AFGHANISTAN vIRELAND ODI ROUND-UP
By Seth Francis

Star showing: Mujeeb Zadran took 4-24 in the first ODI

RESULTS

PAUL Stirling’s 82 handed Ireland a chance to get themselves back in the series at the mid-point mark of the second ODI.
The visitors reached 271-9 from their 50 overs thanks also to some thunderous lower-order hitting from George Dockrell.
It was a far cry from events earlier in the week when Ireland barely scraped into three figures, thrashed by 138 runs.
Mujeeb Zadran was Afghanistan’s bowling star in that first clash, the 16-yearold claiming 4-24 and his coa...