- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.2 50th ODI wicket for Azmatullah Omarzai! Good length ball shapes back in sharply after hitting the deck. Balbirnie plays down the wrong line away from the body off the back foot, inside edges and ricochets onto the thigh pad, then crashes onto the top of the leg stump. Brilliant stuff from the bowler! 34/16.6 Uprooted the off stump! Two wickets in the over, sent both opening batters back to the hut! Fuller length ball shapes back in a wee bit. Stirling plays the front foot straight drive and fails to get inside the line of the ball, does not connect and shatters the furniture. 39/214.3 Big shout for LBW and the umpire raises his finger! Landed it on length and it spun marginally into him. Carmichael was looking to work it into the onside but missed the ball completely and it struck his front pad in front of middle and leg. Big blow for Ireland. 79/333.3 Tector throws his wicket away! Looped up a fuller length ball outside off, gets down on one knee and plays the slog sweep away from the body, connects the leading edge and skies it high to short fine leg. The ring fielder settles underneath and completes the catch. 154/518.4 Oh Tucker what have you done?! It was a half-tracker and Tucker mistimed the pull to midwicket. The ball ballooned to Gurbaz off his leading edge and the fielder did well to run backwards and hold it safely. 99/449.1 Campher has picked out the cover ring fielder! Oh dear, a gem of a knock finally comes to an end! Pitched up front outside off and it was there to be hit. Campher extends his arms and attempts to whack it over the cover infield, mistimes it to the cover fielder at the edge of the circle for a regulation catch. Silent celebration from the visitors and Campher falls 4 runs short of his century. 290/742.6 Soft dismissal in the end for Dockrell! Length ball angling in on middle-leg, tries to loft it over the mid-off infield, doesn't get quite hold of it and chips it to the mid-off fielder at the edge of the circle. 226/6Extras27 (b 1, lb 4, nb 1, w 21)TOTAL298/7 (50 Overs, RR: 5.96)Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Andy Balbirnie, 6.2 ov), 2-39 (Paul Stirling, 6.6 ov), 3-79 (Cade Carmichael, 14.3 ov), 4-99 (Lorcan Tucker, 18.4 ov), 5-154 (Harry Tector, 33.3 ov), 6-226 (George Dockrell, 42.6 ov), 7-290 (Curtis Campher, 49.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Azmatullah Omarzai 10 0 74 3 7.4 29 9 2 3 0 Ziaur Rahman 10 0 53 0 5.3 36 3 1 7 1 Mohammad Saleem 10 1 62 1 6.2 27 6 1 1 0 AM Ghazanfar 8 0 34 2 4.25 24 1 0 3 0 Nangeyalia Kharote 8 0 51 1 6.37 22 5 1 1 0 Hashmatullah Shahidi 4 1 19 0 4.75 13 2 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.3 McCarthy strikes and Gurbaz bites the dust! Pitched up front on the stumps, plays through the line of the ball, attempts to send it out of the ground but only manages to miscue it towards long on. The mid-on fielder tracks back, covers his ground and takes a well-judged running catch 22/23.3 Straight up in the air and Zadran departs! Bouncer ball around the fifth stump channel, moves across and plays the swivel pull shot a bit early, gets the top edge and gifts a simple catch the keeper behind the stumps. 14/140.3 Brilliant catch taken at deep! Sediqullah Atal departs on 98 runs. Bouncer ball darted on the stumps line, plays the swivel pull shot half-heartedly and hits it towards deep square leg. The sweeper fielder covers his ground, dives in full stretched and pouches it. Excellent effort! 223/346.4 Caught at short third! Bouncer ball angling in from outside off, extra bounce off the pitch. Omarzai attempts to ramp it over the keeper's head, chips it to the right of the short third. The ring fielder flies to his right side and gobbles it up. 279/4Extras9 (lb 5, w 4)TOTAL302/4 (48.5 Overs, RR: 6.18)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Ibrahim Zadran, 3.3 ov), 2-22 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 5.3 ov), 3-223 (Sediqullah Atal, 40.3 ov), 4-279 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 46.4 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Afghanistan , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Afghanistan won the 5-match series 4-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.45 start, First Session 10.45-14.15, Interval 14.15-14.45, Second Session 14.45-18.15
Match days
15 August 2026 (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 2 wickets)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 148 runs, 3 wickets)
- Ireland: 50 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Ireland - 74/2 in 13.4 overs (C Carmichael 18, HT Tector 14)
- Ireland: 100 runs in 20.2 overs (122 balls), Extras 10
- HT Tector: 50 off 71 balls (4 x 4)
- HT Tector: 50 off 72 balls (4 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls (HT Tector 25, C Campher 23, Ex 2)
- Drinks: Ireland - 149/4 in 32.0 overs (HT Tector 52, C Campher 23)
- Ireland: 150 runs in 32.1 overs (193 balls), Extras 12
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 101 runs, 2 wickets)
- Ireland: 200 runs in 40.4 overs (244 balls), Extras 21
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (C Campher 22, GH Dockrell 20, Ex 8)
- C Campher: 50 off 61 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Ireland: 250 runs in 45.6 overs (277 balls), Extras 24
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (C Campher 30, J Neill 20, Ex 3)
- Innings Break: Ireland - 298/7 in 50.0 overs (J Neill 23, G Hoey 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 30 runs, 2 wickets)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 192 runs, 0 wicket)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 15.1 overs (91 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 61/2 in 16.0 overs (Sediqullah Atal 14, Rahmat Shah 24)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls (Sediqullah Atal 19, Rahmat Shah 31, Ex 2)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 21.3 overs (129 balls), Extras 5
- Rahmat Shah: 50 off 56 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 117 balls (Sediqullah Atal 38, Rahmat Shah 58, Ex 4)
- Sediqullah Atal: 50 off 68 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 28.6 overs (174 balls), Extras 7
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 161 balls (Sediqullah Atal 67, Rahmat Shah 79, Ex 5)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 177/2 in 33.0 overs (Sediqullah Atal 70, Rahmat Shah 81)
- Afghanistan: 200 runs in 36.5 overs (221 balls), Extras 7
- 3rd Wicket: 200 runs in 207 balls (Sediqullah Atal 97, Rahmat Shah 97, Ex 6)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 80 runs, 2 wickets)
- Rahmat Shah: 100 off 109 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Afghanistan: 250 runs in 43.6 overs (264 balls), Extras 8
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (Rahmat Shah 32, Azmatullah Omarzai 20, Ex 0)
- Afghanistan: 300 runs in 48.5 overs (293 balls), Extras 9
Match Coverage
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Their batters put up a much-improved performance in the fourth ODI. But can they stop Afghanistan from making it 4-0?




