Ireland vs Afghanistan - 3rd T20I of the Afghanistan Tour of Ireland, 2022, at Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast
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1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast
(i) Total Matches - T20s
Overall - 27
Avg 1st Innings - 177
Avg 2nd Innings - 143
Highest total - 190/5 (Bangladesh vs Ireland - 18th July'2012)
Times won batting first - 11
Times won batting second - 16
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
IRE - 15 - 6w/9l
AFG - 2 - 0w/2l
(iii) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Afghanistan vs Ireland - 12th August'2022
122/8 vs 125/5 (IRE won by 5 wickets)
Pacers - 6w+2w = 8w
Spinners - 2w+3w = 5w
2) Afghanistan vs Ireland - 9th August'2022
168/7 vs 171/3 (IRE won by 7 wickets)
Pacers - 4w+1w = 5w
Spinners - 3w+2w = 5w
3) Ireland vs New Zealand - 22nd July'2022
174/6 vs 180/4 (NZ won by 6 wickets)
Pacers - 4w+3w = 7w
Spinners - 2w+1w = 3w
4) New Zealand vs Ireland - 20th July'2022
179/4 vs 91/10 (NZ won by 88 runs)
Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 0w+6w=6w
5) New Zealand vs Ireland - 18th July'2022
173/8 vs 142/10 (NZ won by 31 runs)
Pacers - 7w+7w=14w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w
6) South Africa vs Ireland - 24th July'2021
189/2 vs 140/9 (SA won by 49 runs)
Pacers - 1w+5w=6w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w
7) South Africa vs Ireland - 22nd July'2021
159/7 vs 117/10 (SA won by 42 runs)
Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 3w+7w=10w
8) Nepal vs Hongkong - 15th July'2015
109/10 vs 110/5 (HK won by 5 wkts)
Pacers - 6w+5w=11w
Spinners - 3w+0w=3w
9) Nepal vs Ireland - 13th July'2015
53/10 vs 54/2 (IRE won by 8 wkts)
Pacers - 7w+2w=9w
Spinners - 3w+0w=3w
10) Ireland vs Bangladesh - 21st July'2012
140/8 vs 141/8 (BAN won by 2 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 4w+5w=9w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 47w
2nd Innings - 33w
Spinners
1st Innings - 22w
2nd Innings - 29w
Overall
80w:51w (Pacers:Spinners)
(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
Ireland (IRE)
1. Andrew Balbirnie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(34), 6(11), 10(16)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(14)*, 6(7), 27(22), 12(7), 10(11), 51(38), 46(36)
2. Mark Adair
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(15)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(5)&1w, 15(16)*&2w, 8(9)&0w, 25(20)&2w, 27(22)&0w, 0w, 2w
3. Curtis Campher
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(8)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 29(21)&1w, 14(14)&0w, 7(7)&2w
4. Gareth Delany
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(3)&0w, 0(1), 1w, 3(5)&2w
5. George Dockrell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 8(8)&0w, 10(12)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 20(20), 15(7)&1w, 0(1)&0w, 10(5)&2w, 25(19)
6. Stephen Doheny
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Josh Little
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(11)&1w, 7(5)*&4w, 2w, 1w, 2w
8. Andy McBrine
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(7)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w
9. Barry McCarthy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(9)*&1w, 7(10)&0w, 11(8)&0w, 3w, 0w
10. Fionn Hand
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Paul Stirling
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(13)&3w, 8(9), 1(3), 40(29)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(8)&2w, 26(20), 1(2)&1w, 29(21), 19(23)&2w, 18(14), 13(16), 21(15), 31(29), 4(12)
12. Harry Tector
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 23(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4)&0w, 3(3), 5(6), 5(7), 2(3), 25(15), 5(7)
13. Lorcan Tucker
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(10), 19(17), 11(11), 2(7), 50(32), 27(28)
14. Craig Young
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 4w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 22(15)&0w, 0w, 2w
Afghanistan (AFG)
