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After much chaos and uncertainty, it has finally been confirmed that Abu Dhabi will indeed host the series between Afghanistan and Ireland as Afghanistan secured the visa at the last moment. Earlier, Afghanistan failed to procure visas to UAE for which they wanted to shift the series to Oman.

Yet again, Ireland’s batting shambles was exposed in terrible fashion when opener Gareth Delany shuffled a long way away from the leg-stump exposing his leg pole only for David Willey to hit the target. At 50-1, Ireland were batting positively before the brain-fade moment from the opener.

With five overs remaining in the innings, Adil Rashid and Tom Curran were just ready to launch a late assault to take England over the 300-run mark. However, they were halted by the brilliance of the 23-year-old keeper Lorcan Tucker who’s stunning flick sent Adil Rashid packing.