AFG Vs IRE T20 World Cup Highlights: Match Abandoned Without A Ball Bowled

Afghanistan will be taking on Ireland at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on Friday.

Background

Afghanistan will be taking on Ireland at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on Friday. Mohammad Nabi’s men did not have a great start in the T20 World Cup. They locked horns against England in their opening fixture and lost the match. They really wanted to win the match against New Zealand but rain played spoilsport as both teams were supposed to play at the MCG. 

They are up with just one point in their kitty and will be hoping to win the match against Ireland on Friday.

On the other hand, Ireland also lost their first match against Sri Lanka in the Super 12 stage of the competition.  But then they created havoc against England at the MCG in their next game.

After batting first, the Irish men registered a total of 157 runs on the board with the help of Andrew Balbirnie’s knock of 62. In reply to that, England were restricted to just 105 in 14.3 overs before the rain took charge. The match was abandoned and the Irish side won the game by five runs on the DLS method. They will be looking to continue their winning run on Friday against Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Probable XI:  Hazratullah Zazai, Gurbaz wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Usman Ghani, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad Malik/Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Ireland Probable XI: Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Fionn Hand, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little.

Squads:

AFG: Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran (vc), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Qais Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Salim Safi, Usman Ghani.

IRE:  Andrew Balbirnie (c), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Fionn Hand, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Conor Olphert, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young.