| 0.6 : 0.6: Naveen-ul-Haq to Paul Stirling, FOUR! Glorious drive! Stirling and Ireland are underway! Slightly overpitched around off, Paul leans into the drive and creams it through covers as the ball races to the fence in no time. |
| 1.3 : 1.3: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Kevin O'Brien, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Mujeeb strikes! Another failure for Kevin O'Brien. Mujeeb Ur Rahman tosses one up around off, O'Brien looks to play it off the back foot but the ball just about spins away taking the outside edge and settling into the hands of the first slip fielder where Gulbadin Naib takes the catch. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Paul Stirling, FOUR! Creamed! Full and around off, Stirling comes on the front foot and then drives it through covers for another boundary. Stirling is in top form here. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Paul Stirling, FOUR! Pulled away! Flatter and around off, Stirling rocks on the back foot and then pulls it through mid-wicket for another boundary. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: Naveen-ul-Haq to Andy Balbirnie, FOUR! Slapped! Shorter and outside off, Balbirnie stands tall and cuts it through cover-point as the ball races to the fence behind. |
| 3.5 : 3.5: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Andy Balbirnie, OUT! LBW! THREE REDS! Andy Balbirnie departs and so takes the review with him too. Mujeeb strikes again in his second over. Tossed up ball around off, spinning into Balbirnie who lines up to play the sweep. He though misses to get rapped on the pads. There comes the appeal from the Afghan players and the umpire raises his finger. Balbirnie after consulting his partner takes the review. Replays roll in and there comes the Ultra Edge. Nothing on it when |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Naveen-ul-Haq to Paul Stirling, FOUR! SHOT! A full ball outside off, Stirling creams this one through the cover-point area for a boundary. Stirling continues on his merry way despite losing partners from the other end. |
| 7.3 : 7.3: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Paul Stirling, Six! Marvellous! The key is to hit through the line and Stirling does exactly the same. Mujeeb tosses this one up, Stirling has a nice backlift as he lofts it straight over the bowler's head and into the sightscreen for a maximum. First one of the innings. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Paul Stirling, FOUR! Pressure releasing boundary! Floated around off, Stirling this time makes room and drives it through covers to get a boundary. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Gulbadin Naib to Paul Stirling, SIX! SHOT! Finally Stirling gets it over. A fuller ball in the slot, Stirling smashes it over the mid off boundary for a maximum. |
| 13.3: Mohammad Nabi to Paul Stirling, FOUR! Nicely done. A floated ball outside off, Stirling this time connects on his sweep and collects a boundary towards the square leg region. |
| 14.2 : 14.2: Gulbadin Naib to Paul Stirling, FOUR! FIFTY FOR STIRLING! His 25th in the format. He has played well here. A length ball outside off, Stirling crunches this off his backfoot in the cover-point area for a boundary. Ireland would want him to go on and on and on. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: Javed Ahmadi to Paul Stirling, SIX! Stirling puts his dancing shoes on and takes of Javed Ahmadi there. A tossed up ball on off, Stirling skips down the track and lofts it downtown over the fence at long on for a biggie. |
| 24.5 : 24.5: Naveen-ul-Haq to Harry Tector, OUT! CAUGHT! Tector perishes after a good start. Inspired bowling change to bring back Naveen. A slower ball around off, Tector mistimes the ball and chips it straight to the fielder at short mid-wicket. Naib there does no mistake and pouches it safely. End of a good 84-run stand. |
| 27.1 : 27.1: Mohammad Nabi to Paul Stirling, FOUR! SHOT! Loopy ball on off, Stirling slogs this one in the gap at the mid-wicket region and collects a one bounce boundary. |
| 27.3 : 27.3: Mohammad Nabi to Paul Stirling, FOUR! Second boundary of the over. A quicker and flatter ball outside off, Stirling pierces it through the gap at point area and collects a boundary. |
| 27.5 : 27.5: Mohammad Nabi to Paul Stirling, FOUR! CHEEKY SHOT! A flatter ball on middle, Stirling paddles it past the short fine leg fielder and collects his third boundary of the over. |
| 31.1 : 31.1: Rashid Khan to Curtis Campher, FOUR! Nicely done! Fuller delivery down the leg side by Rashid, Campher goes for the conventional sweep and gets a boundary at deep square leg. |
| 31.6 : 31.6: Rashid Khan to Curtis Campher, FOUR! Slightly shorter and on off, Campher rocks on the back foot and pulls it to the deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary. 12 runs off the over. |
| 33.5 : 33.5: Rashid Khan to Curtis Campher, FOUR! Flatter and around off, Campher goes for the sweep once again and nails it in the gap at mid-wicket for boundary. 50 run stand is up between these two. |
| 35.6 : 35.6: Mohammad Nabi to Paul Stirling, FOUR! TON FOR PAUL STIRLING. His 11th ODI ton and his second against Afganistan. Floated ball on middle, Stirling paddles it away fine towards the fine leg fence and gets to his century. |
