AFG vs IRE Live Cricket Score

4.4 OUT! Edged and taken! Full and outside off, Shahzad pushes inside the line and gets a thick outside edge. The ball goes towards first lip where Gary Wilson takes it nicely to his right. Chase has gone for runs, but he has picked up wickets as well. In fact, he is making a comeback of sorts. 20/2

2.4 OUT! CAUGHT! Chase strikes! Noor Ali was struggling and has been dismissed. Full and wide outside off, Zadran looks to drive on the rise, does not get to the pitch of the ball and fails to keep it down. The ball flies towards cover where George Dockrell dives forward and takes a sharp catch. An early breakthrough for the visiting side. 11/1

9.5 OUT! The middle stump has been broken into two! What a ball. On a good length around off, Shah looks to defend from his crease but the ball jags back in, cuts him into half and then breaks the middle stump into two as well! Luckily, the stump camera is intact. But the stump will have to be replaced. Afghanistan in some early trouble! 40/3

10.2 OUT! Drags this on! This is real, real trouble for the home side. Another ordinary delivery but an average shot played. This is full and wide outside off, Stanikzai gets down to play the cover drive but is nowhere near the pitch of the ball. Gets a thick inside edge onto the stumps. The bottom hand came into play there. 44/4

26.1 OUT! Caught in the deep! Change of ends works for McBrine. Another good-looking partnership has been broken. Full and around off, Shenwari gets down and slog sweeps it uppishly. However, he finds Tim Murtagh perfectly at deep square leg who makes no mistake. 97/6

17.1 OUT! TRAGEDY FOR NABI! What a wicket for Ireland and Thompson cannot believe his luck. Good length outside off, Shenwari flat bats it back to the bowler on the bounce. Thompson stretches his right hand to stop the ball and it goes off his fingers to disturb the stumps at the bowler's end. Nabi was backing up too much and was well short. The Irish are jubilant. Afghanistan have now lost half their side. 67/5

42.2 OUT! Caught! The 96-run stand is broken at last. Full and outside off, Naib looks to go over the top but cannot clear the boundary rider. Andy Balbirnie gets across to his right from long off and takes it calmly. Naib is disappointed with himself. Afghanistan were looking to have built up some good momentum. Murtagh's figures read 7.2-0-17-2! 193/7

43 OUT! Rashid is run out! What a brilliant piece of fielding. Full and outside off, Shafiqullah pushes it towards cover. The batsmen go for the single but William Porterfield quickly gets to the ball, takes aim and scores a direct hit at the striker's end. No one seems to be confident but the replays prove them wrong. Rashid is short. Well short. Bonus over for Ireland - A maiden with two wickets! Murtagh's figures read 8-3-17-2! 193/8

3.2 OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Dawlat draws first blood! This time Joyce decides to chase the full ball angled across him and ends up getting a thick edge that is safely pouched by Shahzad. They are checking for the no ball but Dawlat is just fine. Just the start Afghanistan would have wanted. 18/1

37.4 OUT! BOWLED! Stirling falls for 99! He looks devastated. Full and outside off, Stirling looks to defend, playing for the turn but the ball goes straight on, past the outside edge and hits the off stump! Stirling is distraught. So near... yet so far. But what a knock. Well played. IRELAND NEED 86 FROM 74 BALLS! 179/4

6 OUT! DAWLAT HAS ANOTHER! He is making full use of the new ball here. Have to say that it's another lazy shot that has given Afghanistan a wicket. Fullish and slanting across the left-hander, Porterfield drives with no feet and gets a thick edge that is taken sharply at first slip by Rashid Khan in front of his eyes. Ireland in early trouble. 24/2

27.3 OUT! BOWLED! How crucial was that fielding effort on the previous ball? Had Asghar Stanikzai not saved the ball on the previous occasion, Niall O'Brien would not have been on strike. A beautiful leg spinner outside off, Niall O'Brien looks to play that from his crease but the ball spins in a long way, goes past his bat and hits the timber! Shenwari takes off like a plane in celebration, boy, that was some dismissal. The 96-run stand is broken and IRELAND NEED 145 FROM 135 BALLS! 120/3