Afghanistan vs Ireland in Cricket
The Afghanistan National Cricket Team has played 1 Test match, 30 One Day Internationals, and 23 T20 matches against the Ireland Men’s Cricket Team. Both teams have a blend of hard hitters and calm and composed players who have benefited their respective teams on different occasions. The Afghanistan Men’s Cricket Team faced the Ireland National […]
The Afghanistan National Cricket Team has played 1 Test match, 30 One Day Internationals, and 23 T20 matches against the Ireland Men’s Cricket Team. Both teams have a blend of hard hitters and calm and composed players who have benefited their respective teams on different occasions. The Afghanistan Men’s Cricket Team faced the Ireland National Cricket Team for the first time in 2010 for the Sri Lanka Associates T20 series held in Colombo. The Ireland Cricket Team won the first match by 5 wickets with 11 balls remaining, building an early dominance. Both teams have shown their firm stand in the game for quite some time now.
Afghanistan vs Ireland Statistics
Afghanistan vs Ireland Test Statistics: Series Wise Statistics
The Afghanistan Cricket Team has not played any test series against the Ireland Men’s Cricket Team till now. They only faced each other in a test match held at Dehradun in 2019.
Test Statistics: Match Wise Statistics
The Afghanistan Cricket Team has played and won only a single Test match against the Ireland Cricket Team till now. Although the Irish Cricket Team played well and scored 172 and 288 runs in the first and second innings respectively, the Afghanistan National Cricket Team outpowered them and emerged victorious. Rahmat Shah became the Man of the Match by scoring 98 and 76 runs in the first and second innings, respectively. This Test match took place at the Dehradun Cricket Stadium.
| Total Number of Matches | Won by Afghanistan | Won by Ireland | Drawn | No Result |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
ODI Statistics: Series Wise Statistics
Both Afghanis and the Irish have had equal chances to win the ODI series played against each other. The Afghanistan Cricket Team has won 4 ODI series, and the Ireland Cricket Team has also won 4 ODI series up till now. The two countries played the first One Day International series against each other in 2010, during the ICC World Cricket Division One matches. This Division included the Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands, and Scotland Cricket Teams.
| Total Number of Series | Won by Afghanistan | Won by Ireland | Shared | Won by Another Team (Non-bilateral Series) |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
ODI Statistics: Match Wise Statistics
The Afghanistan Men’s Cricket Team started playing ODI matches against the Irish Cricket Team in 2010. Since then, 16 One Day Internationals have been won by the Afghanistan National Cricket Team, while the Ireland Men’s Cricket Team has won 13 matches in the One Day International format. No result was pronounced in only one instance.
| Total Number of Matches | Won by Afghanistan | Won by Ireland | No Result | Abandoned/Cancelled |
| 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | – |
T20 Statistics: Series Wise Statistics
Regarding the T20 format, the Afghanistan National Cricket Team has won more series than the Ireland Men’s Cricket Team. In a total of 10 T20 series, the Afghanistan Cricket Team has won 6, while the Ireland Cricket Team has emerged victorious on 3 occasions. Their last T20 interaction was during the 2022 Afghanistan in Ireland T20 series.
| Total Number of Series | Won by Afghanistan | Won by Ireland | No Result |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | – |
T20 Statistics: Match Wise Statistics
The Ireland National Cricket Team has played 23 matches against the Afghanistan Men’s Cricket Team in the T20 format. The Ireland players have won 6 matches while the Afghani bagged the victory on 16 occasions. Only 1 T20 match between the two teams resulted in a tie.
| Total Number of Matches | Won by Afghanistan | Won by Ireland | No Result | Abandoned/Cancelled |
| 24 | 16 | 6 | 0 | – |
World Cup Played: Afghanistan vs Ireland
The Afghanistan and the Ireland Cricket Teams have faced each other only once in the World Cup in the T20 format. The match was scheduled during the 2022 T20 World Cup but was abandoned without a ball being balled.
| Total Number of Matches | Won by Afghanistan | Won by Ireland |
| 1 | 0 | 0 |
Afghanistan vs Ireland: Win and Loss Record
Afghanistan and Ireland are two relatively new teams in the game of cricket, and both show incredible potential in their bowling and batting skills. Although the Afghanistanis have won more matches across all the formats, the Ireland Cricket Team has always given tough competition to their rivals. Here is a summary of their win-loss record up till now.
| Format | Won by Afghanistan | Won by Ireland | No Result | Abandoned/Cancelled | Draw |
| Test | 1 | 0 | – | – | – |
| ODI | 16 | 13 | 1 | – | – |
| T20 | 16 | 6 | 0 | – | – |
Frequently Asked Questions About Afghanistan vs Ireland
Q1. Who won Afghanistan vs Ireland Test match in 2010?
Ans: The Afghanistan National Cricket Team won the 2010 test match against the Ireland Men’s Cricket Team with a 1-0 margin.
Q2. Who won Afghanistan vs Ireland T20 2022?
Ans: The 2022 T20 match scheduled between the Afghanistan and Ireland Cricket Team was abandoned without a ball bowled.
