Fifth one-day worldwide, Stormont
Eire 298-7 (50.0 overs): Campher 96 (84), Tector 53 (80); Azmatullah 3-74
Afghanistan 302-4 (48.5 overs): Rahmat 143* (133), Sediq 98 (112); McCarthy 3-47
Afghanistan gained by six wickets and take five-game sequence 4-0
Afghanistan captain Rahmat Shah hit an unbeaten 143 at Stormont to assist his aspect full a 4-0 ODI sequence win over Eire.
Whereas the primary of the five-match sequence was washed out, the guests swept the rest to cement their dominance over Eire.
The guests gained by six wickets on this closing match, surpassing their goal of 299 with seven balls to spare after a sluggish begin to their chase.
Rahmat, who hit 13 fours and two sixes, shared an Afghanistan report 201 for the third wicket with Sediq Atal, who made 98.
After profitable the toss and opting to bowl, the guests made an early breakthrough with Andrew Balbirnie gone for 13, earlier than Eire captain Paul Stirling fell for 20 after hitting 4 boundaries as Azmatullah Omarzai took the primary two of his three wickets.
It was trying ominous for the hosts as AM Ghazanfar eliminated Cade Carmichael for 22 and Lorcan Tucker on seven, however Eire would discover a groove with the bat by way of Harry Tector and Curtis Campher.
Tector made 53 earlier than being caught by Mohammad Saleem and Campher received right into a movement with seven boundaries and 4 sixes, reaching 96 earlier than being caught off the primary ball of the ultimate over.
In between, George Dockrell chipped in with 31 as Eire posted 298-7.
The hosts put early stress on Afghanistan as Liam McCarthy eliminated Rahmanullah Gurbaz (14) and Ibrahim Zadran for 5 because the guests took simply 30 off the 10-over powerplay, however Rahmat and Sediq would take over.
Their partnership laid a platform for Afghanistan however Sediq, two runs wanting his century with seven fours and three sixes, was caught by Carmichael from McCarthy’s supply with 76 required from 57 balls.
Whereas Azmatullah chipped in with 24 earlier than being eliminated by Jai Moondra, there was no reply to Rahmat, who sealed victory with a 4.
