a25818 o3935	Afghanistan v Ireland
	Ireland in United Arab Emirates 2017/18 (1st ODI)
Venue	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah on 5th December 2017 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ireland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Afghanistan won by 138 runs
Umpires	Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afghanistan), RSA Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka)
Referee	J Srinath (India)
Reserve Umpire	Izatullah Safi (Afghanistan)
Man of the Match	Mujeeb Zadran

Afghanistan innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
Javed Ahmadi	c and b Murtagh	10	18		1	-	12	55.56
Ihsanullah Janat	c NJ O'Brien b Rankin	10	15		-	1	11	66.67
Rahmat Shah	c NJ O'Brien b Rankin	50	75		3	1	41	66.67
Nasir Ahmadzai	c Wilson b Murtagh	53	63		2	1	28	84.13
*Asghar Stanikzai	b Rankin	2	22		-	-	20	9.09
Mohammad Nabi	run out (Dockrell->Rankin)	0	4		-	-	4	0.00
Gulbadeen Naib	c Stirling b Murtagh	17	27		-	1	16	62.96
Rashid Khan	c Dockrell b KJ O'Brien	48	49		4	1	23	97.96
+Shafiqullah Shinwari	c KJ O'Brien b Rankin	36	23		3	3	12	156.52
Dawlat Zadran	not out	1	4		-	-	3	25.00
Mujeeb Zadran	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 5 w)	11
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Javed Ahmadi, 4.2 ov), 2-22 (Ihsanullah Janat, 7.5 ov), 3-127 (Nasir Ahmadzai, 26.5 ov), 4-130 (Rahmat Shah, 30.1 ov), 5-130 (Mohammad Nabi, 30.5 ov), 6-132 (Asghar Stanikzai, 32.6 ov), 7-175 (Gulbadeen Naib, 42.2 ov), 8-230 (Shafiqullah Shinwari, 48.3 ov), 9-238 (Rashid Khan, 50 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Murtagh	10	2	28	3	-	-	42	1	1	20.00	2.80
Dockrell	9	0	57	0	-	-	28	6	2	-	6.33
Rankin	10	1	44	4	1	-	39	3	2	15.00	4.40
KJ O'Brien	10	1	50	1	3	-	28	2	-	60.00	5.00
Simranjit Singh	5	0	36	0	-	-	9	1	2	-	7.20
Stirling	6	0	17	0	-	-	24	-	1	-	2.83

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
*WTS Porterfield	c Gulbadeen Naib b Mohammad Nabi	35	63		4	-	40	55.56
PR Stirling	lbw b Mujeeb Zadran	5	13		1	-	11	38.46
A Balbirnie	b Mujeeb Zadran	0	5		-	-	5	0.00
+NJ O'Brien	c Javed Ahmadi b Dawlat Zadran	4	7		-	-	5	57.14
GC Wilson	b Mujeeb Zadran	3	11		-	-	8	27.27
KJ O'Brien	b Mujeeb Zadran	3	8		-	-	5	37.50
Simranjit Singh	lbw b Rashid Khan	5	16		-	-	11	31.25
SW Poynter	not out	27	42		2	-	25	64.29
GH Dockrell	c Shafiqullah Shinwari b Dawlat Zadran	10	12		1	-	8	83.33
WB Rankin	c Ihsanullah Janat b Rashid Khan	1	8		-	-	7	12.50
TJ Murtagh	c Rahmat Shah b Rashid Khan	0	5		-	-	5	0.00
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 4 w)	7
Total	(all out, 31.4 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Stirling, 3.3 ov), 2-6 (Balbirnie, 5.2 ov), 3-15 (NJ O'Brien, 6.6 ov), 4-21 (Wilson, 11.3 ov), 5-30 (KJ O'Brien, 13.3 ov), 6-46 (Simranjit Singh, 17.5 ov), 7-66 (Porterfield, 22.5 ov), 8-82 (Dockrell, 26.1 ov), 9-92 (Rankin, 29.3 ov), 10-100 (Murtagh, 31.4 ov)

Afghanistan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Dawlat Zadran	6	3	13	2	2	-	31	1	-	18.00	2.17
Mujeeb Zadran	10	2	24	4	1	-	46	2	-	15.00	2.40
Gulbadeen Naib	3	0	11	0	1	-	11	1	-	-	3.67
Mohammad Nabi	5	0	14	1	-	-	17	-	-	30.00	2.80
Rashid Khan	6.4	0	28	3	-	-	25	4	-	13.33	4.20
Javed Ahmadi	1	0	7	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.00

Notes
--> Afghanistan powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (29/2)
--> Ireland powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (19/3)
--> Afghanistan innings: 50 in 13.6 overs
--> Afghanistan innings: 100 in 23.1 overs
--> Afghanistan innings: 150 in 37.3 overs
--> Afghanistan innings: 200 in 46.6 overs
--> Ireland innings: 50 in 18.5 overs
--> Ireland innings: 100 in 31.3 overs
--> Mujeeb Zadran made his debut in ODI matches
--> Rahmat Shah 50 in 74 balls with 3 fours and 1 six
--> Nasir Ahmadzai 50 in 59 balls with 2 fours and 1 six
--> Nasir Ahmadzai passed his previous highest score of 52 in ODI matches
--> Nasir Ahmadzai passed 500 runs in ListA matches when he reached 4
--> Mujeeb Zadran made his debut for Afghanistan in ListA matches
--> Ihsanullah Janat made his debut in United Arab Emirates in ListA matches
--> Ihsanullah Janat made his debut in United Arab Emirates in ODI matches
--> Mujeeb Zadran made his debut in United Arab Emirates in ListA matches
--> WB Rankin made his debut in United Arab Emirates in ODI matches
--> SW Poynter made his debut in United Arab Emirates in ListA matches
--> SW Poynter made his debut in United Arab Emirates in ODI matches
--> TJ Murtagh made his debut in United Arab Emirates in ListA matches
--> TJ Murtagh made his debut in United Arab Emirates in ODI matches
--> Simranjit Singh made his debut in United Arab Emirates in ListA matches
--> Simranjit Singh made his debut in United Arab Emirates in ODI matches
--> KJ O'Brien reached 100 wickets in ODI matches when he dismissed Rashid Khan, his 1st wicket in the Afghanistan innings
--> WB Rankin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches in the Afghanistan innings (previous best was 4-46)
--> Mujeeb Zadran achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA matches when he dismissed KJ O'Brien in the Ireland innings (previous best was 3-29)
--> Dawlat Zadran reached 100 wickets in ListA matches when he dismissed GH Dockrell, his 2nd wicket in the Ireland innings

Rahmat Shah (21) and Nasir Ahmadzai (24) added 50 in 64 balls for the Afghanistan 3rd wicket
Rahmat Shah (42) and Nasir Ahmadzai (52) added 100 in 107 balls for the Afghanistan 3rd wicket
Rashid Khan (18) and Shafiqullah Shinwari (32) added 50 in 35 balls for the Afghanistan 8th wicket