KABUL (Pajhwok): Ireland have defeated Afghanistan in their first home T20 International of the season by seven wickets in Belfast.
The visitors selected to bat first after winning the toss. Opting to bat first in Tuesday’s match, Afghanistan set Ireland a target of 169 runs, losing seven wickets.
For the visitors, Usman Ghani smashed 59 runs and Ibrahim Zadran chipped in with 29. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Najibullah Zadran contributed 26 and 15 runs respectively.
The hosts chased down the target, with seven wickets in hand. Fifties from Balbirnie and Tucker set up the chase, before Dockrell and Tector . . .
