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Afghanistan cricket team in Ireland in 2018
	Ireland	Afghanistan
Dates	20 – 31 August 2018
Captains	William Porterfield (ODIs) Gary Wilson (T20Is)	Asghar Afghan
One Day International series
Results	Afghanistan won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Andrew Balbirnie (132)	Rahmat Shah (94)
Most wickets	Tim Murtagh (9)	Rashid Khan (8)
Player of the series	Rashid Khan (Afg)
Twenty20 International series
Results	Afghanistan won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs	Gary Wilson (56)	Hazratullah Zazai (156)
Most wickets	Peter Chase (4)	Rashid Khan (7)
Player of the series	Hazratullah Zazai (Afg)

The Afghanistan cricket team toured Ireland in August 2018 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) matches against the Ireland cricket team. Afghanistan won the T20I series 2–0, after the third match was abandoned due to overnight rain and a wet outfield. Afghanistan won the ODI series 2–1.

The second match of the ODI series was the 100th ODI to be played by Afghanistan. In the same match, Mohammad Nabi became the first cricketer for Afghanistan to play in 100 ODIs.

Squads

ODIs		T20Is
Ireland	Afghanistan	Ireland	Afghanistan
William Porterfield (c) Andrew Balbirnie Peter Chase David Delany George Dockrell Tyrone Kane Josh Little Andy McBrine Tim Murtagh Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien Boyd Rankin James Shannon Simi Singh Paul Stirling Gary Wilson	Asghar Afghan (c) Javed Ahmadi Aftab Alam Ihsanullah Rashid Khan Wafadar Momand Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Shafiqullah (wk) Rahmat Shah Hashmatullah Shahidi Mohammad Shahzad (wk) Sayed Shirzad Samiullah Shinwari Mujeeb Ur Rahman Dawlat Zadran Najibullah Zadran Hazratullah Zazai	Gary Wilson (c) Andrew Balbirnie Peter Chase David Delany George Dockrell Tyrone Kane Josh Little Andy McBrine Kevin O'Brien William Porterfield Boyd Rankin James Shannon Simi Singh Paul Stirling Stuart Thompson	Asghar Afghan (c) Fareed Ahmad Aftab Alam Mirwais Ashraf Usman Ghani Rashid Khan Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Shafiqullah Mohammad Shahzad (wk) Samiullah Shinwari Mujeeb Ur Rahman Najibullah Zadran Hazratullah Zazai

After the initial players were selected, Tyrone Kane was added to Ireland's squads as bowling cover. Josh Little replaced David Delany in Ireland's squad for the third ODI.

T20I Series

1st T20I

Afghanistan  160/7 (18 overs)	v	Ireland 144/9 (18 overs)
Hazratullah Zazai 74 (33) Josh Little 2/20 (4 overs)		Gary Wilson 34 (23) Rashid Khan 3/35 (4 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
• Hazratullah Zazai scored the fastest fifty for Afghanistan in T20Is (22 balls).
• Mohammad Nabi (Afg) became the sixth player to score 1,000 runs and take 50 wickets in T20Is.

2nd T20I

Afghanistan  160/8 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 79 (15 overs)
Hazratullah Zazai 82 (54) Peter Chase 3/35 (4 overs)		William Porterfield 33 (23) Rashid Khan 4/17 (3 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Paul Reynolds (Ire) stood in his first T20I as an umpire.
• Asghar Afghan (Afg) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.

3rd T20I

Ireland	v	Afghanistan

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain and a wet outfield.

ODI Series

1st ODI

Afghanistan  227/9 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 198 (48.3 overs)
Gulbadin Naib 64 (98) Tim Murtagh 4/31 (10 overs)		Andrew Balbirnie 55 (82) Aftab Alam 2/34 (9 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
• Hazratullah Zazai (Afg) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

Afghanistan  182/9 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 183/7 (43.5 overs)
Najibullah Zadran 42 (52) Tim Murtagh 4/30 (10 overs)		Andrew Balbirnie 60 (92) Rashid Khan 3/37 (10 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was Afghanistan's 100th ODI.
• Mohammad Nabi became the first cricketer for Afghanistan to play in 100 ODIs.
• Najibullah Zadran (Afg) scored his 1,000th run in ODIs.

3rd ODI

Ireland  124 (36.1 overs)	v	Afghanistan 127/2 (23.5 overs)
Gary Wilson 23 (36) Rashid Khan 3/18 (8 overs)		Ihsanullah 57* (62) Boyd Rankin 1/30 (7 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Ireland to build new stadium to meet needs of Test era". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
2. "Cricket Ireland Board announces new position on National Cricket Stadium, approves €9M budget". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
3. "Cricket Ireland to look into building new venue at National Sports Campus in Dublin". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
4. "Series finale abandoned due to wet outfield". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
5. "Bowlers, Ihsanullah lead Afghanistan to series win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
6. "Ireland v Afghanistan: Irish win second Stormont ODI by three wickets". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
7. ^ "100 ODIs: Mohammad Nabi and Afghanistan's ascension into the cricketing elite". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
8. ^ "T20I and ODI squads named ahead of Afghanistan series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
9. ^ "Wafadar gets maiden white-ball call-up as Afghanistan name squads for Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
10. "Simmons and Mooney plotting the downfall of Irish hosts". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
11. "Little called in for injured Delany". Cricket Europe Ireland. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
12. "Zazai's 33-ball 74 sets up Afghanistan victory over Ireland". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
13. "Ireland vs Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi achieves rare 'double'". Cricket Country. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
14. "Paul Reynolds stands in his first T20 International". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
15. "Zazai, Rashid, Mujeeb shine as Afghanistan clinch T20I series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
16. "Ireland set up series decider against Afghanistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 August 2018.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

• 2018 in Irish cricket
• 2018 in Afghan cricket
• Afghan cricket tours of Ireland
• International cricket competitions in 2018