tt6089 itt578	Afghanistan v Ireland
	Desert Twenty20 2016/17 (Group A)
Venue	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on 14th January 2017 (20-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ireland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Afghanistan won by 5 wickets
Points	Afghanistan 2; Ireland 0
Umpires	Iftikhar Ali, BB Pradhan (Nepal)
Referee	DT Jukes (England)
Reserve Umpire	AJT Dowdalls (Scotland)
Man of the Match	Mohammad Nabi

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
PR Stirling	c Gulbadeen Naib b Hamza Hotak	25	24		3	-	10	104.17
SW Poynter	b Mohammad Nabi	18	20		3	-	13	90.00
*WTS Porterfield	b Hamza Hotak	17	17		1	-	6	100.00
KJ O'Brien	lbw b Rashid Khan	12	9		2	-	4	133.33
+GC Wilson	lbw b Rashid Khan	23	19		2	-	5	121.05
GJ Thompson	lbw b Mohammad Nabi	3	9		-	-	6	33.33
AR McBrine	not out	7	12		1	-	8	58.33
GH Dockrell	not out	13	10		1	-	2	130.00
JB Little	did not bat
JI Mulder	did not bat
WB Rankin	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 2 w)	7
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Poynter, 5.2 ov), 2-56 (Stirling, 8.6 ov), 3-67 (Porterfield, 10.6 ov), 4-76 (O'Brien, 12.2 ov), 5-100 (Thompson, 15.6 ov), 6-102 (Wilson, 16.2 ov)

Afghanistan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Fareed Ahmad	4	0	22	0	-	-	13	3	-	-	5.50
Dawlat Zadran	4	0	28	0	-	-	12	5	-	-	7.00
Hamza Hotak	4	0	21	2	-	-	9	1	-	12.00	5.25
Mohammad Nabi	4	0	27	2	-	-	9	3	-	12.00	6.75
Rashid Khan	4	0	22	2	1	-	11	1	-	12.00	5.50

Afghanistan innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
+Mohammad Shahzad	b Mulder	29	27		5	-	13	107.41
Najeeb Tarakai	run out (Little->Mulder)	31	27		2	1	9	114.81
*Asghar Stanikzai	b Mulder	6	8		-	-	4	75.00
Samiullah Shenwari	lbw b Dockrell	13	15		2	-	8	86.67
Mohammad Nabi	not out	26	17		1	2	5	152.94
Gulbadeen Naib	b McBrine	2	7		-	-	5	28.57
Najibullah Zadaran	not out	11	11		1	-	4	100.00
Dawlat Zadran	did not bat
Rashid Khan	did not bat
Hamza Hotak	did not bat
Fareed Ahmad	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 7 w)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 18.4 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-54 (Mohammad Shahzad, 7.5 ov), 2-66 (Asghar Stanikzai, 9.5 ov), 3-81 (Najeeb Tarakai, 11.4 ov), 4-91 (Samiullah Shenwari, 13.2 ov), 5-99 (Gulbadeen Naib, 15.4 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Rankin	4	0	31	0	-	-	11	4	1	-	7.75
McBrine	2	0	12	1	-	-	6	2	-	12.00	6.00
Dockrell	4	0	19	1	1	-	11	1	-	24.00	4.75
Little	3.4	0	31	0	1	-	7	3	1	-	8.45
Mulder	4	0	23	2	-	-	11	1	1	12.00	5.75
O'Brien	1	0	9	0	1	-	2	-	-	-	9.00

Notes
--> Ireland powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (42/1)
--> Afghanistan powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (42/0)
--> Ireland innings: 50 in 7.3 overs
--> Ireland innings: 100 in 15.5 overs
--> Afghanistan innings: 50 in 6.6 overs
--> Afghanistan innings: 100 in 15.6 overs
--> JB Little made his last appearance in twenty20 international matches
--> GH Dockrell passed his previous highest score of 10 in twenty20 matches
--> GH Dockrell passed his previous highest score of 10 in twenty20 international matches
--> Mohammad Shahzad passed 1500 runs in twenty20 international matches when he reached 20
--> JB Little made his debut in United Arab Emirates in twenty20 international matches
--> JB Little made his debut in United Arab Emirates in twenty20 matches
--> JI Mulder made his debut in United Arab Emirates in twenty20 international matches
--> JI Mulder made his debut in United Arab Emirates in twenty20 matches
--> GJ Thompson made his debut in United Arab Emirates in twenty20 international matches
--> GJ Thompson made his debut in United Arab Emirates in twenty20 matches

Mohammad Shahzad (28) and Najeeb Tarakai (22) added 50 in 42 balls for the Afghanistan 1st wicket