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Sorry, your information was incorrect. Today is the third match in Matcity ODI series. Afghanistan won the first ODI match by 35 runs. And the second match was abandoned. If Ireland win today's match, the series will be drawn, and if Ireland lose, they will lose the series 2-0.

In the test match, we saw an excellent performance from the Ireland players. Ireland also played well in the first ODI. However, the performance of Ireland's bowlers needs to be improved. A win against Afghanistan will not be impossible if the bowlers do not perform well. Afghanistan squad has a lot of talented batsmen. That's why if Ireland's bowlers don't do well, I think Ireland will lose.

Yes you are right in the first ODI between Afghanistan and Ireland, Afghanistan defeated Ireland to take a one-nil lead in the series. However the second match between them was declared abandoned due to rain. Now only one match is left between these two teams which is the third match of the ODI series between them. If Afghanistan win the third match then they will be able to win the series and if Ireland win then this one series between them will be drawn. If we look at the performance of the first match we can see that Afghanistan's batsmen batted very well that day as a result of which they were able to score 310. But after that Ireland team batsmen came to bat they batted well but on that day Afghanistan bowling was good due to which they were able to win the match.

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[Marvell1]

The last ODI match of the series is going to start shortly. They were very confident after their win against Afghanistan in the Ireland Test match. But Ireland failed to win the first ODI match. Basically, if the bowler could have done some controlled bowling, maybe the Ireland team would have been able to win the ODI match against Afghanistan. But Ireland's bowlers could not bowl under control, giving Afghanistan a target of more than 300.

Ireland's captain Paul Stirling decided to field after winning the toss in today's match. And even today, if Ireland's bowlers don't bowl well, Ireland won't win. Ireland's bowlers will need to restrict Afghanistan to 280 if they want to win the match.

[Publictalk792]

Yes you are right in the first ODI between Afghanistan and Ireland, Afghanistan defeated Ireland to take a one-nil lead in the series. However the second match between them was declared abandoned due to rain. Now only one match is left between these two teams which is the third match of the ODI series between them. If Afghanistan win the third match then they will be able to win the series and if Ireland win then this one series between them will be drawn. If we look at the performance of the first match we can see that Afghanistan's batsmen batted very well that day as a result of which they were able to score 310. But after that Ireland team batsmen came to bat they batted well but on that day Afghanistan bowling was good due to which they were able to win the match.

I agree with your analysis of the first ODI between Afghanistan and Ireland. It was a well fought match where Afghanistan batsmen performed really well to set a challenging target of 310 which I think really a good target. And the bowlers of Afghanistan team then backed up the strong batting performance of their batsmen by restricting Ireland batsmen and securing the victory. And in my point view both teams have shown their capabilities and it promises to be an exciting finale to the series so lets wait for the remaining matches to see how both teams will perform.

[FinePoine0]

The ODI match between Afghanistan and Ireland team has already started. Today's match will be a highly contested game as the performances of the two teams are not much different. So even if Afghanistan team wins the first t20 match, they have to perform well in this match. Ireland team won the toss and decided to bowl and they basically prepared to play a full target. If the Afghanistan team can protect the wicket and perform for a long time, then there is a possibility of winning this match.

[Marvell1]

The ODI match between Afghanistan and Ireland team has already started. Today's match will be a highly contested game as the performances of the two teams are not much different. So even if Afghanistan team wins the first t20 match, they have to perform well in this match. Ireland team won the toss and decided to bowl and they basically prepared to play a full target. If the Afghanistan team can protect the wicket and perform for a long time, then there is a possibility of winning this match.

Afghanistan batsmen are batting very carefully today. Afghanistan's top order batted brilliantly in the first match as well. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 121 runs and Ibrahim Zadran scored 60 runs. In today's match, the batting of the two openers of Afghanistan is very slow. Afghanistan collects only 18 runs after 5 overs. Afghanistan have not lost a wicket yet. Although Afghanistan's batting is very slow, if they do not lose wickets quickly, then the team has the ability to provide more than 300 targets in today's match. Afghanistan is capable of batting well in death overs. Several hard hitting batsmen are in the Afghanistan squad.

