Afghan cricket team in Ireland in 2022

The Afghanistan cricket team toured Ireland in August 2022 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] Initially, the tour included a one-off Test match,[3] but this was dropped from the fixtures when Cricket Ireland announced the schedule in March 2022.[4] Cricket Ireland confirmed the dates and venues for the tour later the same month.[5] The matches were used by both teams as preparation for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[6]

Afghan cricket team in Ireland in 2022
 
  Ireland Afghanistan
Dates 9 – 17 August 2022
Captains Andrew Balbirnie Mohammad Nabi
Twenty20 International series
Results Ireland won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs George Dockrell (141) Najibullah Zadran (125)
Most wickets Josh Little (7)
Mark Adair (7)		 Naveen-ul-Haq (7)
Player of the series George Dockrell (Ire)

Ireland won the series 3–2 after claiming a victory in a rain-affected final match.[7] George Dockrell was named player of the series.[8]

Squads
 Ireland[9]  Afghanistan[10]

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) also named Qais Ahmad, Nijat Masood, Usman Ghani and Mujeeb Ur Rahman as reserve players for the series.[11] Usman Ghani and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who were only temporarily named as reserves, were later added to the main squad once they received clearance regarding their visas.[12] Simi Singh was added to Ireland's squad after the third T20I, in place of Andy McBrine.[13]

T20I series

1st T20I
9 August 2022
15:30
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
168/7 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
171/3 (19.5 overs)
Usman Ghani 59 (42)
Barry McCarthy 3/34 (4 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 51 (38)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1/22 (3 overs)
Ireland won by 7 wickets
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)
Player of the match: Andrew Balbirnie (Ire)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd T20I
11 August 2022
15:30
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
122/8 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
125/5 (19 overs)
Hashmatullah Shahidi 36 (42)
Mark Adair 2/12 (3 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 46 (36)
Mohammad Nabi 2/15 (2 overs)
Ireland won by 5 wickets
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Jareth McCready (Ire) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)
Player of the match: Josh Little (Ire)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd T20I
12 August 2022
15:30
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
189/5 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
167/9 (20 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 53 (35)
Josh Little 2/29 (4 overs)
George Dockrell 58* (37)
Naveen-ul-Haq 3/38 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 22 runs
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire)
Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg)

4th T20I
15 August 2022
15:30
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
132/6 (11 overs)
v
 Ireland
105 (11 overs)
Najibullah Zadran 50 (24)
Gareth Delany 3/33 (3 overs)
George Dockrell 41* (27)
Fareed Ahmad 3/14 (2 overs)
Afghanistan won by 27 runs
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)
Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Afg)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.

5th T20I
17 August 2022
15:30
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
95/5 (15 overs)
v
 Ireland
56/3 (6.4 overs)
Usman Ghani 44* (40)
Mark Adair 3/16 (2 overs)
Paul Stirling 16 (10)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/17 (2 overs)
Ireland won by 7 wickets (DLS method)
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Jareth McCready (Ire)
Player of the match: Mark Adair (Ire)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain prevented further play in the Afghanistan innings. Ireland were set a revised target of 56 runs from 7 overs.

References
  1. "India among four full members to tour Ireland in 2022". CricBuzz. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. "India to host Afghanistan for three ODIs in March 2022". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. "A home Test on the cards for Ireland". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. "Season of Stars: Largest-ever summer of international cricket is coming". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  5. "Afghanistan Men's tour dates confirmed; a first-ever for Stormont". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. "Ireland v Afghanistan: Stormont to host five-game T20 series in August". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. "Ireland v Afghanistan: Irish win rain-affected decider to seal Twenty20 series at Stormont". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  8. "Ireland claim T20I series win over Afghanistan in rain-affected thriller". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  9. "Squad announced for Ireland Men's T20Is against South Africa and Afghanistan". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  10. "ACB name squad for Ireland tour". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  11. "Afghanistan begin T20 World Cup preparation; unveil squad for Ireland T20Is". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  12. "Ibrahim, Shahidi, Naveen back in Afghanistan T20I squad for Ireland series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  13. "One change to Ireland Men's squad for final two T20Is". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
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