| First one-day worldwide, Sharjah |
| Afghanistan 310-5 (50 overs): Gurbaz 121 |
| Eire 275-8 (50 overs): Tector 138 |
| Afghanistan gained by 35 runs |
| Scorecard |
Afghanistan beat Eire by 35 runs of their opening one-day worldwide on the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Eire earned their first males’s Check victory by beating Afghanistan final week, however had been unable to repeat the feat within the first sport of the white-ball collection.
Harry Tector notched his fifth century within the ODI format as Eire fell quick after an in depth chase.
The second ODI will happen on the identical venue on Saturday.
Eire’s one-day staff was not dramatically totally different from the one which claimed a six-wicket win in Abu Dhabi final week, with the inclusions of George Dockrell and Graham Hume to switch Barry McCarthy and PJ Moor.
Josh Little is not going to be concerned on this tour till the T20 matches begin on 15 March.
The guests gained the toss and bowled first, however to no avail within the sweltering warmth as Afghanistan, by means of Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and Ibrahim Zadran, racked up 150 for the primary wicket.
Theo van Woerkom was Eire’s finest bowler as he eliminated Zadran for 60, Azmatullah Omarzai (19) and, crucially, centurion Gurbaz (121).
Craig Younger and Hume went on to strike additional blows for Eire, however they had been left chasing 311 runs for victory after late hitting from Mohammad Nabi (40) and Hashmatullah Shahidi (50).
It appeared Eire would fall effectively in need of their goal after dropping their high three batters with solely 34 on the board. Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie and Curtis Campher had been all despatched again as Fazalhaq Farooqi impressed for the hosts with two of the three early wickets.
Tector led a spirited fightback, nevertheless, with a 173-run stand for the fourth-wicket alongside Lorcan Tucker.
Tucker made 85 from 76 balls earlier than falling to Farooqi, shortly earlier than his associate moved to a few figures, with Tector’s knock containing 9 fours and three sixes.
Having edged the Irish to a well-known win, he fell within the closing over for an exquisite 138 off 147 balls.
The collection will conclude with a closing sport subsequent Tuesday.