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Afghan cricket team in Ireland in 2016

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Afghan cricket team in Ireland in 2016
Ireland Afghanistan
Dates 10 July 2016 – 19 July 2016
Captains William Porterfield Asghar Stanikzai
One Day International series
Results 5-match series drawn 2–2
Most runs Ed Joyce(339) Mohammad Shahzad(176)
Most wickets Kevin O'Brien(10)
Barry McCarthy(10)		 Rashid Khan(7)
Player of the series Ed Joyce(Ire)

TheAfghanistan cricket teamtoured Ireland in July 2016 to play fiveOne Day Internationals(ODIs) matches atStormont,Belfast.[1][2][3]It was the first time Ireland played a five-match ODI series.[4]The series was drawn 2–2, with the first match being abandoned due to rain.

Squads

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ODIs
Ireland[5] Afghanistan[6]

Nasir Jamal,Imran JanatandAfsar Zazaiwere named as reserve players for Afghanistan.[6]

ODI series

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1st ODI

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10 July 2016
Scorecard
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Match abandoned
Stormont,Belfast
Umpires:Roland Black(Ire) andIan Ramage(Sco)
  • No toss.
  • Rain prevented any play and the match was abandoned without a ball bowled.

2nd ODI

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12 July 2016
Scorecard
Afghanistan
250 (49.2 overs)
v
Ireland
211 (48.2 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad66 (79)
Kevin O'Brien4/45 (10 overs)
Ed Joyce62 (87)
Rashid Khan3/28 (10 overs)
Afghanistan won by 39 runs
Stormont,Belfast
Umpires:Alan Neill(Ire) andIan Ramage(Sco)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

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14 July 2016
Scorecard
Afghanistan
236 (49.1 overs)
v
Ireland
237/4 (47.3 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad81 (95)
Kevin O'Brien3/28 (9.1 overs)
Ed Joyce105*(135)
Hameed Hassan2/21 (6 overs)
Ireland won by 6 wickets
Stormont,Belfast
Umpires:Roland Black(Ire) andIan Ramage(Sco)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sean Terry(Ire) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI

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17 July 2016
Scorecard
Afghanistan
229/7 (50 overs)
v
Ireland
150 (41 overs)
Rashid Khan60*(44)
Andy McBrine2/29 (10 overs)
Kevin O'Brien34 (49)
Rashid Khan4/21 (8 overs)
Afghanistan won by 79 runs
Stormont,Belfast
Umpires:Alan Neill(Ire) andChettithody Shamshuddin(Ind)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

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19 July 2016
Scorecard
Ireland
265/5 (50 overs)
v
Afghanistan
253/9 (50 overs)
Ed Joyce160*(148)
Dawlat Zadran2/49 (10 overs)
Najibullah Zadran54 (66)
Kevin O'Brien3/57 (10 overs)
Ireland won by 12 runs
Stormont,Belfast
Umpires:Roland Black(Ire) andChettithody Shamshuddin(Ind)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kevin O'Brien(Ire) played in his 100th ODI.[7]
  • Ed Joyce(Ire) made his highest score and the second-highest for any Ireland batsman in an ODI.[8]
  • Ed Joyce made 60.37% of Ireland's runs, the highest percentage for anAssociate sidein a completed ODI innings.[9]

References

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  1. ^"Ireland to play five one-day internationals against Afghanistan".Sky Sports.Retrieved12 April2016.
  2. ^"Ireland to host Afghanistan in record breaking ODI series".Cricket Ireland.Retrieved12 April2016.
  3. ^"Ireland to host Afghanistan in one-day international series".BBC Sport.Retrieved12 April2016.
  4. ^"Ireland to host Afghanistan in July".ESPN Cricinfo.14 April 2016.Retrieved14 April2016.
  5. ^"Adair and Terry called into Ireland squad for Afghanistan series".Cricket Ireland.Retrieved24 June2016.
  6. ^ab"Uncapped Ihsanullah in Afghanistan's Intercontinental Cup squad".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved23 June2016.
  7. ^"O'Brien Set To Win 100th ODI Cap".Cricket Ireland.Retrieved19 July2016.
  8. ^"Ed Joyce regroups from run-out row with 160 as Ireland draw Afghanistan series".BBC Sport.Retrieved19 July2016.
  9. ^"Joyce 160* lifts Ireland to series-levelling win".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved19 July2016.
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