Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Rashid Khan six-for helps Afghanistan beat Ireland by 92 runs
In cricket, one team bats and tries to score runs while the other team bowls and tries to get batters out.
Afghanistan batted first and scored 299 runs.
Ireland needed 300 runs to win, but the Afghan bowlers were too good.
Ireland was all out for just 207 runs, so Afghanistan won the match.
A player named Rashid Khan was the star bowler, getting six Irish batters out.
Ireland was doing well at first with a strong partnership, but then they lost many players quickly.
A player named Ibrahim Zadran scored the most runs for Afghanistan with 84.
This win means Afghanistan leads the five-game series 1 to 0.
The two teams will play again in Belfast on Monday.
It was a very exciting game of cricket!
Rashid Khan took 6-34, his third 'six for' in ODI cricket, as Afghanistan beat Ireland by 92 runs in the second one-day international.
Afghanistan took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series after the first ODI was washed out.
Ireland were bowled out for 207 while chasing a target of 300 at Bready Cricket Club in Magheramason, Northern Ireland.
Ireland lost seven wickets for 63 runs, with Khan taking four of the last seven wickets to fall.
Opener Ibrahim Zadran top-scored with 84 as Afghanistan made 299-8, and the series continues in Belfast on Monday.
- Who
- The Afghanistan and Ireland cricket teams, with Rashid Khan starring for Afghanistan with a six-wicket haul.
- What
- Afghanistan beat Ireland by 92 runs in the second one-day international to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
- When
- On Friday, in a match reduced by rain to 47 overs per side.
- Where
- Bready Cricket Club in the Northern Irish village of Magheramason.
- Why
- Afghanistan posted a strong total of 299-8 and Rashid Khan's 6-34 triggered an Irish collapse, with Ireland losing seven wickets for 63 runs.
- Result
- Afghanistan won by 92 runs
- Afghanistan innings
- 299-8 (47 overs)
- Ireland innings
- 207 all out
- Rashid Khan's figures
- 6-34, his third ODI six-for
- Top scorer
- Ibrahim Zadran, 84
- Series status
- Afghanistan leads 1-0 in five-match series
- First ODI
- Washed out
- Next match
- Belfast on Monday