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Ireland vs Afghanistan, 2nd T20I at Belfast, IRE v AFG, Aug 11 2022 - Match Result

RESULT
2nd T20I, Belfast, August 11, 2022, Afghanistan tour of Ireland
(19/20 ov, T:123) 125/5

Ireland won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
2/18
josh-little
Match centre 
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Scorecard summary
Afghanistan 122/8(20 overs)
Ireland 125/5(19 overs)
end of over 1910 runs
IRE: 125/5CRR: 6.57 
George Dockrell25 (19b 1x4 1x6)
Gareth Delany3 (5b)
Fazalhaq Farooqi 4-0-27-1
Naveen-ul-Haq 3-0-12-1

That's the end of our coverage. Hemant and I are signing off here. Thanks for joining us, we'll see you again tomorrow.

Josh Little is Player of the Match for his 2/18: "I had a nice little rhythm. Something I was successful at the World Cup last year, always going to look at what works for me. if you get wickets in the powerplay you always give yourself a chance."

Andy Balbirnie, Ireland captain: "We were brilliant in the powerplay. Josh Little gets better and better. We've been great against world-class layers in the last few weeks." Fielding: "We know we have to be good at it. We are working on various things, glad to see the benefits for it." His own batting: "You've to remind yourself you've done good stuff in the past. We're gelling well as a team as we've been playing a lot together."

Mohammad Nabi, Afghanistan captain: "We didn't read the pitch properly, we thought it was dry but the ball was seaming a lot. We were 30 runs short. We threw away wickets back to back upfront. We started with a quick because it was a seaming wicket." Fielding: "We missed a lot of balls, hopefully we will come back well in the next match. We will work on the mistakes."

6.54pm That's back-to-back wins for Ireland after a string of losses. Afghanistan could post just 122 for 8 after opting to bat with Ireland fast bowlers getting regular wickets. In reply, Ireland did struggle a bit to get going. But a 65-run stand between captain Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker set up the chase... and George Dockrell finished it off. The difference between the two teams was definitely the fielding. Afghanistan missed a number of chances on the field and were careless at times. They'll look to come back well and keep the series alive.

18.6
6
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, SIX runs

Full toss and it's smashed over midwicket for a six... and Ireland go 2-0 up

18.5
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, no run

Slower short one, Dockrell is beaten all ends up

18.4
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Delany, 1 run

Yorker and the batter digs it out for a single on the offside

18.3
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, 1 run

banged in short again, he pulls it strongly to midwicket

18.2
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Delany, 1 run

Banged in short, pulled off the backfoot to midwicket

18.1
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, 1 run

Angled in on middle, it's smashed back hard at the bowler.. bowler gets a hand on it but it rolls away down the ground. Farooqi looks to have hurt himself in the process

end of over 185 runs
IRE: 115/5CRR: 6.38 RRR: 4.00 • Need 8 from 12b
Gareth Delany1 (3b)
George Dockrell17 (15b 1x4)
Naveen-ul-Haq 3-0-12-1
Fazalhaq Farooqi 3-0-17-1
17.6
Naveen-ul-Haq to Delany, no run

Short again, it is slapped off the backfoot to fielder at cover

17.5
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Dockrell, 1 run

Angled in flicked on the legside.. just a single

17.4
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Delany, 1 run

Short into the body, pushed away to the covers for a single

17.3
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Dockrell, 1 run

Short ball, he slaps it to mid-off for a quick single.. and there's an overthrow. Fielding has been below-par

17.2
Naveen-ul-Haq to Dockrell, no run

Angled in on middle and leg, he cramped him for room, pushed to offside

17.1
2
Naveen-ul-Haq to Dockrell, 2 runs

Back of length on middle, pushed to midwicket..Superb running from the batters

end of over 177 runs • 1 wicket
IRE: 110/5CRR: 6.47 RRR: 4.33 • Need 13 from 18b
Gareth Delany0 (1b)
George Dockrell13 (11b 1x4)
Fazalhaq Farooqi 3-0-17-1
Mohammad Nabi 2-0-15-2
16.6
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Delany, no run

Full on middle, pushed to covers

16.5
W
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Campher, OUT

Short ball, he advances down and goes for the pull but has knicked it behind!

Curtis Campher c †Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Fazalhaq Farooqi 7 (7b 1x4 0x6 10m) SR: 100
16.4
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, 1 run

A bit wide on off, cut away to deep third

16.3
4
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, FOUR runs

Around the wicket, Angled on middle stump, smashed down the ground for a boundary

16.2
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Campher, 1 run

Advanced down the track and tries to drive but it comes into him too full

16.1
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dockrell, 1 run

Around the wicket, angled in, pushed through the covers for a single

end of over 1613 runs
IRE: 103/4CRR: 6.43 RRR: 5.00 • Need 20 from 24b
Curtis Campher6 (5b 1x4)
George Dockrell7 (8b)
Mohammad Nabi 2-0-15-2
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4-0-23-1

13 runs off the over. Ireland back on top

15.6
4lb
M Nabi to Campher, 4 leg byes

Flicked fine for a boundary

15.5
4
M Nabi to Campher, FOUR runs

Cut away on the offside, poor fielding from Ibrahim at deep point as he lets the ball go through

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
A Balbirnie
46 runs (36)
6 fours1 six
Productive shot
sweep shot
9 runs
0 four1 six
Control
57%
Hashmatullah Shahidi
36 runs (42)
3 fours0 six
Productive shot
cut shot
7 runs
1 four0 six
Control
67%
Best performances - bowlers
MR Adair
O
3
M
0
R
12
W
2
ECO
4
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
C Campher
O
3
M
0
R
13
W
2
ECO
4.33
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Match details
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast
TossAfghanistan, elected to bat first
Series
Season2022
Player Of The Match
Series resultIreland led the 5-match series 2-0
Match numberT20I no. 1729
Match days11 August 2022 - day (20-over match)
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Language
English
Win Probability
IRE 100%
AFGIRE
100%50%100%AFG InningsIRE Innings

Over 19 • IRE 125/5

Ireland won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
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