Ireland vs Afghanistan , 5th T20I dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Ireland vs Afghanistan , 5th T20I

Venue : Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast

Date & Time : 17th August Wednesday at 8:00 PM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 22,
AFG won - 16,
IRE won - 06,
NR - 00,

Pitch Report :

The Belfast wicket is expected to be favorable for both batting and bowling. However, the batters have a better chance of capitalizing on the surface once they are well set in the middle and a run fest looks pretty much on the cards. The pacers and spinners need to bowl in the right areas in order to get breakthroughs regular intervals, as well as batters, are expected to get purchase from the surface. The winners of the toss should bat first.

The average first innings score here is 170.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 20°C on the Wednesday with 74% humidity and 14 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of rain during the game.

Probable XI :

Ireland -

Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, George Dockrell, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, Fionn Hand, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little.

Afghanistan -

Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Usman Ghani, Mohammad Nabi (c), Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Preview :

The 5th and finel T20I match between Ireland and Afghanistan will be played on 17th August at the Civil Service Cricket Club. After an amazing 27-run win over Ireland in the fourth game of the five-match series, Afghanistan will try to explode in the final match to clinch the series. Whereas, the home team Ireland will try to get back the momentum which they had in the first-two matches.

Ireland would be disappointed at not winning at least one out of its previous two matches. It was in a winning position in both matches but could not get the job done. In a sense, the shortened match last time around played to the strengths of Afghanistan but the fact that Ireland still fought hard is encouraging.

The best batters for Ireland so far have been George Dockrell (134 runs), Andrew Balbirnie (113 runs), and Lorcan Tucker (112 runs). Paul Stirling has scored just 55 runs at a strike rate of 105.76 and that is a massive disappointment.

Ireland's batting has improved and has depth with Tector also yet to show his best. Three out of the top-4 run-getters in the series are from Ireland and that is a positive sign also.

Afghanistan has improved its batting effort from what we saw in the first two matches but there is still a long way to go. Rahmanullah Gurbaz showed some signs of form but it has been Najibullah Zadran that has led the way. He has hit 9 sixes so far, the most for any player on either side and has scored 115 runs at a strike rate of nearly 200.

If he gets out early then Afghanistan could struggle. Hashmatullah Shahidi, Rashid Khan, and Usman Ghani have all bailed Afghanistan out of trouble but that is not going to happen every time.

We still think this Afghanistan batting lineup is very vulnerable.

The bowling attack for Afghanistan is a lot better balanced. Naveen ul Haq has picked up 7 wickets, the most for any bowler in this series, and is well supported by Mujeeb ur Rahman, Mohammad Nabi, and Fareed Ahmed.

Team Guide

Cheatsheet

Ireland T20I

WK:

Lorcan Tucker -

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn,
4(8), 31(21), 27(28), 50(32), 0(1), 78(38), 0(5), 77(33), 2(7), 11(11),

Stephen Doheny -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open , Open, 1dwn
58(42), 26(22), 35(34), 3(8), 46(34), 74(49)*, 74(54)*

Batter :

Andy Balbirnie (c) -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,Open, Open, Open, Open,
15(5), 1(5), 46(36), 51(38), 0(8), 14(13), 52(24), 31(27), 10(11), 12(7),

Paul Stirling - Right Arm Offbreak

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,Open, Open, Open, Open,
20(9), 0(2), 4(12), 31(29), 28(16), 18(11),10(10), 21(15),17(12), 13(16),

Harry Tector - Right Arm Offbreak

2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn,
13(9), 3(5), 5(7), 25(15)*, 34(31),6(8), 28(14)*, 58(23)*, 2(3), 5(7),

George Dockrell - Left Arm Orthodox

3dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn,3dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn,
41(27)*, 58(37)*, 25(19*, 10(5)*, 3(4), 43(28), 1(3)*, 69(26)*, 0(1), 15(7),
DNB, DNB, DNB, 2/7(2), DNB, 0/11(1), 3/13(4), 2/52(), 0/20(3), 1/31(4),

All-rounder :

Curtis Campher - Right Arm Medium

3dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn,
8(12), 7(7), DNB, 19(17), 0(2), 0(1), 14(14), 20(11), 29(21),
0/14(1), 2/13(3), DNB, DNB, 0/16(2), 3/33(4), 0/8(1), 1/36(4), 1/13(2), 2/39(4),

Gareth Delany - Legbreak Googly

4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
3(4), 16(13), 3(5)*, DNB, 0(2), 2(4), 25(19)*, 0(1), 1(5), 5(7), 0(4), 8(9),
3/33(3), 0/33(4), 2/19(4), 1/27(4), 2/24(4), 2/31(3), 1/25(3), DNB, 1/42(4), 0/8(1),

