Afghanistan vs Ireland 1st T20 Live Cricket Score Streaming: Afghanistan take on Ireland. (Source: Afghanistan Cricket Board/Twitter)Afghanistan vs Ireland, Afg vs Ire 1st T20 Live Cricket Score Streaming Online: Ireland’s decision to elect to bat first proved to be a wrong one after they lost quick wickets early on. Afghanistan bowlers saw the visitors going down 65/6 in the 12th over. But despite the early struggles, George Dockrell and Stuart Poynter added 67 runs together to take their total to 132/7.
Coming down to chase, Afghanistan got off to a flying start with Asghar Afghan and Hazratullah Zazai getting off to a good start. But the skipper was dismissed in the 2nd over, followed by Zazai who fell to Boyd Rankin for 11 in the 4th over. Karim Janat was dismissed in the same over as Afghanistan went three wickets down.Catch Live score and updates of Afghanistan vs Ireland 1st T20I.
GONE!
WICKET! And another one! Karim Janat has hit it straight in the air but it won't clear the distance. Easy catch for Dockrell inside the covers and Rankin gets his 2nd wicket in the same over. AF 30/3
GONE!
WICKET! Hazratullah Zazai has pulled a short delivery to Thompson at deep square leg. Boyd Ranking gets his first wicket. He literally set him up for this. Kept bowling short balls and finally lured him to play one. AFG 30/2
GONE!
WICKET! Chase strikes as Asghar smacks a full length delivery straight to Getake at mid-off. That is catching practice right there. AFG 16/1
First over gone
POWERSHOW FROM AFGHANISTAN! Two fours and a six in the first over from Rankin. Zazai and Asghar are off to fiery start. Afghanistan 16/1 after 1st over.
Chase is on!
Skipper Afhgan Asghar and Hazratullah Zazai are out to bat for Afghanistan. Ireland's Boyd Rankin starts the attack. 133 to win. CHASE IS ON!
End of innings
Ireland reach 132/6 in 20 overs with George Dockrell and Stuart Poynter adding 67 runs together for the 7th wicket. The duo have taken their side closer to a competitive total. IRE 132/6
18 overs gone
Ireland are 108/6. They have lost six wickets but Dockrell and Poynter are building a good partnership for the 7th wicket here. The two will hope to take the score past 130 in the next two overs.
GONE!
WICKET! Mohammad Nabi has dismissed Simi SIngh. He goes down the wicket and goes too early, Nabi spots him and fires it outside off, for the keeper to complete the formality. IRE 60/4
GONE!
WICKET! Paul Stirling is the next man to go. A short delivery from Mohammed Nabi and Stirling tried to go for a big hit. Mistimed it. Easy catch for Najibullah Zadran in the deep. IRE 39/3
GONE!
WICKET! Karim Janat strikes and Andy Balbirnie has been trapped LBW. Afghanistan get another breakthrough. IRE 37/2
GONE!
WICKET! Mujeeb ur Rahman gets the first breakthrough. Full length delivery to O' Brien and he just pushes it into the air. Easy catch for Mohammed Nabi in the deep. IRE 23/1
3 overs gone
Good start from opening pair. Kevin O' brien and Paul Stirling have started brilliantly. The duo have playnot lost a wicket and are now starting to accelerate. 3 overs gone, IRE 17/0
HERE WE GO!
Mujeeb Ur Rahman starts off with the first over for Afghanistan. Paul Stirling and Kevin O' Brien are out to come out to bat for Ireland.
Teams:
Afghanistan (Playing XI): Asghar Afghan(c), Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Nabi, Shafiqullah Shafiq(w), Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shenwari, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karim Janat, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Farid Malik
Ireland (Playing XI): Paul Stirling(c), Andrew Balbirnie, Shane Getkate, Simi Singh, Kevin O Brien, Stuart Poynter(w), George Dockrell, Joshua Little, Boyd Rankin, Peter Chase, Stuart Thompson
Captains speak
Asghar Afghan: Toss doesn't matter. Honestly we wanted to bowl first and we are happy with that. We back our strengths which is bowling and looking forward to have a good game.
Stirling: We gonna have a bat. We got good preparation before this game. The conditions look good and always great to be in India.
TOSS!
Ireland have won the toss and have opted to bat!
Afghanistan vs Ireland
Hello and welcome to our live blog on the 1st T20I between Afghanistan and Ireland. The two teams will be eager to get out a series of positive results before the World Cup. This is a chance for the teams to test out their squads before the more important ODIs and Tests.