Ireland VS Afghanistan Match ball by ball Commentary
LIVE
AFG292/3
—IRE
Ireland elected to field
ICC ODI Team's Ranking
| RANK | COUNTRY | POINTS | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 3841 | 116 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3809 | 109 |
| 3 | Australia | 2965 | 102 |
| 4 | South Africa | 2855 | 102 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 3215 | 100 |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 3470 | 96 |
| 7 | England | 2898 | 93 |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 2361 | 91 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 3251 | 83 |
| 10 | West Indies | 2624 | 77 |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 941 | 63 |
| 12 | Ireland | 733 | 52 |
| 13 | Scotland | 1200 | 44 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 1309 | 44 |
| 15 | USA | 1035 | 40 |
| 16 | Oman | 716 | 33 |
| 17 | Namibia | 623 | 31 |
| 18 | Nepal | 790 | 25 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 413 | 17 |
| 20 | Canada | 200 | 10 |
Six! Played towards square leg.
SIX! He has picked the bones out of it!
Byron McDonough replaces Gavin Hoey.
Spears in a bumper, on off, Azmatullah Omarzai leans back to ramp it over the keeper, but gets beaten.
SIX! Helped on its way! Angled in at the ribs, on a shorter length, Azmatullah Omarzai picks it up nicely and dumps it behind the ropes at long leg. The umpires want to look to see if the ball cleared the ropes or landed inside. One replay angle confirms that it has comfortably sailed over the ropes. So six it is!
Mixes his length nicely, does Liam. Now bowls a length ball, on top of off. Azmatullah Omarzai arches back to play the uppercut, but cannot put his bat on the ball. Four dots in a row!
Beaten! Another one wide outside off, a touch fuller this time, nipping away. Azmatullah Omarzai reaches out to access the off side, only to miss out on connecting.
Swing and a miss! Outside off, on a length, Azmatullah Omarzai attempts to flay that over point, but the ball pops up and passes above his angled bat. A bit of a spongy bounce on this one.
Full and straight, around off, Azmatullah Omarzai presents full face of the bat and drives it straight to Stirling at cover.
A touch shorter, on leg, Omarzai nudges it through square leg for a single to open his account.