
Extras		0
TOTAL	31.3 Ov (RR: 4.34, 116 Mins)	137/3
Did not bat: Mohammad Nabi, Asghar Afghan, Dawlat Ahmadzai, Samiullah Shinwari, Shapoor Zadran, Hamid Hassan
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Karim Sadiq, 1.1 ov), 2-48 (Shabir Noori, 12.6 ov), 3-101 (Noor Ali Zadran, 24.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Peter Connell	2	0	12	0	6.00	8	2	0	0	0
Trent Johnston	4	1	13	1	3.25	18	2	0	0	0
1.1 to Karim Sadiq, . 5/1
Kevin O'Brien	4	0	16	0	4.00	15	2	0	0	0
Andre Botha	8	0	20	0	2.50	31	1	0	0	0
Alex Cusack	3.3	0	25	1	7.14	11	5	0	0	0
12.6 to Shabir Noori, . 48/2
Gary Kidd	8	0	36	1	4.50	27	3	1	0	0
24.6 to Noor Ali Zadran, . 101/3
Andrew White	2	0	15	0	7.50	6	3	0	0	0

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Thu, 21 Jan - day 1 - Ireland 1st innings 324/7 (John Mooney 5*, Trent Johnston 0*, 98 ov)

Fri, 22 Jan - day 2 - Afghanistan 1st innings 263/3 (Shabir Noori 44*, Mohammad Shahzad 60*, 74 ov)

Sat, 23 Jan - day 3 - Ireland 2nd innings 39/0 (William Porterfield 14*, Gary Wilson 21*, 14 ov)

Sun, 24 Jan - day 4 - Afghanistan 2nd innings 137/3 (31.3 ov) - end of match

MATCH DETAILS

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Toss	Ireland, elected to bat first
Series	ICC Intercontinental Cup Ireland tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2009/10
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days	21,22,23,24 January 2010 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Karim Sadiq Shabir Noori
Umpires	Ranmore Martinesz Tyron Wijewardene
Reserve Umpire	Sagara Gallage
Match Referee	Ishtiaq Ahmed
Points	Afghanistan 20, Ireland 0

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Afghanistan Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
Karim Sadiq	bowled	1	4
Noor Ali Zadran	caught	57	75
Shabir Noori	caught	21	40
Mohammad Shahzad	not out	42	51
Nawroz Mangal	not out	16	19
Total	137(3 wkts; 31.3 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
PC Connell	2	0	12	0	6
DT Johnston	4	1	13	1	3.25
KJ O'Brien	4	0	16	0	4
AC Botha	8	0	20	0	2.5
AR Cusack	3.3	0	25	1	7.14
GE Kidd	8	0	36	1	4.5
AR White	2	0	15	0	7.5

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	5	Noor Ali Zadran	Karim Sadiq
2nd	43	Shabir Noori	Noor Ali Zadran
3rd	53	Noor Ali Zadran	Mohammad Shahzad
4th	36	Nawroz Mangal	Mohammad Shahzad

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ICC Intercontinental Cup

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
AFG	6	5	0	1	97	1.275
SCOT	6	4	1	1	89	0.957
ZimXI	6	3	1	2	72	1.429
IRE	6	2	1	3	55	1.160
KENYA	6	2	3	1	43	0.950
NED	6	0	5	1	15	0.737
CAN	6	0	5	1	9	0.716

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