Ireland v Afghanistan ODI Series 2026

Ireland vs Afghanistan

Wed, 12 Aug 2026, 09:45 UTC · Stormont, Belfast

MATCH COMPLETE Scorecard and commentary

Match overview

Ireland vs Afghanistan match overview

Ireland face Afghanistan in the Ireland v Afghanistan ODI Series 2026 at Stormont, Belfast. The ODI match is scheduled for Wed, 12 Aug 2026, 09:45 UTC. It is listed as 4th ODI in the competition schedule. The teams, format, venue and time are confirmed; toss, playing XIs, target and result stay blank until the match source confirms them.

The match is complete: Final. The confirmed result and innings figures show how the contest finished. Ireland and Afghanistan each have one innings in this ODI contest. The final innings totals and result show how the contest was settled. Runs, wickets and partnerships will determine the match position within the Ireland v Afghanistan ODI Series 2026. The next phase will depend on the scoreboard position and the time or deliveries still available. The outcome will establish where both teams stand after this fixture. The result also becomes part of the competition record.

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Ireland

301/1048 overs

FINAL SCORE Afghanistan Men 343/9 (50) · Ireland Men 301/10 (48) Final

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Afghanistan

343/950 overs

Scheduled startWednesday, 12 August 2026 at 10:45 (UTC+01:00)

FormatODI

VenueStormont, Belfast

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Current inningsFinal

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Scorecard

Ireland vs Afghanistan final score

FINAL SCORECARD

Team	Score	Overs	State
Afghanistan Men	343/9	50 overs	Complete
Ireland Men	301/10	48 overs	Complete

Match resultFinal

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Ireland vs Afghanistan squads

PUBLISHED SQUADS

Ireland squad

Confirmed squad has not been published yet.

Afghanistan squad

Confirmed squad has not been published yet.

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Ireland vs Afghanistan commentary

MATCH COMPLETE

47.6Yamin Ahmadzai to McDonough, OUT — Slower on a length and stumps-to-stumps, final breakthrough as it's been taken inches inside the rope at deep midwicket, he wanted to slam it over midwicket and doesn't have the requisite power behind, innocuous pace as well so that didn't help him either and Afghanistan finally put a lid on this game, handshakes all-around; third umpire doesn't have a lot of assistance available to check if the foot was in contact with the rope and they take fielder's word; not very consequential anyway
47.5Yamin Ahmadzai to McDonough, 2 runs — pitched up and slanting in at middle, flicked crisply to deep square, comes back for the second; 300 on the board. Afghanistan unable to wrap up the innings quickly
47.4Yamin Ahmadzai to McCarthy, 1 run — wide yorker curling across off, digs it out to wide of mid-off, scurries through a run, fielder chucks a throw at bowler's end, no damage done
47.3Yamin Ahmadzai to McCarthy, FOUR — fraction short and rolling his fingers on it, comes back in a shade, swatted a pull to deep midwicket, a last hurrah
47.2Yamin Ahmadzai to McDonough, 1 run — bit full and slanting into middle, targeting the pads, worked square of midwicket
47.2Yamin Ahmadzai to McDonough, 1 wide — slackens the pace and bowls it on a length, outside the guideline on off, will be a wide, is a wide
47.1Yamin Ahmadzai to Campher, OUT — over the wicket, full-length and lured him with the width, he had to and he does, loses his shape and the bat turned in his hand as he mistimes it, spoons it to cover and there goes the last glimmer of hope for Ireland, was very wide and he tried to jab it away, did well to keep it away from his swinging range and got the reward, smartly bowled but what an innings, full of authority and tremendous fight
46.6Ziaur Rahman to McCarthy, no run — around the wicket, bowled short and got it to jag back at middle, connected to short midwicket; birds are going back to their nests, getting colder out there and it's a solar eclipse out there too, not easy conditions to bat
46.5Ziaur Rahman to Campher, 1 run — Pitched up, yorker right into the blockhole, keeps it out into the off-side
46.4Ziaur Rahman to Campher, FOUR — pitched up and wide of off, leans out and plays a lovely low elbowed drive at sweeper cover, half-volley and he seized on it, Ahmadzai not quite going full-throttle to stop the ball from meeting the rope
46.3Ziaur Rahman to McCarthy, 1 run — shorter in length and seaming back in from wide of off, square cuts it along the carpet to deep point
46.3Ziaur Rahman to McCarthy, 1 wide — This time given as a wide, almost a carbon copy of the previous delivery, another short ball, wide on the basis of height, first was also close but this time he doesn't get any leeway
46.2Ziaur Rahman to McCarthy, no run — Pitched short and angled down leg from around the wicket, takes it on and tries to hit it with panache behind square, doesn't connect, crucial dots, not easy to deal with pace now that it has got dark
46.1Ziaur Rahman to Campher, 1 run — Over the wicket, full-toss outside off, spotted early and mistimed to deep cover-point, oh that was up for grabs
45.6Azmatullah Omarzai to McCarthy, no run — finishes with a dot, around the wicket, slung down full into the pads but angling down, lbw appeal turned down
45.5Azmatullah Omarzai to Campher, 1 run — shortens his length and keeps it around the line off, chops it to point for a single
45.4Azmatullah Omarzai to Campher, FOUR — oh boy, he is turning the game on its head! dipping full-toss and he pounds it away into the gap at deep midwicket, love his grit, fight and attacking tactics, that's how you got to fight in any format of cricket, exemplary spirit
45.4Azmatullah Omarzai to Campher, 1 wide — Jockey across off and tries a switch hit, short and too wide of off, outside the wide line, outside the pitch, way far from the tramline so umpire took his time before giving it a wide
45.3Azmatullah Omarzai to Campher, 2 runs — Once again short and almost at the wide line, toe-ended thwack to long-off, marvelous running between the wickets, running like a bull who has seen a red rug, finishes the second, is there a twist in the tale?
45.2Azmatullah Omarzai to Campher, FOUR — It's getting dark out there, natural light fading quickly. Short, wide and hammered away insolently into the gap at sweeper cover, fireworks continue

