Aug 11, 2022
20:00 IST / 14:30 GMT
Civil Service Cricket Club - Belfast, Ireland
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Afghanistan are favorites to win
Match 2 of the five-game IT20 series between Ireland and Afghanistan takes place on Thursday afternoon in Stormont, Belfast. Ireland won the opening game on Tuesday by seven wickets as they successfully chased down the target of 169 with two balls remaining. Read on as we preview this second game of the series. The match gets underway at 15:30 local time.
Ireland finally got a win in this format after a summer of playing against some of the top teams in this format. They will now be looking to dominate this series and build momentum ahead of the T20 World Cup.
Based on their recent form in IT20 cricket, Afghanistan will have been disappointed to open the series with a defeat. However, they will be wiser and more familiar with the conditions in this game and we expect them to respond.
TV channels: This game will be shown live on BT Sport in Ireland and the UK.
Live Streaming: Fans can stream the match on FanCode.
Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat first in Belfast on Tuesday. However, that approach did not come off and we expect both teams to want to bowl first ahead of this match.
It was the pace bowlers who had the upper hand over the spin bowlers in the first game of the series. We expect good bounce on this wicket again in this match with a par score between 170-175.
Constant sunshine from start to finish of the second IT20. The temperature should reach 24 degrees in the opening exchanges.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Ireland vs Afghanistan 1st T20 Match 2022
The home side have a tight-knit group of players and there are not many players hammering the door down to take a place in the XI. As expected, Ireland were unchanged from their 2-0 defeat against South Africa and, now they have registered a victory, we do not foresee changes ahead of this match.
Ireland can now target back to back wins in this format after experiencing eight successive defeats. This is a great opportunity to build confidence in the squad.
Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, George Delany, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Josh Little
Although the team management will have been disappointed to see Afghanistan beaten, they will have taken plenty of positives from the way they fought and kept the game alive until the penultimate delivery. There are no injury worries ahead of this match.
Ireland became the first team since Bangladesh in March to beat Afghanistan in an IT20 match. Afghanistan were not at their best but still came close to winning.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Usman Ghani, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Moarzai, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen ul-Haq, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb ur Rahman
Ireland finally got their fourth win over Afghanistan in this format after not beating them in the preceding 14 games. Tuesday’s win was Ireland’s first over Afghanistan in this format at home.
| Matches Played | IRE Won | AFG Won | Tie | NR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 19 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Although Ireland got the win in the opening match, the bookies fancy Afghanistan to get the win and level the series at 1-1.
We saw three half-centuries and only 10 wickets in the first game of the series. Ireland’s experience of batting in the local conditions proved crucial in the final analysis.
Paul Stirling, Lorcan Tucker and Andy Balbirnie are our recommendations with the bat for Ireland. Stirling had a slow start in the opening game but came back to hit 31 runs from 29 balls.
We are backing Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Usman Ghani and Najibullah Zadran as our batting tips for Afghanistan. Gurbaz has a strike rate of 132 from 23 innings in this format.
We expect Josh Little, Barry McCarthy and Andy McBrine to be the top bowlers for Ireland. McCarthy returned excellent figures of 3-34 in Tuesday’s match.
Rashid Khan, Naveen ul-Haq and Mujeeb ur Rahman are our picks with the ball for Afghanistan. Rahman dismissed the dangerous Balbirnie in the opening game of the series.
Afghanistan came into this series in excellent form and as favourites, but Ireland showed that they should never be written off in spite of recent results. We expect this match to go the distance and there to not be much between the sides. Overall we are predicting a win for Afghanistan.
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