Afghan national cricket team in Scotland and Ireland in the 2016 season

The Afghan national cricket team's tour to Scotland and Ireland in the 2016 season took place from July 4th to 19th, 2016. The international cricket tour was part of the 2016 International Cricket Season and included two ODIs against Scotland and five ODIs against Ireland. Afghanistan won the series against Scotland 1–0, while the series against Ireland ended with 2–2.

prehistory

The aim of the tour was to give the teams involved match practice. While Scotland plays in the ICC World Cricket League Championship 2015–17 , Afghanistan and Ireland complete ODIs against full members of the International Cricket Council , if they agree. Ireland previously played an ODI series against Sri Lanka , for the other two teams it was the first tour of the season. On the tour, Afghanistan will then travel to the Netherlands , where a game of the ICC Intercontinental Cup 2015-2017 will be played.

Stages

Belfast

Venue of the tour

Edinburgh

Venue of the tour

The venues were announced on April 14th in Ireland and April 25th in Scotland.

city	country	Stadion	capacity	Games
Belfast	Northern Ireland	Stormont	7,000	5 ODIs against Ireland
Edinburgh	Scotland	The Grange Club	3,000	2 ODIs against Scotland

Squad lists

Afghanistan named their squad on June 23, 2016. Ireland named their squad on June 24, 2016. Scotland named their squad on June 27, 2016.

ODI
Scotland	Ireland	Afghanistan
Preston Mommsen ( K ) Kyle Coetzer ( UK ) Richie Berrington Matthew Cross Con de Lange Alasdair Evans Michael Leask Calum MacLeod Safyaan Sharif Ruaidhri Smith Craig Wallace Mark Watt Brad Wheal	William Porterfield ( K ) Mark Adair John Anderson Peter Chase Ed Joyce Tyrone Kane Andrew McBrine Barry McCarthy Tim Murtagh Kevin O'Brien Stuart Poynter Paul Stirling Sean Terry Gary Wilson	Asghar Stanikzai ( K ) Javed Ahmadi Yamin Ahmadzai Noor Ali Mirwais Ashraf Amir Hamza Hameed Hassan Rashid Khan Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Rahmat Shah Mohammad Shahzad Samiullah Shenwari Dawlat Zadran Najibullah Zadran Shapoor Zadran

One-Day Internationals in Scotland

First ODI in Edinburgh

July 4th scorecard	Edinburgh	Afghanistan 283-4 (47.2)	-	Scotland
		No result

Second ODI in Edinburgh

July 6th scorecard	Edinburgh	Afghanistan 178-6 (37.2 / 37.2)	-	Scotland 132 (27.1 / 36)
		Afghanistan wins with 78 runs ( D / L method )

One-Day Internationals in Ireland

First ODI in Belfast

July 10th scorecard	Belfast	Ireland	-	Afghanistan
		Game canceled

Second ODI in Belfast

July 12th scorecard	Belfast	Afghanistan 250 (49.2)	-	Ireland 211 (48.2)
		Afghanistan wins with 39 runs

Third ODI in Belfast

July 14th scorecard	Belfast	Afghanistan 236 (49.1)	-	Ireland 237-4 (47.3)
		Ireland wins with 6 wickets

Fourth ODI in Belfast

July 17th scorecard	Belfast	Afghanistan 229-7 (50)	-	Ireland 150 (41)
		Afghanistan wins with 79 runs

The Afghan player Mohammad Nabi was warned by the ICC for making a false statement to the umpire that led to the case of Ed Joyce's wicket .

Fifth ODI in Belfast

July 19th scorecard	Belfast	Ireland 265-5 (50)	-	Afghanistan 253-9 (50)
		Ireland wins with 12 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ireland to host Afghanistan in July ( English ) Cricinfo. April 14, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
2. ↑ Scotland to host Afghanistan for two ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. April 25, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
3. ↑ Uncapped Ihsanullah in Afghanistan's Intercontinental Cup squad ( English ) Cricinfo. June 23, 2016. Accessed July 24, 2016.
4. ↑ Adair, Terry called up to Ireland squad ( English ) Cricinfo. June 24, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
5. ↑ Ruaidhri Smith named in Scotland squad for Afghanistan ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. June 27, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
6. ↑ Nabi reprimanded for breaching ICC Code of Conduct ( English ) Cricinfo. July 19, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.