Afghanistan won by 126 runs
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Today ends all international matches and the teams will start with the World Cup warm ups in a couple of days. So, this win for Afghanistan will keep them in a good stead heading into the mega event. That's all from us. Until next time, take care and goodbye!
Gulbadin Naib: It was the perfect finish to the series. Happy with how the boys played. Last game Ireland played really well. But the boys came back and credit goes to them. It is a big event coming up and we have had good preparations here in Ireland and Scotland. Hope we do well in the World Cup.
William Porterfield: Our overall performance let us down. They played better than us. I was a bit 50-50 about the surface. Yeah, if we had got a couple of early wickets then things would have been different. They (Afghanistan) bowled in the good areas longer. This month was all about getting the players some game time.
Paul Stirling, Man of the Series: We would have liked to wrap the series today. We didn't manage to pick early wickets and put pressure on them. I am not sure (about the 600-odd runs that I have scored this year) but I am happy that it is coming off.
17:54 Local Time, 16:54 GMT, 22:24 IST: The chase came to an end when the second wicket partnership was broken between Stirling and Balbirnie. It also showed how much the Ireland team relies on that pair. They have been the in-form batsmen for a while now and once Gulbadin Naib sent them back in successive overs the wheels came off. There were a couple of starts but nothing to scare Afghanistan who were back to their best after losing the first game. Newly appointed skipper Naib led from the front with a maiden ODI 5-fer and the rest of the bowlers supported him perfectly.
Naib to Wilson, out Caught by Rashid Khan!! Afghanistan win by 126 runs. Naib has a 6-fer. Another slower delivery and Wilson decides to play the slog sweep, bends down and gets under it, but does not get the elevation to get it over Rashid at mid-wicket. Wilson c Rashid Khan b Naib 34(53) [4s-2]
Naib to Wilson, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
Naib to Wilson, no run, slower back of a length delivery and Wilson flat-bats it to long-on, denies the single
END OF OVER 41
5 Runs
IRE: 179 - 9
4 0 1 0 0 0
Gary Wilson
34 (51)
Boyd Rankin
1 (7)
Rashid Khan
9-0-31-0
Rashid Khan to Rankin, no run, and again.. Rankin has no clue and he is beaten on the inside edge, the leg-break was turning too much to hit leg-stump
Rashid Khan to Rankin, no run, very full and once again pings Rankin on the pad, this time the impact itself was outside leg
Rashid Khan to Rankin, no run, loud shout for LBW. Rankin is beaten on the big heave and is struck on the pad around leg-stump, going down leg
Rashid Khan to Wilson, 1 run, flighted on off-stump, Wilson sweeps it to deep square leg
Rashid Khan to Wilson, no run, tossed up around off, Wilson plays down the wrong line and is beaten on the outside edge
Rashid Khan to Wilson, FOUR, googly turns in, Wilson shuffles across and paddles it with the spin past Mujeeb at short fine
Rashid Khan [8.0-0-26-0] is back into the attack
END OF OVER 40
7 Runs
IRE: 174 - 9
1 0 1 4 0 1
Gary Wilson
29 (48)
Boyd Rankin
1 (4)
Naib
9-0-43-5
Naib to Wilson, 1 run, offers width on the short of length delivery and Wilson cuts it to square third man
Naib to Wilson, no run, back of a length around off, Wilson short-arm jabs straight to mid-wicket
Naib to Wilson, FOUR, Wilson has picked the slower delivery and dispatched it disdainfully over mid-off. He waited and bent low to smack it over the fielder, one bounce and over the ropes
Naib to Rankin, 1 run, almost a 6-fer. Another slower ball and Rankin takes it on, slices the loft and just manages to clear a backtracking Rashid near mid-off
Naib to Rankin, no run, angled in from round the wicket and Rankin tucks it to mid-wicket