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Venue : Providence Stadium, Guyana
Toss : Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : SJ Davis (Australia) and BR Doctrove (West Indies)
Match Result : Afghanistan won by 5 wickets
Ireland (20 Overs Maximum)
William Porterfield (C) c Noor Ali b Dawlat Ahmadzai 0 (2)
Paul Stirling c & b Dawlat Ahmadzai 6 (8) 1 ‘4s’
Niall O’Brien (WK) c & b Mohammad Nabi 14 (15) 1 ‘4s’
Alex Cusack b Dawlat Ahmadzai 6 (11)
Kevin O’Brien c Nowroz Mangal b Dawlat Ahmadzai 3 (8)
Gary Wilson b Samiullah Shenwari 32 (26) 3 ‘4s’
John Mooney c Mohammad Shahzad b Shapoor Zadran 42 (33) 2 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Trent Johnston b Hamid Hassan 16 (13) 1 ‘6s’
Andre Botha not out 1 (2)
Nigel Jones b Hamid Hassan 2 (2)
Peter Connell
Andrew White
Gary Kidd
George Dockrell
Extras : 11 (Byes 1, Leg Byes 7, Wides 3)
Total : 133/9 (20.0 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-0 (Porterfield, 0.2 ov), 2-10 (Stirling, 2.3 ov), 3-22 (Cusack, 4.5 ov), 4-30 (Kevin O’Brien, 6.5 ov), 5-32 (Niall O’Brien, 7.5 ov), 6-111 (Wilson, 16.5 ov), 7-120 (Mooney, 18.1 ov), 8-131 (Johnston, 19.4 ov), 9-133 (Jones, 19.6 ov)
Afghanistan Bowling
Dawlat Ahmadzai 4-0-15-4
Shapoor Zadran 4-0-15-1
Mohammad Nabi 3-0-19-1
Samiullah Shenwari 4-0-22-1 (1w)
Nowroz Mangal 2-0-24-0 (1w)
Hamid Hassan 3-0-30-2 (1w)
Afghanistan (Target: 134 runs from 20 Overs)
Noor Ali b Cusack 14 (16) 2 ‘4s’
Karim Sadiq c Cusack b Dockrell 14 (23) 1 ‘4s’
Mohammad Shahzad (WK) lbw b Johnston 1 (3)
Nowroz Mangal (C) st Niall O’Brien b Dockrell 27 (30) 2 ‘6s’
Asghar Stanikzai not out 39 (27) 1 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Mohammad Nabi c Jones b Cusack 28 (17) 2 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Raees Ahmadzai not out 1 (1)
Hamid Hassan
Samiullah Shenwari
Shapoor Zadran
Dawlat Ahmadzai
Shabir Noori
Shafiqullah
Nasratullah
Extras : 10 (Byes 4, Leg Byes 1, Wides 5)
Total : 134/5 (19.3 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-18 (Noor Ali, 4.2 ov), 2-26 (Mohammad Shahzad, 5.2 ov), 3-50 (Karim Sadiq, 10.2 ov), 4-66 (Nowroz Mangal, 12.6 ov), 5-132 (Mohammad Nabi, 18.6 ov)
Ireland Bowling
Peter Connell 1-0-8-0
Trent Johnston 4-0-14-1
Kevin O’Brien 2-0-13-0
Alex Cusack 2-0-12-2 (1w)
George Dockrell 4-0-23-2
Paul Stirling 4-0-27-0
Gary Kidd 1-0-17-0
Andre Botha 1.3-0-15-0