Afghanistan cricket team in Ireland in 2012

Afghanistan cricket team against Ireland in 2012
		Ireland		Afghanistan
Dates		3 July – 12 July
Captains		Kevin O'Brien (first-class) William Porterfield (ODI)		Karim Sadiq
One Day International series
Result		Ireland won the 2-match series 1–0

The Afghanistan national cricket team played the Ireland cricket team in Ireland in July 2012. The teams will play a four-day first-class match as part of the 2011-13 ICC Intercontinental Cup and two One Day Internationals (ODIs) as part of the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship. The Intercontinental Cup match will be played at Observatory Lane in Rathmines, while the two ODIs will be played at the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground in Dublin. Heading into the matches, Ireland led both the Intercontinental Cup and the World Cricket League Championship, while Afghanistan were second in the Intercontinental Cup and fifth in the World Cricket League Championship.

Squads

Intercontinental Cup		ODIs
Ireland	Afghanistan	Ireland	Afghanistan
Kevin O'Brien (c) John Anderson Andrew Balbirnie Alex Cusack Trent Johnston Rory McCann (wk) John Mooney Paul Stirling Max Sorensen Stuart Thompson Albert van der Merwe Andrew White Gary Wilson (wk) Ben Wylie	Karim Sadiq (c) Amir Mangal Asghar Stanikzai Dawlat Zadran Gulbudeen Naib Hamza Hotak Izatullah Dawlatzai Javed Ahmadi Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Shahzad (wk) Najibullah Zadran Shabir Noori Samiullah Shenwari Shapoor Zadran	William Porterfield (c) Alex Cusack George Dockrell Trent Johnston Ed Joyce John Mooney Tim Murtagh Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien (wk) Paul Stirling Max Sorensen Stuart Thompson Andrew White Gary Wilson (wk)	Karim Sadiq (c) Afsar Zazai Asghar Stanikzai Dawlat Zadran Gulbudeen Naib Hamza Hotak Izatullah Dawlatzai Javed Ahmadi Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Shahzad (wk) Noor-ul-Haq Shabir Noori Samiullah Shenwari Shapoor Zadran

World Cricket League Championship

1st ODI

3 July 2012 (scorecard)	Ireland	v	Afghanistan	Match abandoned without a ball bowled Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin Umpires: Shaun George (RSA) and Richard Smith (Ire)

2nd ODI

5 July 2012 (scorecard)	Ireland 163 all out (47 overs)	v	Afghanistan 104 all out (33.1 overs)	Ireland won by 59 runs Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin Umpires: Shaun George (RSA) and Richard Smith (Ire)
	Ed Joyce 67 (124) Shapoor Zadran 3/20 (8 overs)		Najibullah Zadran 23 (32) Alex Cusack 3/17 (8 overs)

Intercontinental Cup Match

9-12 July 2012 Scorecard	Afghanistan 84 (29.1 overs)	v	Ireland 251/4d (60.1 overs)	Match drawn Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Richard Smith (Ire)
	Gulbodin Naib 13 (10) Alex Cusack 4/31 (10 overs)		Gary Wilson 73 (100) Mohammad Nabi 1/24 (6.1 overs)
	208/7 (67 overs)
	Javed Ahmadi 59 (94) Stuart Thompson 3/51 (12 overs)
Ireland won the toss and elected to field. No play on Days 1 and 2 due to rain. Points: Ireland 13, Afghanistan 7

International cricket in 2012 v • t • e May 12 West Indies in England June 12 Pakistan in Sri Lanka • Triangular Series in Zimbabwe (unofficial) • Australia in England and Ireland • New Zealand in West Indies July 12 India women in England • South Africa in England • India in Sri Lanka • Afghanistan in Ireland • Bangladesh in Ireland and Netherlands August 12 New Zealand in India • Afghanistan vs Australia in UAE • Pakistan vs Australia in UAE Previous season: International cricket in 2011–12 Next season: International cricket in 2012–13