Welcome to the highlights of Ireland vs Afghanistan 4th ODI - 2026 Afghanistan tour of Ireland 5-match ODI series - The fourth One-Day International cricket match between Ireland and Afghanistan was played at Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast on August 12, 2026.
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| An record 231-run stand between Sediqullah Atal and Ibrahim Zadran © Afghanistan Cricket Board / X |
Match Overview:
Ibrahim Zadran's classy century and Sediqullah Atal's career-best 143 before Yamin Ahmadzai's four-for, Rashid Khan and Azmatullah Omarzai's combined 5-wickets helped to Afghanistan comfortable 42-run victory over Ireland, despite Andy Balbirnie's tenth century - Curtis Campher's whirlwind 46-ball 84 and Afghanistan took an unassailable 3-0 lead to seal the series in a high-scoring fourth ODI.
Match Stats:
- Afghanistan's 42-run win was their eighth largest victory by terms of runs against Ireland in ODIs.
- Sediqullah Atal's 143 was the sixth highest score for Afghanistan in one-day international and the highest-score by an Afghanistan batsman against Ireland in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of 127 held by Rahmanullah Gurbaz at Abu Dhabi in 2021.
- Ibrahim Zadran's 107 was his fifth highest score for Afghanistan in one-day international and the fifth highest-score by an Afghanistan batsman against Ireland in ODIs.
- Ibrahim Zadran became the sixth Afghanistan batsman to score a century against Ireland in ODIs.
- Sediqullah Atal became the seventh Afghanistan batsman to score a hundred against Ireland in ODIs.
- This is the 5th instance of Afghanistan's two batsmen were scores of centuries or more runs in their innings in one-day international and It is their first such instance against Ireland in ODIs.
- 231 : Ibrahim Zadran and Sediqullah Atal set a record second-wicket partnership for Afghanistan in one-day international, previously held by the unbeaten 218-run stand between Karim Sadiq and Mohammad Shahzad at Ayr in 2010.
- 231 : Ibrahim Zadran and Sediqullah Atal set a highest any-wicket partnership for Afghanistan against Ireland in one-day international, previously held by the 184-run stand for the third-wicket between Rahmat Shah and Asghar Afghan at Abu Dhabi in 2021 and the Afghanistan's third highest any-wicket stand in ODIs.
- Afghanistan's 343 was their highest score ever in one-day international cricket history, previous highest was 339 against Sri Lanka at Pallekele in 2024 and the highest total by any team at Belfast in ODIs, improving their own record of 305 also against Ireland in 2019.
- Andy Balbirnie's 109 was his sixth highest score for Ireland in one-day international and his second highest-score against Afghanistan in ODIs.
- Andy Balbirnie became the third Ireland batsman to scored two centuries against Afghanistan in ODIs after Paul Stirling (3) and Ed Joyce (2).
- Andy Balbirnie became the third Ireland batsman to scored ten centuries in ODIs after Paul Stirling (14) and William Porterfield (11).
- 10 : Andy Balbirnie hit the third most centuries for Ireland in ODIs after Paul Stirling (14) and William Porterfield (11).
- Ireland's 301 was their second highest score against Afghanistan in one-day international after their 304 at Greater Noida in 2017 and the joint third highest-score by any team at Belfast in ODIs.
- 644 - Runs scored between Ireland and Afghanistan in the Belfast, the highest runs aggregate match between Ireland and Afghanistan in ODIs, previous highest-runs-aggregate match was 642-runs at Greater Noida in 2017.
- 644 - Runs scored between Ireland and Afghanistan in the Belfast ODI, the third highest runs aggregate match in Ireland in ODIs.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Afghanistan scored mammoth total of 343-9 in 50 overs with top scorer by Sediqullah Atal blasted a career-best 143 off 120-balls - which was his 2nd ODI hundred and his first century against Ireland in ODIs.
Ibrahim Zadran cracked a 107 off 118-balls - which was his 7th ODI hundred and his first century against Ireland in ODIs - including 11-fours & a six.
Darwish Rasooli blasted a 24 off 14-balls including 2-sixes & a four with strike rate of 171.42 and Azmatullah Omarzai hit 15 off 12-balls contained 2-sixes.
Ireland best bowler by Byron McDonough picked up 3-wickets, Mark Adair, Gavin Hoey both took 2-wickets and one for Liam McCarthy.
Ireland bowled out for 301 in 48 overs with top scorer by Andy Balbirnie struck 109 off 119-balls - which was his 10th ODI hundred and his second century against Afghanistan in ODIs - including 9-fours & 3-sixes.
Curtis Campher hammered a 84 off 46-balls including 8-fours & 5-sixes with strike rate of 182.60, Harry Tector hit 34 off 50-balls included 3-fours and Paul Stirling struck 27 off 25-balls contained 3-fours & 2-sixes.
Afghanistan best bowler by Yamin Ahmadzai claimed a 4-wickets for 71-runs in 10-overs, Rashid Khan picked up 3-wickets for 49-runs in 10-overs including a maiden, Azmatullah Omarzai took 2-wickets and one for AM Ghazanfar.
Sediqullah Atal named Player of the match for his record-breaking batting performance to smashed a career-best 143-runs knocked off facing 120-balls including 17-fours & 4-sixes with strike rate of 119.16.
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