Afghanistan tour of Ireland, 2018

Afghanistan brought their A game in the series decider to register a comfortable 8-wicket win

Rashid Khan picked 3 wickets, while the troika of Aftab Alam, Naib and Nabi picked two apiece

Ireland would draw inspiration from their triumph last year and look to make another come-from-behind series win against Afghanistan

Tim Murtagh bagged four wickets and restricted the visitors to a paltry 182

The visitors posted just 182/9 in their 50 overs after opting to bat

After losing the T20I series, the hosts have an uphill task to stay alive in the 50-over format

Ireland struggled to get going in a modest chase, and eventually fell 29 runs short

Gulbadin Naib and Hashmatullah Shahidi scored half-centuries in a bid to revive Afghanistan, but once they fell the batting order crumbled again

Both the ODI sides face off for the first time since the World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe earlier in the year, with the head-to-head reading 9-8 in Ireland's favour

The Ireland-Afghanistan dead-rubber didn't commence with the pitch deemed unsafe following the overnight rain