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Afghanistan vs Ireland 2019 1st ODI Full Commentary

Result · May 19 2019, Sun - 03:15 PM (IST)
1st ODI, - Civil Service Cricket Club
IRELAND
210
AFGHANISTAN
138
Ireland won by 72 runs
CRR:3.87
  • 48.5

    OUT! Bowled. Aftab Alam to Boyd Rankin. Yorker, off stump on the front foot Steer, missed to. Rankin is bowled. The yorker comes in and Rankin has no answer to it. Great bowling. And that concludes the innings. 210 all out. A collapse at the end from Ireland and a below par score. Afghanistan were good value for money here, picking up key wickets and restricting the Irish batting. With rain forecast for later it will be interesting to see how Afghanistan start.

  • 48.4

    Aftab Alam to Tim Murtagh., backing away pulling, mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Khan.

  • 48.3

    Aftab Alam to Tim Murtagh. Full toss, off stump on the front foot driving, to mid off for no runs.

  • 48.2

    Aftab Alam to Boyd Rankin. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Nabi.

  • 48.1

    Aftab Alam to Tim Murtagh. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, in the air under control to deep extra cover for 1 run.

  • 47.6

    OUT! Caught. Dawlat Zadran to Andy McBrine. Back of a length, middle stump down the track pulling, Spliced in the air uncontrolled to backward point, by Shahidi. McBrine splices this one straight up to backward point who takes a simple catch.

  • 47.5

    Dawlat Zadran to Andy McBrine. Back of a length, middle stump on the back foot pulling, bottom edge to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Khan.

  • 47.4

    Dawlat Zadran to Tim Murtagh. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, in the air under control to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Zazai.

  • 47.3

    Dawlat Zadran to Andy McBrine. Back of a length, middle stump on the back foot dropped, to short extra cover for 1 run, shy attempt by Zadran.

  • 47.2

    Dawlat Zadran to Andy McBrine. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Naib.

  • 47.1

    Dawlat Zadran to Andy McBrine. Half volley, to leg on the back foot working, hit pad to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Mohammadi.

  • 46.6

    Rashid Khan to Tim Murtagh. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the back foot working, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Khan.

  • 46.5

    OUT! L.B.W. Rashid Khan to George Dockrell. Googly length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, hit pad to. Dockrell is trapped. He doesn't read the googly and the flatter ball. No doubt that one was out.

  • 46.4

    Rashid Khan to Andy McBrine. Googly length ball, off stump on the front foot working, to short fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Nabi.

  • 46.3

    Rashid Khan to George Dockrell. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Afghan.

  • 46.2

    Rashid Khan to Andy McBrine. Googly half volley, to leg on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Khan.

  • 46.1

    Rashid Khan to George Dockrell. Leg spinner half volley, to leg on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run.

  • 45.6

    OUT! Bowled. Aftab Alam to Mark Adair. Length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, inside edge to. Adair chops on and another Ireland batsman is out. He attempts to smack this one down the ground but gets enough on the ball for it to smash the bail off.

  • 45.5

    Aftab Alam to Mark Adair. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, in the air under control to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Nabi.

  • 45.4

    Aftab Alam to George Dockrell. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to third man for 1 run.

  • 45.3

    Aftab Alam to Mark Adair. Half volley, to leg on the front foot driving, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Nabi.

  • 45.2

    Aftab Alam to George Dockrell. Slower length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, to square leg for 1 run, fielded by Khan.

  • 45.1

    Aftab Alam to Mark Adair. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Khan.

  • 44.6

    Rashid Khan to Mark Adair. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump down the track driving, well timed to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Khan.

  • 44.5

    Rashid Khan to Mark Adair. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Naib.

  • 44.4

    Rashid Khan to Mark Adair. Leg spinner length ball, to leg on the back foot working, to fine leg for 2 runs, fielded by Zurmatai.

  • 44.3

    Rashid Khan to Mark Adair. Leg spinner half volley, off stump down the track Slog, leading edge to point for no runs.

  • 44.2

    Rashid Khan to Mark Adair. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, outside edge to wicketkeeper for no runs, dropped catch by Mohammadi.

  • 44.1

    Rashid Khan to Mark Adair. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to leg gully for no runs.

  • 43.6

    OUT! Caught. Aftab Alam to Kevin O'Brien. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, top edge to fine leg, by Ur Rahman. Big wicket as O'Brien departs. He top edges the pull shot and the man at fine leg takes the catch.

  • 35.4
    Mujeeb Zadran c and b Mark Adair 0 (2)

    OUT! Caught & Bowled. Mark Adair to Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air uncontrolled to short leg, by Adair. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air uncontrolled to short leg, by Adair. Ireland have won! Adair takes a great caught and bowled to get Afghanistan all out for 138. A great bowling display from the Irish, very consistant and all round quality when bowling. The openers were complacent which added pressure to the other batters and that was the catalyst for the Ireland win.

  • 35.3

    Mark Adair to Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot pulling, to mid on for no runs.

