Afghanistan won by 28 runs
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Mohammad Nabi
Bowler
Stanikzai collects the trophy and hoists it over his shoulders. His team joins him in the celebrations. Many congratulations to Afghanistan for the great things they're doing. It's always fun watching them play. With that, it's a wrap of this series. The five-match ODI series will begin on Wednesday. Join us then. Cheers!
Stanikzai: 11 consecutive wins is a world record and it's good for Afghanistan team. The players are showing their abilities. Before the match we thought that 180-plus was a good total. Shahzad and Nabi played really well. Stirling started well but we knew we had good spinners.
Porterfield: Credit to the groundstaff and both the teams. On reflection, they deserve the series. But there wasn't much between the two teams. In these games, it's going to come down to the last over. Credit to the guys to keep going and to take it down to the last two overs. It's been great crowds, great pitches, we've enjoyed our time here. Looking forward to the five-match series.
Rashid Khan is Man of the Series
Mohammad Nabi is Man of the Match
17:30 Local Time, 12:00 GMT, 17:30 IST: Afghanistan's winning streak lives on. They have now won 11 T20Is in a row. The match was set up with the bat; with Nabi and Shahzad registering brilliant performances. 234 was always going to be improbable. Credit to Ireland though for showing a lot of fight. Their openers, Stirling and Thompson, gave them a flier and propelled them ahead of the rate. But what Ireland really needed was for one of them to bat right through. That wasn't to be. Afghanistan kept chipping away at the wickets at crucial times which ensured that they were in control after the 10-over mark despite a valiant fifty from Wilson. Rashid Khan impressed once again by proving to be economical and wrapping it up towards the end with a triple-strike.
Nabi to Dockrell, out Caught by Usman Ghani!! It's all over. Dockrell miscues his slog-sweep in the air for a simple catch at deep mid-wicket. Afghanistan sweep the series 3-0. They've been quite brilliant here in Noida. Dockrell c Usman Ghani b Nabi 2(3)
Nabi to Dockrell, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
Jacob Mulder, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Nabi to Dockrell, out Barry McCarthy Run Out!! 1 run completed. Direct-hit from long-on. McCarthy is well short. He's not even in the picture. They went through for the second after Dockrell squeezed the full ball to long-on but Najibullah is swiftly onto the ball and his throw is even better. Barry McCarthy run out (Najibullah) 0(0)
Nabi to Dockrell, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!
Mohammad Nabi [3.0-0-42-0] is back into the attack
Barry McCarthy, right handed bat, comes to the crease
30 needed in the final over. The game's as good as done.
END OF OVER 19
5 Runs
IRE: 204 - 8
2 W 2 W 1 W
Dockrell
1 (1)
Greg Thompson
0 (0)
Rashid Khan
4-0-28-3
Rashid Khan to Greg Thompson, out Bowled!! Three in the over for Rashid. He's a real menace for the lower order. The googly snakes back in, right through Thompson's slog-sweep, and clips leg-stump. Greg Thompson b Rashid Khan 0(1)
Rashid Khan to Greg Thompson, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!
Rashid Khan to Dockrell, 1 run, doesn't get hold of the slog and mistimes it through mid-wicket
George Dockrell, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Rashid Khan to Lorcan Tucker, out Bowled!! Rashid skids one through Tucker. The trajectory is flat but the length isn't as short as Tucker expects. He goes for the pull, misses and is knocked over. Lorcan Tucker b Rashid Khan 16(14) [6s-1]
Rashid Khan to Lorcan Tucker, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!