Afghanistan Vs Ireland Live Cricket Score - Live Score, 1st T20I Match - Full Scorecard

M Nabi to P Stirling, OUT! Ireland lose their third wicket. They are in deep trouble now. Tossed up on middle, Stirling plays a slog sweep over mid-wicket. He does not get enough on it. Najibullah Zadran takes a comfortable catch near the boundary. So it takes just 5 balls for Nabi to strike.

Ur Rahman to K O'Brien, OUT! Caught! There comes the first wicket. Mujeeb strikes. Full and following the batsman down the leg side, Kevin is cramped for room as he looks to play the lofted shot. He does go through with the same but does not quite get the distance he needed. The height is nice but not the distance. Simple catch for Mohammad Nabi at long on. Probably a wrong choice of a shot too. Could have gone off side as there was a long on and a deep mid-wicket in place.

K Janat to A Balbirnie, OUT! Balbirnie departs! Good length delivery on middle, Balbirnie looks to flick but gets hit on the pads due to the inward movement on this one. The bowler appeals and the umpire raises his finger immediately. Ireland lose their second wicket.

R Khan to S Thompson, OUT! TIMBER! The leg spinner from Rashid. Rashid Khan strikes in his first over. Flighted delivery on leg, Thompson looks to play a sweep shot but misses it completely and gets bowled. Ireland lose half their side. The visitors lose their fifth wicket.

M Nabi to S Singh, OUT! Stumped! The arm ball does the trick for Nabi and he has his second in the span of 6 balls. Bowled outside off, Singh comes down the track to defend but misses the line completely and gets stumped. Probably the bowler sensed that the batsman is going to dance. Accordingly changed the music. Decent glovework by Shafiqullah Shafaq.

R Khan to S Getkate, OUT! LBW! Second wicket in the over! Rashid is flying already. Full and fast, in line of the stumps, Getkate looks to sweep but misses. Is hit right in front of the stumps and the umpire does not take long to raise the finger. This team may not even play 20 overs.

B Rankin to H Zazai, OUT! Terrific shot but straight to the fielder! Lucky wicket for the bowler. A nothing ball. Short and asked to be smashed, bowled on middle. Hazratullah swivels and pulls hard but finds Stuart Thompson to perfection at deep square leg. A meter either side of him and it would have been a boundary or a six. But...

P Chase to A Afghan, OUT! There goes the first wicket! Afghan is gone. A length ball, outside off, Asghar comes down the track and tries to blast it through the off side. But neither does he go over the top, nor does he keep it down. Simple catch to Shane Getkate.

J Little to S Shinwari, OUT! Caught! Well, this is some serious competition between the Afghan batsmen to throw their wickets away. A length ball, around middle, Shinwari backs away, aiming to clear the infield but only manages to sky it in the air. He is in no control at all but luck seems to be on his side. It dips onto the fielder but the big man Kevin O'Brien covers good strides to his left, keeps his eyes on the ball and takes a good low catch! 43/4 in the Powerplay for Afghanistan as opposed to 37/2 from the Irish. They just need 90 from 84 balls but are making it look like 190 here...

B Rankin to K Janat, OUT! Caught! Second wicket in the over! Boy - are we onto something here? A short ball, outside off, Janat looks to pull but the ball comes on quicker than his anticipation. Takes the top edge but goes nowhere - straight up in the air and George Dockrell takes it calmly at short mid-wicket. Change of ends works for Rankin - 5/2 in this one.

S Getkate to S Ashraf, OUT! Caught! Get him, mate Getkate! This would have been the warcry from Stirling. And Getkate has got the wicket. Another one goes down. Are we in for an upset? Full and around off, Ashraf looks to flick but is a tad too early into the shot. It is a leg cutter, which does not help his cause either. Induces a leading edge which goes high in the air and surprisingly, carries to deep backward point. Joshua Little takes it with his palms facing skywards. Half the side is down... 83 needed from 76...