BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Shahzad †	c Rankin b Simi Singh	1	5	5	0	0	20.00

Hazratullah Zazai	c Simi Singh b Dockrell	82	54	72	6	7	151.85

Samiullah Shinwari	c Dockrell b Chase	1	4	7	0	0	25.00

Asghar Afghan (c)	c Dockrell b Little	37	34	62	2	2	108.82

Shafiqullah	c & b Chase	2	3	9	0	0	66.66

Mohammad Nabi	c Thompson b Rankin	12	5	13	1	1	240.00

Najibullah Zadran	not out	20	10	16	2	1	200.00
Rashid Khan	c Balbirnie b Rankin	0	2	6	0	0	0.00

Aftab Alam	c Balbirnie b Chase	1	3	4	0	0	33.33

Extras	(lb 1, w 3)	4
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 8.00, 97 Mins)	160/8
Did not bat: Fareed Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Mohammad Shahzad, 1.4 ov), 2-8 (Samiullah Shinwari, 2.5 ov), 3-124 (Hazratullah Zazai, 15.6 ov), 4-124 (Asghar Afghan, 16.1 ov), 5-137 (Shafiqullah, 17.1 ov), 6-148 (Mohammad Nabi, 18.2 ov), 7-149 (Rashid Khan, 18.5 ov), 8-160 (Aftab Alam, 19.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Boyd Rankin	4	0	14	2	3.50	14	1	0	1	0
18.2 to Mohammad Nabi, With so little time left, Nabi hits the ball high down the ground. Seems to hold up a little in the breeze and Thompson takes the catch a couple of yards in from the boundary.. 148/6 18.5 to Rashid Khan, Rashid goes for a duck, Its hit high into the air. Balbirnie gets under the ball at mid-off and takes the catch.. 149/7
Simi Singh	3	0	23	1	7.66	9	3	1	0	0
1.4 to Mohammad Shahzad, early wicket for Ireland, slices the ball and it flies to Rankin at short third man who doesn't have to move as he takes the catch. 5/1
Peter Chase	4	0	35	3	8.75	11	3	2	2	0
2.5 to Samiullah Shinwari, Another one goes! Seems to hold up a little off the pitch, still goes through with the pull shot and can't get enough power on it. Dockrell races in from the square leg boundary and takes the catch. 8/2 17.1 to Shafiqullah, Looks to swing the ball into the legside, was leaning back as he hit the shot and it just pops back in the air to the bowler, Chase does the rest. 137/5 19.6 to Aftab Alam, Chase gets another wicket with his final ball, slices the ball in the air over Balbirnie at extra cover. He chases the ball back and takes an excellent diving catch.. 160/8
Josh Little	4	0	48	1	12.00	8	2	5	0	0
16.1 to Asghar Afghan, its two in two for Ireland Pulls the ball high in the air towards square leg, it goes very high in the air and Dockrell bends his knees as he takes the catch. They are checking upstairs for the no-ball, it's just ok. 124/4
George Dockrell	4	0	19	1	4.75	11	2	0	0	0
15.6 to Hazratullah Zazai, this time Dockrell does get it too full and its a juicy full toss, Zazai can't get enough power on the ball and Singh doesn't have to move at cow corner. 124/3
Paul Stirling	1	0	20	0	20.00	1	0	3	0	0

Ireland (T: 161 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Stirling	c Rashid Khan b Aftab Alam	2	5	6	0	0	40.00

Stuart Thompson	c Mohammad Nabi b Mujeeb Ur Rahman	3	7	10	0	0	42.85

William Porterfield	c Aftab Alam b Rashid Khan	33	23	32	2	2	143.47

Andy Balbirnie	c & b Mujeeb Ur Rahman	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Gary Wilson (c)†	b Rashid Khan	22	28	45	0	1	78.57

