Ireland clinch series against Afghanistan
News Desk || risingbd.com
Ireland defeated Afghanistan by seven wickets (D/L method) in the rain-reduced fifth Twenty20 international in Belfast on Wednesday. With this win in this rain-curtailed encounter, Ireland have clinched the series 3-2.
Batting first, Afghanistan scored 95/5 in 15 overs with Usman Ghani (44) top scoring for them. M Adair took 3/16 for Ireland. Ireland took just 6.4 overs to reach the revised target of 56 losing just three wickets.
Afghanistan (Playing XI): Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Usman Ghani, Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad Malik
Ireland (Playing XI): Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie(c), Lorcan Tucker(w), Harry Tector, George Dockrell, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Simi Singh, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little
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