AFG vs IRE 3rd T20I Full Highlights: Afghanistan defeated Ireland by 57 runs in the third and last match of the T20 series. Afghanistan won the third match and defeated the Irish team 2-1 in the series. In the third T20 played in Sharjah, the Afghan team, batting first, scored 155/7 runs on the board in 20 overs. For the team, Ibrahim Zadran played a brilliant inning of 72 (51 balls) with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes.
Then, while chasing the target, Ireland was all out for 98 runs in 17.2 overs. During this period, Azmatullah Omarzai took maximum 4 wickets for Afghanistan. The Afghan team maintained its dominance from winning the toss till the end of the match. At no moment in the match did it appear that the Afghan team was troubled by opponent Ireland.
This is how Ireland collapsed before 100 runs.
Chasing the target of 156 runs, Ireland kept losing only wickets from the beginning till the end. No player could provide stability to the team. The first blow to the Irish team came in the form of Andrew Balbirnie (09) on the first ball of the second over and then Lorcan Tucker became the victim of a golden duck on the next ball. Then the team lost the third wicket in the form of captain Paul Stirling (04), who was out in the third over.
Moving forward, the fourth blow to the team came in the form of Harry Tector in the 8th over, who was shown the way to the pavilion by Naveen Ul Haq. Tector played an innings of 16 (21 balls) with the help of 3 fours. Then the fifth blow to the team came in the form of George Dockrell at the score of 46 runs in the 10th over, who could score only 3 runs after playing 11 balls. After this, Curtis Campher, who was playing a good innings, became the victim of Nangelia Kharote in the 13th over. Campher scored 28 runs in 23 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six.
Then Mark Adair (06) was bowled by Azmatullah Omarzai on the first ball of the 16th over. Then Barry McCarthy (01) walked on the fifth ball of the same over. The team’s ninth wicket fell in the form of Gareth Delaney, who scored 21 (19 balls) by hitting 2 sixes. After this, the team got the 10th and last blow in the form of Benjamin White, who was bowled by Naveen Ul Haq on the personal score of 1 run. In this way the Irish team collapsed for 98 runs in 17.2 overs.