a25826 o3937	Afghanistan v Ireland
	Ireland in United Arab Emirates 2017/18 (2nd ODI)
Venue	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah on 7th December 2017 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ireland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Ireland won by 51 runs
Umpires	Izatullah Safi (Afghanistan), RSA Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka)
Referee	J Srinath (India)
Reserve Umpire	Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afghanistan)
Man of the Match	BJ McCarthy

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
*WTS Porterfield	c Asghar Stanikzai b Gulbadeen Naib	47	63		7	-	38	74.60
PR Stirling	lbw b Rashid Khan	82	96		8	1	48	85.42
A Balbirnie	lbw b Mujeeb Zadran	4	3		1	-	2	133.33
+NJ O'Brien	st Shafiqullah Shinwari b Mujeeb Zadran	13	33		-	-	21	39.39
GC Wilson	b Rashid Khan	0	1		-	-	1	0.00
KJ O'Brien	lbw b Dawlat Zadran	11	10		-	1	4	110.00
SW Poynter	c and b Mohammad Nabi	18	28		-	-	12	64.29
GH Dockrell	not out	62	48		7	1	16	129.17
BJ McCarthy	b Dawlat Zadran	7	12		-	-	7	58.33
TJ Murtagh	b Mohammad Nabi	3	5		-	-	2	60.00
PKD Chase	not out	0	1		-	-	1	0.00
Extras	(13 b, 6 lb, 5 w)	24
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-115 (Porterfield, 21.5 ov), 2-120 (Balbirnie, 22.4 ov), 3-160 (Stirling, 31.4 ov), 4-160 (Wilson, 31.5 ov), 5-160 (NJ O'Brien, 32.5 ov), 6-188 (KJ O'Brien, 36.3 ov), 7-217 (Poynter, 42.6 ov), 8-244 (McCarthy, 46.6 ov), 9-271 (Murtagh, 49.5 ov)

Afghanistan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Mujeeb Zadran	10	0	50	2	3	-	36	3	2	30.00	5.00
Dawlat Zadran	10	0	65	2	-	-	31	11	-	30.00	6.50
Gulbadeen Naib	10	0	36	1	-	-	33	2	-	60.00	3.60
Mohammad Nabi	10	0	61	2	-	-	23	5	1	30.00	6.10
Rashid Khan	10	0	40	2	-	-	29	2	-	30.00	4.00

Afghanistan innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
Javed Ahmadi	c Dockrell b McCarthy	48	67		7	-	42	71.64
Ihsanullah Janat	b McCarthy	20	29		1	1	17	68.97
Rahmat Shah	st NJ O'Brien b Dockrell	32	43		2	-	18	74.42
*Asghar Stanikzai	c Wilson b Murtagh	12	23		1	-	14	52.17
Nasir Ahmadzai	c Porterfield b McCarthy	25	47		-	-	24	53.19
Mohammad Nabi	b Chase	29	26		3	-	9	111.54
Gulbadeen Naib	c Poynter b Chase	3	12		-	-	9	25.00
Rashid Khan	not out	16	15		1	-	4	106.67
+Shafiqullah Shinwari	b McCarthy	0	1		-	-	1	0.00
Dawlat Zadran	lbw b McCarthy	12	10		1	-	4	120.00
Mujeeb Zadran	run out (KJ O'Brien->Chase)	0	0		-	-	0	0.00
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 14 w)	23
Total	(all out, 45.2 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-46 (Ihsanullah Janat, 11.1 ov), 2-97 (Javed Ahmadi, 21.1 ov), 3-114 (Rahmat Shah, 24.3 ov), 4-130 (Asghar Stanikzai, 28.3 ov), 5-182 (Mohammad Nabi, 37.1 ov), 6-187 (Gulbadeen Naib, 39.4 ov), 7-201 (Nasir Ahmadzai, 42.5 ov), 8-201 (Shafiqullah Shinwari, 42.6 ov), 9-215 (Dawlat Zadran, 44.6 ov), 10-220 (Mujeeb Zadran, 45.2 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Murtagh	9	1	28	1	-	-	33	-	1	54.00	3.11
Dockrell	9	0	42	1	4	-	25	1	-	54.00	4.67
Chase	8.2	0	45	2	2	1	31	6	-	25.00	5.40
McCarthy	9	1	46	5	1	-	27	5	-	10.80	5.11
KJ O'Brien	3	0	20	0	1	-	7	2	-	-	6.67
Stirling	7	0	31	0	1	-	19	2	-	-	4.43

Notes
--> Ireland powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (48/0)
--> Afghanistan powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (43/0)
--> Ireland innings: 50 in 10.1 overs
--> Ireland innings: 100 in 17.4 overs
--> Ireland innings: 150 in 29.2 overs
--> Ireland innings: 200 in 39.1 overs
--> Ireland innings: 250 in 47.4 overs
--> Afghanistan innings: 50 in 13.1 overs
--> Afghanistan innings: 100 in 21.5 overs
--> Afghanistan innings: 150 in 32.2 overs
--> Afghanistan innings: 200 in 42.3 overs
--> PR Stirling 50 in 51 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> GH Dockrell passed his previous highest score of 28 in ODI matches
--> GH Dockrell passed his previous highest score of 50 in ListA matches
--> GH Dockrell 50 in 45 balls with 7 fours
--> Ihsanullah Janat passed his previous highest score of 10 in ODI matches
--> BJ McCarthy made his debut in United Arab Emirates in ListA matches
--> BJ McCarthy made his debut in United Arab Emirates in ODI matches
--> Gulbadeen Naib reached 50 wickets in ListA matches when he dismissed WTS Porterfield, his 1st wicket in the Ireland innings
--> BJ McCarthy achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed Dawlat Zadran in the Afghanistan innings (previous best was 4-59)
--> BJ McCarthy achieved his first five wickets in an innings in ODI matches in the Afghanistan innings
--> BJ McCarthy achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA matches when he dismissed Dawlat Zadran in the Afghanistan innings (previous best was 4-59)
--> BJ McCarthy achieved his first five wickets in an innings in ListA matches in the Afghanistan innings

WTS Porterfield (18) and PR Stirling (30) added 50 in 61 balls for the Ireland 1st wicket
WTS Porterfield (38) and PR Stirling (53) added 100 in 106 balls for the Ireland 1st wicket
Javed Ahmadi (27) and Rahmat Shah (20) added 50 in 59 balls for the Afghanistan 2nd wicket
Nasir Ahmadzai (12) and Mohammad Nabi (28) added 50 in 48 balls for the Afghanistan 5th wicket