If Ireland wants to win, the bowlers must bowl well. Although the pitch is batting friendly, it will be challenging for Ireland to win even if Afghanistan set a target of more than 300. But today's match looks to be very competitive.

[jasonjm]

The ODI match between Afghanistan and Ireland team has already started. Today's match will be a highly contested game as the performances of the two teams are not much different. So even if Afghanistan team wins the first t20 match, they have to perform well in this match. Ireland team won the toss and decided to bowl and they basically prepared to play a full target. If the Afghanistan team can protect the wicket and perform for a long time, then there is a possibility of winning this match.

Afghanistan batsmen are batting very carefully today. Afghanistan's top order batted brilliantly in the first match as well. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 121 runs and Ibrahim Zadran scored 60 runs. In today's match, the batting of the two openers of Afghanistan is very slow. Afghanistan collects only 18 runs after 5 overs. Afghanistan have not lost a wicket yet. Although Afghanistan's batting is very slow, if they do not lose wickets quickly, then the team has the ability to provide more than 300 targets in today's match. Afghanistan is capable of batting well in death overs. Several hard hitting batsmen are in the Afghanistan squad.

If Ireland wants to win, the bowlers must bowl well. Although the pitch is batting friendly, it will be challenging for Ireland to win even if Afghanistan set a target of more than 300. But today's match looks to be very competitive.

After a careful aggressive start, Afghanistan lost 2 wickets in a short span of three overs. This has significantly impacted the scoring rate of the AFG team. AFG openers gave a good start of 62 runs. Gurbaz is on the crease and looking good. If he stays at the crease, AFG will comfortably score 300 runs. At the moment, Ireland bowlers are tightening the screws. A couple of wickets here might turn the game in Ireland's favour. Ireland has the golden opportunity to level the series, as the 2nd match of the series was abandoned. Anything below 300 will be difficult to defend and Ireland will not have that psychological pressure.

[Sithara007]

Afghanistan won the first match after batting first. And it looks like they may win this time as well. Rahmanullah Gurbaz is still there with 47, although Irish bowlers have taken two quick wickets. Ireland is missing Craig Young for today's match. That means that pace bowling responsibilities need to be shared between Mark Adair, Graham Hume and Barry McCarthy. Also they have the part-time medium pace from Curtis Campher. But the absence of Young seems to have impacted their bowling effectiveness.   

[Swordsoffreedom]

The ODI match between Afghanistan and Ireland team has already started. Today's match will be a highly contested game as the performances of the two teams are not much different. So even if Afghanistan team wins the first t20 match, they have to perform well in this match. Ireland team won the toss and decided to bowl and they basically prepared to play a full target. If the Afghanistan team can protect the wicket and perform for a long time, then there is a possibility of winning this match.

Afghanistan batsmen are batting very carefully today. Afghanistan's top order batted brilliantly in the first match as well. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 121 runs and Ibrahim Zadran scored 60 runs. In today's match, the batting of the two openers of Afghanistan is very slow. Afghanistan collects only 18 runs after 5 overs. Afghanistan have not lost a wicket yet. Although Afghanistan's batting is very slow, if they do not lose wickets quickly, then the team has the ability to provide more than 300 targets in today's match. Afghanistan is capable of batting well in death overs. Several hard hitting batsmen are in the Afghanistan squad.

If Ireland wants to win, the bowlers must bowl well. Although the pitch is batting friendly, it will be challenging for Ireland to win even if Afghanistan set a target of more than 300. But today's match looks to be very competitive.

