Fifth one-day international, Stormont Ireland 298-7 (50.0 overs): Campher 96 (84), Tector 53 (80); Azmatullah 3-74 Afghanistan 302-4 (48.5 overs): Rahmat 143* (133), Sediq 98 (112); McCarthy 3-47 Afghanistan won by six wickets and take five-game series 4-0 Scorecard Afghanistan captain Rahmat Shah hit an unbeaten 143 at Stormont to help his side complete a
This series, the first in charge for new head coach Gary Wilson, ostensibly marked the start of Ireland’s preparations for February’s World Cup qualifiers. Their first fixtures in the format since May 2025 were always likely to display some 50-over rust but to have already lost the series without coming within a sniff of a