Kevin O'Brien	c sub (Usman Ghani) b Fareed Ahmad	3	5	7	0	0	60.00

Simi Singh	b Mohammad Nabi	0	3	8	0	0	0.00

George Dockrell	c Samiullah Shinwari b Mujeeb Ur Rahman	3	7	8	0	0	42.85

Josh Little	not out	1	3	11	0	0	33.33
Boyd Rankin	b Rashid Khan	7	5	5	0	1	140.00

Peter Chase	c Mohammad Nabi b Rashid Khan	4	3	2	1	0	133.33

Extras	(w 1)	1
TOTAL	15 Ov (RR: 5.26, 68 Mins)	79
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Paul Stirling, 1.5 ov), 2-8 (Stuart Thompson, 2.2 ov), 3-9 (Andy Balbirnie, 2.6 ov), 4-46 (William Porterfield, 8.2 ov), 5-60 (Kevin O'Brien, 10.2 ov), 6-64 (Simi Singh, 11.3 ov), 7-66 (Gary Wilson, 12.4 ov), 8-68 (George Dockrell, 13.2 ov), 9-75 (Boyd Rankin, 14.3 ov), 10-79 (Peter Chase, 14.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	4	0	17	3	4.25	12	0	1	0	0
2.2 to SR Thompson, Thompson's innings is over, hits the ball towards long-on, Nabi races in off the rope and takes the catch. 8/2 2.6 to A Balbirnie, Make that 8 for 3! Balbirnie goes forward to the ball and just pops it back to the bowler. Terrible shot to play when his team needed him to dig in. Golden duck.. 9/3 13.2 to GH Dockrell, Dockrell gets a better connection with this ball, its hit in the air straight to Shenwari at mid-wicket and another one has to go!. 68/8
Aftab Alam	2	0	7	1	3.50	7	0	0	1	0
1.5 to PR Stirling, and the luck finally runs out! Stirling clips the ball towards short mid-wicket, didn't hit it cleanly and Rashid takes the catch. Afghanistan will be delighted to have got rid of the dangerous Stirling so cheaply. 6/1
Fareed Ahmad	3	0	19	1	6.33	8	2	0	0	0
10.2 to KJ O'Brien, O'Brien leans back and looks to muscle the ball into the legside, It goes very high and not very far, Ghani runs in and takes the catch at mid-wicket. The batters crossed.. 60/5
Mohammad Nabi	3	0	19	1	6.33	10	0	2	0	0
11.3 to Simi Singh, Teriible shot there from Singh, went down early to sweep the ball and just ended up playing a nothing shot and is bowled. Gone for a duck and Ireland are 6 down. 64/6
Rashid Khan	3	0	17	4	5.66	9	1	1	0	0
8.2 to WTS Porterfield, Alam does it again! Porterfield goes down on one knee and looks to reverse sweep the ball, Alam leaps to his right at short third man and catches the ball inches off the ground. Brilliant fielding, just brilliant. 46/4 12.4 to GC Wilson, the ball keeps a little low, Wilson looks to slog sweep the ball into the legside and the stumps are disturbed. That's the end of the Irish challenge isn't it?. 66/7 14.3 to WB Rankin, not a bad come back from Rashid!. Rankin goes back in the crease and looks to turn the ball into the legside, the ball spins past the bat and the bails come off. 75/9 14.6 to PKD Chase, its all over!. Chase hits the ball down the ground, Nabi charges in off the boundary, leaps full length and takes an brilliant catch. Its all over Afghanistan win. 79/10

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MATCH DETAILS

Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason, Bready
Toss	Afghanistan, elected to bat first
Series	Afghanistan tour of Ireland
Season	2018
Series result	Afghanistan led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number	T20I no. 697
Hours of play (local time)	16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-17.50, Second Session 17.50-19.20
Match days	22 August 2018 - daynight (20-over match)
Umpires	Mark Hawthorne Paul Reynolds
TV Umpire	Roly Black
Reserve Umpire	Alan Neill
Match Referee	Ranjan Madugalle

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Ireland Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
PR Stirling	caught	2	5
SR Thompson	caught	3	7
WTS Porterfield	caught	33	23
A Balbirnie	caught	0	1
GC Wilson	bowled	22	28
KJ O'Brien	caught	3	5
Simi Singh	bowled	0	3
GH Dockrell	caught	3	7
JB Little	not out	1	3
WB Rankin	bowled	7	5
PKD Chase	caught	4	3
Extras	(w 1)
Total	79(10 wkts; 15 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	4	17	3	4.25
Aftab Alam	2	7	1	3.5
Fareed Ahmad	3	19	1	6.33
Mohammad Nabi	3	19	1	6.33
Rashid Khan	3	17	4	5.66

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	6	Paul Stirling	Stuart Thompson
2nd	2	William Porterfield	Stuart Thompson
3rd	1	William Porterfield	Andy Balbirnie
4th	37	Gary Wilson	William Porterfield
5th	14	Kevin O'Brien	Gary Wilson
6th	4	Gary Wilson	Simi Singh
7th	2	Gary Wilson	George Dockrell
8th	2	George Dockrell	Josh Little
9th	7	Boyd Rankin	Josh Little
10th	4	Peter Chase	Josh Little

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