After a careful aggressive start, Afghanistan lost 2 wickets in a short span of three overs. This has significantly impacted the scoring rate of the AFG team. AFG openers gave a good start of 62 runs. Gurbaz is on the crease and looking good. If he stays at the crease, AFG will comfortably score 300 runs. At the moment, Ireland bowlers are tightening the screws. A couple of wickets here might turn the game in Ireland's favour. Ireland has the golden opportunity to level the series, as the 2nd match of the series was abandoned. Anything below 300 will be difficult to defend and Ireland will not have that psychological pressure.

Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz could bat well but Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah could not bat well. Ibrahim Zadran scored 22 runs and Rahmat Shah got out with just 4 runs. And Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 51 runs.


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After 18 overs, Afghanistan lost 3 batsmen and collected 85 runs. Afghanistan's run rate is now only 4.72. The team batted slowly from the beginning of the innings, even after batting very carefully, they could not survive at the crease. If batting like this, it will be difficult for Afghanistan batsmen to collect up to 200 runs. I think Afghanistan will lose today and the series will draw 1-1.

[WatChe]

Afghanistan won the first match after batting first. And it looks like they may win this time as well. Rahmanullah Gurbaz is still there with 47, although Irish bowlers have taken two quick wickets. Ireland is missing Craig Young for today's match. That means that pace bowling responsibilities need to be shared between Mark Adair, Graham Hume and Barry McCarthy. Also they have the part-time medium pace from Curtis Campher. But the absence of Young seems to have impacted their bowling effectiveness.   

Rahmanullah Gurbaz is just caught and bowled by McBrine and score is 85 on completion of 18 overs. Afghanistan have psychological advantage in this series because they have won the opening game of the series. Ireland need to stop Afghanistan from crossing 225 runs otherwise it won't be easy to chase. Afghanistan are playing today without Rashid Khan so there bowing lineup looks little bit weak.

[Bd officer]

Afghanistan vs Ireland
The third match of the Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka ODI series has started. Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl. Afghanistan got the opportunity to bat first, so far Afghanistan have collected 104 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 24 overs. Afghanistan's top order batsmen could not perform very well today. The two opening batsmen did well at the start, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran put on a 62-run partnership. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed for 51 runs while Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed for 22 runs and Rahmat Shah was dismissed for 4 runs.

Ireland's bowlers improved a bit today. So far McBrine, Barry McCarthy and Mark Adair have taken 1 wicket each. Ireland need to stop Afghanistan before 250 runs to win today. Let's see how many runs target Afghanistan can give in the end.

[JSRAW]

Why is Rashid Khan not with the squad? I haven't seen him in a one-off test and his name is also missing from the white ball squad. What's the reason? Injury, taking a break, or considering only the ICC tournament and franchise cricket?

There is not much going on in the Afg vs Ire contest, just the same old boring bilateral series. Hope, it goes to the last ball finish in the second inning.

[Ayers]

Afghanistan vs Ireland
The third match of the Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka ODI series has started. Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl. Afghanistan got the opportunity to bat first, so far Afghanistan have collected 104 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 24 overs. Afghanistan's top order batsmen could not perform very well today. The two opening batsmen did well at the start, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran put on a 62-run partnership. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed for 51 runs while Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed for 22 runs and Rahmat Shah was dismissed for 4 runs.

Ireland's bowlers improved a bit today. So far McBrine, Barry McCarthy and Mark Adair have taken 1 wicket each. Ireland need to stop Afghanistan before 250 runs to win today. Let's see how many runs target Afghanistan can give in the end.

Afghanistan team failed to collect big today. Due to slow batting from the beginning of the innings, at the end of 50 overs, Afghanistan lost 9 wickets and collected 236 runs. But considering the condition of the pitch, it cannot be called a bad collection. If the bowlers bowl well, Afghanistan has a chance to win.

The first innings average of this pitch is 223 runs and the second innings average is only 191 runs. So even with Afghanistan providing a small target, it cannot be said that Ireland will win.

