Ireland v Afghanistan, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 5th Match, Afghanistan tour of Ireland, 2026

Afghanistan tour of Ireland 5th Match: Ireland v Afghanistan at Belfast, August 15, 2026

Ireland

IRE

298/7 (50)

Afghanistan

AFG

302/4 (48.5)

Finished

AFG won by 6 wickets

Ireland InningIRE Inning298/7 (50 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Andy Balbirnie	b A Omarzai	13	19	2	0	68.42
b A Omarzai
Paul Stirling(C)	b A Omarzai	20	21	4	0	95.24
b A Omarzai
Cade Carmichael	lbw b AM Ghazanfar	22	27	3	0	81.48
lbw b AM Ghazanfar
Harry Tector	c M Saleem Safi b N kharote	53	80	4	0	66.25
c M Saleem Safi b N kharote
Lorcan Tucker(WK)	c R Gurbaz b AM Ghazanfar	7	12	1	0	58.33
c R Gurbaz b AM Ghazanfar
Curtis Campher	c R Shah b M Saleem Safi	96	84	7	4	114.29
c R Shah b M Saleem Safi
George Dockrell	c R Shah b A Omarzai	31	35	3	0	88.57
c R Shah b A Omarzai
Jordan Neill	Not out	23	19	1	1	121.05
Not out
Gavin Hoey	Not out	6	4	1	0	150.00
Not out
Extra	27 (b 1, w 21, nb 1, lb 4)
Total	298/7 (50)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Azmatullah Omarzai	10	0	74	3	7.40
Ziaur Rahman Sharifi	10	0	53	0	5.30
Mohammad Saleem Safi	10	1	62	1	6.20
Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar	8	0	34	2	4.25
Nangeyalia kharote	8	0	51	1	6.38
Hashmatullah Shahidi	4	1	19	0	4.75

Fall of wickets: 1-34 (A Balbirnie - 6.2 ov), 2-39 (P Stirling - 6.6 ov), 3-79 (C Carmichael - 14.3 ov), 4-99 (LJ Tucker - 18.4 ov), 5-154 (HT Tector - 33.3 ov), 6-226 (G Dockrell - 42.6 ov), 7-290 (C Campher - 49.1 ov)

Afghanistan InningAFG Inning302/4 (48.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	c G Dockrell b L McCarthy	14	15	3	0	93.33
c G Dockrell b L McCarthy
Ibrahim Zadran	c LJ Tucker b L McCarthy	5	13	1	0	38.46
c LJ Tucker b L McCarthy
Sediqullah Atal	c C Carmichael b L McCarthy	98	112	7	3	87.50
c C Carmichael b L McCarthy
Rahmat Shah(C)	Not out	143	133	13	2	107.52
Not out
Azmatullah Omarzai	c G Hoey b J Moondra	24	14	3	1	171.43
c G Hoey b J Moondra
Hashmatullah Shahidi	Not out	9	6	1	0	150.00
Not out
Extra	9 (b 0, w 4, nb 0, lb 5)
Total	302/4 (48.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jai Moondra	9.5	0	66	1	6.71
Liam McCarthy	10	1	47	3	4.70
Jordan Neill	6	1	30	0	5.00
Curtis Campher	7	0	46	0	6.57
Gavin Hoey	10	0	73	0	7.30
Harry Tector	6	0	35	0	5.83

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (I Zadran - 3.3 ov), 2-22 (R Gurbaz - 5.3 ov), 3-223 (S Atal - 40.3 ov), 4-279 (A Omarzai - 46.4 ov)

Man of the Match

Rahmat Shah

Date

2026-08-15 15:15 PM

Venue

Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

Toss

Afghanistan elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee