IRE vs AFG Highlights: Andy Balbirnie & Lorcan Tucker POWER Ireland to maiden T20I win of the season, Ireland defeats Afghanistan by 7 wickets- Follow LIVE Updates

IRE vs AFG Highlights – 1st T20I IRE vs AFG Live Score – IRE wins by 7 wickets – Ireland registers their first T20I win of the season after putting up a strong performance against Afghanistan. Though Ireland has lost back-to-back series against New Zealand and South Africa they kept their momentum going and chased down 169 to register a 7-wicket victory. Skipper Andrew Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker scored fifties each to power the Irish to a stellar win. Follow IRE vs AFG Live updates With InsideSport.IN.

IRE vs AFG Highlights: Andy Balbirnie & Lorcan Tucker POWER Ireland to maiden T20I win of the season, Ireland defeats Afghanistan by 7 wickets- Follow LIVE Updates

IRE vs AFG Highlights: Andy Balbirnie & Lorcan Tucker POWER Ireland to maiden T20I win of the season, Ireland defeats Afghanistan by 7 wickets- Follow LIVE Updates

Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat first. The visitors had a decent start but lost both their openers before reaching 100. Usman Ghani was the star player for Afghanistan after scoring a fine fifty. However, Ireland made a comeback into the game by scalping 5 quick wickets. Ibrahim Zadran scored a quick firing 27-run knock to help Afghanistan register a decent score to chase.

Ireland began their run chase on a fine note. Paul Stirling scored 31 while skipper Andy Balbirnie scored a magnificent fifty. Balbirnie was then joined by keeper Lorcan Tucker who accompanied yet another fifty to pile heavy pressure on the visitors and kept the run chase under their belt. Harry Tector and Geroge Dockrell applied the finishing touches to the run chase to seal the tie as Ireland won the first t20I game of the year.

Ireland Innings:

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Paul Stirling	c Fazalhaq Farooqi b Mohammad Nabi	31	29	3	2	106.90
Andy Balbirnie (C)	c Najibullah Zadran b Mujeeb Ur Rahman	51	38	5	1	134.21
Lorcan Tucker (WK)	c Rashid Khan b Naveen-ul-Haq	50	32	6	1	156.25
Harry Tector	Not out	25	15	1	1	166.67
George Dockrell	Not out	10	5	2	0	200.00
Extra	4 (b 0, w 3, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	171/3 (19.5)
Yet To Bat	Gareth Delany, Curtis Campher, Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Josh Little

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Fazalhaq Farooqi	4	0	32	0	8.00
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	3	0	22	1	7.33
Naveen-ul-Haq	3.5	1	39	1	10.17
Azmatullah Omarzai	2	0	25	0	12.50
Rashid Khan	4	0	25	0	6.25
Mohammad Nabi	3	0	27	1	9.00

 

Afghanistan Innings:

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK)	c Harry Tector b Barry McCarthy	26	22	5	0	118.18
Usman Ghani	c Harry Tector b Barry McCarthy	59	42	6	2	140.48
Hashmatullah Shahidi	c Paul Stirling b George Dockrell	11	12	2	0	91.67
Najibullah Zadran	c Andy McBrine b Gareth Delany	15	10	0	1	150.00
Mohammad Nabi (C)	c Harry Tector b George Dockrell	5	6	0	0	83.33
Ibrahim Zadran	Not out	27	17	1	2	158.82
Azmatullah Omarzai	c Curtis Campher b Josh Little	11	5	1	1	220.00
Rashid Khan	c George Dockrell b Barry McCarthy	2	4	0	0	50.00
Naveen-ul-Haq	Not out	3	2	0	0	150.00
Extra	10 (b 4, w 5, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	168/7 (20)
Yet To Bat	Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Josh Little	4	0	33	1	8.25
Mark Adair	4	0	39	0	9.75
Andy McBrine	2	0	24	0	12.00
Barry McCarthy	4	0	34	3	8.50
Gareth Delany	4	0	27	1	6.75
George Dockrell	2	0	7	2	3.50

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Usman Ghani, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Ireland (Playing XI): Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie(c), Lorcan Tucker(w), Harry Tector, Gareth Delany, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little