Ireland wins over Afghanistan by 5 wickets in second T20I match of the series.
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The 2nd T20I Match of the Afghanistan tour of Ireland, 2022 played yesterday at Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast, in Ireland wins over Afghanistan by 5 wickets.
Afghanistan batted first after winning the toss, and started the inning very badly, Hashmatullah Shahidi scored 36 runs in 42 balls, apart from him, no batsman could play well and stay in the crease, and Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed just for 17 runs in 13 balls, Azmatullah Omarzai 11 runs in 13 balls, Naveen-ul-Haq remains unbeaten for 10 runs in 13 balls, Rashid Khan dismissed for 9 runs, Najibullah Zadran 8 runs, Mohammad Nabi 9 runs, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 1 run, Usman Ghani 1 run, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman remains unbeaten for 1 run, in this way, Afghanistan scored 122 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs and set a target of 123 runs in front of Ireland.
Ireland's all bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Mark Adair took 2 wickets for 12 runs, Curtis Campher took 2 wickets for 13 runs, Joshua Little took 2 wickets for 18 runs, and Gareth Delany took 2 wickets for 19 runs.
Ireland chasing 123 runs in the second inning achived the target very easily by losing just 5 wickets in 19th overs, Ireland started the inning very well, althought the first wicket has gone very quickly, Plul Stirling and Andrew Balbirine came to bat, the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 7 runs in 2.2 over, Paul Stirling dismissed just for 4 runs, next batsman Lorcan Tucker came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 65 runs with Andrew Balbirnie, the second wicket has gone for 72 runs in 11.2 over, Andrew Balbirnie dismissed after playing a very brilliant inning of 46 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 36 balls, next batsman Harry Tector came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 5 runs as third wicket in 13.2 over, the team score was 82 runs, next batsman George Dockrell came to bat meanwhile the fourth wicket has also gone for 86 runs in 13.5 over, Lorcan Tucker dismissed after scoring 27 runs in 28 balls, followed by Curtis Campher came to bat after few moments the fifth wicket has also gone for 110 runs in 16.5 over, Curtis Campher dismissed for 7 runs, next batsman Gareth Deleny came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 3 runs with George Dockrell, and George Dockrell played an unbeaten victory inning of 25 runs in 19 balls, in this way, Ireland chased the target very easily for losing just 5 wickets in 19th over and won the match by 5 wickets.
Afghanistani bowlers Mohammad Nabi took 2 wickets for 15 runs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, and Naveen-ul-Haq got 1-1 wicket.
Ireland bowler Joshua Little was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant bowling and took 2 wickets just for 18 runs in his spell.
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