ICC U19 CWC18 - Ireland beat Afghanistan by four runs

Jan.20 (CRICKETNMORE) - Ireland beat Afghanistan by four runs in ICC U19 World Cup at Cobham Oval in Whangarei on Saturday.

Match Summary

• Ireland - 225-8, 50 overs (Graham Kennedy 37 not out, Herry Trecgor 36, Neil Rock 35, Jamie Grassi 32; Qais Ahmed 3-32, Wafadar Momand 3-50).
• Afghanistan - 221 all out in 49.2 overs (Bahir Shah 35, Tariq Stanikzai 33, Harry Tector 3-37, Joshua Little 2-40)
• Player of the match - Harry Tector (Ireland)

Match Summary

Afghanistan put Ireland in to bat and restricted them to 225 for eight in their Group D match. Medium-fast bowler Wafadar Momand grabbed three for 50 and left-arm spinner Qais Ahmed took three for 32 even as left-hander Graham Kennedy (37 not out), captain Harry Tector (36), Neil Rock (35) and opener Jamie Grassi (32) were the main scorers for Ireland.

However, Afghanistan’s batting failed to chase the total as Tector came back to take three wickets with his off-spin bowling and Joshua Little took two wickets. Afghanistan lost wickets at regular intervals and the fall of Mujeeb Zadran and Qais Ahmad towards the end sealed the match for Ireland.

Afghanistan, who had defeated Pakistan by five wickets on the opening day in what was the crunch match of the group thus finished in second place owing to Pakistan’s higher net run rate.

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