Afghanistan Vs Ireland
2-Innings Match Played At Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi, 28-Feb-2024, Test
Ireland Win Outright by 6 wkts
Round 1109
Toss won by Afghanistan
Umpires AT Holdstock (SA) - R Kettleborough (Eng) - PR Reiffel
Umpire notes Match referee: David Boon. Res ump: Bisillah Jan Shinwari
Home Side (neutral)
Player of Match MR Adair
Comment 1109/61 5 day Test match. Ireland win first Test match in their 8th Test.
Test debuts: B McCarthy, C Young & T van Woerkom
Close
Day 1 - Wed 29 Feb 2024 - Ireland 1st inns 100-4 (31 ov. H Tector 32*, P Stirling 2)
Day 2 - Thur 29 Feb 2024 - Afghanistan 2nd inns 134-3 (37 ov. Hashatullah Shahidi 53*, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 23*)
Day 3 - 1 Mar 2024- Ireland 2nd inns 111-4 (31.3 ov. A Balbirnie 58*, L Tucker 27*) - end of match
Afghanistan 1st Innings 155/10 All Out (Overs 54.5)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
Ibrahim Zadran c LJ Tucker b CA Young 53 144 83 9 0
Noor Ali Zadran c A Balbirnie b MR Adair 7 29 27 1 0
Rahmat Shah   b MR Adair 0 5 3 0 0
Hashmatullah Shahidi* c LJ Tucker b BJ McCarthy 20 64 44 4 0
Rahmanullah Gurbaz+ c LJ Tucker b MR Adair 5 29 20 0 0
Nasir Jamal   b CA Young 0 6 8 0 0
Karim Janat not out   41 115 78 6 0
Zia-ur-Rehman c A Balbirnie b MR Adair 6 23 15 1 0
Naveed Zadran c AR McBrine b C Campher 12 59 42 2 0
Nijat Masood c LJ Tucker b C Campher 0 2 2 0 0
Zahir Khan   b MR Adair 0 22 8 0 0
extras   (b4 lb6 w1 nb0) 11        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 155        
FOW
1-11(Noor Ali Zadran) 2-11(Rahmat Shah) 3-66(Hashmatullah Shahidi)
4-86(Rahmanullah Gurbaz) 5-89(Nasir Jamal) 6-90(Ibrahim Zadran)
7-111(Zia-ur-Rehman) 8-138(Naveed Zadran) 9-138(Nijat Masood) 10-155(Zahir Khan)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
MR Adair 16.5 5 39 5 - -
BJ McCarthy 11 1 28 1 - 1
CA Young 11 5 31 2 - -
AR McBrine 7 1 22 0 - -
T van Woerkom 5 1 12 0 - -
C Campher 4 1 13 2 - -
Ireland 1st Innings 263/10 All Out (Overs 83.4)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
PJ Moor   b Naveed Zadran 12 46 29 2 0
A Balbirnie* lbw b Naveed Zadran 2 18 12 0 0
C Campher c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Zia-ur-Rehman 49 103 64 7 1
HT Tector lbw b Naveed Zadran 32 114 73 3 0
T van Woerkom   b Zia-ur-Rehman 1 10 9 0 0
PR Stirling   b Zahir Khan 52 131 89 7 0
LJ Tucker+ c Rahmat Shah b Zia-ur-Rehman 46 143 105 5 0
AR McBrine c Naveed Zadran b Nijat Masood 38 107 74 5 0
MR Adair lbw b Zia-ur-Rehman 15 26 20 2 0
BJ McCarthy lbw b Zia-ur-Rehman 5 19 14 0 0
CA Young not out   1 18 16 0 0
extras   (b4 lb3 w0 nb3) 10        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 263        
FOW
1-6(A Balbirnie) 2-32(PJ Moor) 3-92(C Campher) 4-94(T van Woerkom) 5-106(HT Tector)
6-186(PR Stirling) 7-216(LJ Tucker) 8-242(MR Adair) 9-256(BJ McCarthy)
10-263(AR McBrine)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
Nijat Masood 12.4 2 38 1 - 1
Naveed Zadran 18 4 59 3 - 1
Karim Janat 6 0 24 0 - -
Zia-ur-Rehman 30 7 64 5 - -
Zahir Khan 14 0 67 1 - 1
Hashmatullah Shahidi 3 0 4 0 - -
Afghanistan 2nd Innings 218/10 All Out (Overs 75.4)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
Ibrahim Zadran c PJ Moor b MR Adair 12 26 21 1 0
Noor Ali Zadran c MR Adair b BJ McCarthy 32 119 72 3 0
Rahmat Shah c LJ Tucker b MR Adair 9 12 9 2 0
Hashmatullah Shahidi* lbw b MR Adair 55 138 107 5 0
Rahmanullah Gurbaz+   b CA Young 46 143 85 4 2
Nasir Jamal   b BJ McCarthy 2 26 19 0 0
Karim Janat c A Balbirnie b CA Young 13 53 39 0 0
Zia-ur-Rehman c A Balbirnie b T van Woerkom 13 56 29 2 0
Naveed Zadran   b CA Young 25 75 53 3 0
Nijat Masood   b BJ McCarthy 0 6 7 0 0
Zahir Khan not out   4 18 13 1 0
extras   (b7 lb0 w0 nb0) 7        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 218        
FOW
1-24(Ibrahim Zadran) 2-38(Rahmat Shah) 3-93(Noor Ali Zadran)
4-140(Hashmatullah Shahidi) 5-143(Nasir Jamal) 6-173(Karim Janat)
7-174(Rahmanullah Gurbaz) 8-206(Zia-ur-Rehman) 9-207(Nijat Masood)
10-218(Naveed Zadran)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
MR Adair 16 3 56 3 - -
BJ McCarthy 18 5 48 3 - -
T van Woerkom 13 3 43 1 - -
AR McBrine 17 3 38 0 - -
CA Young 10.4 2 24 3 - -
HT Tector 1 0 2 0 - -
Ireland 2nd Innings 111/4 Closed (Overs 31.3)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
PJ Moor   b Naveed Zadran 0 8 9 0 0
A Balbirnie* not out   58 145 96 5 0
C Campher   b Naveed Zadran 0 1 1 0 0
HT Tector c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Nijat Masood 2 13 7 0 0
PR Stirling c Rahmat Shah b Zia-ur-Rehman 14 43 22 3 0
LJ Tucker+ not out   27 78 57 2 0
AR McBrine dnb            
MR Adair dnb            
BJ McCarthy dnb            
T van Woerkom dnb            
CA Young dnb            
extras   (b0 lb7 w0 nb3) 10        
TOTAL   4 wickets for 111        
FOW
1-8(PJ Moor) 2-8(C Campher) 3-13(HT Tector) 4-39(PR Stirling)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
Nijat Masood 8 1 27 1 - 1
Naveed Zadran 9.3 0 31 2 - -
Zia-ur-Rehman 11 0 33 1 - -
Zahir Khan 3 0 13 0 - 2
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