ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier72nd Match, Final · T20I
Ireland beat Afghanistan by 68 runs in the 72nd Match, final - Match Info
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, . Ireland won the toss and chose to bat.
Ireland225/720 ov
Afghanistan15718.5 ov
Ireland won by 68 runs
Match details
- Match
- 72nd Match, Final, T20I · ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2013/14
- Date
- (Sat 30 Nov, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Toss
- Ireland, chose to bat
- Result
- Ireland won by 68 runs
- Player of the match
- Trent Johnston
Head to head (T20I)
Played 23 · IRE won 7 · AFG won 16
Last 4 meetings
- Final · ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier · AFG 152/7 v IRE 156/5Ireland won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
- 17th Match, Final · ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier · IRE 142/8 v AFG 147/2Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
- 2nd Match, Group A · ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier · AFG 139/8 v IRE 126Afghanistan won by 13 runs
- 2nd Match · Sri Lanka Associates T20 Series · AFG 121/9 v IRE 124/5Ireland won by 5 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
Recent results (T20I)
- W vs KEN · AFG 148/9 v KEN 114Afghanistan won by 34 runs
- W vs SCO · AFG 171/6 v SCO 154/6Afghanistan won by 17 runs
- L vs NED · AFG 90 v NED 92/3Netherlands won by 7 wickets (with 43 balls remaining)
- L vs KEN · KEN 149/4 v AFG 115/8Kenya won by 34 runs
- W vs KEN · AFG 162/6 v KEN 56Afghanistan won by 106 runs
Top players in this fixture
IRE v AFG T20Is, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Shahzad AFG | 4 | 164 | 77 | 54.67 | 128.13 |
| Paul Stirling IRE | 3 | 117 | 79 | 39.00 | 130.00 |
| William Porterfield IRE | 4 | 101 | 46 | 25.25 | 146.38 |
| Nawroz Mangal AFG | 4 | 71 | 27 | 23.67 | 102.90 |
| Gary Wilson IRE | 4 | 61 | 32 | 20.33 | 84.72 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Johnston IRE | 4 | 8 | 6.81 |
| Karim Sadiq AFG | 3 | 5 | 5.67 |
| Hamid Hassan AFG | 3 | 4 | 5.81 |
| Mohammad Nabi AFG | 4 | 4 | 6.57 |
| Dawlat Zadran AFG | 1 | 3 | 5.25 |
T20Is at Sheikh Zayed Stadium
- Matches
- 8
- Average 1st-innings score
- 136
- Won batting first
- 3
- Won chasing
- 5
- Highest total
- 168/5 by Ireland ()