Afghanistan vs Ireland.

[brockley]

Afghanistan a victory over Ireland in the first T20.
A newbiw Zazal 74 and Rashid Khan 3 wkts,game reduced to 18 overs Afghanistan scored 161 debutant Jason Little 2 wkts.
3 T20's 3 One Dayers.

[Gowza]

Good work from the Afghans, they’ve still got some spinners to fully integrate and they have some young batsmen to hopefully unearth.

[brockley]

Just lack some good pacemen.

[Gowza]

Originally Posted by brockley
Just lack some good pacemen.

Their batting is definitely still weak, hopefully some of their young batters develop, quite a few of them did well in their domestic comps. But agree, pacers are lacking also.

[Tigers_eye]

Afghans are just eating up Ireland. Andrew McBrine (IRE) is a nobody.

[brockley]

Azal 82 in stunner win,Ireland out for 79.

[Gowza]

Checked out some video of zazai on YouTube, technique isn’t the greatest, but sometimes players are successful regardless (eg zaman).

[aklemalp]

Another win for the Afghan team. This time they successfully defended 227. A game I thought the Irish would win...but I forget that Afghanistan's strength is their bowling.

Their bowlers shared the wickets; no bowler getting more than 2.

*Anyone noticed Asghar Stanikzai changing his name to Asghar Afghan?

[Gowza]

Pretty great to have the option of a couple of good leggy’s (rashid, Qais Ahmad), a couple of good offies (mujeeb, Nabi), a good left arm chinaman (zahir khan) and a good SLA (amir hamza).

[aklemalp]

^^was looking forward to see him getting picked up in the Asia Cup squad: Qais

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by Gowza
Pretty great to have the option of a couple of good leggy’s (rashid, Qais Ahmad), a couple of good offies (mujeeb, Nabi), a good left arm chinaman (zahir khan) and a good SLA (amir hamza).

Ind is the host. Flat pitches in UAE. They will get smoked.

[Rifat]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
Ind is the host. Flat pitches in UAE. They will get smoked.

a good LegSpinner is still very effective in Flat pitches

[mufi_02]

I’m getting little worried about Afg in Asia cup. We can’t afford to lose against them.

Nabi, Mujeeb, Rashid bowled 30 overs and choked IRE batsmen

[godzilla]

^ won't be surprised to see these guys go to round two. At the moment, luckily our seniors are in good form. So cross your finger and hope that atleast 2-3 performs. Cause we all know, juniors are doing jack.

[Gowza]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
Ind is the host. Flat pitches in UAE. They will get smoked.

Was just talking in general, they have solid options in all spin departments which gives them a lot of versatility.

[Tigers_eye]

If Ireland don't win today they will get whitewashed in this series as well. Someone needs to step up and bat for a long period.

[Tigers_eye]

It has started to rain. 13 more overs required to get a result in DLS method.

[Tigers_eye]

Ireland picking up the pace.
From 12/1 end of 5 overs (RR 2.4) to 41/1 end of 9 overs (RR 4.55).

[Tigers_eye]

We will have a result. 20 overs have been completed. Ireland 82/2. Required 102 runs in 30 overs.

[Tigers_eye]

40 runs needed 5 wickets in hand. Hmmm!!! 15 overs left. Tense time. Gary Wilson WK comes in joins Simi Singh in the middle.

[Tigers_eye]

21 required in 11 overs. 5 wickets in hand. Ire 162/5.

[Tigers_eye]

Wilson comes forward and yorks himself out. Bowled. Ireland 162/6.

[Tigers_eye]

Series tied. 1-1. Ireland wins by 3 wickets. Simi 36*.


Murtagh should be the MoM. Great effort.


Afghans didn't give up. Well played. They just need to calm down. Too much talking on the field.

[One World]

What a turnaround, well done IRE.

The first innings video should be a good camp lesson for our bowlers.

[aklemalp]

Ireland needed this win