If Ireland wants to win today's match, the top order batsmen will definitely need to bat responsibly. Ireland cannot win if the top order collapses quickly. Afghanistan's bowling attack is quite strong. So Ireland's batsmen have to play very carefully from the beginning of the innings.

[AirtelBuzz]

The ODI match between Afghanistan and Ireland team has already started. Today's match will be a highly contested game as the performances of the two teams are not much different. So even if Afghanistan team wins the first t20 match, they have to perform well in this match. Ireland team won the toss and decided to bowl and they basically prepared to play a full target. If the Afghanistan team can protect the wicket and perform for a long time, then there is a possibility of winning this match.

You may have made a slight mistake Afghanistan did not win the first T20 match but it won the ODI match. In today's match Afghanistan team batted first and managed to score 236 runs for nine wickets in the allotted 50 overs.To say that Ireland bowlers bowled well today as a result of which they managed to restrict Afghanistan team to 236 runs. If Ireland batsmen play patiently and carefully today they might be able to win this match. Ireland were first under pressure in today's match as their opening batsman Andre Balbirnie was dismissed for four runs and returned to the dressing room.

[WatChe]

Why is Rashid Khan not with the squad? I haven't seen him in a one-off test and his name is also missing from the white ball squad. What's the reason? Injury, taking a break, or considering only the ICC tournament and franchise cricket?

There is not much going on in the Afg vs Ire contest, just the same old boring bilateral series. Hope, it goes to the last ball finish in the second inning.

Afghanistan not only missing Rashid Khan but also Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Rashid is recovering from back injury while Mujeeb Ur Rahman recovering from hand injury. It's been quite a while since Rashid Khan has played for Afghanistan, his last appearance for Afghanistan was on Nov 10, 2023 against South Africa.
Can't say much about current contest between Afghanistan and Ireland. The game right now is hard to predict. After 10 or 15 overs things will get more clear.

[Marvell1]

The ODI match between Afghanistan and Ireland team has already started. Today's match will be a highly contested game as the performances of the two teams are not much different. So even if Afghanistan team wins the first t20 match, they have to perform well in this match. Ireland team won the toss and decided to bowl and they basically prepared to play a full target. If the Afghanistan team can protect the wicket and perform for a long time, then there is a possibility of winning this match.

You may have made a slight mistake Afghanistan did not win the first T20 match but it won the ODI match. In today's match Afghanistan team batted first and managed to score 236 runs for nine wickets in the allotted 50 overs.To say that Ireland bowlers bowled well today as a result of which they managed to restrict Afghanistan team to 236 runs. If Ireland batsmen play patiently and carefully today they might be able to win this match. Ireland were first under pressure in today's match as their opening batsman Andre Balbirnie was dismissed for four runs and returned to the dressing room.

It was a small typing mistake. T20 series has not started yet. These two teams are going to face each other in the first T20 match on March 15.

However, Afghanistan's batsmen did not bat well today. The team set a small target of 237 runs. A target of more than 260 would have given Afghanistan a better chance of winning this match. But now I think Ireland will win today.

Batting for 237, the Ireland team stumbled at the beginning. The team lost the important wicket of Balbirne to collect only 4 runs. But captain Stirling and Campher are batting responsibly now. After 13 overs, Ireland managed to collect 52 runs. Stirling scored 31 runs off 35 balls and Campher scored 19 runs off 35 balls.

[jasonjm]

After getting a reasonably good start, Afghanistan batters failed to cash out the opportunity to score big. Only three of the AFG batters were able to show some performance. Gurbaz got out after scoring a fifty. That partnership between Nabi and Shahidi helped AFG to a respectable score. Shahidi scored 69 runs while Nabi made 48 runs. No other Afghan batter was able to perform up to their potential.
Ireland has the golden opportunity to win this match, as they have restricted the AFG team to a low total. Currently, Ireland is 56/1 in 14 overs. Although their scoring rate is slow, they can increase their scoring rate at will, particularly Paul Stirling. Wickets in hand will be very crucial on this pitch. At the moment, Ireland is in complete control of the game. Hopefully, we will witness a thriller.

