Welcome to the highlights of Ireland vs Afghanistan 2nd ODI - 2026 Afghanistan tour of Ireland 5-match ODI series - The second One-Day International cricket match between Ireland and Afghanistan was played at the Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason, Bready on August 07, 2026.
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| Rashid Khan finished with 6 for 33 © Afghanistan Cricket Board / X |
Match Overview:
Ibrahim Zadran's brilliant 84 and Rashid Khan's own record-breaking 6 for 34 gives Afghanistan comfortable 92-run victory over Ireland and take a 1-0 lead in the second ODI.
Match Stats:
- The second ODI between Ireland and Afghanistan marked the 4999th match in one-day internationals.
- Afghanistan's 92-run win was their fifth largest victory by terms of runs against Ireland in ODIs.
- Afghanistan's 299 was their 12th highest score in one-day international and It is their fourth highest-score against Ireland in ODIs.
- Ireland's 207 was their 11th lowest score in a completed innings against Afghanistan in ODIs.
- Rashid Khan's 6 for 34 was his second best bowling performance for Afghanistan in One-day international and the best-bowling-figures by an Afghanistan bowler against Ireland in ODIs, improving his own record of 6 for 43 at Greater Noida in 2017.
- Rashid Khan became the first Afghanistan bowler to take two five-wicket hauls against Ireland in ODI cricket history.
- Rashid Khan became the first Afghanistan bowler to claimed seven five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket history.
- Rashid Khan's 6 for 33 was his 7th 5-wicket haul or more wickets for Afghanistan in one-day international and the joint seventh in the list of most five-wicket haul or more wickets by any bowler in ODIs, jointly with Glenn McGrath.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Afghanistan scored 299 in the allotted 47 overs - match reduced from 50 to 47-overs per a side - due delayed by the weather conditions - with top scorer by Ibrahim Zadran struck 84 off 97-balls including 8-fours & 2-sixes.
Sediqullah Atal cracked a 45 off 50-balls including 4-fours & a six, Hashmatullah Shahidi blasted a unbeaten 36 off 21-balls included 3-fours & a six with strike rate of 171.42.
Azmatullah Omarzai hammered a 33 off 24-balls included 3-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 137.50, Rahmanullah Gurbaz struck 32 off 30-balls included 6-fours & a six.
Rahmat Shah struck 30 off 33-balls including 4-fours and Darwish Rasooli scored 16 off 19-balls without a boundary.
Ireland best bowler by Mark Adair captured two-wickets, Debutant Jai Moondra - who took 2-wickets on his debut ODI match, Harry Tector, Curtis Campher and Gavin Hoey each took one-wickets.
Ireland bowled out for 207 in 33.4 overs with top scorer by Cade Carmichael cracked a 62 off 66-balls including 6-fours & 2-sixes.
Andy Balbirnie struck 36 off 42-balls including 7-fours, Debutant Ben Calitz - who blasted a unbeaten 27 off 15-balls included 4-fours & a six with strike rate of 180.
Curtis Campher cracked a 23 off 18-balls including 2-fours & a six with strike rate of 127.77 and Lorcan Tucker struck 23 off 21-balls included 3-fours.
Afghanistan best bowler by Rashid Khan 6-34, Azmatullah Omarzai captured two-wickets and one for Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Rashid Khan named Player of the match for his excellent spin bowling performance to claimed a his own record-breaking 6-wickets for 34-runs in 7.4-overs.
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