1. Hazratullah Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(22), 1(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Darwish Rasooli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Nazibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(10), 8(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(6)&1w, 9(9)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Azmatullah Omarzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(5)*&0w, 11(13)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4)&0w, 9(10)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Karim Janat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Fazalhaq Farooqi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Nijat Masood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Fareed Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Sharafuddin Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Hashmatullah Shahidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(12), 36(42)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Naveen ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 10(13)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Ibrahim Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(18)*, 17(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Afsar Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Usman Ghani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 59(42), 1(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
19. Mujeeb Ur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
20 - 14w/6l (in favour of AFG)
(ii) Last 5 Matches
3w/2l (in favour of IRE)
(iii) On This Venue
2 - 2w/0l (in favour of IRE)
(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches
1) Afghanistan vs Ireland - 12th August'2022
122/8 vs 125/5 (IRE won by 5 wickets)
Hashmatullah Shahidi - 36(42)
Mohammad Nabi - 2w
Mujeeb Ur Rahman - 1w
Fazalhaq Farooqi - 1w
Naveen ul Haq - 1w
Andy Balbirnie - 46(36)
Lorcun Tucker - 27(28)
George Dockrell - 25(19)*
Josh Little - 2w
Mark Adair - 2w
Curtis Campher - 2w
Gareth Delany - 2w
2) Afghanistan vs Ireland - 9th August'2022
168/7 vs 171/3 (IRE won by 7 wickets)
Usman Ghani - 59(42)
Ibrahim Zadran - 29(18)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 26(22)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman - 1w
Naveen ul Haq - 1w
Mohammad Nabi - 1w
Andy Balbirnie - 51(38)
Lorcan Tucker - 50(32)
Paul Stirling - 31(29)
Harry Tector - 25(15)*
Barry McCarthy - 3w
George Dockrell - 2w
Josh Little - 1w
Gareth Delany - 1w
3) Ireland vs Afghanistan - 10th March'2020
142/8 vs 142/7 (IRE won in Super Over)
Gareth Delany - 37(29)&2w
Harry Tector - 31(22)
Barry McCarthy - 1w
Josh Little - 1w
Craig Young - 1w
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 42(29)
Naveen ul haq - 3w
Mujeeb ur Rahman - 1w
Rashid Khan - 1w
4) Afghanistan vs Ireland - 8th March'2020
184/4 vs 163/6 (AFG won by 21 runs)
Hazratullah Zazai - 28(33)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 35(30)
Mohammad Nabi - 27(17)
Mujeeb ur Rahman - 3w
Rashid Khan - 1w
Andy Balbirnie - 46(35)
Harry Tector - 37(29)
Gareth Delany - 1w
Craig Young - 1w
5) Ireland Vs Afghanistan - 6th March'2020
172/6 vs 133/5 (AFG won by 11 runs - D/L)
Paul Stirling - 60(41)
Nazibullah Zadran - 42(21)*
Rashid Khan - 3w
Mujeeb ur Rahman - 1w
Andy Balbirnie - 29(28)
Harry Tector - 29(17)*
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 28(13)
Hazratullah Zazai - 23(15)
6) Afghanistan vs Ireland - 24th February'2019
210/7 vs 178/8 (AFG won by 32 runs)
Mohammad Nabi - 81(36)
Rashid Khan - 5w
Andy Balbirnie - 47(33)
George Dockrell - 1w
Hazratullah Zazai - 31(17)
(v) Top Performers from current squads when both these sides meet
IRE
Paul Stirling - highest run scorer (543), Avg (31.94) - 17M/17I
Andy Balbirnie - 12th highest run scorer (146), Avg (18.25) - 8M/8I
George Dockrell - 15th highest run scorer (115), Avg (23) - 17M/12I
George Dockrell - 10th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (50.38), SR (38.88) - 17M/17I
Josh Little - 14th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (51.83), SR (32.67) - 9M/9I
AFG
Hazratullah Zazai - 3rd highest run scorer (411), Avg (68.50) - 7M/7I
Mohammad Nabi - 4th highest wicket taker (399), Avg (33.25) - 18M/15I
Nazibullah Zadran - 11th highest run scorer (161), Avg (32.20) - 14M/12I
Usman Ghani - 14th highest run scorer (128), Avg (32) - 6M/5I
Rashid Khan - highest wicket taker (34), Avg (8.26), SR (8.29) - 13M/13I
Mohammad Nabi - 2nd highest wicket taker (15), Avg (28.67), SR (21.47) - 18M/17I
