AFG vs IRE Live Cricket Score

8.4 OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Brilliant take by the bowler off his own bowling. Delany floats one on the pads of Zazai. Zazai at the last moment checks his shot as he looks to flick it. The ball flies off the blade and to the left of the bowler. Delany runs to that side and pulls out a stunner as he takes it just inches above the turf with his left hand. He had got off to a start but he needed to continue. 57/1

12 OUT! RUN OUT! Gurbaz goes against the run of play. Big mix up there. Afghan is the culprit there. Rahmanullah was going so well there but a miscommunication from them and he has to take the long walk back. Young dishes a full paced yorker and Gurbaz digs it out towards the off side. Afghan calls for a single and Young who is in his followthrough hares towards the ball and looks to score a direct hit but then decides against it as he sees his skipper running towards the bowler's end from extra cover. He throws the ball to him and Balbirnie there whips the bails off. The umpire takes it upstairs and the replays show that even the full length dive from Gurbaz could not save him. 76/2

18.4 OUT! CAUGHT! Afghan misses out on a well-deserved half ton. It is bowled full and around off, Afghan lofts it over mid on but he fails to get the elevation as the ball goes towards long on where Harry Tector takes a well judged catch right inside the ropes. 157/4

17 OUT! CAUGHT! Nabi departs! Short delivery on middle, Nabi pulls it over square leg but does not get the timing on it. It goes towards the fielder where Dockrell takes a good catch in the deep. End of an excellent partnership between Nabi and Afghan. 150/3

4.1 OUT! CAUGHT! Paul Stirling the danger man is out of here. Mujeeb strikes once again and he has accounted for both the Irish openers in quick succession. Mujeeb floats one around middle and leg, Stirling goes for the slog but gets it off the top half of the bat. It goes towards deep square leg where Najibullah Zadran settles himself under it and takes the catch. Ireland in dire straits as they have lost both their experienced batsmen in quick time. 37/2

3 OUT! CAUGHT! HUGE WICKET FOR AFGHANISTAN! Tossed up delivery on off, O'Brien looks to loft it over mid off but mistimes it. It goes towards Karim Janat who runs and takes a good catch at long off. Big wicket as O'Brien was going all guns blazing. 29/1

12.4 OUT! The skipper is the new addition to the dressing room. Rashid Khan strikes and he is pumped up. Andy Balbirnie was going superbly but a false shot or one should say, a brilliant piece of fielding has seen the back of the Irish skipper. It was floated on off and middle, Balbirnie gets down on one knee and slogs it towards deep mid-wicket where Samiullah Shinwari runs to his right and takes a tumbling catch. 104/4

6.4 OUT! CAUGHT! Delany too goes. It is once again a slower one and on a length. Delany goes for the pull but lack of pace means that he fails to generate enough power on it. The ball can only go towards the deep mid-wicket region where Rashid Khan takes the catch with ease. 55/3

16.5 OUT! BOWLED! Mujeeb Ur Rahman gets his third! After being hit for a six and a four earlier in the over, Mujeeb has his revenge! Flighted delivery on off, Tector looks to cut but misses it and gets bowled. It hits the off stump and Tector starts walking back to the pavilion after playing a good knock. 136/5

18 OUT! CAUGHT! Lorcan Tucker also departs and Ireland are on the cusp of a series loss. Slower and on a length around off, Tucker lofts it over mid on but fails to get underneath the ball this time. The ball goes straight to the man at long on where Mohammad Nabi takes the catch. 144/6