Afghan national cricket team in Ireland for the 2018 season

The Afghan national cricket team's tour to Ireland for the 2018 season took place from August 20 to 31, 2018. The international cricket tour was part of the 2018 international cricket season and included three ODIs and three Twenty20s . Afghanistan won the Twenty20 series 2−0 and the ODI series 2−1.

prehistory

Ireland previously played a tour against India , Afghanistan a test in India . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2017/18 season in the United Arab Emirates .

Stages

Belfast Magheramason

Venues of the tournament

The following stadiums were selected for the tour and announced on February 28, 2018.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Stormont	Belfast	7,000	1st - 3rd ODI
Bready Cricket Club Ground	Magheramason	3,000	1st - 3rd T20

Squad lists

Afghanistan named its cadres on July 25, 2018. Ireland named its cadres on August 17, 2018.

ODI		Twenty20
Ireland	Afghanistan	Ireland	Afghanistan
William Porterfield ( K ) Andrew Balbirnie Peter Chase David Delany George Dockrell Andy McBrine Tim Murtagh Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien Boyd Rankin James Shannon Simi Singh Paul Stirling Gary Wilson	Asghar Stanikzai ( K ) Javed Ahmadi Aftab Alam Ihsanullah Rashid Khan Wafadar Momand Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Rahmat Shah Hashmatullah Shahidi Mohammad Shahzad ( wk ) Sayed Shirzad Samiullah Shenwari Mujeeb Ur Rahman Dawlat Zadran Najibullah Zadran	Gary Wilson ( K ) Andrew Balbirnie Peter Chase David Delany George Dockrell Joshua Little Andy McBrine Kevin O'Brien William Porterfield Boyd Rankin James Shannon Simi Singh Paul Stirling Stuart Thompson	Asghar Stanikzai ( K ) Fareed Ahmad Aftab Alam Mirwais Ashraf Usman Ghani Rashid Khan Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Shafiqullah Shafaq Mohammad Shahzad ( wk ) Samiullah Shenwari Mujeeb Ur Rahman Najibullah Zadran Hazratullah Zazai

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Magheramason

August 20 scorecard	Magheramason	Afghanistan 160-7 (18/18)	-	Ireland 144-9 (18/18)
		Afghanistan wins with 16 runs

Second Twenty20 in Magheramason

August 22nd scorecard	Magheramason	Afghanistan 160-8 (20)	-	Ireland 79 (15)
		Afghanistan wins with 81 runs

Third Twenty20 in Magheramason

August 24th scorecard	Magheramason	Ireland	-	Afghanistan
		Called off

One-day internationals

First ODI in Belfast

August 27th scorecard	Belfast	Afghanistan 227-9 (50)	-	Ireland 198 (48.3)
		Afghanistan wins with 29 runs

Second ODI in Belfast

August 29th scorecard	Belfast	Afghanistan 182-9 (50)	-	Ireland 183-7 (43.5)
		Ireland wins with 3 wickets

Third ODI in Belfast

August 31 scorecard	Belfast	Ireland 124 (36.1)	-	Afghanistan 127-2 (23.5)
		Afghanistan wins with 8 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ireland to build new stadium to meet needs of Test era ( English ) Cricinfo. February 28, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
2. ↑ T20I and ODI squads named ahead of Afghanistan series ( English ) Cricinfo. August 17, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
3. ↑ Wafadar gets maiden white-ball call-up as Afghanistan name squads for Ireland ( English ) Cricinfo. July 25, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.