Mujeeb ur Rahman - 3rd highest wicket taker (12), Avg (16.67), SR (13.50) - 7M/7I
Karim Janat - 7th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (30.50), SR (22.50) - 9M/9I
(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)
Ireland (IRE)
1. Andrew Balbirnie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(4), 29(28), 9(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(9), 0(1), 2(4), 47(33), 46(35), 51(38), 46(36)
2. Mark Adair
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 5w
3. Curtis Campher
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(7)&2w
4. Gareth Delany
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(10)&0w, 37(29)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(6)&1w, 1w, 3(5)*&2w
5. George Dockrell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w, 13(10), 8(14)&0w, 34(28)&0w, 1(1)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(0)&1w, 5(2)&0w, 2(3)&0w, 22(13)&0w, 3(7)&1w, 0(1)&0w, 18(10)&1w, 9(5)&0w, 10(5)&2w, 25(19)
6. Stephen Doheny
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Josh Little
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w
8. Andy McBrine
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w
9. Barry McCarthy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 0w, 3w, 0w
10. Fionn Hand
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Paul Stirling
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 76(23)&1w, 25(24)&0w, 17(18)&0w, 0(2)&0w, 23(25)&0w, 60(41)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(29), 21(23), 79(38)&1w, 34(15)&0w, 49(20)&0w, 27(19)&0w, 2(5)&1w, 91(50)&1w, 10(9)&0w, 12(10), 31(29), 4(12)
12. Harry Tector
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(17)*, 31(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 37(29), 25(15)*, 5(7)
13. Lorcan Tucker
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(13), 3(3), 9(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(6), 16(14), 2(5), 16(14), 50(32), 27(28)
14. Craig Young
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
Afghanistan (AFG)
1. Hazratullah Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 74(33), 82(54), 162(62)*, 31(17), 28(33)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(6), 23(15)
2. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 35(30), 26(22), 1(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(13), 42(29)
3. Darwish Rasooli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Nazibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(2), 1(5), 7(10), 20(10), 1(2), 12(8), 16(9)*, 15(10), 8(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(6), 11(11), 40(36), 42(21), 0(1)
5. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(5)&1w, 43(25)*&2w, 1w, 1(2)&0w, 4w, 34(15)&0w, 89(30)&1w, 7(5)&1w, 12(5)&1w, 17(5)&0w, 81(36)&0w, 27(17)&0w, 5(6)&1w, 9(9)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(6)&0w, 26(17)&2w, 1(2), 49(40)&2w, 4(8)&0w
6. Azmatullah Omarzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(5)&0w, 11(13)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5w, 3w, 3w, 4w, 4w, 5w, 1w, 2(4)&0w, 9(10)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 1w
8. Karim Janat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 2w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w
9. Fazalhaq Farooqi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Nijat Masood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Fareed Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Sharafuddin Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Hashmatullah Shahidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(12), 36(42)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Naveen ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w
16. Ibrahim Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(18), 17(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Afsar Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Usman Ghani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 59(42), 1(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
19. Mujeeb Ur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) IRELAND (IRE) SQUAD :
Probable XI
1) Paul Stirling - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 4, 31, 28, 18, 10, 17, 27, 40, 21, 13, 120, 0