Andy McBrine –Right Arm Offbreak

DNB, DNB, 7dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, DNB, DNB, 5dwn, 4dwn,
DNB, DNB, 2(4), 31(17), 8(4), DNB, DNB, 5(2)*, 1(5), 9(10),
0/14(2), 0/24(2), 1/42(4), 1/12(2), 0/20(3), 2/34(4), 0/16(1), 0/21(1), 2/22(4

Bowler :

Mark Adair - Right Arm Medium Fast

1/23(2), 1/42(4), 2/12(3), 0/39(4), 1/45(4), 0/48(4), 2/25(3), 0/28(4),3/15(2) 2/49(4),

Josh Little - Left Arm Fast Medium

0/25(2), 2/29(4), 2/18(4), 1/33(4), 1/20(4), 1/55(4), 1/18(3), 3/12(4) 2/31(4), 3/35(4),

Barry McCarthy –Right Arm Medium

1/25(2), 0/35(4), 3/34(4), 1/48(4), 0/38(4), 4/18(4), 0/36(3), 0/48(4), 0/13(2),

Craig Young –Right Arm Medium

2/34(4), 0/18(3), 2/35(4), 2/18(2), 2/39(4), 2/32(4),

Fionn Hand - Right Arm Medium

1/11(1), 1/29(3), 0/44(3), 0/17(1), 1/34(1), 1/18(2), 1/36(4)

Afghanistan T20I

WK :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
24(13), 53(35), 1(2), 26(22), 30(16)*, 0(3), 121(48)*, 55(24), 65(42),

Afsar Zazai -

3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, Open, 3dwn, 3dwn,
14(16), 16(20), 67(42)*, 14(15), 2(5)*, 3(7),

Batter :

Hazratullah Zazai -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
6(4), 39(40), 30(17), 20(12), 73(39), 2(9), 32(7)*, 2(3),

Hashmatullah Shahidi -

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
36(42), 11(12), 90(55),62(44), 8(4), 15(19), 42(35), 56(41), 51(41),

Ibrahim Zadran - Right Arm Medium

1dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 4dwn, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
1(3), 36(22), 17(13), 29(18)*, 31(14)*, 1(6), 25(22), 91(55), 81(37)*,57(49)*,

Najibullah Zadran-

2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn,
50(24), 36(22), 8(8), 15(10), 43(22), 67(47)*, 0(1), 81(47), 37(25), 21(16), 5(7),

Usman Ghani -

DNB, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
DNB 1(9), 59(42), 69(53), 4(3), 32(32), 31(21), 72(43)*, 17(10), 46(39),

Darwish Rasooli -

1dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn,
51(30), 41(19)*, 12(9)*, 11(20), 9(8)*,

All-rounder :

Mohammad Nabi (c)- Right Arm Offbreak

3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 4dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn,
5(5), 6(5), 9(9), 5(6), 4(8), DNB, 5(10), DNB, 15(15), 43(22)*, 15(8)*,
DNB, 1/38(4), 2/15(2), 1/27(3), 0/37(4), 2/19(2), 2/20(2), 0/43(4), 0/18(4), 1/18(2), 1/30(3),

Azmatullah Omarzai - Right Arm Medium

4dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, DNB, 5dwn, DNB, DNB
4(7), DNB, 11(13), 11(5), 10(10), DNB, 14(8), DNB, DNB
1/25(2), 0/13(2), 0/15(2), 0/25(2), 3/16(4),3/18(3), 1/24(4), 0/43(4), 0/24(4), 1/16(4),

Karim Janat - Right Arm Medium

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, 1dwn, 1dwn,
4(9), 30(14)*, 24(18), 44(21), 40(32), 10(14),
0/32(4), 1/25(4), 2/16(4), 0/15(2), 1/34(4),DNB, 2/23(3

Sharafuddin Ashraf - Left Arm Orthodox

6dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 4dwm, 3dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 4dwn,
0(0)*, 13(10)*, 12(8), 44(23), 3(4)*, DNB, 44(27), 20(15),
DNB, 1/34(3), 1/8(3), 0/47(3), 3/27(4), 1/23(3), 3/7(3), 0/37(2),

Bowler :

Rashid Khan - Legbreak Googly

5dwn, 4dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, DNB, 6dwn, 6dwn, 7dwn, DNB, 6dwn
31(10)*, 0(0)*, 9(10), 2(4), DNB, 25(12)*, 11(13), 3(4), DNB, 8(8)
2/21(3), 0/38(4), 0/27(4), 0/25(4), 0/39(20 B), 2/24(4), 3/30(4), 1/21(4), 1/31(4), 0/27(4),

