IRE vs AFGH | 2nd ODI Match | 21-05-2019 15:15

SCHEDULE

Match: IRELAND (IRE) vs AFGHANISTAN (AFGH)
Time : 21 MAY (TUESDAY), 03:15 pm (IST)
Series : Afghanistan tour of Ireland, 2019
Venue : Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast, Ireland

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PITCH & WEATHER REPORT

Pitch will be run scoring with true bounce and pace. Weather will be sunny.

- Ireland opt to bowl

Team 1

Remove : M Nabi

Select : Gulbadin Naib


Team 2

Remove : H Zazai, 

Select : Najibullah Zadran

C/VC : A Balbirnie and M Shahzad
NEWS & ANALYSIS

Ireland (IRE)


* Ireland won the first ODI match against Afghanistan by 72 runs and take 1-0 lead in the two match series. Their eye will be on the clean sweep after winning second and final match.

* After a very worst performance in the previous tri series, Ireland's batsmen again looked very poor with bat and they did not play their 50 overs quota in the Ist Innings and bowled out for 210 runs in only 48.5 Overs.

*  Paul Stirling and Skipper William Porterfield, who have found their form in the last few matches of previous tri series, have been very exceptional with bat and registered their consecutive half centuries with scored 71 and 53 runs respectively.  Kevin O Brien, who was very consistent with bat in the previous tri series, also looked very well with bat and scored 32 runs.

*  Except these trio,  none of others batsman likes of Andy Balbirnie, James McCollum, Garry Wilson showed their determination in batting.  At least Andy Balbirnie, who has registered a brilliant century in the previous series,  was the most rated batsman to score run.

*  Irish bowlers were very exception with bowl and restricted the opponent for only 138 runs .  Mark Adair picked up four wickets while Boyd Rankin three.  Tim Murtagh also picked two wickets.

*  Ireland may go with same playing XI in the second as well as last match of the series.

* Injured/Unavailable:- None as per squad.

* Key Players :- Paul Stirling,  Andy Balbirnie,  William Porterfield, Kevin O Brien,  B Rankin, Mark Adair, Tim Murtagh

IRE Line Ups

*  Paul Stirling and James McCollum are expected to open the batting. Paul Stirling is a very good batsman and useful spinner too. Paul Stirling was very exceptional with bat in the previous match.

*  Andy Balbirnie and William Porterfield will bat at 03 and 04.  Both are very good batsmen.  William Porterfield registered a magnificent half century in the previous match while, A Balbirnie has also good recent form.

*  Kevin O Brien will be next batsman at No 05.  He looked very solid in the previous series and also looked very well with bat in the last match.

*  Wicket Keeper Gary Wilson and Mark Adair will be next batsmen. Mark Adair is a very good all rounder. He played some notable inning in last few matches. He claimed four wickets in the previous match.

*  Tim Murtagh , B Rankin and Mark Adair will the pace attack.

* George Dockrell, Andy McBrine and Paul Stirling will lead the Spin attack.

Afghanistan (AFGH)


*  Afghanistan lost the first ODI against Ireland by huge 72 runs and they will be looking to bounce back in the second and last ODI match on Tuesday, 21 May.

*  Afghan's bowlers did very good job with bowl and restricted the host for only 210 runs in only 48.5 overs. in the first innings.  Both pacers Dawlat Zadran and Aftab Alam picked up three wickets each.  Both were well supported by star Rashid Khan who claimed two wickets.  Skipper Gulbadin Naib also claimed one wicket.

* In batting, Afghanistan's batting almost collapsed in the first match and they bowled out for only 138 runs in 35.4 overs while they were chasing the Irish target of 211 runs.

*  After dismissal of  three early wickets for just 22 runs, Afghan's middle order tried to plug the hole but, they  could not capitalise their good start into a big knock.  Their middle order batsmen likes of Ashghar Afghan, M Nabi and Skipper G Naib scored 29, 27 and 20 runs. but, all were failed to convert their start in to a big knock.

* Injured/Unavailable :- None

* Key Players :-  M Shahzad, H Zazai, R Shah, A Afghan, M Nabi, R Khan, G Naib, D Zadran, Aftab Alam

AFGH Line Ups

* Wicket Keeper M Shahzad and H Zazai will open the batting. Both are very attacking batsmen and able to provide a good and quick start. However, both failed in the last match.

* Rahmat Shah and Ashgar Afghan will bat at No 03 and 04. Both are the key batsmen of middle order. Both are very talented batsmen.  A Afghan looked very well with bat in the first match.

*  H Shahidi will bat next at No 05.

*  Mohammad Nabi, Skipper Gulbadin Naib and Rashid Khan will be next batsmen. These trio all rounder will be very effective for the Afghanistan. M Nabi might be very useful with bat in the middle order. While, Gulbadin Naib can also play a useful innings.  Rashid Khan is able to hit the ball in the slog overs.

*  Rashid Khan, M Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman will lead the spin.

*  Dawlat Zadran, A Alam and Gulbadin Naib will lead the pace attack.


TEAM SQUADS

Ireland Squad

William Porterfield (C), Andrew Balbirnie, George Dockrell, T Kane, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, James McCollum, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O'Brien, Boyd Rankin, Lorcan Tucker, Paul Stirling, Gary Wilson (WK), Mark Adair

Afghanistan Squad

Gulbadin Naib (C), Mohammad Shahzad (WK), Noor Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahman Shah, Ashgar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najubullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

EXPECTED PLAYING 11

Ireland Playing 11


Wicket-Keeper :- Gary Wilson

Batsmen :- James McCollum, Andrew Balbirnie, William Porterfield (C)

All-rounders :- Kevin O' Brien, Paul Stirling, Mark Adair

Bowlers :- Tim Murtagh, George Dockrell, Boyd Rankin, Andy McBrine

Afghanistan Playing 11


Wicket-Keeper :- Mohammad Shahzad

Batsmen :- H Zazai, Rahmat Shah, A Afghan, H Shahidi

All-rounders :- Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib (C)

Bowlers :- Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Aftab Alam



CHOICE OF CAPTAIN / VICE CAPTAIN

Ireland :- Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie, Kevin O Brien, William Porterfield

Afghanistan :- Mohammad Shahzad, H Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan

HEAD TO HEAD

Record of last five matches.

Ireland : Won -03

Afghanistan : Won -02

No Result : 01

DREAM GURU TEAM

Team 1 (H2H or 3/4 members league)

1.  Mohammad Shahzad (WK)
2. A Afghan
3. Rahmat Shah (VC)
4. William Porterfield
5. Andy Balbirnie
6. M Nabi
7. Paul Stirling (C)
8. Mark Adair
9. Rashid Khan
10 Dawlat Zadran
11. Tim Murtagh

Team 2 (H2H or 3/4 members league)

1. Mohammad Shahzad (WK)
2. Rahmat Shah
3. H Zazai (VC)
4. William Porterfield
5. Andy Balbirnie(C)
6. Gulbadin Naib
7. Paul Stirling
8. Mark Adair
9. A Alam
10 Rashid Khan
11. B Rankin



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