Both innings

Ireland vs Afghanistan full scorecard

SCORECARD

Afghanistan Men · 343/9

50 overs

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rahmanullah Gurbazc	12	10	2	0	120
Ibrahim Zadrannot out	107	118	11	1	90.67
Sediqullah Atalc	143	120	17	4	119.16
Darwish Rasoolic	24	14	1	2	171.42
Azmatullah Omarzaic	15	12	0	2	125
Rashid Khanc	11	10	0	1	110
Hashmatullah Shahidinot out	7	8	0	0	87.5
Rahmat Shahc	2	4	0	0	50
AM Ghazanfarrun out	0	2	0	0	0.00
Yamin Ahmadzaic	0	3	0	0	0.00

Bowling

Bowler	Overs	R	W	Econ
Harry Tector	2	12	0	6
Curtis Campher	8	45	0	5.62
Mark Adair	10	60	2	6
Gavin Hoey	10	71	2	7.1
Liam McCarthy	10	69	1	6.9
Byron McDonough	10	84	3	8.4

Ireland Men · 301/10

48 overs

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Andy Balbirniec	109	119	9	3	91.59
Paul Stirlinglbw	27	25	3	2	108
Cade Carmichaelnot out	5	6	1	0	83.33
Harry Tectorc	34	50	3	0	68
Lorcan Tuckernot out	9	15	0	1	60
Curtis Campherc	84	46	8	5	182.6
Ben Calitznot out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Mark Adairc	12	11	0	1	109.09
Gavin Hoeyc	0	3	0	0	0.00
Liam McCarthynot out	8	9	1	0	88.88
Byron McDonoughc	3	3	0	0	100

Bowling

Bowler	Overs	R	W	Econ
Sediqullah Atal	1	5	0	5
Azmatullah Omarzai	10	57	2	5.7
Rashid Khan	10	49	3	4.9
AM Ghazanfar	8	45	1	5.62
Yamin Ahmadzai	10	71	4	7.1
Ziaur Rahman	9	71	0	7.88

Match record

Ireland vs Afghanistan final scores

Ireland Men301/1048 overs

Afghanistan Men343/950 overs

Match report

Ireland vs Afghanistan match report

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