The
Afghanistan cricket team
The Afghanistan men's national team ( ps, د افغانستان کرکټ ملي لوبډله, fa, تیم ملی کریکت افغانستان) represents Afghanistan in international cricket. Cricket has been played in Afgha ...
toured Ireland in August 2018 to play three
One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...
s (ODIs) and three
Twenty20 International
A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...
s (T20Is) matches against the
Ireland cricket team
The Ireland cricket team represents all of Ireland in international cricket. The Irish Cricket Union, operating under the brand Cricket Ireland is the sport's governing body in Ireland, and organises the international team.
Ireland participa ...
.
Afghanistan won the T20I series 2–0, after the third match was abandoned due to overnight rain and a wet outfield.
Afghanistan won the ODI series 2–1.
The second ODI of the series was the 100th to be played by Afghanistan.
In the same match,
Mohammad Nabi
Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil ( ps, ; born 1 January 1985) is an Afghan cricketer and former captain of the Afghanistan national cricket team. Nabi is an attacking batting all-rounder, playing as a right-handed batsman and off b ...
became the first cricketer for Afghanistan to play in 100 ODIs.
Squads
After the initial players were selected,
Tyrone Kane
Tyrone Edward Kane (born 8 July 1994) is an Irish cricketer who plays for the Ireland national cricket team. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Ireland's first ever Test match, against Pakistan, in May 2018. In December 2018, he was o ...
was added to Ireland's squads as bowling cover.
Josh Little
Joshua Brian Little (born 1 November 1999) is an Irish cricketer. He made his international debut for the Ireland cricket team in September 2016.
Early career
Unlike many other Irish cricketers, he grew up as a pure homegrown local Irish crick ...
replaced
David Delany
David Colin Alex Delany (born 28 December 1997) is an Irish cricketer. He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Munster Reds in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 16 June 2017. He made his first-class debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2017 Int ...
in Ireland's squad for the third ODI.
T20I Series
1st T20I
2nd T20I
3rd T20I
ODI Series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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2018 in Irish cricket
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Afghan cricket tours of Ireland
International cricket competitions in 2018