Irish cricket team against Afghanistan in India in 2016–17

The Ireland cricket team toured India during March 2017 to play five One Day Internationals (ODIs), three Twenty20 International (T20Is) and an ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Afghanistan.[1][2][3] All the matches were played at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida, in the state of Uttar Pradesh.[4] Afghanistan won the T20I series 3–0[5] and the ODI series 3–2.[6] Afghanistan also won the ICC Intercontinental Cup match, by an innings and 172 runs.[7]

Irish cricket team against Afghanistan in India in 2016–17
 
  Afghanistan Ireland
Dates 8 – 31 March 2017
Captains Asghar Stanikzai William Porterfield
One Day International series
Results Afghanistan won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs Rahmat Shah (262) Paul Stirling (341)
Most wickets Rashid Khan (16) Kevin O'Brien (7)
Player of the series Paul Stirling (Ire)
Twenty20 International series
Results Afghanistan won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Mohammad Nabi (124) Stuart Thompson (104)
Most wickets Rashid Khan (9) Kevin O'Brien (5)
Player of the series Rashid Khan (Afg)

Squads

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T20Is ODIs
  Afghanistan[8]   Ireland[9]   Afghanistan[10]   Ireland[11]

Ireland's Josh Little pulled out of the tour because of education commitments. Peter Chase was named as his replacement.[12] Boyd Rankin was ruled out of Ireland's T20I matches with a back injury. He was not fit to play in the ODI series, as he was still recovering from a lower back injury, with Tim Murtagh added to the squad as cover.[13] Rankin was later ruled out of the ODI series, with Peter Chase named as cover for him.[14]

T20I series

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1st T20I

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8 March 2017
Scorecard
Ireland  
165/5 (20 overs)
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  Afghanistan
171/4 (18 overs)
Stuart Thompson 56 (35)
Amir Hamza 2/23 (4 overs)
Samiullah Shinwari 56 (36)
Stuart Thompson 1/17 (3 overs)
Afghanistan won by 6 wickets
Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg)
Player of the match: Samiullah Shinwari (Afg)

2nd T20I

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10 March 2017
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
184/8 (20 overs)
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  Ireland
93/9 (11 overs)
Najeeb Tarakai 90 (58)
Barry McCarthy 4/33 (4 overs)
Paul Stirling 34 (15)
Rashid Khan 5/3 (2 overs)
Afghanistan won by 17 runs (DLS method)
Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg)
Player of the match: Najeeb Tarakai and Rashid Khan (Afg)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain stopped play after 6.1 overs of Ireland's innings, with Ireland set a revised target of 111 to win in 11 overs.
  • Barry McCarthy (Ire) made his T20I debut.
  • Rashid Khan (Afg) took his first five-wicket haul in a T20I, and became the first player to take one in two overs.[17]

3rd T20I

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12 March 2017
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
233/8 (20 overs)
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  Ireland
205 (19.2 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 89 (30)
Kevin O'Brien 4/45 (4 overs)
Gary Wilson 59 (34)
Rashid Khan 3/28 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 28 runs
Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afg)

ODI series

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1st ODI

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15 March 2017
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
292/7 (50 overs)
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  Ireland
262 (46.5 overs)
Rahmat Shah 78 (92)
Kevin O'Brien 3/47 (10 overs)
William Porterfield 119 (98)
Rashid Khan 4/48 (9 overs)
Afghanistan won by 30 runs
Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: William Porterfield (Ire)

2nd ODI

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17 March 2017
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
338 (50 overs)
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  Ireland
304 (47.3 overs)
Asghar Stanikzai 101 (126)
Paul Stirling 6/55 (10 overs)
Paul Stirling 95 (80)
Rashid Khan 6/43 (9.3 overs)
Afghanistan won by 34 runs
Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind)
Player of the match: Paul Stirling (Ire)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) stood in his first ODI as an umpire.
  • Asghar Stanikzai (Afg) scored his first century in an ODI and was the first hundred by an Afghanistan captain in ODIs.[21]
  • Afghanistan made their highest total in an ODI.[21]
  • Paul Stirling (Ire) took his first five wicket haul in an ODI and recorded the best bowling figure by a bowler for Ireland in ODIs.[21]
  • Rashid Khan (Afg) took his first five wicket haul in an ODI and recorded the best bowling figure by a bowler for Afghanistan in ODIs.[21]
  • This was the first time in an ODI that two different bowlers each took six wickets in a match.[21]

3rd ODI

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19 March 2017
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
264/8 (50 overs)
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  Ireland
265/4 (48.3 overs)
Rashid Khan 56 (50)
Tim Murtagh 2/49 (10 overs)
Paul Stirling 99 (114)
Dawlat Zadran 2/52 (9.3 overs)
Ireland won by 6 wickets
Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Paul Stirling (Ire)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

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22 March 2017
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
220 (49.5 overs)
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  Ireland
224/7 (46.5 overs)
Shafiqullah 42 (42)
Kevin O'Brien 4/26 (7 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 72* (60)
Mohammad Nabi 4/30 (9 overs)
Ireland won by 3 wickets
Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind)
Player of the match: Kevin O'Brien (Ire)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

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24 March 2017
Scorecard
Ireland  
229 (48.1 overs)
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  Afghanistan
231/3 (48.4 overs)
Paul Stirling 51 (60)
Rashid Khan 4/29 (10 overs)
Rahmat Shah 108* (128)
Tim Murtagh 1/36 (9 overs)
Afghanistan won by 7 wickets
Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Rahmat Shah (Afg)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Najeeb Tarakai (Afg) made his ODI debut.

Intercontinental Cup match

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References

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