Why is Rashid Khan not with the squad? I haven't seen him in a one-off test and his name is also missing from the white ball squad. What's the reason? Injury, taking a break, or considering only the ICC tournament and franchise cricket?

He is recovering from injury. News is circulating that he will return to cricket for the T20I series against Ireland and IPL 2024.

[Z_MBFM]

Afghanistan vs Ireland
The third match of the Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka ODI series has started. Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl. Afghanistan got the opportunity to bat first, so far Afghanistan have collected 104 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 24 overs. Afghanistan's top order batsmen could not perform very well today. The two opening batsmen did well at the start, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran put on a 62-run partnership. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed for 51 runs while Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed for 22 runs and Rahmat Shah was dismissed for 4 runs.

Ireland's bowlers improved a bit today. So far McBrine, Barry McCarthy and Mark Adair have taken 1 wicket each. Ireland need to stop Afghanistan before 250 runs to win today. Let's see how many runs target Afghanistan can give in the end.

Ireland played well in the first match as well, they scored 275 runs and a big thing is that they were able to play full 50 overs by saving wickets. Afghanistan managed to score some extra runs and won the match by 35 runs scoring 310 runs and we have not received the result of the 2nd match yet. But in today's Afghanistan vs Ireland 3rd match, although Afghanistan have a lot of potential, they cannot be neglected due to Ireland's previous performance. This match is very important for both the teams so good performance is expected from both the teams

[Cheema02]

Afghanistan vs Ireland
The third match of the Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka ODI series has started. Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl. Afghanistan got the opportunity to bat first, so far Afghanistan have collected 104 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 24 overs. Afghanistan's top order batsmen could not perform very well today. The two opening batsmen did well at the start, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran put on a 62-run partnership. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed for 51 runs while Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed for 22 runs and Rahmat Shah was dismissed for 4 runs.

Ireland's bowlers improved a bit today. So far McBrine, Barry McCarthy and Mark Adair have taken 1 wicket each. Ireland need to stop Afghanistan before 250 runs to win today. Let's see how many runs target Afghanistan can give in the end.

Ireland's current score is 101 runs in a loss of 3 wickets in 23 overs of the match. The bowling performance of Ireland is outstanding especially Mark Adair who picked 3 important wickets by just giving 51 runa and Mark Adair also bowled well picked 2 wickets by giving 42 and restricted the Afghanistan team to under 240 runs. Ireland needs 136 runs from 26 overs to win the match against Afghanistan. Ireland needs one good partnership to win this match

[synchronym]

Ireland won the toss and decided to field first. This decision of his was properly used by the bowling of Ireland. Afghanistan were restricted to 236 runs in the allotted 50 overs. Ireland's bowling was not that good against Afghanistan in the first one-day match. But Ireland's bowlers turned around very well in the third oneday match and bowled very well. Mark Adair bowled very well and took three wickets for Afghanistan. Going into bat against the target of 237 runs given by Afghanistan, Ireland's batsmen were under a bit of pressure after losing wickets at the beginning, but Curtis Campher and Paul Stirling are batting responsibly for the team. The way Ireland batting looks like they will easily win today's match against Afghanistan.

[Justin999]

Afghanistan vs Ireland, 3rd ODI match is ended. Ireland made good runs in 1st match but Afghanistan made Ireland in suffer today and let them realized how strong Afghanistan team is! Afghanistan started batting and Played as well as excepted.  Gurbaz made half century, Shahidi made 69 runs and nabi missed his half century for lack of 2 runs but they made total 236/9(50 overs) runs which was a big target for team like Ireland. Paul Stirling and Curtis Campher did great and struggle of others players was seen in Ireland team. Total made total 119-10 runs in 35 overs. Actually Nangeyalia kharote and Mohammad Nabi made Ireland in trouble by taking 9 wickets Together. And Afghanistan won the match again