Published: Jul 17, 2016, 01:10 PM (IST)
Edited: Jul 17, 2016, 01:14 PM (IST)
Afghanistan and Ireland will be going up against each other in the fourth ODI of the ODI series at Belfast, Ireland. Catch the live streaming of this match on Afghan Play and Cricket Ireland. Both the teams have won one ODI each in the ODI series. The first ODI was abandoned due to rain without a ball being bowled. Ed Joyce scored a century in the previous game which ensured Ireland open their account in ODI series. Mohammad Shahzad has been in good form lately. Shahzad has already scored two half centuries in the tournament. Afghanistan suffered a batting collapse in the previous game, Shahzad was the only one who stood out and scored 105. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Ireland vs Afghanistan 2016, 4th ODI at Belfast
Afghanistan have been in good form before their tour of Ireland. They beat Scotland at Edinburgh by 78 runs in the previous game. Afghanistan are trying hard to get rid of the ‘minnows’ tag. Afghanistan’s manager recently shared his vision to see Afghanistan in top-six ODI teams in near future. He also stated the advantage Ireland have over Afghanistan as they get to play against Test playing nations at home when they tour England. Afghanistan are currently on tenth spot in ICC ODI rankings whereas Ireland are on 12th spot. Afghanistan have recently beaten Scotland by 78 runs in the second ODI of the two-match ODI series.
On the contrary Ireland faced a complete whitewash in three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. An inexperienced Sri Lankan side dominated Ireland in the ODI series. Ireland had a bad run in ICC T20 World Cup 2016 where they were knocked out from Round 1 by Oman. Whereas Afghanistan made it to the Super 10 where they were able to beat World T20 Champions, West Indies.
