Ireland vs Afghanistan, 1st ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Rashid Khan to Rankin, leg byes, 1 run, direct hit at the bowler's end and he was gone. The batsman wanted to exchange ends after the ball dribbled away off the pads into the short mid region. The bowler got to the ball and ushered in a throw only to miss it

Rashid Khan to Murtagh, 1 run, too full again, drags the ball powerfully down to long-on

Rashid Khan to Murtagh, no run, slaps the ball back to the bowler

Rashid Khan to Wilson, 1 run, had that been taken, things could have been interesting. The batsman went for the reverse and the ball popped up off his boot. The keeper ran to his right, dived but the ball popped out. Amidst the chaos, they take a single

Rashid Khan to Murtagh, 1 run, drags the ball down to long-on as it was too full

Rashid Khan to Murtagh, no run, length ball outside off and the batsman misses the stroke on the up

Rashid Khan to Andy McBrine, 1 run, too full, dragged away to long-on for a single

Rashid Khan to Andy McBrine, no run, that looked close! The ball angled in and hit the back pad. That was dead. As dead as a dodo. McBrine survives

Rashid Khan to Wilson, 1 run, inside edge on the sweep and that is another single

Rashid Khan to Andy McBrine, 1 run, almost, well almost trudges the ball back on to the sticks. That was shortish and the batsman went back to cut it but inside edged it away into the off-side

Rashid Khan to Wilson, 1 run, sweeps the ball away towards deep backward square for a single

Rashid Khan to Wilson, byes, 2 runs, off the pads again and this time they get a brace. That was outside off and the batsman went for the sweep only to miss it. But the ball trimmed the pad and went away fine on the off-side before being tracked down

Rashid Khan to Wilson, no run, that was going down leg! It hit the pad on the way as the batsman missed the sweep off a very full ball

Rashid Khan to Andy McBrine, 1 run, too full, worked away to long-on for a single

Rashid Khan to Andy McBrine, no run, short ball, turning away, the batsman looks to cut and misses

Rashid Khan to Wilson, 1 run, plants his front foot forward and then gets his bat in front of it to steal a single into the mid-wicket region

Rashid Khan to Wilson, no run, the ball hardly turns after landing on leg and the batsman missed the tuck. Rashid went up in an appeal but that was going down

Rashid Khan to Wilson, 2 runs, goes for the sweep and gets it behind square for a brace. Mujeeb was at it again but this time the batsman was quicker

Rashid Khan to Andy McBrine, 1 run, driven down the ground to long-off

Rashid Khan to Andy McBrine, no run, looks to drive at it and gets beaten. The googly turned away big for the man at slip to take it one-handed

Rashid Khan to Wilson, 1 run, too full and swept away to deep mid for a single

Rashid Khan to Kevin O Brien, 1 run, hangs back and turns the ball away behind square for a single

Rashid Khan to Andy Balbirnie, 1 run, squeezes the ball out into the covers as the ball was too full

Rashid Khan to Andy Balbirnie, no run, open face of the bat into the push on the off-side

Rashid Khan to Kevin O Brien, 1 run, drives the ball down to long-off for a single

Rashid Khan to Kevin O Brien, 1 run, the full toss slips out and has been driven down to long-on for a single

Rashid Khan to Andy Balbirnie, 1 run, pushed into the covers for a single

Rashid Khan to Andy Balbirnie, no run, a better throw at the bowler's end and Kevin was a goner! Kevin trying to eke a single out slipped mid-way and had to hurry back as the throw was not collected by Rashid

Rashid Khan to Andy Balbirnie, no run, a little too full and has been driven back to the bowler

Rashid Khan to Andy Balbirnie, no run, picks the googly late and blocks the ball into the on-side

Rashid Khan to Kevin O Brien, wide, goes back to the googly and it has been wided as that turned well down leg

Rashid Khan to Kevin O Brien, 2 runs, quicker and fuller, driven into the covers for a double

Rashid Khan to Kevin O Brien, no run, prodding forward and beaten! That turned away ever so slightly and beat the bat on the outer edge. There was a noise and thus the keeper-bowler duo went up. But was turned down

Rashid Khan to Andy Balbirnie, 1 run, fails to land it, full toss has been driven away to long-off for a single

Rashid Khan to Andy Balbirnie, no run, poor shot! Looked to steer it with an open face of the bat and gets beaten as the ball turned away

Rashid Khan to Kevin O Brien, 1 run, flatter delivery and has been knocked away off the back foot into the on-side for a single

Rashid Khan to Simi Singh, 2 wides, shuffles before Rashid is into his delivery stride, the bowler looks to hit the leg-stump with a googly but drifts it too far down, Shafiq does not glove it and it is an extra run

Rashid Khan to Simi Singh, no run, tossed up around off, Singh pushes it with an angled bat to backward point

Rashid Khan to Simi Singh, no run, now misses the sweep as the googly sneaks underneath the bat

Rashid Khan to Simi Singh, no run, leg-break and Singh has no clue about this, moves across and hangs his bat out, the ball turns to beat the outside edge

Rashid Khan to Simi Singh, no run, huge shout for LBW. Umpire Mark Hawthorne shakes his head. That is dead. Poor umpiring. Singh shuffles across and misses the sweep, struck in line with the middle stump. What more do you want for an LBW?

Rashid Khan to Andy Balbirnie, no run, throws the leg-break outside off, Balbirnie stretches forward and pushes it to cover

Rashid Khan to Andy Balbirnie, no run, shortish googly cramping Balbirnie for room, defended back

Rashid Khan to Andy Balbirnie, no run, faster googly and Balbirnie is late on the back foot punch, the inside edge almost brushed the leg-stump on the way to short fine. Rashid is on the money rightaway

Rashid Khan to Andy Balbirnie, no run, wrong 'un and looked like Balbirnie picked it, went for the sweep and is beaten by the lack of bounce

Rashid Khan to Andy Balbirnie, no run, starts with a leg-break, bunted in front of backward point