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The Ireland cricket team toured India during March 2017 to play five One Day Internationals (ODIs), three Twenty20 International (T20Is) and an ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Afghanistan.[1][2][3] All the matches were played at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida, in the state of Uttar Pradesh.[4] Afghanistan won the T20I series 3–0[5] and the ODI series 3–2.[6] Afghanistan also won the ICC Intercontinental Cup match, by an innings and 172 runs.[7]
Squads
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 Afghanistan[8]
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 Ireland[9]
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Afghanistan[10]
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Ireland[11]
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Ireland's Josh Little pulled out of the tour because of education commitments. Peter Chase was named as his replacement.[12] Boyd Rankin was ruled out of Ireland's T20I matches with a back injury. He was not fit to play in the ODI series, as he was still recovering from a lower back injury, with Tim Murtagh added to the squad as cover.[13] Rankin was later ruled out of the ODI series, with Peter Chase named as cover for him.[14]
T20I series
1st T20I
8 March 2017
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Afghanistan recorded the most consecutive victories in T20Is (9).[15]
2nd T20I
10 March 2017
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain stopped play after 6.1 overs of Ireland's innings, with Ireland set a revised target of 111 to win in 11 overs.
- Barry McCarthy (Ire) made his T20I debut.
- Rashid Khan (Afg) took his first five-wicket haul in a T20I, and became the first player to take one in two overs.[16]
3rd T20I
12 March 2017
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Nabi scored the fastest fifty by an Afghan player in a T20I (21 balls).[17]
- Mohammad Nabi also hit the most sixes in a T20I innings by an Afghan Player (9) and made the highest score by a batsman batting at number 6 or lower in a T20I.[17]
- This was the highest total by Afghanistan in a T20I.[17]
- Barry McCarthy's (Ire) bowling figures were the most expensive bowling figures in a T20I.[17]
- William Porterfield passed 1,000 runs in T20Is and became the first player for Ireland to do so.[18]
- This was the highest total by Ireland in the second innings of a T20I.[19]
- This was Afghanistan's 11th straight win in T20Is, the longest winning streak by any team in T20Is.[17]
ODI series
1st ODI
15 March 2017
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Nitin Menon (Ind) both stood in their first ODI match as umpires.
2nd ODI
17 March 2017
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) stood in his first ODI as an umpire.
- Asghar Stanikzai (Afg) scored his first century in an ODI and was the first hundred by an Afghanistan captain in ODIs.[20]
- Afghanistan made their highest total in an ODI.[20]
- Paul Stirling (Ire) took his first five wicket haul in an ODI and recorded the best bowling figure by a bowler for Ireland in ODIs.[20]
- Rashid Khan (Afg) took his first five wicket haul in an ODI and recorded the best bowling figure by a bowler for Afghanistan in ODIs.[20]
- This was the first time in an ODI that two different bowlers each took six wickets in a match.[20]
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
24 March 2017
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Najeeb Tarakai (Afg) made his ODI debut.
Intercontinental Cup match
References
- ^ "Afghanistan to host Ireland in India in March 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Ireland and Afghanistan confirm nine match series". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Afghanistan to host Ireland in first nine game series". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Ireland And Afghanistan Confirm Nine Match Series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Nabi, Shahzad lead Afghanistan sweep". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Afghanistan clinch 3-2 ODI series win over Ireland after seven-wicket victory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Ireland Fall To Afghanistan in ICup". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Afghanistan v Ireland, 1st T20I, Greater Noida - Preview". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Mulder named in squad to play Afghanistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "Afghanistan v Ireland, 1st ODI, Greater Noida – Preview". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ "Preview ODI Series: Ireland vs. Afghanistan". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ "Chase replaces Little in Ireland squad for T20 series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Boyd Rankin ruled out of T20I series against Afghanistan". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "Boyd Rankin Ruled Out of Tour". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Shenwari and Shahzad thump Ireland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "Rashid's 5 for 3 keeps Afghanistan's streak alive". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Afghanistan's end-overs smash, Ireland's Powerplay wallop". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Afghanistan complete 3-0 whitewash over Ireland; extend winning streak to 11". Cricket County. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Ireland / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Stirling's stunning all-round show". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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