| 37.3 : 37.3: Gulbadin Naib to Paul Stirling, FOUR! SHOT! A length ball outside off, Stirling smashes this one in the gap at cover-point for a boundary. He will look to up the ante now as he has completed his ton. |
| 40.1 : 40.1: Gulbadin Naib to Curtis Campher, FOUR! Lofted it! Length and around off, Campher lofts it towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 40.6 : 40.6: Gulbadin Naib to Paul Stirling, SIX! Banged! Full and around off, Stirling lofts it handsomely over long on and gets half a dozen runs to his name. |
| 41.3 : 41.3: Rashid Khan to Curtis Campher, OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the man at covers. Curtis Campher departs 3 short of his half ton. Tossed up on off, Campher looks to go for a drive through the off side but fails to keep it down the ground. The ball goes uppishly towards Hashmatullah Shahidi who takes a good catch. |
| 42.6 : 42.6: Naveen-ul-Haq to Lorcan Tucker, FOUR! On the pads, clipped towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 43.3 : 43.3: Rashid Khan to Lorcan Tucker, FOUR! SHOT! Wide ball outside off, Tucker reverse sweeps this one past point for a boundary. |
| 44.3: Naveen-ul-Haq to Paul Stirling, OUT! CAUGHT! Stirling departs after a good knock. Slower short one outside off, plenty of width on offer, Stirling slaps hard and gets it straight to the man at short cover. Gulbadin Naib does take the catch and Stirling walks off to a standing ovation. |
| 45.5 : 45.5: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Lorcan Tucker, OUT! CAUGHT! Tucker departs. A flatter ball on middle, Tucker shuffles and sweeps this uppishly straight in the hands of the fielder at deep square leg. Nabi there pouches this one safely to his right. |
| 48.1 : 48.1: Naveen-ul-Haq to Simi Singh, FOUR! Driven handsomely! Full and around off, Singh drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 48.5 : 48.5: Naveen-ul-Haq to Simi Singh, OUT! CAUGHT! Another slower short ball On off, Singh goes for the pull but is early into the shot as he gets a glove on it and it goes to the keeper who takes it. Rahmanullah Gurbaz there takes the catch. |
| 48.6 : 48.6: Naveen-ul-Haq to Andy McBrine, OUT! CLEANED UP! Two-in-two for Naveen-ul-Haq. Fuller and in line off the stumps. McBrine expects a slower one but it is length ball around off, Andy goes for the drive but is beaten and sees the stumps shattered behind. Naveen-ul-Haq ends with a 4-wicket haul. |
| 49.2 : 49.2: Gulbadin Naib to Barry McCarthy, OUT! CAUGHT! McCarthy departs for a duck. A length ball around off, Barry looks to hit it out of the ground but ends up hitting straight down the throat of Rashid at deep mid-wicket. |
| 3.1 : 3.1: Simi Singh to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! SHOT! A floated ball on middle and off, Gurbaz slog sweeps this one over mid-wicket for his first boundary. The ball just bounced ahead of the ropes. |
| 4.1: Craig Young to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! UP AND OVER! A fullish ball on middle, Gurbaz flicks this over the fielder at mid on for a boundary. Authoritive shot from the opener. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Craig Young to Javed Ahmadi, FOUR! SHOT! A shortish ball on middle, Ahmadi pulls this one over the mid-wicket fielder for a boundary. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: Craig Young to Javed Ahmadi, FOUR! SHOT! A length ball outside off, Ahmadi slashes this through the cover-point region to collect his second boundary of the over. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Simi Singh to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, SIX! Down the track and Gurbaz takes Simi Singh on. Tossed up ball on off, Gurbaz swings hard and over long off for a biggie. |
| 5.4 : 5.4: Simi Singh to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, SIX! Second one of the over! Flatter and outside off, Gurbaz slog sweeps it wayh over deep square leg for a maximum. |
| 7.5 : 7.5: Barry McCarthy to Javed Ahmadi, OUT! LBW! McCarthy strikes! Length and angled on off, Ahmadi looks to play it off the back foot but is beaten to get rapped on the pads. There comes an appeal and the umpire raises his finger. Ahmadi does not review it as it looked pretty adjacent. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: Curtis Campher to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! Supereme Shot! A low full toss and Gurbaz drives it through mid off and the ball beats the man there for a boundary at long off. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Curtis Campher to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, OUT! LBW! THREE REDS! Gurbaz is gone! Ireland strike twice in two overs! Full and straight on middle, Gurbaz misses his flick to get hit on the pads. There is an appeal and the umpire raises his finger. Rahmanullah reviews it immediately. Replay roll in and the Ultra Edge shows no bat involved. The Ball Tracker comes on and it is Three Reds. Afghanistan lose a review as well as wicket. The centurion from the last game departs after a short breezy inning |