  • 35.2
    Gulbadin Naib c (Sub) b Mark Adair 20 (18)

    OUT! Caught (Sub). Mark Adair to Gulbadin Naib. Length ball, off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on. Adair gets another! Naib is caught on the boundary trying to go big. Easy catch for long on.

  • 35.1

    Mark Adair to Gulbadin Naib. Length ball, off stump on the back foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Adair.

  • End of Over 35
    Over 35. 11 runs. Bowler: Boyd Rankin. Afghanistan: 138/8 (rr 3.94)
  • 34.6

    FOUR! Boyd Rankin to Aftab Alam. Length ball, middle stump on the back foot pulling, well timed past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. Cross bat pull from Alam and he cracks it through the leg side for four.

  • 34.5

    Boyd Rankin to Aftab Alam. Length ball, down leg side on the back foot Steer, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Dockrell.

  • 34.4

    Boyd Rankin to Aftab Alam. Length ball, to leg on the back foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Dockrell.

  • 34.3

    Boyd Rankin to Gulbadin Naib. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, thick edge in the air uncontrolled to third man for 1 run, fielded by O'Brien.

  • 34.2

    FOUR! Boyd Rankin to Gulbadin Naib. Length ball, to leg on the back foot working, well timed past fine leg for 4 runs. Another boundary through the leg side off Rankins bowling, but he's bowling a good line this spell.

  • 34.1

    Boyd Rankin to Gulbadin Naib. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, outside edge in the air uncontrolled to third man for 2 runs, fielded by Dockrell.

  • End of Over 34
    Over 34. 7 runs. Bowler: Mark Adair. Afghanistan: 127/8 (rr 3.74)
  • 33.6

    Mark Adair to Aftab Alam. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Wilson.

  • 33.5

    Mark Adair to Gulbadin Naib. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot pulling, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by O'Brien.

  • 33.4

    Mark Adair to Aftab Alam. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot pulling, in the air uncontrolled to mid on for 1 run.

  • 33.3

    Mark Adair to Gulbadin Naib. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to cover for 1 run, run save by Dockrell.

  • 33.2

    Mark Adair to Gulbadin Naib. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to cover for no runs, fielded by Dockrell.

  • 33.1

    FOUR! Mark Adair to Gulbadin Naib. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. He mis-cues the pull but still manages to find the gap and the boundary.

  • End of Over 33
    Over 33. no runs. Bowler: Boyd Rankin. Afghanistan: 120/8 (rr 3.64)
  • 32.6

    Boyd Rankin to Aftab Alam. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Wilson.

  • 32.5

    Boyd Rankin to Aftab Alam. Half volley, down leg side on the back foot working, to mid on for no runs, fielded by Murtagh.

  • 32.4
    Dawlat Zadran c Gary Wilson b Boyd Rankin 0 (3)

    OUT! Caught. Boyd Rankin to Dawlat Zadran. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, top edge in the air uncontrolled to wicketkeeper, by Wilson. Ranking doing damage to the bottom order. Again another cross batted shot from the batsman and another wicket. Good bowling from the Irish man.

  • 32.3

    Boyd Rankin to Dawlat Zadran. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Murtagh.

  • 32.2

    Boyd Rankin to Dawlat Zadran. Length ball, off stump on the back foot Steer, to gully for no runs, fielded by McCollum.

  • 32.1
    Rashid Khan c William Porterfield b Boyd Rankin 16 (11)

    OUT! Caught. Boyd Rankin to Rashid Khan. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to mid off, by Porterfield. Big wicket at Rashid is caught at mid off as he attempts to pull this one for six. The added pace of Rankin too much for him.

  • End of Over 32
    Over 32. 15 runs. Bowler: Kevin O'Brien. Afghanistan: 120/6 (rr 3.75)
  • 31.6

    Kevin O'Brien to Rashid Khan. Length ball, to leg down the track Slog, mis-timed in the air under control to long on for 1 run, fielded by Murtagh.

  • 31.5

    SIX! Kevin O'Brien to Rashid Khan. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control over long off for 6 runs.

  • 31.4

    Kevin O'Brien to Rashid Khan. Back of a length, off stump on the back foot working, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by O'Brien.

  • 31.3

    Kevin O'Brien to Rashid Khan. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to mid off for no runs, fielded by Porterfield.

  • 31.2

    Kevin O'Brien to Rashid Khan. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to deep point for 2 runs, fielded by Adair.

  • 31.1

    SIX! Kevin O'Brien to Rashid Khan. Back of a length, to leg on the front foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs. Big six from Rashid as he pulls the short ball all the way over the leg side boundary.

  • End of Over 31
    Over 31. 2 runs. Bowler: Boyd Rankin. Afghanistan: 105/6 (rr 3.39)
  • 30.6

    Boyd Rankin to Rashid Khan. Back of a length, to leg on the back foot working, bat-pad to short leg for 1 run, fielded by Wilson.

  • 30.5

    Boyd Rankin to Rashid Khan. Length ball, to leg on the back foot working, leading edge in the air uncontrolled to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Rankin.