| One-off Take a look at, Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| Afghanistan155 all out Ibrahim Zadran 53, Karim Janit 41*; Adair 5-39 & 134-3 (Hashmatullah 53*) |
| Eire 263 all out Stirling 52, Campher 49, Tucker 46; Akbar 5-64, Naveed Zadran 3-59 |
| Afghanistan lead by 26 runs after day two |
| Scorecard |
Afghanistan lead Eire by 26 runs as they completed day two of their one-off Take a look at 134-3 of their second innings.
Beginning the second day on 100-4 in response to the Afghans’ 155 all out, Eire went on to make 263 all out, Paul Stirling top-scoring with 52.
He was ably supported by Lorcan Tucker (46) because the Irish led by 108 runs.
Afghanistan produced a powerful response, with Noor Ali Zadran making 32 and captain Hashmatullah Shahid sitting 53 not out by shut of play on Thursday.
The Afghan skipper is joined on the wicket by Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who’s unbeaten on 23 going into day three.
Mark Adair, who secured his maiden five-wicket haul within the first innings on Wednesday, has claimed two of the three Afghan wickets to fall to this point in his opponents’ second innings, with fellow seamer and Take a look at debutant Barry McCarthy taking the opposite.
Opener Ibrahim Zadran (12) and Rahmat Shah (9) each fell to the bowling of Adair.
After Tector’s early dismissal on Thursday, Stirling and Tucker placed on 80 for the sixth wicket, with Andy McBrine additionally making a major contribution with 38.
Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar was the decide of the bowlers throughout Eire’s first innings, returning figures of 5-64, together with the wickets of Curtis Campher (49) and Tucker.
Naheed Zadran added the wicket of Harry Tector (32) to the wickets of openers Peter Moor and Andrew Balbirnie, who each fell to his bowling on day one.