| 9.2 : 9.2: Barry McCarthy to Rahmat Shah, FOUR! Shah gets off the mark in some style! This also brings up the 50 for Afghanistan. Full and around off, Shah drives it through covers and the ball races to the fence for a boundary. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: Barry McCarthy to Rahmat Shah, FOUR! Glorious drive! Full and around off, Shah comes on the front foot and then drives it through covers and the ball finds the fence once again. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: Curtis Campher to Hashmatullah Shahidi, SIX! LOVELY SHOT to get off the mark. A length ball outside off, Shahidi clears his front leg and tonks this over the long on boundary for a maximum. |
| 11.6 : 11.6: Andy McBrine to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR! Good timing. A shortish ball outside off, Shahidi rocks back and cuts it towards the point boundary. |
| 12.4 : 12.4: Curtis Campher to Rahmat Shah, FOUR! SHOT! A shortish ball on off, Shah rocks back and pulls this one towards the boundary at deep mid-wicket. A glorious shot this by Shah. |
| 14.3 : 14.3: Curtis Campher to Rahmat Shah, FOUR! GLORIOUS TIMING. A fuller ball on off, Shah flicks this past the mid on fielder towards the long on fence for a boundary. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: Barry McCarthy to Rahmat Shah, FOUR! Nicely done! Overpitched from McCarthy around off, Shah drives it through mid off and beats the man there for a boundary at long off. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Barry McCarthy to Rahmat Shah, FOUR! Scintillating drive! Full and around off, Shah drives it superbly through covers. The fielder there dives and takes some pace of the ball but it still has enough to reach the fence. |
| 20.4 : 20.4: Kevin O'Brien to Rahmat Shah, FOUR! Loevly driving. An overpitched ball on off, Shah creams this one past the bowler straight down the ground for a boundary. |
| 23.2 : 23.2: Simi Singh to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR! SHOT! A short ball on middle, Shahidi rocks back and pulls this one over mid-wicket and gets a one bounce boundary. |
| 24.5 : 24.5: Kevin O'Brien to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR! LOVELY WRISTWORK. A wide length ball outside off, Shahidi cuts this past the point fielder and gets a boundary. Moves onto 32 now with that shot. |
| 33.1 : 33.1: Gareth Delany to Rahmat Shah, FOUR! SHOT! Tossed up on middle, Shah makes room and creams this one past the cover fielder for a boundary. Excellent shot this by Shah. |
| 34.4 : 34.4: Andy McBrine to Rahmat Shah, SIX! WHAT A SHOT! A floated ball on middle, Shah comes down the track and lofts this one over the long off boundary for a maximum. |
| 36.1 : 36.1: Andy McBrine to Rahmat Shah, FOUR! Nicely driven! Flatter and outside off, Shah goes deep inside his crease and then punches the ball through covers for a boundary. |
| 37.2 : 37.2: Craig Young to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR! Pulled away! Short and on middle, Shahidi pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary. 150 partnership up between the two now. |
| 37.3 : 37.3: Craig Young to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR! Consecutive hits to the fence from the willow of Shahidi! Young bangs short once again and Shahidi swats it well over mid on from the back foot and gets a boundary at long on this time. |
| 38.3: Andy McBrine to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR! Beautiful shot! Flatter and outside off, Shahidi punches the ball through cover-point and manages to get a boundary this time. |
| 40.3: Barry McCarthy to Rahmat Shah, SIX! TONKED! A fuller ball on middle, Shah comes down the track and launches this one over the long on boundary for a maximum. |
| 41.3: Simi Singh to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR! SHOT! A loopy ball on middle, Shahidi lofts this inside out over the fielder at covers to get himself a boundary. |
| 41.4 : 41.4: Simi Singh to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR! Back to back boundaries for Shahidi. He looks in a hurry. A loopy ball on off, Shahidi drives this one past the covers for a boundary. Moves onto 82 now. |
| 41.6 : 41.6: Simi Singh to Hashmatullah Shahidi, OUT! CAUGHT! Shahidi perishes. No hundred for him in this innings. A floated ball on middle, Shahidi looks to tonk it over long on but ends up hitting straight in the air. The fielder from long off runs to his left and takes a very good catch. Craig Young was the man there who ran accross and gobbled up the ball there. |
| 42.3 : 42.3: Barry McCarthy to Rahmat Shah, FOUR! CENTURY FOR RAHMAT SHAH! A length on the pads, Shah tickles this one fine towards the fine leg boundary and brings up his century in style. What an innings this has been from him. |
| 44.1 : 44.1: Barry McCarthy to Asghar Afghan, SIX! SHOT! A short ball outside off, Afghan shuffles across and pulls this high and handsomely over the mid-wicket boundary for a maximum. |
| 44.2 : 44.2: Barry McCarthy to Asghar Afghan, SIX! Back to Back sixes for the skipper. He wants to finish this game early. A short ball again by Barry and Afghan rocks back and pulls this over the mid-wicket boundary for a maximum. Just 6 needed now. |
| 44.3 : 44.3: Barry McCarthy to Asghar Afghan, FOUR! Now gets a one bounce boundary. A slower ball on middle, Afghan pulls this one towards deep square leg and the ball just bounces ahead of the ropes. Just 2 needed now. |
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