Friday, August 24, 2018

Afghanistan vs Ireland


Ireland Team News:

Squad::Gary Wilson (C), Andrew Balbirnie, Peter Chase, David Delany, George Dockrell, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Kevin O’Brien, William Porterfield, Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson.

  • They have lost first match of this t20 series by 16 runs in rain affected encounter while they lost 2nd match in a one sided affair again the difference between the teams are H Zazai ,Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Zadran.
  • Ireland is good side but in front of spinners their batters surrendered again...It is proved that their batsman don't play spin well.
  • They will have high hope from their experienced comapaigner like K O'Brein and Stirling because history suggest these two always stepped up against a stronger opposition and also both are good players of spin.
  • J Shannon is injured and thts why he is not playing..If he gets fit on time then most probably he will replace S Thompson in playing11.
  • Paul Stirling will open the inning with S Thompson/J Shannon.Team will have high hope from Stirling because he is the best player of spin in his team and also he was in very good form in T20 blast.
  • W Porterfield will bat at 1 down,as a senior player he will have to take the responsibility.
  • K O Brian,G Wilson and Simi Singh will bat in middle order .Both Kevin O Brian and G Wilson are good hitters of ball while Simi Singh recent form is quite appreciable with both bat as well as ball.
  • Their main fast bowler Boyd Rankin played last match and strightway impressed everyone.He took 2 wickets by just giving 14 runs.
  • Joshua Little,B Rankin and Peter Chase will lead the pace attack of the team.Both P Chase and B Rankin bowled well in last match while J Little was the star of first match.
  • George Dockrell will lead the spin attack of the team along with Simi Singh.Both are bowling economically.

Afghanistan Team News:

SQUAD::Mohammad Shahzad, Usman Ghani, Hazratullah Zazai, Shafiqullah Shafiq, Asghar Stanikzai(c), Samiullah Shenwari, Mirwais Ashraf, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Aftab Alam, Farid Malik

  • Afghanistanhas performed well with both bat as well as ball in previous match so they will want to carry the mmentum in third match as well.
  • H Zazai was superb in both the matches.After scoring 74 runs in first game he scored attacking 82 in second match..He was the only batsman in the team who is looking in form.
  • Asghar Stanikzai will bat at 1 down while S Shenwari and Mohammad Nabi are expected to follow him.All are good batsman.
  • Nazibullah Zadran can be promoted anytime for his power hitting.
  • As they have performed brilliantly so most probably they will go with same 11 as of previous match.However if they want then they can give chance to Mirwais Asraf in place of Fareed Ahmad .
  • Their world best spin attack Rashid Khan,Mujeeb and M Nabi will lead the spin attack and most of the hopes of Afghanistan will depend on them.They took 6 wickets in first match while 8 wickets in 2nd match.
  • Both Mujeeb and Rashid will be real threat for opposition again as they are struggling to pick them.Rashid took 4 wickets while Mujjeb took 3 wickets in last match.
  • Aftab Alam and Fareed Ahmad/M Asraf will lead the pace attack of their team.Aftab Alam is looking in good touch.

Fantasy Tips:

  1. In wicketkeeper both Wilson and Md Shahzad will be good,You can go with anyone..

Pitch Report:

Bready Cricket Club, Bready, Northern Ireland

  1. Pitch will be neutral having support to both batsman and bolwer .
  2. Stas before the series
Total matches5
Matches won batting first1
Matches won bowling first2
Average 1st Inns scores160
Average 2nd Inns scores148
Highest total recorded169/5 (20 Ov) by HK vs IRE
Lowest total recorded129/10 (19.3 Ov) by IRE vs HK
Highest score chased167/4 (18.1 Ov) by Sco vs IRE
Lowest score defended169/5 (20 Ov) by HK vs IRE

Probable11 of Afganistan:

Mohammad Shahzad, Hazratullah Zazai, Asghar Afghan, Samiullah Shenwari, Mohammad Nabi,Najibullah Zadran,S Shafiq, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Aftab Alam, Fareed Ahmad/M Asraf

Probable11 of Ireland:

Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson/J Shannon, William Porterfield/J Shanon, Andrew Balbirnie,Kevin O Brien,Gary Wilson, Simi Singh, George Dockrell, B Rankin, Joshua Little, Peter Chase,

Important Player of Ireland:

  1. Paul Stirling
  2. Kevin O'brien
  3. G Wilson
  4. P Chase
  5. W Porterfield
  6. Simi Singh
  7. G Dockrell
  8. B Rankin

Important Player Of Afghanistan:

  1. Md Nabi
  2. Rashid Khan
  3. Mujeeb Zadran
  4. Md Shahzad
  5. A Stanikzai
  6. S Shenwari
  7. Aftab Alam
  8. H Zazai

Important Choice of C and VC:

  1. Paul Stirling
  2. Rashid Khan
  3. Md Nabi
  4. M Shahzad
  5. Kevin O'brien
  6. Simi Singh
  7. H Zazai
  8. Mujeeb Zadran

DREAM 11 TEAM::

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