Fazalhaq Farooqi – Left Arm Fast Medium

2/11(2), 1/27(4), 0/32(4), 0/34(4), 2/10(4), 0/19(4), 3/16(4), 1/20(4),

Mujeeb Ur Rahman - Right Arm Offbreak

0/13(2), 2/28(4), 1/23(4), 1/22(3), 0/24(3),2/27(4), 2/33(4), 1/15(4), 0/40(4)

Naveen-ul-Haq - Right Arm Medium

2/25(2), 3/38(4), 1/12(3), 1/39(4), 1/32(4), 0/26(3), 4/24(4), 0/11(2), 3/22(4), 2/22(2)

Nijat Masood - Right Arm Medium

0/41(4), 0/29(3), 2/3(2), 1/12(2), 0/14(2), 1/29(4),

Noor Ahmad - Left Arm wrist spin

0/31(15B), 2/38(3), 1/31(4), 1/11(2), 0/18(2), 0/52(4), 0/35(4), 1/24(4),

Qais Ahmad - Legbreak

2/23(4), 0/12(3),1/24(4), 2/32(4), 2/26(4), 3/18(4),

Fareed Ahmad – Left Arm Fast Medium

3/14(2), 0/39(4), 2/15(3), 0/34(4), 0/10(3), 1/30(4), 1/13(2),

Details Analysis

Make various team combinations with the help of these information.

Wicket-Keepers :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz is a brilliant attacking opening batter who can able to play big innings with a healthy strike rate. He's coming from fabulous home T20 season were he's accumulated 343 runs at an impressive average of 49.10 in nine innings including a century & two half-centuries and scored 53 runs in the third match and 24 runs in the last match. He has played 26 matches in his T20I career so far in which he has scored 672 runs with an average of 25.90. He have a solid figures against Ireland. He has played seven matches against Ireland in which he has scored 209 runs with an impressive average of 30.50. which make him one of the best pick from Wicket keepers section.

Lorcan Tucker :

Lorcan Tucker is a decent wicketkeeper-batsman who's coming from fantastic T20Is series against South Africa, were he's played one of the best knock of his career scored 78 off just 38 balls and smashed another fifty in first match and 4 runs in the last match. overall he's scored 657 runs in 41 matches. But he's don't have a solid numbers against Afghanistan, managed to score only 181 runs in the 11 innings at an average of 15.10 . However he's capable to scores in crucial occasions, punt pick.

Batters :

Hazratullah Zazai :

Hazratullah Zazai is an attacking batsman who can provide his team with a flying start while open the innings. He was performed very well in T20Is series against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh and also looking in solid touch in recently concluded Shpageeza Cricket League, and played an useful knock of 39 runs in the third match. He's played 27 maches so far and scored 857 runs at an impressive average of 34.28, with one century & three half century. He will be an important pick for this game.

Najibullah-Zadran :

Najibullah-Zadran is an consistent middle order batter, he's in tremendous form at the moment smashed 103 runs in three matches against Zimbabwe in last series and batted well in recently concluded Kabul T20 league smashed four half-centuries, he was played an aggressive inning of 42 runs off just 18 balls in the third match and smashed a aggressive half-century off just 24 balls in the last match. He has played 77 T20 Internationals so far, of which he has made 1477 with an average of 33.56. can showcase his power-hitting skills with a solid show of consistency that why he will be a solid c/vc pick for this match.

Hashmatullah Shahidi :

Hashmatullah Shahidi is the experienced middle order batter who's known for his consistency but recently series against Bangladesh & Zimbabwe was nothing special for him, where he scored only 35 runs in four innings. But coming back brilliantly in Kabul T20 league were he's smashed 411 runs at an impressive average of 58.71. He's played just six T20Is so far & scored just 48 runs, and he was the highest runs scorer from his side scored 36 runs in the last match. However, he's a very good batter can score big today? Good pick. Didn't play last match.

Paul Stirling :

Paul Stirling is the best Irish batter who can also bowled in crucial occasions. He has managed to score a total of 2995 runs at an average of 28.80 & also taken 20 wickets in 112 T20Is with 1 century and 20 half-centuries. He's scored just 61 runs in last series against New Zealand. But his record against Afghanistan is very good, scoring 598 runs in 21 matches with an average of 28.20, and scored 20 runs off just 9 balls in the last match. Still must have pick from Irish side.

Harry Tector :

Harry Tector was fantastic in concluded T20 series against India scored 103 runs in two matches. And he's looking in fabulous in ODIs hits two century in three match against strong kiwi's bowling line-up, but he's not his best in recently T20Is series against NZ & SA. He's scored 757 runs at an average of 23.71 in 43 T20Is. Will look to continue his good run with the bat in this series also and scored unbeaten 25 runs off 15 balls in the first match but managed to score only 13 runs in the last match. Thus he can be backed as vice-captain.

