Ireland won the first T20I match and now leads the series 1-0 with four matches remaining. With this win Ireland will get some confidence back as they have played good cricket in the past few days. Both sides do not want to lose games, so they will look for players who will stand up for the team’s cause. Ireland will look to extend their series lead, while Afghanistan will try to level the series with a win.
Match Preview
Civil Service Cricket Club’s pitch in Stormont, Belfast, is a well-balanced surface. The team that wins the toss will bat first. Meanwhile, in the early overs, the pacers have an advantage on this pitch. The spinners will undoubtedly have the upper hand in the middle overs. Overall, it’s a good pitch for hitters. As a result, we can expect a high-scoring match.
Team Preview
Ireland’s players played elegant cricket, keeping the scoreboard moving in the middle overs and keeping their cool in the crucial final overs to lead their team home in a thrilling finish. Andrew Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker both scored fifties and led their team’s chase with 50-plus partnerships for the first two wickets. Pacers Barry McCarthy and Joshua Little bowled well, taking four wickets between them. Gareth Delany and George Dockrell, the spinners, were outstanding with the ball. Andy McBrine and Mark Adair were a little pricey, but we expect them to compete for wickets in this match.
Afghanistan scored a decent total batting first, but bowlers could not manage to stop the Ireland batters. Majority of the runs were scored by the top three batters and we could see a complete failure of the middle order batters. The bowling was well controlled by the spin trio Rashid, Mujeeb and nabi. The team pacer Naveen-Ul-Haq and Asmatullah Omarzai, were taken for runs at over 10 RPO and struggled to confine the batters.
Match prediction
Ireland to win this match
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Betting Odds
Ireland is placed at 02.62 on LotusFair
Afghanistan is placed at 01.57 on LotusFair
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Predicted Playing XI
Ireland
Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker, Harry Tector, George Delany, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Josh Little
Afghanistan
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hazratullah Zazai, Afsar Zazai (wk), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Azmatullah Moarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen ul-Haq, Noor Ahmad
Match Details
Match : Ireland vs Afghanistan, 2nd T20I
Event : Afghanistan tour of Ireland, 2022
Venue : Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast
Date : 11th August , 2022.
Time : 08.00 PM IST/ 02:30 PM GMT
LotusFair Tip : Ireland is LotusFair’s Prediction to win.