INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ireland beat Afghanistan by seven wickets in the first of five matches in the T20 International in Belfast on Tuesday.George Dockrell hit
the winning boundary off the penultimate ball to lift Ireland on to 171 for three after they were set a target of 169.Afghanistan&s total of
168 for seven had been boosted by 30 runs off the final two overs, with Ibrahim Zadran clubbing 29 not out off 18 balls.Afghanistan&s top
scorer, opener Usman Ghani, struck two sixes and six fours in his 59 off 42 balls.The two sides will meet again on Thursday at the same
Civil Services Cricket Club venue in Stormont for the second time in their five-match series.The post Ireland beat Afghanistan by seven
wickets in first T20I match of series first appeared on Ariana News.