2) Andy Balbirnie - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 46, 51, 0, 14, 52, 31, 27, 10, 10, 12, 0, 2
3) Lorcan Tucker - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 27, 50, 0, 78, 0, 77, 17, 28, 2, 11, 14, 19
4) Harry Tector - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 5, 25*, 34, 6, 28*, 58*, 13, 23, 2, 5, 108, 4
5) Gareth Delany - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 3r 2w, 1w, 0r 2w, 2r 2w, 25*r 1w, 1r 1w, 13r 1w, 2r 0w, 0, 5r 0w, 22r 1w, 0r 0w
6) George Dockrell - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 25*, 10r 2w, 3r 0w, 48r 0w, 1r 3w, 69r 2w, 68r 0w, 10r 1w, 0r 0w, 15r 1w, 22
7) Curtis Campher - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 7r 2w, 19r 0w, 0r 0w, 0r 3w, 20r 1w, 7r 1w, 19r 0w, 14r 0w, 29r 1w, 5r 1w, 25r 1w
8) Andy McBrine - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 2r 1w, 10r 1w, 32r 0w, 8r 2w, 39r 2w, 26r 0w, 28r 0w, 39r 1w, 0w, 0w
9) Mark Adair - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 2r 1w, 2r 0w, 3r 2w, 0r 3w, 11r 1w, 37r 0w, 27r 0w, 25r 2w, 27r 2w, 2w,
10) Josh Little - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 0r 2w, 7r 4w, 2w, 0w, 1w
11) Barry McCarthy - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 32r 1w, 8r 0w, 4w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 11r 0w, 7r 0w, 110r 2w, 12r 1w
BENCH
12) Stephen Doheny - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 58, 26, 52, 35, 97, 3, 46, 74*, 18, 2, 29, 36, 10
13) Fionn Hand - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0w, 28r 0w, 1w, 1r 1w, 1w, 1w, 21r 2w, 1w, 30r 0w, 11r 0w
14) Craig Young - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w
Safe C/VC choices
George Dockrell, Andy Balbirnie
B) AFGHANISTAN (AFG) SQUAD :
Probable XI
1) Rahmanullah Gurbaz - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 26, 6, 30, 09 121*, 55, 65, 20, 19, 26, 1
2) Usman Ghani - RHB
Last 10 - 1, 59, 69, 4, 32, 31, 72*, 17, 46, 14, 21
3) Hashmatullah Shahidi - LHB, RAO
Last 10 - 36, 11, 90, 62, 8&1w, 15, 42&1w, 56, 51, 29*, 58*, 38
4) Nazibullah Zadran - LHB, RAO
Last 10 - 8, 15, 43, 67, 0, 81, 37, 21, 5, 83*, 51, 9
5) Mohammad Nabi - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 9r 2w, 5r 1w, 4&0w, 2w, 5&2w, 0w, 15&0w, 31, 43*&1w, 15*&1w, 34*&2w, 2w
6) Ibrahim Zadran - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 17, 28, 4, 31* 1&0w, 25, 91, 81*, 57, 14, 14, 8
7) Azmatullah Omarzai - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 11r 0w,11r 0w, 10&3w, 3w, 14&1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 34*&0w, 3w, 11&0w
8) Rashid Khan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 9r 0w, 2r 0w, 0w, 25*&2w, 11&3w, 3&1w, 1w, 8&0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w
9) Fazalhaq Farooqi - RHB, LAM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w
10) Naveen ul Haq - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 10r 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 4w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 5w, 1w
11) Mujeeb ur Rahman - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 0w
BENCH
12) Fareed Ahmad - LHB, LAM
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w
13) Sharafuddin Ashraf - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 13*&1w, 12&1w, 44&0w, 4*&3w, 1w, 44&3w, 20&0w, 1w, 0w, 1w
14) Darwish Rasooli - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 51, 41*, 12*, 11, 0, 70, 16, 84, 9*, 2
15) Nijat Masood - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 0w
16) Karim Janat - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 4&0w, 30*&1w, 24&2w, 44&0w, 40&1w, 10, 6&w, 12&1w, 0w, 10*&1w
17) Afsar Zazai - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 14, 16, 67*, 14, 2*, 3, 28, 2, 24
18) Noor Ahmad - RHB, Left Arm Spin
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 4w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w
19) Hazratullah Zazai - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 30, 20, 73&1w, 2, 32, 2, 12, 28, 45, 5
Safe C/VC choices
Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi
Differential GL C/VC choices
IRE - Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Paul Stirling
AFG - Mujeeb ur Rahman, Nazibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Naveen ul Haq
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