Andy Balbirnie :

Andy Balbirnie is in great form in 50 over format but not looking in his best in T20Is , but he's scored just 46 runs in last series against New Zealand and South Africa, in the last eight matches, five times he has been dismissed for less than 15 runs, but he's batted well in this series scored seventh half-centuries of his T20I career in first match & also played a fine knock of 46 runs in the third match, and he's scoring runs at an average of 23.54 in T20Is which should be give him a confidence to perform well in this match. Must have pick.

Ibrahim Zadran :

Ibrahim Zadran is a dashing opening batter, he was showing his talent in ODIs but not able to made good impact in T20 format. He was looking good in kabul T20 league were he's strucked three half centuries and scored runs with the fabulous average of 53.05. He's also amazing record in domestic circuit, but he's not performed well in T20Is yet. Scored just 97 runs in seven matches, but he's showing his batting skills in the first match were he's scored 29 runs and 36 in the third match. Punt pick.

All-rounders :

Mohammad Nabi :

Mohammad Nabi is one of the best all-rounders from the Afghan team. He will bat at the middle order and bowl right-arm spin and able to wickets on crucial stages. Nabi has scored 1652 runs and picked 80 wickets from 95 T20Is matches so far. Nabi has a very good record against Ireland scored 424 runs & picked up 19 wickets in 21 matches. He was performed well with ball & bat in recently Kabul T20s and scored just nine runs with bat but picked up two wickets with the ball in the third match. Can provide good fantacy points with controlled bowling skills that is well backed up with his amazing batting potential which could make him another safest c/vc option for this match.

Andy McBrine :

Andy McBrine is decent allrounder, he was the top wicket-taker in ODI series against West Indies with 10 wickets at an economy of 4.14 and also scored 128 runs in 3 innings. Overall he's scored 155 runs & picked up 23 wickets from 32 matches. He's score 12 runs & taken two wicket in in T20I series against South Africa recently. Good pick if plays.

Curtis Campher :

Curtis Campher could be a utility option for this match. He has played 20 T20Is in his career so far and has scored 265 runs at an average of 17.66, apart from taking 18 wickets. He was performed well in recent matches from Irish side scored 144 runs also picked up four wickets in last seven T20Is matches. Must have pick if plays.

Bowlers :

Rashid Khan :

Rashid Khan is the best spinner in the world at the moment, also bowled well in this series but didn't to succeed get any wickets, he has has an outstanding record in this format, he's picked four wickets in just three matches in earlier concluded T20I series against Zimbabwe, as well as very handy with bat also. He was the second highest wicket-taker for Afghanistan’s with 111 wickets in 65 T20I matches at an economy of 6.20 and average of 13.77. As many as six times Rashid has snared four or more wickets in an innings, including best of 7/18. Along with bowling, he is also capable of playing good innings with the bat if needed. Rashid having a great numbers against the host scalped 36 wickets in just 16 matches at average of 9.60 and economy of under six runs per over. Rashid was prfomed amazingly in the last match smashed unbeaten 30 runs off just 10 balls with bat & also scalped two wickets, will be a great C/VC option.

Mujeeb-ur-Rahman :

Mujeeb-ur-Rahman is fine bowler who can bowled also in Powerplays, he's not in his best recent matches, but he has solid figures in T20Is picked up 36 wickets in 27 matches, can give early breakthrough for his team. He's played 11 maches against Ireland and picked up 16 wickets in these, picked up five wickets in first three matches, unfortunately gone wicketless in the last match. Must have pick.

Fazalhaq Farooqi :

FazalHaq Farooqi is coming back from the IPL and looked fine in Kabul T20s matches picked up ten wickets in nine matches. He was the highest wicket-taker, taking 5 wickets in the series between Bangladesh and Afghanistan. He's played just nine T20I matches and picked up 12 wickets & gone wicketless only once, picked up two wickets in the last match. which make him great punt pick for this match, didn't play last match.

Mark Adair :

Mark Adair will be a decent bowler, he's able to picks wickets with consistency. He has taken 69 wickets in his T20I career so far. He was performed well recently against India & NZ. He's bowled well in T20I matches against South Africa recently picked a wicket but bowling little expensive. He was performed well on this Vanue in first match against NZ picked up two wickets and also scored 25 runs and picked up one wicket in third match, he's also a handy batter. One of the best option from Irish bowling unit.

Joshua Little :

Joshua Little is a wicket-taking bowler and looking in good shape he's taken two wickets T20Is series against South Africa and 8 wickets in three matches against New Zealand, overall he's picked up 49 wickets in 45 T20I matches. can repeat his performance like against New Zealand in this series also? Picked up two wickets in third match. Good pick.

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