AFG VS IRE - 3rd ODI, Afghanistan v Ireland in UAE, 2017

Cameras click. Players pose. Trophy rose. All over. That's it from Sharjah and this series. Hope you had a great weekend. There's lot of international cricket waiting to jump onto your screens. Keep a tab. Goodnight and cheers!!

Porterfield: All credit to Paul and the bowlers, the way we bounced back after the loss in the first game. It was a great knock from Paul, set us off for the winning total with some incredible hitting. Our bowlers have taken wickets at very crucial phases of the game and that's one area where we can draw some positives. It feels nice to have to won the series 2-1.

Paul Stirling, Man of the Match and the Man of the series [188 runs and one wicket from 3 games]: Big congratulations to the squad, especially after getting rolled the way we did in the first game. It can happen if you haven't faced a bowler a lot. I thought the wicket played well in the second innings. It was coming on nicely onto the bat and gave us a chance to knock it off easily. This win will certainly help. We will go back home, have a happy Christmas and get ready for the World Cup qualifiers.

Stanikzai: Congratulations to Ireland. We won a very good toss, but there were a lot of poor shots from our batsmen. We take our time in the middle before unleashing, but unfortunately it didn't work out today. Our next games are very important. Against Zimbabwe first and then the World Cup qualifiers. We will try to rectify our mistakes when we play next. Thanks to all the spectators for turning out in great numbers.

This day totally belongs to Paul Stirling for he proved what a productive batsman he can be irrespective of the conditions. A hundred he will cherish for a long, long time.

21:08 local: After an absolute drag in the first half, we were treated to some mindful and serene batting from Ireland. Paul Stirling took it upon himself to anchor this chase with a calm head on his shoulders; stitching a pivotal 62-run stand with Balbirnie for the second wicket and thereby, blocking Afghanistan's hopes of a comeback. The stocky right-hander went gung-ho against Shapoor Zadran who ended up conceding 71 - nearly 40 percent of the target - off the 7 overs he bowled. The momentum Ireland gathered in the last game certainly worked wonders and they now have clinched their maiden bilateral series win against Afghanistan.

Mujeeb to Kevin O'Brien, FOUR, sweeps to fine leg and seals the series. Ireland win it by 2-1.

Mujeeb to Stuart Poynter, 1 run, tucked away wide of backward square

Mujeeb to Kevin O'Brien, 1 run, opens the bat face and steers a flatter delivery square of third man

Mujeeb to Kevin O'Brien, FOUR, skews an outside edge as he pushes hard at an offbreak and some sloppy fielding at third man ensures a boundary

Mujeeb to Kevin O'Brien, no run, beaten on the drive again

Mujeeb to Kevin O'Brien, no run, skidder outside off, past the outside edge

Mujeeb Zadran [9.0-1-32-1] is back into the attack

Stuart Poynter, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Rashid Khan to Stirling, out Lbw!! Looked like an inside edge there, but the umpire's firm in his decision. Puts up his index finger in a flash. To be fair, the appeal wasn't strong enough and convincing as there seemed to be an inside edge on the forward defence. Not certain, but Stirling expressed his disappointment before talking the long walk back to the pavilion. Stirling lbw b Rashid Khan 101(97) [4s-11 6s-4]

Rashid Khan to Stirling, THATS OUT!! Lbw!!

Rashid Khan to Stirling, no run, drives a full ball straight to short cover

Rashid Khan to Stirling, no run, presses forward and negotiates the ball into the off-side

Rashid Khan to Stirling, no run, gets forward and blocks a quicker delivery

Rashid Khan to Kevin O'Brien, 1 run, opens the bat face, drives wide of cover and hustles for a quick single